Dreamcast Controllers, VMU Shells and Parts being made

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Dreamcast Controllers, VMU Shells and Parts being made

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Follow this man on Twitter and show some support...He has custom molds of Dreamcast Controllers and VMU's with their parts as well... From the looks of it hes been at it for awhile refining the molds..hopefully one day we will see some stuff released

!!!!! UPDATE !!!!! The guy said on twitter that in two months time he should have stuff available for purchase, I cant wait to see what colors he will have made, this is definitely gonna be dope

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Hes doing what retrobit cant seem to so :D
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Xiden wrote:Hes doing what retrobit cant seem to so :D
For real dude is a one man army...Kinda cool what one person with a talent can do...Can't wait cause this has been a long time coming !!!!!!!!!!
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Maybe a title change to something more apropied like "Silicone mould & acrilic shell parts for dreamcast" because those are mostly a do it yourself tutorial and are plenty of those for this kind of technique.
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Dakangel wrote:Maybe a title change to something more apropied like "Silicone mould & acrilic shell parts for dreamcast" because those are mostly a do it yourself tutorial and are plenty of those for this kind of technique.
I guess but where else has something like this been even attempted besides shotty 3D Prints that looks terrible....Give this man credit where its due
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Xiden wrote:Hes doing what retrobit cant seem to so :D
Is it Q4 2019 yet?
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This gentleman Roarke has been making incredible stuff for years but I was under the impression that his business was a small volume / boutique affair, mainly due to the meticulously handcrafted nature of it.
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SG6K wrote:This gentleman Roarke has been making incredible stuff for years but I was under the impression that his business was a small volume / boutique affair, mainly due to the meticulously handcrafted nature of it.
Everything you said is absolutely true, which makes it even more impressive, on his twitter he said he made some Dreamcast VMU parts for the Video Games New York website but from what I can tell all that stuff has long been sold/removed from the website... He also said the owner of VGNY has been encouraging him to make more stuff for the community
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Wow now this got me interested
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someday i hope that the possibility of making semi-new dreamcast systems can become a reality (basically using recycled parts whenever possible, but of course when needed new parts would be used) iirc the Game Gear got a new style motherboard? but perhaps that's too big a gap to be reasonable, i'm saying this because if sega was willing to give atgames the rights to dump a Genny Drive on a chip for 40$ at dollar general a few years ago, surely sega could see the opportunity in handing the rights to anyone crazy enough to do it properly with the DC!

i just wanna be able to go to some small dollar/convenience shop someday and just see dreamcast stuff there even if it would be mainly marketed as a CD player hehe
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