This is a brief demonstration of the LightConn – a wireless Dreamcast gun that works with flat screen and HDTVs with a VGA connection. The LightConn was created by Chris Diaoglou, the creator of the DreamConn wireless Dreamcast controller.

Yet another interesting Podcast with Dreamcast related content!

Content:

Welcome to DreamPod episode 43! In this instalment of the world’s most popular podcast called DreamPod, regular hosts Tom and Ross convene to discuss the 18th birthday of the Dreamcast and the country-wide celebrations taking Japan by storm. Elsewhere, Ross discusses his love for Shadow of Mordor when viewed on a 4K screen, while Tom reveals his recent purchase of another PS2 and the differences between Ferrari F355 Challenge on the PS2 and Dreamcast. The main topics of discussion however, focus on the new indie releases heading to the Dreamcast (Hermes, Survival Code and Project Bennu), and the official 2017 Sega hardware calendar sold exclusively in Japan. Finally, your hosts discuss the weird and wonderful world of Etsy and investigate what kinds of things you can find if you search for Dreamcast. This is episode 43 of DreamPod, and we hope you enjoy it!

As ever, if you like what you hear please consider leaving us an iTunes review. And if you fancy chucking $1 a month at us for this lovely content feel free to check out our Patreon page. Thanks!

http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2016/11/dreampod-episode-43.html

Retroguru of Giana’s Return and Sqrxz fame are heavily working on their new game Hermes. In this Jump’n’Run you must chase a chicken to get your stomach filled with delicious meat. The game is sort of anti-vegetarian and features a doubtful sense of humor. As all Retroguru games, it’s expected to see this game on several other platforms than just Sega’s Dreamcast.

https://www.facebook.com/retroguru/

Xenocider failed it’s Kickstarter campaign, but can now be pre-ordered directly from Retro Sumus. There is also an updated demo, since then.

Clearly do not do a mistake and miss your chance to get hands on this Space Harrier homage!

http://retrosumus.com/2016/09/xenocider-available-for-preorder-new-demo/

OutbreakX seems to be a new Dreamcast game in development. The game itself seems about 10% complete.

Street Race VMU is a Dreamcast game running via the Dreamcast’s Visual Memory Unit (VMU). Created by no one else then guacasaurus_mex, who was responsible for FlappyBird VMU too.

Thanks to The Dreamcast Junkyard for the news.

http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2016/07/new-vmu-game-street-race-available-now.html

Orion released a professionally printed CD of three of his games. Yopaz IceStar, Yopaz 3D and Can I Has the Fruits? can now be purchased for a maximum for 30 EUR including international shipping.

http://onorisoft.free.fr/retroshop/puzzle_dc.htm

For only 10 EUR (excluding shipping) you can now get a physical re-release of Wind and Water Puzzle Battles for the Dreamcast! 100% worth the money!

https://www.dragonbox.de/en/464-wind-and-water-puzzle-battles-dreamcast-homebrew-4260416650367.html?search_query=dreamcast&results=6

Shadow Gangs is a 2D side scrolling platform beat’ em up action game and aims to revive the unique gameplay and overall flavour of top 80’s ninja arcade action hits such as hinobi, Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja, Shadow Warriors, Vigilante and Double Dragon. For about 30 Pounds you are able to grab a physical Dreamcast copy, which will be delivered in May 2018. The overall goal is to collect minimum von 28.500 £.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1858040208/shadow-gangs-80s-ninja-arcade-action-revival

ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed!

Some of the adventures ScummVM supports include Adventure Soft’s Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution’s Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and Broken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep’s Inherit the Earth; Coktel Vision’s Gobliiins; Westwood Studios’ The Legend of Kyrandia and games based on LucasArts’ SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system such as Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. You can find a thorough list with details on which games are supported and how well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving, so check back often.

Find the changelog here: https://www.scummvm.org/frs/scummvm/1.8.1/ReleaseNotes

https://www.scummvm.org/downloads/