Dreamcast Gun

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Dreamcast Gun
Made for: Sega Dreamcast
Manufacturer: Sega
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥3,0003,000 HKT-7801
Sega Dreamcast
EU
Sega Dreamcast
AU
$49.9549.95[3]

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Dreamcast Gun (ドリームキャスト・ガン) is the official light gun peripheral for the Sega Dreamcast. As with other official Dreamcast peripherals, the Dreamcast Gun is said to be of very good quality and one of the most accurate light guns of the day. It also contains a VMU slot.

The Dreamcast Gun has an unusual history due to the events of the Columbine High School massacre in the US. As a result, the peripheral was not sold in this region due to fears of bad press, and was therefore only available in Japan and PAL regions. The Dreamcast Gun is completely compatible with a US Dreamcast as well other versions of the console, but most NTSC-U Dreamcast games refuse to work with the Dreamcast Gun, meaning the user must rely on imported software. Exceptions include the port of Virtua Cop 2 seen in the US-only release of Sega Smash Pack Volume 1 and the "Big Car Hunter" minigame seen in Demolition Racer: No Exit.

Oddly Mad Catz were granted the rights to produce third party light guns for the Dreamcast in America. Their version, called the Dream Blaster, is compatible with all US light gun games, and is the only third party controller to contain Dreamcast branding due to the relationship between Sega and Mad Catz.

Compatibility

Production credits

Source:
Developer profiles[4]


Magazine articles

Main article: Dreamcast Gun/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Next Level (AR) #11: "Diciembre 1999" (1999-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Bonus (YU) #11: "2/2001" (2001-03-25)
also published in:
  • Bonus (YU) #12: "3/2001" (2001-04-25)[5]
  • Bonus (YU) #13: "4/2001" (2001-05-25)[6]
  • Bonus (YU) #14: "5/2001" (2001-06-25)[7]
  • Bonus (YU) #15: "6/2001" (2001-07-25)[8]
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Gallery

Official photographs

Patents

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
100
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Sega Dreamcast
100
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1 review

Dreamcast Gun

Dreamcast, JP
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Cover
Dreamcast, EU
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Cover

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