I just wanted to say I own one of these, and it is expertly made. Chris at dreammods is a truly skilled professional with such a creative mind. I've been using my Dreamconn+ daily (playing Shenmue and THPS on my DC). It's definitely worth the money if you keep dreaming like I do! The latest version of the control can pair with PC (it is recognized as an xbox controller), and I've used this to play some of my steam library games. It's great especially if you're looking for that quality experience that an OEM controller has. I'm gonna get another very soon just to have one for guests who come over.

I have a special place in my soul for the Dreamcast. But these days, the hoops that I have to jump through to get it hooked up and playing on my oled with retrotink and scart etc etc….not worth the price tag by a long shot. I have an 8 foot wired extension that works well. Props to the modder that created it though.

It would be really cool if it had a built-in Rumble so you didn't have to worry about either owning a rumble pack or worrying about the weight onto the back of the controller that it adds... Also I have taken apart many Dreamcast controllers myself and replace the analog sticks with usually PS4 analog sticks. I would have liked to have seen something similar or even something like the Retro Brawlers Dreamcast controller using that type of analog stick but tighter because theirs is too loose. Overall it looks like a great product but I'm curious about things like how long the battery lasts and how quickly it drains when there is a rumble pack involved and a vmu let alone a modified vmu that is backlit and how much that would drain the battery

This is probably why it's called the DreamConn... Because it's a Conn Job! Having that said... I would really like a wireless Dreamcast style controller that is reliable. Maybe Retro-Bit will make that happen.

I'll keep using wired controllers at that price, looking forward to the VMU2 Kickstarter project tho!

Kind of pricey... still want!

So I'm not 100% clear: Does the VMU screen display the game's normal VMU info, when playing? Does it actually save to that physical VMU?

Crapped out on you, ey? That's disappointing. I keep hoping something good will come along, but so far all we've gotten are those terrible retro fighter controllers or nonsense like using a PS4 controller. Ideally someone will do a PCB replacement someday. The Dreamcast has so many beautiful controller and VMU variants that it would feel like a waste to settle on some generic color.

dawg if ur controller pooped out weeks later did you contact the seller to replace it? i would be livid if $200 just went down the drain like that

You didn't even mention the fact that the controller has a built-in virtual VMU paired to the second slot I believe. You technically don't need a physical VMU at all if you're not using a rumble pack. And if you're using two VMUs it'll detect that and disable the virtual VMU so there's no conflicts. I got mine done when Chris was still offering colors for an upcharge, so mine is the translucent grey. I think at this point in time you need to supply your own controller for the modification, I'm assuming his supply of nib PAL controllers dried up and he doesn't want to source them any longer. And of course I also bought the smoke grey backlit VMU he offers to match the controller, the two look sick with my matching Retro Is Cool case. Almost forgot that my dreamconn doesn't use the dongle because I also got his PSU that has the bluetooth controller boards built-in. The only quirk I've come across so far is related to charging the controller after it's been dead for awhile. It'll tend to power on the console when I plug it into usb... and I can't turn the console off without pulling the power cable. Normally you have the option to power on/off the DC via the button on the console or the start button on the dreamconn, but neither of them seem to work in this situation.

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You didn't say anything at the end about lag???

Just stick with retro fighters controllers, they are the best

a hundred and seventy!!!!!!! way way way overpriced and far too expensive