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{{Infobox console|title = Sega Dreamcast|logo = DreamcastConsole.png|developer = [[:Sega]]|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]|generation = [[File:DreamcastCategory:Sixth-and-controller.jpggeneration video game consoles|Sixth generation]]|release = 1998|thumbdiscontinued = 2001|250pxpredecessor = [[Sega_Saturn_emulators|The Sega Dreamcast and controllerSaturn]]|emulated = {{✓}}}}The '''[[wikipedia:Sega Dreamcast|Dreamcast]]''' is a sixth-generation console released by [[wikipedia:Sega|Sega]] in on November 27, 1998 in Japan and later on September 9, 1999 in NA. It retailed for {{Inflation|USD|199.99|1999 in other territories}}. It had a Hitachi SH-4 RISC CPU at 200 MHz with 16 MB of RAM and 8 MB of VRAM. It had a PowerVR2 GPU at 100 MHz, which theoretically was capable of pushing 3 million polygons/second on-screen. There is a 2 MB audio RAM, which complemented a powerful 67 MHz Yamaha AICA sound processor, with a 32-bit ARM7 RISC CPU core. The audio chip could generate 64 voices with PCM or ADPCM codec and provided ten times the performance of the [[Sega Saturn emulators|Saturn's]] sound system.. Sega also released the '''[[Sega NAOMI and variants|Naomi]]''', an arcade system board with similar components to the Dreamcast, is supported by some Dreamcast emulators. Sammy's '''[https://segaretro.org/Atomiswave is an Atomiswave]''' arcade system board that is was also based upon on the Dreamcast and Naomi. Sega collaborated with Microsoft on the Dreamcast's development, and this partnership would continue later with the [[Xbox emulators|Xbox]]. What came out of this was the possibility for games to be developed for an optimized version of '''Windows CE''' (with DirectX) on each disc. However, Windows CE wasn't mandatory to use and most developers opted for Sega's development tools instead out of convenience. Even in major emulators, this aspect isn't implemented (or implemented well).

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* ;[[DEmul]] has :Has the highest compatibility and accuracy, but is the most accurate Dreamcast emulatorWindows-only and closed-source. But there may be some games that work better on NullDC or reicast, so it's a good idea to try them all. Supports It supports Windows CE games , but in general , they run worse than standard Dreamcast titles. It's also more resource-intensive than other emulators.* Makaron one ;[[redream]]:Runs on Windows, MacOS, Linux and Android. Compatible with [https://redream.io/compatibility 85+% of the only two Dreamcast emulator library] (no Windows CE support), has a good user interface, is easy to set up and can run without a BIOS. Runs on [https://youtu.be/rywLHa1i9yk?t=529 low-end machines] provided that can properly play games they support OpenGL 3.1. There's a payware premium version which use Windows CEprovides high-definition rendering.* NullDC ;[[nullDC]]:Can run a lot of games at great speed on mid-end PC but is no longer developed .:;[[reicast]]:Eventually nullDC's author forked his own project into reicast, with the main objective to widen platform availability to smartphones and tablets. While wider availability is replaced by generally a good thing, this resulted in cutting accuracy corners from the nullDC codebase to achieve the speed goals necessary to run on these platforms. Advancements in mobile hardware should have led to the removal of such "hacks"; however lack of developer resources and interest led to long delays in Reicast development, and the codebase remained virtually untouched for years before the RetroArch team began working with it as part of a "Reicastcore", later named Flycast.:;[[reicast#Libretro_core|Flycast]]:Fork of reicast avaliable as an standalone emulator and as an [[libretro]] core. libretro collaborators, primarily [https://github.com/flyinghead/reicast-emulator flyinghead], dramatically improved Reicast in areas such as graphics, input, system clock, and Dreamcast VMU. Atomiswave and NAOMI SH-4-based arcade systems have also been added to great fanfare<ref name="flycastnaomi">https://github.com/libretro/flycast/issues/136</ref>, along with support for MAME's popular CHD format. Even full MMU support, which is made by needed to run WinCE-based games such as "Armada", "Half-Life" and "SEGA Rally Championship 2", has recently been tackled through an experimental branch (anyone following Dreamcast emulation over the same teamyears understands what a tough nut this is to crack). ThusAside from some audio stuttering issues in games such as "Looney Toons Space Race" and "Resident Evil: Code Veronica", using this is a highly compatible and accurate emulator.  ;[[Makaron]]:One of the latter is more recommendedonly two closed-source Dreamcast emulators that can properly play Windows CE games.

Dreamcast emulation is okay but nothing great. Some For the emulators that are either mature or maturing, a very large percentage of games work well, but many some games still have problems and glitches. Windows CE games emulation is still poor and slow. ==VMU emulators==While some Dreamcast emulators can leverage the screen of the VMU while the game is running, none of them allow you to play the minigames developed for it. ElysianVMU is a complete Dreamcast VMU emulator:[http://evmu.elysianshadows.com/ ElysianVMU]