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Here is where you can find prototype hardware.

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Here is a prototype Dreamcast. It looks like it would make people think its more ahead of it's time than they already think it is. It also looks like the controller goes into one of those things sticking out...

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This one looks more like the final design...not much to say. Exept that it needs a little more Creativity...

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This one has a Saturn look to it, perhaps to fit the codename "Black Belt". I think they didn't stick with this model because It still needed a little more creativity, and because it didn’t look very appealing.(like the Saturn)

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This is the final model but strangely, with four controller ports. Perhaps they were thinking of adding more to the multiplayer. Or maybe for debuging? It also appears to be the UK version of the console, as you can see a blue light instead of orange. Or maybe they were going to make it blue for all regions...

Next up are add-ons and stuff...

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Here we see the MP3 VMU. Which was never released. I believe because Peter Moore thought MP3 players should work with a special cord that connect to the Dreamcast. Meaning he preferred making a cord that let you connect your...let's say, Sony MP3 Player to your Dreamcast and download your songs through the web browser. Unfortunately, the cable was also never released...

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Here my friends, we see one of the few prototype Zip Drive add-on pics...not much to say about this one exept that it might have been one of the first designs Sega came up with because I never even saw it under the Dreamcast like the other ones...

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These two pics are also what looks like was going to be the final design of the Zip Drive. Next to it, you can see what looks like the Broadband Adapter.

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Yet another Zip Drive. I have no idea what happened to it, I read somewhere that Sega had a full working one "locked away in their secret labs". Most likely it didn’t get released because the Dreamcast died...

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The DVD add-on...looks like it was not meant to be attached to the Dreamcast. Or perhaps it worked a base so the zip drive could be next to the Dreamcast. Like the Sega CD. Although it was ready around late 2000, Peter Moore didn't want it to be released until it can enhance gameplay. Some say the fact that the Dreamcast was unable to play DVD's was the main reason for it's early death...

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