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!colspan| [https://web.archive.org/web/20040415081512/http://xega.emucamp.com DreamVMU]| align="7"left|Mobile / ARM{{Icon|Windows}}| 0.1| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}
|Visual Memory Emulator|align!colspan=left|{{Icon"8"|Android}}|[https:Mobile //play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nuritsubushi.vmemu 1.00]|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{✓}}ARM
!colspan| ElysianVMU| align="7"left|{{Icon|LiA}}| [http://evmu.elysianshadows.com/ 0.2.0]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|Console{{✗}}
|SoftVMS|align!colspan=left|{{Icon|Dreamcast}}|[http://mc.pp.se/dc/sw.html 1.10]|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}"8"|{{~}}Console
;Visual Memory Emulator
:The only emulator that seems to have fully working sound. Doesn’t see updates since 2011.
;VeMUlator
:Quite decent freemium emulator. The sound is slightly buggy, but it works most of the time. Paid version got rid of ads and enabled savestates. Sadly, at some point after 2018, it was pulled from the Play Store and had its GitHub repo deleted. It survives in its libretro fork and in [https://apkpure.com/vemulator-free-dreamcast-vmu-emulator/com.mjaoune.vemulator its original form in APKPure’s archives]. To select a BIOS, place it on <code>/sdcard/VeMULATOR</code> and name it <code>VMU_BIOS.bin</code>.
[[Category:Sixth-generation video game consoles]]
→Emulators: VeMUlator is licensed under GPL
{{Infobox console
|title = Sega VMU
|logo = Sega-Dreamcast-VMU.jpgpng
|developer = [[:Sega]]
|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Handheld game console]]
==Emulators==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|<abbr title="VMU communication with Dreamcast system emulation">[https://sega.fandom.com/wiki/VMU#Dreamcast_titles_that_include_VMU_games_and_extra_features VMU to<br/>Dreamcast]</abbr>! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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!colspan="78"|PC / x86
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|SoftVMS|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|MS-DOS|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|AmigaOS}}|[https://web.archive.org/web/20210606212834/http://mc.pp.se/dc/sw.html 1.10 (source only)]|{{✗}}|?{{✗}}|{{✓}}<small> (Wii Only)</small>| {{✗}}|{{~}}
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|[[MAME]https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/RetroArch VeMUlator]<br/><small>VeMUlator_libretro</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httphttps://wwwbuildbot.mamedevlibretro.orgcom/nightly/release.html nightly]| {{MAMEVer✗}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗TBD}}<ref group=N>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/vemulator/#compatibility VeMUlator_libretro core compatibility issues]</ref>
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|ElysianVMU[[MAME]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|WebFreeBSD}}|[http://evmuwww.elysianshadowsmamedev.comorg/ 0release.2.0html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✗}}|?{{✓}}| {{✓}}|{{✗✓}}|{{✗}}
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|DirectVMSElysianVMU|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}}|1[http://evmu.8elysianshadows.com 0.2.0]| {{✗}}|{{✗}}|?{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
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| DirectVMS| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://webwww.archivezophar.orgnet/webvms/20040415081512/http://xegadirectvms.emucamphtml 1.com/ DreamVMU8]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows✗}}|0.1|{{✗}}|?{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
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|VeMUlator|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/android/latest/ libretro core]<br />[https://archive.org/details/vemulator 1.0 RC1]| {{✗}}|{{✓}}|?{{✗}}|{{✓~}}<brref group=N>[https://github.com/libretro/vemulator-libretro/commits/><small>(master The libretro only)core is still active.]</smallref>|{{~✓}}
|-
|ElysianVMUVisual Memory Emulator|align=left|{{Icon|LiAAndroid}}|[httphttps://evmum.elysianshadowsapkpure.com/ 0visual-memory-emulator/com.nuritsubushi.2vmemu 1.000]|{{✗}}|?{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}| {{~}}
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|VMU EmulatorSoftVMS|align=left|{{Icon|PSPDreamcast}}|[http://webmc.archivepp.orgse/webdc/20140105092850/http://virtuamunstazsw.de/ html 1.010]|{{✗}}|?{{✗}}| {{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}
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|SoftVMS-WiiVMU Emulator (demo)|align=left|{{Icon|WiiPSP}}|?<small> (WIP)<[http://web.archive.org/web/20140105092850/http://virtuamunstaz.de/small>1.0]|{{✗}}|?{{✗}}| {{✗}}|{{✓✗}}|{{~✗}}
|}
</div>
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===Comparisons===
It should be of note that, differently from the norm, most VMU emulators map the A and B buttons to the A and B keys.
;SoftVMS
:The first VMU emulator, originally named simply Visual Memory System. Supports a fuckton heckton of systems, but after version 1.7, the only port distributed with compiled binaries is Dreamcast. Extant documentation is close to zero. The most up-to-date compiled binary one can find online seems to be the MS-DOS port of version 1.8, wrongly [http://www.emu-france.com/?wpfb_dl=50 archived in Emu-France] under Windows. Sound emulation does not seem to work. ;VMU Emulator:A 2005 port of SoftVMS for the Sony PSP. Works fine enough.
;MAME
:The module is listed as [http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/dettaglio_mame.php?game_name=svmu preliminary ] and sound isn’t emulatedas of version 0.249. There are better options around.
;ElysianVMU
;DreamVMU
:Made as a one-off quick and dirty learning project, this emulator is undoubtly the prettiest of them all. It is also the least compatible of them all.
;Visual Memory Emulator
:The only emulator that seems to have fully working sound. Doesn’t see updates since 2011.
;VeMUlator
:Quite decent freemium emulator. The sound is slightly buggy, but it works most of the time. Paid version got rid of ads and enabled savestates. Sadly, at some point after 2018, it was pulled from the Play Store and had its GitHub repo deleted. It survives in its libretro fork and in [https://apkpure.com/vemulator-free-dreamcast-vmu-emulator/com.mjaoune.vemulator its original form in APKPure’s archives]. To select a BIOS, place it on <code>/sdcard/VeMULATOR</code> and name it <code>VMU_BIOS.bin</code>.
;VMU Emulator
:A 2005 port of SoftVMS for the Sony PSP. Works fine enough.
===Serial port===
[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Sega consoles]]
[[Category:Sixth-generation video game consoles]]
[[Category:Peripherals/Accessories]]
[[Category:Sega VMU emulators|*]]
