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Question
What's up with the Dreamcast logo,
the orange swirl?
Answer
Sega says it means expansion,
because the swirl starts from the middle and
grows. Dreamcast can be upgraded, so, they
thought the swirl fitted the system.
Question
What's a GD-ROM?
Answer
GD-ROM stands for Giga Drive-Read
Only Memory. Its a modified CD-Rom holding 1 giga
byte or 1000 mb of space. Thats 350mb more that a
regular CD-ROM.
Question
Where can I find a site that gives
VMU games.
Answer
Try www.dreamfiles.com or try www.dreamcast.com page
through your system & PC. I plan to buy the
Nexus 16X card with the PC cable, there might be
a VMU download section soon.
Question
Will the Dreamcast be Sega's last
system?
Answer
That is totally untrue, the
Dreamcast is not the last Sega console. Its just
that Sega will start to concentrate of the
internet and internet gaming for a while. So they
won't make a system for a while, thats why they
made the Dreamcast upgradeable.
Question
When will the Zip Drive come out?
Answer
The Zip Drive will be released to
the Japanese market sometime in March 2000, there
is no specific date for the North American or
European release.
Question
Is there any way to download MP3
off the internet?
Answer
No, you'll need the Zip Drive
add-on to do that or you'll have to wait for
Dreamcast Browser 2.0 to come out.
Question
Will the North American version of
Shenmue have English voice overs?
Answer
Yes, infact, Sega of America have
already started the voice acting
Question
How does the Dreamcast compare to
the other next-generation systems?
Answer
Here is a small chart comparing
Dreamcast, Playstation 2, and Dolphin.
| |
Sega
Dreamcast |
Sony
Playstation 2 |
Nintendo
"Dolphin" |
CPU
CPU speed
Extra |
Hitachi SH-4
200 MHz
128-bit |
Sony Emotion
Engine
300 MHz
128-bit |
IBM Gekko
400 MHz
128-bit |
Memory/Type
Bandwidth
** |
26MB** /SD-RAM
1.5GB/sec
- |
32MB/ Direct
RDRAM
3.2GB/sec
- |
**/DRAM
3.2GD/sec
Estimated at 32MB |
Graphics Chip
Polygon count
Extra |
NEC Power VR2
3 million/sec
Chip is upgradeable to 256-bit |
Sony
"Graphics Synthesizer"
10 million/sec
- |
ArtX
10 million/sec
Polygon count is estimate |
Sound Processor
Bits
|
Yamaha Super
Intelligent SPUw/RISC
64-Bit
|
Sony "SPU +
CPU"
32-Bit |
Factor 5
processor
???? |
Storage
Storage Speed
** |
GD-ROM**
12x
DVD is rumored |
DVD/CD-ROM
4x/24x
- |
DVD**/CD-ROM
4x/24x
DVD only in Japan |
| Modem |
56k Modem
included |
3rd party, not
included with system |
???? |
| Operating System |
Dreamcast
OS/Windows CE |
Playstaion 2
OS/Linux |
???? |
| Data Save device |
Visual Memory
Unit |
Memory Card |
VMU clone |
| USB Ports |
1 |
2 |
???? |
| Controller Ports |
4 |
2 |
4 |
Price Tag
American $
Canadian $
Euro $
U.K Pound |
exact
$199
$299
$199
$125 |
exact
$299
$450
$299
$188 |
estimate
$240
$360
$240
$150 |
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