Of Course The Dreamcast's "Most Powerful VMU" Can Play Doom

8BitMod's VMU Pro is living up to its name

by Damien McFerran 10:10am

Of Course The Dreamcast's "Most Powerful VMU" Can Play Doom 1 — *Image: 8bitmods*

We've had our eyes on 8BitMod's upcoming VMU Pro for some time now – and who can blame us? This updated version of the Dreamcast's memory card will offer more storage, a colour screen and the ability to play music.

Oh, and it can play Doom, too.

Whether or not a piece of electronics can run id Software's iconic FPS has long been a true test of power and adaptability, and the VMU Pro passes with flying colours, as you can see from the footage below.

The VMU Pro joins similar products from 8BitMods aimed at the PS1, PS2 and GameCube. There's no solid release date as yet.

It's not the only option on the market if you're looking for a next-gen VMU replacement – there's also the superb VM2.

Better frame rate than the SNES version. HAHAHA. Well as true as that is it was still the only way some people could experience doom up to a point. Me being one of those people. And i still have a soft spot for it. DOOM on things will always be a thing.

Because you are not a thing unless you can run doom. doom all the things. because DOOM.

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RetroGames
36m ago

@MysticWangForce Well, the upcoming Doom Definitive Edition for SNES supports a brand new controller with rumble built in, so that's something actually rather cool. And there you can at least control the game fully properly too, which is just as important as frame rate, if not even more so. But I'm sure the five people who own a VMU that will mod it like this and for some reason want to play Doom on it over all the other options in 2024 will have a . . . time with it.

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