Why I buy this one ?
- Take parts of a game with you and play with them away from home
- Virtual Memory unit has its own microprocessor, screen, memory and controller
- 200 blocks of memory space
- Hi-resolution LCD screen
- For 1 player

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What our customer's say!

"vmu", the vmu is really awesome ive had one before and lost it and i couldnt save my files without it. it is really neat how it displays the game logo when you insert a game into the dc. so i give this product a thumbs up.

"It's Great", This is OK and the bad thing is sometimes you have to replace the battery which allows you to play the mini games.

"It's an okay memory card, but...", This memory card (or Visual Memory Unit/VMU) is an original idea for saving games. Now you can play minigames, custimize your existing game, and hook up to another VMU to trade information, or just delete save data. In some games, this memory unit shows info (for instance, In Resident Evil Code: Veronica, it displays your health). There is one problem: Memory space. There is not enough space. 200 blocks just doesn't cut it. Example, most minigames require 128 blocks of memory. Then you get a game like Dino Crisis and it's 8 blocks. So far so good....until you get a game like Shemmue, which is 80 blocks. So, you didn't have enough space to save Shemmue because of the minigame, and now you need to delete memory or buy another card....Frustrating, huh? If all your concerned with is memory, get a 4x card. If you care more about a LCD screen and some buttons, get a VMU. Your choice.

"BULL!", This thing RULES ALL MEMORY CARDS TO THE POINT OF NO END!!!!!
So what is the matter with it? No they are wrong, I saved one 2K2 game and one Capcom vs. SNK 2 game on the same VMU, believe all when said "A must have!" It truly is!!!!!

"The best memory card yet, in different colors", Considering past memory cards for past systems may not have had all the memory one could have hoped for, Sega decided to change things up when they released the Dreamcast. The Dreamcast VMU (Visual Memory Unit) is a step ahead in designing home system memory cards. Included is a small LCD screen with working buttons to play mini-games along with other features (for example raising Chaos in Sonic Adventure or playing a Pac-Man type game with Namco Museum). You can take the top off the VMU and transfer files into another VMU or link it up to play mini-games together. The VMU can hold up to 200 blocks of memory, and while this may seem like a lot, most of Sega's 2K2 sports titles take just about 200 blocks of memory just to save options let alone a team season. Not to mention that after a while the battery life of the VMU LCD screen will die, and that happens quicker than expected, but the LCD screen isn't necessarily needed if your just using the VMU as a memory card and nothing more. All in all, I would recommend at least 3 or 4 VMU's for Dreamcast owners; they're cheap and affordable and you can still find them at game retailers.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Most Bang For The Buck", An excellent product for it's price.

The only improvement I could think of is to increase the memory capacity and sell for a higher price.

Sorry to see the Console Empire of Sega has fallen.

"vmu-the best memory card", the visual memory unit (vmu) for dreamcast is one of sega's greatest achievments. it lets you display secret data during head-to-head matches with other players. it also doubles as a mini gameboy,only cheaper. it only has one flaw:only 200 blocks of memory. and with games that take up 180 blocks you'll have to buy lots of 'em if you are a serious gamer. but overall it's a must buy for dreamcast gamers.

"Should have come with the console", Dropped from 5 to 3 stars.
I thought that this was great when I got it for $10. It is not very reliable, so I could probably live without it. It will occasionally lose some data, and if you drop the controller on a hard surface you can lose it all.

"yet another review, in bleu", 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.

"It works great!", I like the way it shows different graphics when you play a different game.