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Portable Dreamcasts?!
Hong Kong is a freaky place... where you can find
freaky tech stuff. The latest unbelievable-but-true thingy we
could pick up in the streets of Sham Shui Po (we saw also a
couple of units on some Mong Kok shops' shelves for those who are
familiar with Kowloon) is a portable Dreamcast console.
What you get comes in a big zip-around nylon bag with a very
original brand name on it: Treamcast (no joke).
In the bag, you get the unit itself and a bunch of accessories:
- Two Treamcast marked fighter pad style controllers
- A remote control for VCD/MP3 Playback mode (this feature is
implemented in the system)
- A 'PS LCD Monitor Electronic Adapter' w/ US plug, Input 110-220V,
Output 12V
- A Car adapter for long road trips ;)
The unit itself is a mutant Dreamcast machine
with Sega made firmware inside (US games compatible), modified
and with a specially designed shape. The top case of the DC
machine is coming with a built-in LCD Screen (similar to those
you can plug into your PSone or your GameCube). The LCD screen is
backlit and comes with a brightness regulator on the side. There
is also a volume regulator on the right side of the GD-Rom player.
Speakers and headphone connector are also integrated in the
monster.
There is also no logo whatsoever on the top of the system and the front logo is looking like the Dreamcast spiral, but with angles. The name on the LCD screen and on the back of the hardware is Treamacast :)
There is unfortunately no way for Lik Sang to
carry this product as it is infringing several Sega copyrights or
patents. It is likely that this is one more weird product that
will never be exported and will remain exclusively available in
the Hong Kong shopping centers, with a retail price between HK$
1200 and 1500. But still we thought it was cool enough to make a
pause ;)
This shows one more time two years after production has been
discontinued, Dreamcast is still well alive.
Thanks to Lik-Sang.com for the news, yeesh, really expensive, but if i could afford one i'd be really tempted! A portable dreamcast?! Cool.
For the article in full with pictures - http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=2963