EDIT:The Dreamcast arrived, need help on various things!

[ExedExes]

What's so high maintenance about the DC. Im confused

It does nag a lot when the vmu batteries die.

Ah yes, or as we call it, the BEEEEEEEEEEP before the WHIIIIIIIIIIIRRR WHEEEE WIRRRR!

Ambient DC sounds! That's life inside the swirl for ya

[MrAverageRetro]

You gotta love the dreamcast sounds

[AppleQueso]

someone should record an album that replaces record scratch noises with dreamcast motor noises.

[bacardipr05]

The one good thing about the noise is i can tell if its going to boot up a game. If it sounds like its grinding rocks its all good.... If you hear nothing or just a faint spin it wont...lol

[CRTGAMER]

The one good thing about the noise is i can tell if its going to boot up a game. If it sounds like its grinding rocks its all good.... If you hear nothing or just a faint spin it wont...lol

Also when you get another random battle in Skies of Arcadia. Gaaah I used to hate that sound.

@ bacardipr05 - No worries, the Dreamcast is solid, it just has the unique characteristics.

[BoneSnapDeez]

The one good thing about the noise is i can tell if its going to boot up a game. If it sounds like its grinding rocks its all good.... If you hear nothing or just a faint spin it wont...lol

Also when you get another random battle in Skies of Arcadia. Gaaah I used to hate that sound.

I loved it! Warned you a battle was about to begin!

[ExedExes]

The one good thing about the noise is i can tell if its going to boot up a game. If it sounds like its grinding rocks its all good.... If you hear nothing or just a faint spin it wont...lol

Also when you get another random battle in Skies of Arcadia. Gaaah I used to hate that sound.

Don't forget the sound that spoils and lets you know every single random encounter in D2 -- LOVE IT

[Reprise]

Haha yeah I loved that! So nice of the Dreamcast to let you know when a random encounter was coming

[bacardipr05]

The one good thing about the noise is i can tell if its going to boot up a game. If it sounds like its grinding rocks its all good.... If you hear nothing or just a faint spin it wont...lol

Also when you get another random battle in Skies of Arcadia. Gaaah I used to hate that sound.

@ bacardipr05 - No worries, the Dreamcast is solid, it just has the unique characteristics.

Yeah i know the DC is solid i still have my launch unit and she still grinds with the best of them.... I never played Skies of Arcadia but i remember reading somewhere about that

[Flodder450]

UPDATE:
The dreamcast had arrived, about 2 days after i got it, i unplugged and replugged the controller from the DC i had to fix for a friend when it was turned off, then the controller ports didnt work, made them work again by twisting the fuses on the controller board and now it owrks again!

Also bought and recieved 2 New in the box 1st-party controllers (The controllers were even sealed in the bag and the foam part was still around the plug!) and a new CIB VMU, though the VMU is an NTSC unit, it works without a hitch on my PAL DC

Im going to buy Legacy Of Kain Soul Reaver, i already got RE-Volt and Roadsters, the latter of which is an absolute shitgame, while RE-Volt got me very hooked!

Does anyone know a way of making the plastics turn white again since the DC is a bit off-colour, should i make some Retr0bright myself?

and how do i remove scratches from the surface of the plastic, its pretty beat up in some places.