Dreamcast

[wildfruit]

I love my dreamcast
that is all

[MrFlutterPie]

I am hoping to make love with one someday.

[Tatsujin]

I love my dreamcast
that is all

that is not so much

[roflmao]

My son's last video game request before they hit the road for our move to MO (I'll be joining them once work slows down) was Space Channel 5 on the Dreamcast.  It's not a console I have always connected, but it's so much fun to play when it's brought out.  So many great games!

[geise]

I will always love my Dreamcast.  I got it a month after the Japanese launch.  I rocked out Virtua Fighter 3 and Sonic Adventure for the whole two months till I had enough to buy some more games.  3rd game I bought was Sega Rally 2.  Then came Marvel VS Capcom 2

[CrackTiger]

It's the last console that I was passionate about. The last time a new system and games felt special.

[Ji-L87]

Ah. Yes.

Don't think I've been as hyped for anything game related before or since. And I really liked it too. Even the loud seeking noise it does didn't phase my younger self.
Truly an excellent console.

Now, if only the gamepad had a second analog stick

[wildfruit]

It's the last console that I was passionate about. The last time a new system and games felt special.

agreed

[bartre]

i remember wanting a DC pretty quickly after i bought an N64 BITD.
parent's dragged me to Nebraska Furniture Mart for some reason, so i wandered into the games section.
lo and behold, they were demoing Power Stone 1 on Dreamcast and Donald Duck Going Quackers on N64, i think.

I was sold.

but sadly, it was not to be, parents were still in control of my money, and they decided "one game system is enough" yadda yadda....

fast forward a year or so, 8th grade.
classmate starts talking shit on the Dreamcast, how he regrets buying it, since they just announced that it's being discontinued.
i offer to buy it from him, system, 4 controllers, and 5 games.
he then starts talking it up, how all the games are great and how hard it is to find one, he even goes so far as to tell me they only made 1,000 of them.
bottom line - he wants more than the games were worth new, and i tell him to eat a dick.

fast forward about 4 years, I've just got my license.
made a new friend via another friend, and i go over to his place.
we start playing games, and i notice a dreamcast half buried in junk in the corner of his room.
"Dude, we should play that! what games you got?"
"not many, Sonic 1&2, Crazy Taxi, Virtua Fighter."
"aw man, i love the sonics on this thing, wish i had one."
"want it? $15 and it's all yours."

so i hopped on that shit.

this happened around the same time that eb games got bought by gamestop, and was consequentially getting rid of DC games.
so i popped into a local EB, and found quite the set of gems:
MvC 1, Crazy Taxi 2, Jet Grind Radio, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Power Stone 1&2 = total, ~$30.

Jet Grind Radio is still one of my favorite games ever, i once beat it 3 times in 2 days so i could unlock everything.

[jlued686]

It's the last console that I was passionate about. The last time a new system and games felt special.

agreed

3rded.

My second favorite console and the last one I was truly hyped for. Sold off a ton of shit in college to preorder, and was there on 9/9/99, walking out with Sonic Adventure, Hydro Thunder, and Ready2Rumble. My memories of that thing are almost as fond of those of the Turbo consoles.

[Tatsujin]

It's the last console that I was passionate about. The last time a new system and games felt special.

agreed

3rded

4thed

[VenomMacbeth]

Eh, I've had one for quite some time now & haven't gotten around to playing it.  Could it be because the only game I have for it is Ecco?  Or that my VMU has a dead battery?  Or that I haven't had the initiative to acquire any more games for it because I've been more into older consoles recently?  :/

[Arkhan Asylum]

Could it be because the only game I have for it is Ecco?

Ecco is a damn good only game to have for Dreamcast.    That game was excellent. 

I encourage you to give that game a fair try.

[VenomMacbeth]

Could it be because the only game I have for it is Ecco?

Ecco is a damn good only game to have for Dreamcast.    That game was excellent. 

I encourage you to give that game a fair try.

Oh I love it.  I played it on the PS2 back when it was newer & enjoyed the hell out of it.  There are just other games I'd rather play, usually.  Come to think of it, I really do need to start collecting for my Dreamcast...

[Arkhan Asylum]

ahhh.  ok.

I thought you were one of those "Man, Ecco is retarded, dolphins are stupid!" people.


Dreamcast is so badass. 

[bartre]

i remember back in college i brought my DC to my dorm.
roommate was a basketball player, said "why would you play that old thing, i've got my 360"
popped in ecco - "HOLY SHIT, LOOK AT THE DOLPHINS!"

[Tatsujin]

True Story.

[VenomMacbeth]

Oh DAMMIT.  I traded in my copy of Ecco.  Sigh...welp, no Dreamcast for me.  :/

[GohanX]

It's the last console that I was passionate about. The last time a new system and games felt special.

I most certainly agree.

The Dreamcast came out not too long after I had entered the workforce, so it was the first system that I could really buy at launch without begging the parents to buy it for me for Christmas. Several months (March?) before the US launch I found out a store in another part of the state had Japanese systems in stock, so I drove over there and grabbed the system with Virtua Fighter 3tb. Shortly afterwards, I had Sonic Adventure, KOF 98, and Marvel vs Capcom. A rental store near me got a Japanese system and some games as a package, but the owner let me rent the games individually, so I played a bit of Soul Calibur, HOTD2 and Frame Gride as well.

I loved the system right up until the demise, and the sudden discontinuation was like a punch in the gut. I played the thing nonstop for years, but once I unplugged it I have barely touched it since, which is a shame. I had a bit of a revival last year, picking up some new games and the system was just as much fun now as it was then.

I want to play it now, but I recently moved and I don't know where the RGB cable or VGA box is!

[GohanX]

Also, I just got in a bunch of the independent releases recently. I got the NG:Dev 3 pack and I randomly found Dux at a store near here. Where's my damn video cable?

[Tatsujin]

[Arkhan Asylum]

aw yiss.

dat Soul Calibur.

[wildfruit]

i had every issue..... til my mum threw them out, like she did to my nintendo adventure books

[CGQuarterly]

I wrote this article about the Dreamcast a few years ago.  Not my best work, but I still agree with it for the most part.

http://www.cgquarterly.com/articles/dc_classic.htm

Chris

[whisper2053]

I wrote this article about the Dreamcast a few years ago.  Not my best work, but I still agree with it for the most part.

http://www.cgquarterly.com/articles/dc_classic.htm

Chris

Great article, and a good read! Thanks for sharing...I still wouldn't trade away my DC for anything

[PCEngineHell]

I wrote this article about the Dreamcast a few years ago.  Not my best work, but I still agree with it for the most part.

http://www.cgquarterly.com/articles/dc_classic.htm

Chris

That is a good read, though you did miss a couple other FPS on the system. Maken X, Kiss Psycho Circus, and Soldier of Fortune. Also you can dl and burn off the unreleased Half Life and also a fanport of sorts of Quake 1 that ran rather well.

[Arkhan Asylum]

Kiss Psycho Circus was quite under appreciated, from what I remember.


It was an awesome game.   I even had the PC one too.   

[bartre]

i dunno, it felt just like a ripoff of quake to me.
awesome game - Spawn: In the Demon's Hand.
best multiplayer on the system, short of power stone 2.

[glazball]

  So we're all in agreement?  We're going to petition Sega to make a Dreamcast 2?

[GohanX]

Nah, the magic is mostly gone. Although, Sonic Generations and Sonic Racing Transformed were pretty badass.

[Duo_R]

ok what are some games today that haven't been ported and exclusive that are worth checking out?

[JoshTurboTrollX]

It's the last console that I was passionate about. The last time a new system and games felt special.

agreed

3rded.

My second favorite console and the last one I was truly hyped for. Sold off a ton of shit in college to preorder, and was there on 9/9/99, walking out with Sonic Adventure, Hydro Thunder, and Ready2Rumble. My memories of that thing are almost as fond of those of the Turbo consoles.

I was in the same boat, I walked out on 9/9/99 with Sonic Adventure, Hydro Thunder, Soul Calibur and NFL 2K!!

i dunno, it felt just like a ripoff of quake to me.
awesome game - Spawn: In the Demon's Hand.
best multiplayer on the system, short of power stone 2.

One of my favorite DC multiplayer games is Fur Fighters!!  Have you tried that?  It's like a mix of Conkers and Goldeneye 007.

[bartre]

ok what are some games today that haven't been ported and exclusive that are worth checking out?

PROJECT JUSTICE.
one of the best fighters i've played.
also,
Spawn, in the Demon's Hand.

i dunno, it felt just like a ripoff of quake to me.
awesome game - Spawn: In the Demon's Hand.
best multiplayer on the system, short of power stone 2.

One of my favorite DC multiplayer games is Fur Fighters!!  Have you tried that?  It's like a mix of Conkers and Goldeneye 007.

eh, it was okay, i never could get used to the abxy to move thing, felt weird having to use my right hand for that stuff.

[Arkhan Asylum]

ok what are some games today that haven't been ported and exclusive that are worth checking out?

Heavy Metal Geomatrixxxxxxxxxxx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[geise]

ok what are some games today that haven't been ported and exclusive that are worth checking out?

Heavy Metal Geomatrixxxxxxxxxxx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah!  The Heavy Metal game is rockin!  Much fun.  I don't believe Border Down ever got a port.  Also, Zombie Revenge!

Crazy when you think about it.  So many Dreamcast games have been ported it's hard to find ones that weren't.

[PCEngineHell]

Illbleed is a pretty fun one, as is D2. Also FrameGrid is pretty decent as are both Giant Gram titles.

[Arkhan Asylum]

I was a fan of Dragonriders of Pern and Record of Lodoss War, also.


but DR of P was on PC too, I think.

[geise]

Yeah Illbled was great.  Giant gram was as well.  Not sure how I could forget those.  Others I have that I think are DC only:

Charge N Blast
Time Stalkers
Street Fighter III 2nd Impact (besides arcade)
Fighting Vipers 2
Zero Gunner 2
Sega GaGa
Cannon Spike
Tech Romancer
Seaman

[bawitback]

Segagaga
Gunbird 2
Sonic Adventure
Tech Romacner
Power Stone
SNK Vs. Capcom 2
Power Stone 2
Rival Schools: Project Justice
Psychic Force 2012
Sakura Wars
Samba De Amigo!
Jet Set Radio
Cannon Spike
L.O.L. Lack of Love
Marvel Vs. Capcom
Bangai-O
Shenmue
Bomberman Online
Shikigami no Shiro II
Chu Chu Rocket
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
Rainbow Cotton
Spawn: In the Demon Hand
SEAMAN
Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram
Ikaruga
Triggerheart Exelica
Zero Gunner 2
Rez
Illbleed
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
King of Fighter 1999 Dream Match
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Soul Caliber
Dynamite Deka
Guilty Gear X
Space Channel 5 Part 2
DESPIRIA
Espion-Agents
Golem Maigo
Cool Cool Toon
Sengoku Turb
Granida 2
Hundred Swords
Pop n Music
Heavy Metal: Geomatrix
Phantasy Star Online
Sonic Shuffle
Sorcerian

[wildfruit]

shenmue 1 is dc only

[Tatsujin]

shen mue was soooo good.

[geise]

shen mue was soooo good.

Tats I bet you never finished shenmue cause you were always stuck in the arcade playing Space Harrier.   Same goes for you with Shenmue 2 and Outrun hehe

[Duo_R]

Nice article!

I wrote this article about the Dreamcast a few years ago.  Not my best work, but I still agree with it for the most part.

http://www.cgquarterly.com/articles/dc_classic.htm

Chris

[GohanX]

So many Dreamcast games have been ported it's hard to find ones that weren't.

True, but a lot of the ported games are still best played on Dreamcast. Sonic Adventure 1, for example, has terrible controls on Gamecube and XBLA.

[CrackTiger]

El Dorado Gate has the kind of visuals I was waiting for in a RPG. I haven't played enough of them yet to properly judge it overall as a game.

[Arkhan Asylum]

Jet Grind Radio blows on Xbox, also.


and HOTD2 with lightguns on Dreamcast = boner city.

[esadajr]

simply put, the Dreamcast is the best console ever

[JoshTurboTrollX]

Feet of Fury is all you need!!

I actually do enjoy the game!  LOL- especially the fan art you can unlock of the chick using a Katana to slice up that PS2.  ;)

[geise]

So many Dreamcast games have been ported it's hard to find ones that weren't.

True, but a lot of the ported games are still best played on Dreamcast. Sonic Adventure 1, for example, has terrible controls on Gamecube and XBLA.

Oh, totally agree.  Playing Sega games on other consoles is still...depressing...

[Tatsujin]

simply put, the Dreamcast is the best console ever

Erm no, that sure would be the lil thing this forum is 90% about