Controller Box

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Controller Box
Made for: Sega Dreamcast
Manufacturer: Sega
Type: Development tool
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
World
HKT-02

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Controller Box is a tool for Sega Dreamcast developers which allows for the programming/testing of controllers.

Hardware

It is one of the oldest pieces of Dreamcast hardware released outside of the company. It is extremely rare and largely redundant, with four Sega Saturn controller ports and eight ports for an obsolete memory card which was never seen.

It has been suggested that the reason Sega Saturn controller ports exist (aside from the possibility that the Dreamcast controller had not been invented yet), is because at one stage the Dreamcast was said to be backwards compatible with the Saturn. More than likely the failure of the Saturn to catch on in the west prompted Sega of America to force this to be changed, as the price to pay for backwards compatibility was not seen as worthwhile.

References


Sega Dreamcast
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Hardware Japan (Special) | Western Europe | Eastern Europe | North America | Asia | South America | Australasia | Africa
Add-ons Dreamcast Karaoke | Dreameye
Controllers Controller | Arcade Stick | Fishing Controller | Gun (Dream Blaster) | Race Controller | Maracas Controller (Third-party) | Twin Stick | Keyboard | Mouse | Third-party
Controller Add-ons Jump Pack (Third-party) | Microphone | VMU (4x Memory Card | Third-party)
Development Hardware Dev.Box | Controller Box | Controller Function Checker | Sound Box | GD-Writer | C1/C2 Checker | Dev.Cas | GD-ROM Duplicator
Online Services/Add-ons Dreamarena | SegaNet | WebTV for Dreamcast | Modem | Modular Cable | Modular Extension Cable | Broadband Adapter | Dreamphone
Connector Cables Onsei Setsuzoku Cable | RF Adapter | Scart Cable | S Tanshi Cable | Stereo AV Cable | VGA Box

Dreamcast MIDI Interface Cable | Neo Geo Pocket/Dreamcast Setsuzoku Cable | Taisen Cable

Misc. Hardware Action Replay CDX | Code Breaker | Kiosk | MP3 DC | MP3 DC Audio Player | Official Case | Treamcast
Third-party accessories Controllers | Controller converters | Miscellaneous
Unreleased Accessories DVD Player | Zip Drive | Swatch Access for Dreamcast | VMU MP3 Player
Arcade Variants NAOMI | Atomiswave | Sega Aurora