Visual Memory Unit - Blue

by Sega

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Product Details

• ASIN: B00004SA3J
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,575 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

NEW FACTORY SEALED AUTHENTIC SEGA BLUE GENUINE SEGA DREAMCAST VMU Visual Memory Unit

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Trusty Sega-Brand VMU - But Blue, April 27, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Visual Memory Unit - Blue (Video Game)

Well, there's not too much to say about the VMU. This is the Sega branded VMU, which I always recommend for memory cards. Third-party cards tend to be too unreliable to trust with hard-earned game data. Anyway, this baby has 200 blocks of memory and comes in a sort-of-clear blue casing that is drool-inducing--if you really, really like blue. Definitely better than the regular grey VMU because . . . well, it's grey.

So buy this VMU, save your game data, and enjoy your Dreamcasting.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VMUs are probably the coolest idea since games on CD..., November 22, 2000

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"miyuu" (Shoreline, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Visual Memory Unit - Blue (Video Game)

The VMU is not only a very cool idea, it's essential if you want to play just about any game on Dreamcast. If you're used to a cartridge-based system, allow me to explain. Unlike on a cartridge, there is no space to store any save data on a CD-ROM (or GD-ROM).. the ROM is Read-Only Memory, meaning you can't write. So, you're playing ... Sonic Adventure, or Shenmue, or any game that lasts more than about two hours.. and you've been playing for a long time, you're tired, you want to do that unknown thing called sleep. You go to save.. and scream. It says that you need a VMU to save. AAaaarrgh! Some features of games can also only be unlocked using the VMU - you can download minigames to it, and play them like a Game Boy. If you examine it closely, it kind of looks like a Game Boy, actually..

Now, let's say you have a VMU. Not the Sega one, mind you, but a third-party one that has about 100x the memory. Great! ..Till you wake up in the morning, and it says "Save file corrupted". This time, you scream so loud you can hear it in Russia. I can't stress this point enough - ALWAYS get first-party memory cards. They're much more reliable .. and that 100x Super VMU Bango Whiz Gee Oh! that you bought doesn't have a screen to play games on. - Again, you also fall in love with that COOL blue color :P

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars yet another review, in bleu, December 12, 2001

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Heath L. Buckmaster "_heath_" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Visual Memory Unit - Blue (Video Game)

what can you say about a VMU.

first, always buy the real deal, not a third party product. i've seen so many other bad reviews about 3rd party vmu devices that i wouldn't consider getting a non-sega. go buy them now though, because hardware will soon be "hard" to come by. i've still found several of these in retail stores, but nowhere online unless you get used. unfortunately it looks like people selling used are asking over twice the normal price.

yes it holds 200 blocks we all know that, and we all know that it shows little pretty pixelated icons to represent the game you are playing.

maybe i'm the only one who tried this, but if you are playing a two player game, and you have your vmu in the 2nd controller, you can't see an icon on it or access it. as soon as i moved the vmu back to the first controller, voila, the icon and the option to access it.

personally i haven't played any little tiny games on it, but i have taken my saves with me to other units with ease. if you are going to play games on it, just get a game boy! atleast they have colour screens and you can SEE them :)

anyway. the only downside on this is that i have lost the little cap that goes on the end of it, because, the controller doesn't have a little place on it to store the cap when you have the VMU installed...

so...the lesson learned is that if you remove the blue cap, don't forget where you put it while you are using the vmu, because it's good to protect the connectoids when transporting it to and from.

so far i've used the same VMU for 4 games, and no issues with saving, retrieving or accessing. they should make this in other colours like grape, or aubergine.