Sega Dreamcast Heroes - From 9.9.99 till Now The Challenge Will Always be There!

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LightConn, The World's First Wireless Dreamcast Light Gun, Is Getting A Laser-Guided Overhaul

We've already covered Dreamware's excellent VM2 and DreamConn S peripherals for the Sega Dreamcast, but there's one other product the company has produced which we've not touched upon, and that's the LightConn light gun.
In its current form, the LightConn is effectively an upgraded OEM Dreamcast light gun, which uses Bluetooth to connect to the console and is compatible with modern HDTVs via an IR sensor bar (not entirely unlike the way the Wii worked, in fact).
Up to this point, Dreamware has ...

Article : https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/01/lightconn-the-worlds-first-wireless-dreamcast-light-gun-is-getting-a-laser-guided-overhaul

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LightConn, The World's First Wireless Dreamcast Light Gun, Is Getting A Laser-Guided Overhaul



Article : https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/01/lightconn-the-worlds-first-wireless-dreamcast-light-gun-is-getting-a-laser-guided-overhaul

While I knew the Dreamcast Gun, I'm not familiar with LightConn. Is it worth it?

Ever since getting The House of the Dead: Remake on Steam, I did consider getting a lightgun. But I don't play lightgun games that often, and I'd rather if it's a Sega lightgun. Like how Sega collaborates with Retro-Bit to recreate their controllers for modern PC use.

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While I knew the Dreamcast Gun, I'm not familiar with LightConn. Is it worth it?

Ever since getting The House of the Dead: Remake on Steam, I did consider getting a lightgun. But I don't play lightgun games that often, and I'd rather if it's a Sega lightgun. Like how Sega collaborates with Retro-Bit to recreate their controllers for modern PC use.

Well, if you don't play lightgun games that often, I don't think it's worth it.
Better save it for a controller for games that you'd play them often.

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ORDERING PIZZA ON YOUR SEGA DREAMCAST IS VERY CLUNKY INDEED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEMqq7-8K5s

You used to be able to order pizza on the Dreamcast natively, all the way back in 1999. However, the modern Domino’s website doesn’t really work on the ancient Dreamcast browser anymore. The simple fact is that web technology has advanced a long way in the last couple of decades, and Sega didn’t exactly spend a lot of time maintaining a browser on a console that died mere months after its rivals hit the market.
Thus, to place a pizza order on the Dreamcast these days, you need to work within its limitations. [Delux] uses the Dreamcast with the Broadband Adapter to access a PC on the local network via the XDP web browser. That PC is hosting Web Rendering Proxy, a tool which converts complicated modern websites into something a simpler machine can parse. From there, it’s a matter of ...

Article: https://hackaday.com/2026/01/30/ordering-pizza-on-your-sega-dreamcast-is-very-clunky-indeed/

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SONIC WEEKLY: The Sonic Adventure Era w/ AARON LONG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfj_YACrZwU

Our friend Aaron Long (creator of Sublo and Tangy Mustard; directed on Tuca & Bertie, BoJack Horseman) returns to the show to share thoughts about Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, and Sonic Heroes. Plus the weekly news and Rings of Saturn, as always!

Article: https://segabits.com/blog/2026/01/26/sonic-weekly-the-sonic-adventure-era-w-aaron-long/

[Mystic Monkey]

Well, if you don't play lightgun games that often, I don't think it's worth it.
Better save it for a controller for games that you'd play them often.

True, but I wish The House of the Dead:Remake had a VR mode. Whenever it simulates me actually in the game, or simulate me playing it on an arcade machine. That way, I could have a "virtual" Virtua Gun controller for it.

The closest you can do for that would be Theatre Mode in SteamVR. Where you stand before a big screen where the game is happening and use your VR controllers. But no custom gun for it.

Though, given Steam Frame is on the way, I don't know how much of SteamVR they will change for it. SteamVR was made for the Valve Index and other VR headsets at the time, so I imagine VALVe will update SteamVR for Steam Frame.

>Checks out Dreamware Enterprises.
Ooh, they do have cool Dreamcast-PC controllers. Especially with "official support" for Flycast, which I have been using.
I'm still waiting to see what Retro-Bit has to show for their Dreamcast collab (especially hoping for a Dreamcast Pro Controller), but Dreamware could be my backup if Retro-Bit fails to deliver.