Dreamcast tablet is a handsome, portable solution for your discontinued gaming needs

This isn't the first Dreamcast mod we've seen around here, not by a long shot -- but it's surely one of the most elegant. Built around a 15-inch LCD, this guy is a scant 2 1/4-inches thick, but it gets up to 3.5 hours of playtime on a full charge, sports an A/V out, one watt stereo sound, and a custom-built tray loading GD-ROM -- just the thing for playing House of the Dead 2 on the go. We won't belabor the point -- just make sure you check out the mod-licious video after the break.

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[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 7:45PM]

Dreamcast was crap.

Imob - 123751495

[AMiSHPiRACY Posted Mar 31st 2009 7:48PM]

dreamcast rules. quantum physics are crap.

[Rob Conway Posted Mar 31st 2009 7:45PM]

Dreamcast was an awesome system. It was way underrated!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 8:16PM]

No one trusted Sega after the 32 and saturn came and went. When PS came out and killed saturn and then N64 everyone switched to SONY.

The problem is, people who owned Dreamcast probably think it was great - but so few people owned it - was the very reason it died.

I think Jaguar was underrated cause I owned it and there were things I liked about it. Most others didn't and they won't ever know what my experience with it was.

[alextek Posted Apr 1st 2009 7:58AM]

Dreamcast sold 10.6 million units, Atari Jaguar sold 250,000 units. Dreamcast failed not because of lack of quality, it was a very high quality system. It failed because Sega did not have the money to market their system to the masses. I remember that for every Sega ad there were 20 or 30 Sony ads. Dreamcast had many many great games, Atari Jaguar didn't. Not to mention that even the 64 bit Jaguar was marginally better than the SNES. Yeah thats right. If you do not believe me go to wikipedia and check the numbers.

[sr1329 Posted Apr 1st 2009 1:08AM]

Funny thing is about the Dreamcast is that a lot of people played it when visiting friends but the thing is that everybody was waiting for the second coming. The PS2. Which for a year after it came out did not have a single title that could compete or beat the best of what I've seen on the Dreamcast. Forget even about quality of games at that point. But people still wanted to buy the PS2.

[nytrojen Posted Mar 31st 2009 7:49PM]

Hey hey! Come on over, it's time for some more Craaaaaaaazy Taxi!

[JeremyBenthem Posted Mar 31st 2009 9:32PM]

It plays fine on the PSP

[heimbachae Posted Apr 1st 2009 6:07AM]

THIS IS THE LAST STRAW!!! i'm pullin out my dreamcast this weekend, charging up the internal battery and having myself a grand old time!!

[TruUnknowN Posted Mar 31st 2009 7:54PM]

I thought by tablet, it mean't touchscreen.. Man I'm dumb..

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 1st 2009 3:49PM]

It is a touchscreen. Or a Wacom digitizer. Thing is, you can't really use those with a Dreamcast now can you? XD

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 31st 2009 8:54PM]

Does anyone remember NeoGeo that system cost almost $700. I liked playing at the arcade around the amc theater. Just couldn't convince parents to buy it or the Atari Lynx for Christmas.

[sr1329 Posted Apr 1st 2009 1:03AM]

I will buy this!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 1st 2009 8:03AM]

Hoho...
The house of the dead huh?
Good game.

[corp Posted Apr 1st 2009 11:17AM]

House of the Dead is not a good game on the go... you need a damn light gun. i seriously hope he's not playing with a controller. buried as inaccurate.


Dreamcast... amazing. it was ahead of its time. the sports games were phenomenal and truly innovative at the time. NFL2K series > all. i remember selling 7-9 n64 games to EB just to buy NFL2K... worth it!

[AMiSHPiRACY Posted Apr 1st 2009 1:11PM]

I remember electronics boutique having a broken promotion one week where by purchasing 5 used copies of NFL2K and trading them back in right away ended up netting a greater discount on a new game than the purchase cost of the 5 copies.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 1st 2009 4:19PM]

Dreamcast was way underrated (along with the movie Biodome). Sonic on Dreamcast remains on my all time top ten. It is unfortunate that Sega couldn't scrounge up enough capital to make magic happen.

[BrandT Posted Apr 1st 2009 5:25PM]

Biodome FTW.

[inferno10 Posted Apr 1st 2009 4:35PM]

I miss the Dreamcast. However, I don't miss the loud GD-ROM drive. It's worse than the XBox 360's fan, I swear.

[maty Posted Apr 2nd 2009 5:04AM]

I have to agree, the DC is an amazing system, but that GD-ROM drive is extremely loud. Unlike the Xbox though, its not a consistent noise. In the 360 is developed by the drive and fans spinning, the GD Rom noise was just the diode's drive.

Have to say; when I've got some cash and time on the side; I'll definately be buying a second DC (refuse to mod the first) and modding that up (ironically its sat right above my HD DVD player - both still get extensive use).

[Donald Posted Apr 1st 2009 6:26PM]

Nice mod...and yes, games are still coming out for the Dreamcast.