Dreamcasts are underrated

[Ricochet]

For all the mistakes Sega made, the Dreamcast was the one that Sega did everything right. Yet, the game industry was unforgiving. It was the first true "Next-Gen" system. I remembered when it first came out it blew everything away in terms of shear graphics including PCs. For me, it seems like that's the first significant jump in the gaming world. Soul Calibur (launch or near-launch title) was such an unbelievable game.

The Dreamcast is superior to the PS2 for one main reason: native VGA support. It doesn't make a big deal for most gamers, but for those using computer monitors they know exactly what I'm talking about.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I got the VGA box and played Draconus (or whatever it was called) on a monitor like that. That was ultra high res gaming back then.

 

[funboy6942]

I still have mine and about 75 games for it, just about to say screw it and go sit down and do me some 8 hours of gaming. My boys and I still play the hell out of it, always looking for more games for it when I can at local pawn shops and garage sales, more luck at pawn shops though. Local one to me has a ton of controllers left for $2 each, I just bought all the games they had, going to go back and pick up a few more controllers when I get more money.

List the games you have for your dc!
Mine are as follows:

Maximum Pool
Sega Smash Pack vol1
Atari Anniversary Edition
Grandia
Cannon Spike
Blue Stinger
Bangai-O
Gigawing
onfidential Mission
Out Trigger
Sydney 2000
Sports Jam
Phantasy Star online
NFL Blita 2000
Demolition Racer
Tennis 2k2
Disneys Magical racing Tour
Ducati World
Sega Rally 2
Looney Tunes Space Race
Hoyle Casino
GTA 2
Flag to Flag Cart
Dino Crisis
Space Channel 5
POD Speedzone
Speed Devils
Speed Devils Online
Star Lancer
Jeremy Mcrath supercross 2000
Midway Arcade Hits 1
Midway Arcade hits 2
Fur Fighters
Aerowings 1
Aerowings 2
Armada
Bust a move
Super Puzzle Fighter 2
Capcom VS SNK
Capcom VS SNK 2
Marvel VS Capcom 2
3rd Strike Street Fighter
Virtua Fighter
Sonic Shuffle
MSR
F! World Grand Prix
Datona USA
18 Wheeler
4x4 EVO
Hydro Thunder
Wacky Races
Crazy Taxi 2
Airforce Delta
Sega GT
MDK
Rayman 2
Expendable
Ooga Booga
JoJos Bizare Adventure
Wetrix
102 Dalmations
Army Men Sarges Heros
Buzz Lightyear
Floigan Bros
Frogger 2
ms pacman
Caesars palace 2000
Sega Bass fishing
Sega Bass Fishing 2
Reel Fishing wild
South Park Rally
South Park Chefs Luv Shack
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Seaman
Evil Dead Hail to the king
Tokyo Racer
Cosmic Smash
Q-bert
Heavy Metal Geomatrix
Tekken
Surf Rocket Racer
Super Runabout San Fransisco
Star Wars Jedi Battles
Star Wars Demolition
Sega Marine Fishing
Roadsters-this game sucks
House of dead 2
Fighting force 2

 

[Svnla]

I bought one brand new when BB had it for $50. I bought another one (used) from Gamestop for about $20.

I need to get some games. Most of them were stolen a while back.

Soul Calibur was and is a great game. NFL 2Kx was great too.

 

[ballmode]

It was great till the PS2 came out... if the Dreamcast had a DVD player, I think it would have survived longer... especially with its 4 player ports

 

[Viper GTS]

I just listed mine on ebay. I dragged it cross country not once but twice and haven't turned it on in ages. It's time for it to go.

Perhaps one of you sentimental folks can buy it.



Viper GTS

 

[Howard]

Dreamcasts are still quite popular for Marvel vs Capcom 2. Tournaments are run with it.

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: Howard
Dreamcasts are still quite popular for Marvel vs Capcom 2. Tournaments are run with it.

how badly i wish that game to be released on XBLA. hell if its an 360 game i would buy it for $50 if its got nice online features
did the original XBOX mvc2 have online?

 

[xcript]

I've had my DC for years and I still love it and use it all the time. So many good games (especially the fighters.. MvC2, CvSNK2, Guilty Gear, Soul Calibur, DoA) and it makes an awesome NES/SMS/SMD emulation box.

 

[nakedfrog]

I need to buy one while they're still cheap. My black Sports edition one doesn't work now
It runs for a few minutes, then reboots itself.

 

[UpgradeFailure]

Dreamcast + VGA box = Hell yes

 

[SlowSpyder]

Originally posted by: funboy42
I still have mine and about 75 games for it, just about to say screw it and go sit down and do me some 8 hours of gaming. My boys and I still play the hell out of it, always looking for more games for it when I can at local pawn shops and garage sales, more luck at pawn shops though. Local one to me has a ton of controllers left for $2 each, I just bought all the games they had, going to go back and pick up a few more controllers when I get more money.

List the games you have for your dc!
Mine are as follows:

Maximum Pool
Sega Smash Pack vol1
Atari Anniversary Edition
Grandia
Cannon Spike
Blue Stinger
Bangai-O
Gigawing
onfidential Mission
Out Trigger
Sydney 2000
Sports Jam
Phantasy Star online
NFL Blita 2000
Demolition Racer
Tennis 2k2
Disneys Magical racing Tour
Ducati World
Sega Rally 2
Looney Tunes Space Race
Hoyle Casino
GTA 2
Flag to Flag Cart
Dino Crisis
Space Channel 5
POD Speedzone
Speed Devils
Speed Devils Online
Star Lancer
Jeremy Mcrath supercross 2000
Midway Arcade Hits 1
Midway Arcade hits 2
Fur Fighters
Aerowings 1
Aerowings 2
Armada
Bust a move
Super Puzzle Fighter 2
Capcom VS SNK
Capcom VS SNK 2
Marvel VS Capcom 2
3rd Strike Street Fighter
Virtua Fighter
Sonic Shuffle
MSR
F! World Grand Prix
Datona USA
18 Wheeler
4x4 EVO
Hydro Thunder
Wacky Races
Crazy Taxi 2
Airforce Delta
Sega GT
MDK
Rayman 2
Expendable
Ooga Booga
JoJos Bizare Adventure
Wetrix
102 Dalmations
Army Men Sarges Heros
Buzz Lightyear
Floigan Bros
Frogger 2
ms pacman
Caesars palace 2000
Sega Bass fishing
Sega Bass Fishing 2
Reel Fishing wild
South Park Rally
South Park Chefs Luv Shack
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Seaman
Evil Dead Hail to the king
Tokyo Racer
Cosmic Smash
Q-bert
Heavy Metal Geomatrix
Tekken
Surf Rocket Racer
Super Runabout San Fransisco
Star Wars Jedi Battles
Star Wars Demolition
Sega Marine Fishing
Roadsters-this game sucks
House of dead 2
Fighting force 2

Did they make Tekken for the DC? I think you could use the Bleem emulator, but I don't remember Tekken for the DC...?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: EKKC

Originally posted by: Howard
Dreamcasts are still quite popular for Marvel vs Capcom 2. Tournaments are run with it.

how badly i wish that game to be released on XBLA. hell if its an 360 game i would buy it for $50 if its got nice online features
did the original XBOX mvc2 have online?

The online play was hyped, but the release never had it.

 

[Shawn]

I love my Dreamcast. You can download pretty much every game on bittorant now plus tons of NES, SNES, Game Gear, and Game Boy games.

Also ScummVM is available for the Dreamcast so you can play all those old Lucas Arts games like Monkey Island!!!!

 

[edro]

:heart: #DCBackups

 

[trmiv]

I had one and then we moved and I can't find the damn thing. It was in a moving box, and now I just can't find it. I think it got thrown out somehow.

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: SlowSpyder

Originally posted by: funboy42
I still have mine and about 75 games for it, just about to say screw it and go sit down and do me some 8 hours of gaming. My boys and I still play the hell out of it, always looking for more games for it when I can at local pawn shops and garage sales, more luck at pawn shops though. Local one to me has a ton of controllers left for $2 each, I just bought all the games they had, going to go back and pick up a few more controllers when I get more money.

Did they make Tekken for the DC? I think you could use the Bleem emulator, but I don't remember Tekken for the DC...?

I just got it from the pawn shop over the weekend along with roadsters, chefs luv shack, and seaman with the mic. I havent tried it yet, it doesnt look to be a legit disk, but I wasnt going to complain since the others were and got them all for $5. Seaman is weird, roadsters sucks, and going to test tekken out one day soon. Hope it works, if not I still think $5 for seaman, luv shack and the mic was not too bad. Luv shack is the bomb, I had it for the pc but it wont work on xp without locking up all the time.

 

[Cabages]

Dreamcast rocked.

I will ALWAYS love powerstone.

 

[Fritzo]

Dreamcast was a couple of years ahead of its time, plus was killed by false hype that SONY built up with the Playstation.

 

[deerslayer]

House of dead 2

Was that the one with the zombies, and you could use the little gun to blast them?

That game was awesome.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Corny, but Super Magnetic Neo was a totally fun game.

 

[Cabages]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
Corny, but Super Magnetic Neo was a totally fun game.

Was that the little kid with what looked like hands on his head?

I remember playing a demo for that, it was quite fun.

Sonic Adventure and THPS were great too.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Dreamcast was a couple of years ahead of its time, plus was killed by false hype that SONY built up with the Playstation.

Speaking of ahead of it's time, I remember towards the end of the DC's life Sega offered a VOIP service. You could use the microphone that came with Seaman then connect to the internet via the DC modem and make long distance calls through it. They were grasping at straws by the time the PS2 launched. It's too bad too, I bought a GameCube after the DC, with the exception of a few good games it never matched the fun I had with the DC.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: The Cornballer
dreamcast gets more credit than due.
outside of a few great games the library was hopelessly generic.
Dustcast.
ive owned many, from an import before they came to the us, up til last year.
the dreamcast is better when you dont have it.

Huh? how many games are there for DC? now how many are there on the PS2?

Dreamcast has FAR more original games, PS2 is the textbook definition of generic. It's a testament to the DC when it has more original games than a console that's still putting out games today.

Seaman - might have been strange but the most original game I've ever played.
Shenmue
Jet Set Radio
Samba de Amigo
Space Channel 5
just to name a few...

not to mention all the good gun games, while not exactly original it had so many good gun shooters. Oh, and it actually had tons of good exclusive games you couldn't find elsewhere.

Dreamcast today is still more fun for me than any other console, gonna go play Chu Chu Rockets right now

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Cabages

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
Corny, but Super Magnetic Neo was a totally fun game.

Was that the little kid with what looked like hands on his head?

I remember playing a demo for that, it was quite fun.

Sonic Adventure and THPS were great too.

Heh... many, many hours of my life went into THPS and THPS2. I've pretty much whizzed through the rest of them after all the practice I had on those first two.