If you’ve got dabbled in something Sega Dreamcast within the final so a few years, you may almost certainly remember that the trendy indie sport scene for the console is bustling, with no indicators of slowing down any time quickly. Despite the abundance of latest indie software program releases for the Dreamcast, there was one bodily indie launch specifically that appeared to peak my curiosity just lately for a wholly totally different purpose unrelated to the sport itself, that being Hermes: Limited Edition, and its included Hermes-branded Visual Memory Unit (VMU). 

Hermes is a enjoyable indie platformer developed by Retroguru with an excellent chiptune soundtrack the place you play as a chef chasing after a hen. Mike has already reviewed it on the weblog a protracted whereas again, and you may try his evaluate right here. In this publish, although, I wished to concentrate on that particular VMU, as a result of it’s just about the primary of its type: the primary indie-branded Dreamcast peripheral. The solely factor that might have come remotely near one thing like this was the VMU lamp for Alice Dreams Tournament, however that by no means noticed the sunshine of day (oh pricey, I simply stumbled right into a pun with out realising).

Released by Video Games New York (aka VGNYSoft), Dreamcast diehards throughout the globe had been understandably desperate to get their arms on one in all these cool VMUs. Unfortunately, dwellers of the United Kingdom like myself could not order from Video Games New York’s web site as they do not ship right here. Luckily, Wave Game studios put a very small batch (ten, I feel) of the restricted version up on the market on their web site, so I snatched up a kind of. Thanks, dudes!

The clear inexperienced VMU is printed with the Hermes brand, in addition to the hen you play as, and the chef’s meat cleaver. It really comes packaged in an official American VMU field, which is saved contained in the bigger Hermes: Limited Edition field. It is fairly apparent that the VMUs used for this launch are leftover model new official VMU inventory, however the printing on the VMU is such high-quality, you would be mistaken for considering it may have really been an official launch from Sega again within the day. Also, VGNY made an amazing selection in utilizing the clear inexperienced VMU!

Because I used to be so excited to obtain my Hermes VMU, I really mustered up some braveness and determined to document a brief clip showcasing the VMU, so test that out under! Apologies if I say “erm” loads, I used to be ad-libbing!

If you wish to get your self one in all these VMUs, there’s presently inventory accessible on VGNYSoft’s web site and Canadian web site Video Games Plus. As for whether or not or not both will ship to your nation, I’m not fairly positive. Either method, let’s hope that is the primary of many indie-themed Dreamcast peripheral releases to come back!