Japan Dreamcast Controller port in US model?
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Japan Dreamcast Controller port in US model?
Will a Japan model controller port work in my american US model DC?
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Re: Japan Dreamcast Controller port in US model?
There's no hardware-enforced region locking on any peripherals for the Dreamcast. There's no reason a plain controller from one region would not work in another region.
Note: The Japanese light gun does not work with official US lightgun games. There's no hardware reason for it -- it is solely a software-based lockout that was based on the decision by Sega of America not to bring out a lightgun in the US after the Columbine school shooting occurred. There are 3rd party lightguns that work just fine, though.
Note: The Japanese light gun does not work with official US lightgun games. There's no hardware reason for it -- it is solely a software-based lockout that was based on the decision by Sega of America not to bring out a lightgun in the US after the Columbine school shooting occurred. There are 3rd party lightguns that work just fine, though.
Re: Japan Dreamcast Controller port in US model?
Not the controller, the controller port
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-Official-D ... Track=true
thanks for the reply
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-Official-D ... Track=true
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Re: Japan Dreamcast Controller port in US model?
anyone? Or by hardware were you meaning internals too?
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Re: Japan Dreamcast Controller port in US model?
Oh... The board itself...
As long as it came from a Dreamcast with the same number of pins on the fan connector, it should be fine, I'm pretty sure. Just make sure you have the same number of pins on the fan connector (that one looks like a 3 pin model) and you should be good to go.
Note: I've never tried using one from a different region system myself, but considering there's not really any logic on the board itself, I can't see it being a problem.
As long as it came from a Dreamcast with the same number of pins on the fan connector, it should be fine, I'm pretty sure. Just make sure you have the same number of pins on the fan connector (that one looks like a 3 pin model) and you should be good to go.
Note: I've never tried using one from a different region system myself, but considering there's not really any logic on the board itself, I can't see it being a problem.
Re: Japan Dreamcast Controller port in US model?
thanks again for the reply, I asked the seller and he said it will work....so I purchased it and now I wait for it to get here so i can put err in. I hope it works. I will reply back when I put it in the Dreamcast to let everyone know.