DreamPi is custom software for the Raspberry Pi mini computer that was created by Luke Benstead a.k.a Kazade. It transforms your existing high-speed internet service into a dial-up connection that can be used by your Dreamcast. While there have been other methods of doing this in the past, DreamPi is by far the easiest and cheapest method. It's also a lot more polished and streamlined than the other methods and includes a service called Dreamcast Now that allows you to see when other DreamPi users are online and what they're playing. Once you're online with DreamPi, you'll be able to play any of the currently online Dreamcast games as well as browse the web using PlanetWeb, Dreamkey, or XDP.
What you'll need:
1x Raspberry Pi (Any model with an Ethernet port) 1x Linux-Compatible USB Voice Modem (e.g. Dell NW147) 1x Line Voltage Inducer (or) 1x Telephone Line Simulator (e.g. Viking DLE-200B) 1x 4GB or Larger SD or MicroSD Card (The Raspberry Pi 1 uses a standard SD card and the Raspberry Pi 2 & 3 use MicroSD) 1x RJ-45 Ethernet Cable 1x Micro USB Cable or 5v Micro-USB Power Supply (1A or higher) 1x RJ-11 Phone Cable (2 if you're using a telephone line simulator) 1x HDMI Cable (Optional)
Line voltage inducer parts: (You can purchase a line voltage inducer from here if you don't want to build one yourself. USB modems with integrated line voltage inducers are also available.)
This was an excellent video. I really hope we can see those line voltage boards from Kazade sometime soon. I am still BBA only, but will be building one of these in the future.
Nico0020 wrote:This was an excellent video. I really hope we can see those line voltage boards from Kazade sometime soon. I am still BBA only, but will be building one of these in the future.
Thank you! The USB line voltage inducers should happen at some point. It's one of about a thousand things on Luke's to-do list.
RXShorty wrote:I own a BBA but with the DreamPi I can connect to more games, correct?
Correct. The broadband adapter is only supported by three games of the ones currently online. You can see a list of games and the connection methods they support here.
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