Dreamcast third-party Jump Packs

From Sega Retro

The Sega Dreamcast was the last mainstream video game console to have detachable rumble/vibration (or in the Dreamcast's case, "jump") packs to help immerse the player within the game. The official Jump Pack was often seen as expensive, bulky and heavy, so several third party manufacturers produced their own. Also unlike the VMU, Sega only produced the Jump Pack in one colour—white.

There are some interesting third party variants of the Jump Pack. For example, Joytech's "Advanced Jolt Pack" contains 128kB of memory, meaning it doubles up as a memory card. Mad Catz's "Force Pack" has an LED which flickers when vibrating. Nyko's DC Hyper Pak had a switch on top that activated rumble or memory, and a button that cycled between four separate memory bays which were signified by four red LED lights. Unfortunately, the DC Hyper Pak could not read memory and rumble at the same time.

This page lists all of the third party jump packs we know about. It is likely incomplete.

Box Name Brand Date & Price Images Documentation
ActiShock (yellow) ActiLink (>=1999)


ActiShock (blue) ActiLink (>=1999)


Mega Jump Pak Dragoncast (>=1999)
MegaJumpPak DC.jpg


InnovationColorRumblePak DC US Box Front Clear.jpg
Color Rumble Pack Innovation (>=1999)


InnovationColorRumblePak DC US Box Front Red.jpg
Color Rumble Pack (white) Innovation (>=1999)


InnovationColorRumblePak DC US Box Front Green.jpg
Color Rumble Pack (green) Innovation (>=1999)


InnovationColorRumblePak DC US Box Front Blue.jpg
Color Rumble Pack (blue) Innovation (>=1999)


InnovationColorRumblePak DC US Box Front Purple.jpg
Color Rumble Pack (purple) Innovation (>=1999)


JoltPackBlackWhite Box Front.jpg
Jolt Pack Joytech (>=1999)


JoltPackBlueWhite Box Front.jpg
Jolt Pack Joytech (>=1999)


AdvancedJoltPackTransBlackWhite Box Front.jpg
Advanced Jolt Pack Joytech UK: £17.99[1] (2000)


AdvancedJoltPackBlackWhite Box Front.jpg
Advanced Jolt Pack Joytech UK: £17.99[1] (2000)


ForcePack DC Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngForcePack Box Front.jpg
Force Pack Mad Catz (1999), £19.99[2]
ForcePack DC.jpg


Rocker Pak (white) Naki (>=1999)


RockerPak Orange.jpg
Rocker Pak (orange) Naki (>=1999)


DC Hyper Pak (orange) Nyko (1999)
Dchyperpak.jpg


ThunderPak Box Front.jpg
Thunder Pak (white) Nyko (1999)


Thunder Pak (red) Nyko (1999)


Thunder Pak (yellow) Nyko (1999)


ThunderPak DC Box Back Green.jpgNospine.pngThunderPak DC Box Front Green.jpg
Thunder Pak (green) Nyko (1999)


Thunder Pak (blue) Nyko (1999)


Thunder Pak (purple) Nyko (1999)


TremorPak DC US Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngTremorPak DC US Box Front.jpg
TremorPak Performance US: (1999)
TremorPak DC.jpg


MotionPak Box Front.jpg
MotionPak Performance EU: (1999)


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