HKT-0200 - Sega Katana Controller Box

The HKT-0200 Sega Katana Controller Box is a peripheral device for the Sega Dreamcast Development Box prior to the Set 5.xx. It connected to the older Katana Development Boxes, which lacked controller ports. This device worked best with either the MK-80117 Sega Saturn 3D Controller Pad or the HSS-0137 Sega Saturn 3D White Controller Pad.

http://segakatana.com/hardware.php?cat=dcdev&id=hkt02

 

cool stuff

 

Anyone have any idea what the 8 ports on top are for?

 

VMU ?

 

I thought so, though it looks nothing like a standard VMU slot.

Remember, there were only Sega Saturn Controllers then..

 

yeah i know, but if this thingle exists i dont doubt some kind of proto VMU exists also ...
thats just my guess

 

the final dreamcast controller has 2 VMU slots; so this must be a early memorycard input.

 

Yeah, IIRC, someone had an early dreamcast memory card here on the forums...maybe you can ask them to take a picture of the bottom and see if it matches.

 

That was samael64's, and unfortunately it didn't.



So, this must have been a much older proto then.

 

Thanks for the pics!

 

are there any technical differences between the two pads beyond the color?

 

None really.

Here's some info from the Katana SDK - Release 4:

 

Nice snippet! I would love to put my hands on older dev kit stuff
Anyway, it says the box labeled "katana" supports the DC controller, but your pics shows ports just for saturn controllers. Maybe the DC proto controllers uses the saturn plug?