As Dreamcast owners may know, it's still possible to connect online using DreamPi, a Raspberry Pi-based solution that connects the console to the Internet for online gaming. Although there are other alternatives, this is still the most popular.

If you're tempted by the idea, the Time Extension website published a detailed guide to the procedure last September, available at this address.

Today, a news item linked to DreamPi deserves our attention, once again relayed by Time Extension. Developer Robert Dale Smith has come up with a solution for saving VMU saves in the cloud, just like modern consoles.

Called Virtual VMU, this open source solution is accessible via the Dreamcast web browser through the DreamPi portal mentioned above.

Protecting and recovering your backups online is therefore possible on Dreamcast 26 years after the release of the 128-bit console, with one notable advantage over similar services on modern consoles... it's free.