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Author Topic: Sega Dreamcast VGA cable, any one purchased this specific one ?  (Read 2633 times)

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http://www.racketboy.com/store/sega-dreamcast/dreamcast-vga-cable-box.html

wondering if anyone has had any luck with this specific vga cable

I wanna play some supported games in 480p dang it.

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Re: Sega Dreamcast VGA cable, any one purchased this specific one ?
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2012, 03:27:59 pm »
I had a DC VGA box.  Only a handful of games worked in 640x480.  It isn't really worth the money.

It would be money well spent if you just bought a VGA converter box.
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Re: Sega Dreamcast VGA cable, any one purchased this specific one ?
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2012, 06:33:41 pm »
Only a handful of games worked in 640x480.

I'm going to have to disagree.  Here's a compatibility list:
http://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?42182-Dreamcast-VGA-Compatability-list
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Re: Sega Dreamcast VGA cable, any one purchased this specific one ?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2012, 06:14:12 pm »
Only a handful of games worked in 640x480.

I'm going to have to disagree.  Here's a compatibility list:
http://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?42182-Dreamcast-VGA-Compatability-list

Since I didn't have the entire collection (as I do now) when I had the VGA Box I would have to say only a handful of games were available.
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Re: Sega Dreamcast VGA cable, any one purchased this specific one ?
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2012, 10:47:04 am »
alot can also be forced to do vga like the GC.

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Re: Sega Dreamcast VGA cable, any one purchased this specific one ?
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2012, 10:04:42 am »
" I had a DC VGA box.  Only a handful of games worked in 640x480.  It isn't really worth the money. It would be money well spent if you just bought a VGA converter box "

what ultranonsens , sorry .. u make me laugh .. nearly all arcade titles of the dc are running in vga mode. a dc vga box is a must have item . why would anyone use a converter if the console is putting out a perfect vga progressive mode signal ? to make a bad interlace signal worse ? the cable solution is a little cheaper compared to the blaze or brooklyn box . but its doin ok . u may find it on ebay for 10-15 bucks.
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Re: Sega Dreamcast VGA cable, any one purchased this specific one ?
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2012, 04:36:15 pm »
I have a VGA box and around 60 retail DC titles and like 30 burnt titles and 90% of them work. Also you can use either a boot disc to force the game to run in VGA, switch the mode to TV on the VGA box then back to PC/VGA or patch the disc. Really it's amazing how good the DC looks in VGA especially on an LCD HDTV! Hope this helps!

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Re: Sega Dreamcast VGA cable, any one purchased this specific one ?
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2012, 09:56:00 pm »
I agree I will never go back to a standard display after running off the naki box and all the games I liked ran fine on the lcd.

shenmue looks sick and on par with the ps2 graphics and actually better then alot belive it or not.

ps2 off a ps1/ps2 vga box is a huge improvement over stanard display while were at it also.