USB GDrom Thread

...And now it's at 97% ! Yay, 2% more!

I'll be interested to see what additions, changes, etc. he has made to the firmware when released.

I personally have been VERY happy with it, but I'm an very old-school PC user, and so simple, functional text-based interfaces are a-OK with me...

 

He won't ship to the U.S. for right now either. http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/wtb-dreamcast-usb-gdrom.60396/

 

Stoneagegamer.com is in the US and is selling the usb-dgrom

 

No they don't, they ran out.

Availability:No products with the selected options in stock

NOTICE: We hope to have more back orders available again in a few weeks.
(Posted: Mar. 22)

http://www.stoneagegamer.com/dreamcast-usb-en.html

 

They open up backorders when a shipment is in transit. Two months ago I back ordered one. Got it about three weeks later.

If you want to buy, watch for when backorders open up. It's opened and closed a couple of times since I got mine.

If you get one, you can fit the entire trurip set (US, JP and EU) on four 256gb drives. Add a 5th drive for favorites / top games and your set.

 

Plus be prepared for rip off prices too. I saved nearly around $85 direct from mnemo. Maybe its a temporary issue mailing to the US from mnemo's standpoint.

 

Sad day today.

http://www.stoneagegamer.com/dreamcast-usb-en.html

Hopefully mnemo wisens up, he has a cracking product that needs selling.

 

anybody know how much mneno is selling them now for??

 

Publicly he has no ordering information available.

 

stoneage is no longer selling USB-GDROM... so i hope he brings his page back up to order them...

 

After reading SAG's post, I'm not sure I would buy from nmemo.

 

Contrary to my last post, business is business as they say and I can understand profits have to be made, yet after reading SAG's post. It's a really Dick move on Mnemo's part, unprofessional and out of order, which will not help him in the long.

 

Buy a GDEMU.

 

gdemu is great also but id prefer usb gdrom because of the usb instead of sd

 

Wow, so I guess I was pretty lucky to actually get a usb gdrom. I'm glad I have one, but at the same time I now feel a little bad that I gave Mnemo any of my money, the guy sounds like a real ass.

 

i first contacted mnemo last summer, after 2 month or so he wrote back asking for paypal and shipping address.
After that there was nothing again until february this year (almost 6 month), a invoice arrived in my paypal account. No email or im message in the time.
I wasnt sure if i should pay because of the huge time gaps but i couldnt miss the chance to get one. After payment it arrived 2-3 weeks later (Central Europe) and the unit works great.

So i can recommend the device but communication with him is almost non existent... with gdemu being the only alternative and getting that is as hard to get as well im really happy that if got mine in the end.

I hope the new situation wont result in the lack of future firmware updates but even if the compatibility is great with everything i tested yet.

 

It really is a shame about Mnemo's behavior. At least he didn't outright cheat anyone on an individual basis, but this behavior is really unfortunate. It's a shane his business is so poor because he has a great product

 

I wasn't really going to buy a USB-GDROM because I bought a GDEMU before the USB-GDROM even existed, but I'm definitely not going to recommend it to anyone now.

Well, Stone Age Gamer fronted him $1500 worth of connectors for his board and then once Mnemo received them he changed their agreed-upon price, essentially scamming them out of their money. Sure, he didn't scam an individual in this situation but I certainly can't say I'd trust sending any money to Mnemo at this point. It's far too easy for him to exit-scam from this business (i.e. building a reputation and then taking a bunch of orders and not fulfilling them and disappearing).

 

Alpha testing of the new UGC firmware has started.

I'm not part of this alpha

 

does anyone know more about what new features will be integrated in the new firmware?