!RESURRECTED! BIG LIST - Stuff for that new Dreamcast

[MisterPresident]

AHHH! It keeps getting harder and harder to find DC stuff. I am finding myself running to the local GameCrazy because all the bigger stores have no stock left. When do you guys think Dreamcast stuff will start vanishing from B&M's? This is getting scary! :Q

 

[NICKel]

bump for a oldie! Loving the cheapest DIVx player on earth!!!!

 

[FSUpaintball]

Anyone know where I can find the MadCatz DreamBlaster light gun? None of the listed sites have them any more, it's next to impossible to find them on Ebay, and my Babbage's has been out of them for over a month.

Anyone know where I can pick one up?

 

[Eminem2k1]

<< bump for a oldie! Loving the cheapest DIVx player on earth!!!! >>



how is the quality playing divx on it? better than vcd?

 

[oLLie]

<< AHHH! It keeps getting harder and harder to find DC stuff. I am finding myself running to the local GameCrazy because all the bigger stores have no stock left. When do you guys think Dreamcast stuff will start vanishing from B&M's? This is getting scary! :Q >>


You mean this GameCrazy store still sells Dreamcasts??? Or only accessories and software...

 

[alyosha]

Well - I burned a tonne of divx with different encoding options - every possible variation- divx playback is lousy- I know - it is a free feature and being developed entirely on the enthusiasm, however it is completely useless- the crystal crisp divx has to be reencoded into 4.12 or 5.0 codec with not higher than 700kbs bitrate and preferably 320x240 size and it still pays with tonnes of artifacts and not very smoothly. If you decimate framerate - you get out of sync audio and 50/50 chance that the palyback will just stick somewhere and refuse to go on... Not to mention that lower framerate make the movie jerky. Reencoding takes about 1 hour for a 1.5 hours of movie on a decent computer (higher than 1.4GHz Athlon) for each pass (two pass encoding seems to cut alot on blockiness, however every fast scene just breaks into all kind of artifacts). Anyway - no need to bother - a nice tv-out from a pc - will make a lot better divx player. The only application for that player is to convert your mpegs into AVI's - those seem to play decently, however why not use the mpeg player fro DC - beats me.

 

[Tallgeese]

FLAMING HOT DEAL for those with a Fry's nearby...
All DC games only $1.99 each!
Posted to the list under MAJOR/CLEARANCE MARKDOWNS

 

[oLLie]

<< FLAMING HOT DEAL for those with a Fry's nearby...
All DC games only $1.99 each!
Posted to the list under MAJOR/CLEARANCE MARKDOWNS >>


I think so far the consensus in the other thread is that it's limited to the Palo Alto, CA Fry's location.

 

[boi]

bump0!

 

[JoeBaD]

@ kbtoys.com

NFL 2K1 $4.99
NBA 2K1 $4.99
Virtua Tennis $4.99
Crazy Tazi 2 $6.99
.and more

use DENNYVGMS to cover shipping

regards

 

[bongo626]

bump for the kbtoys deal...i picked up virtua tennis for $5

 

[oLLie]

YAY! I'm getting a Dreamcast again (courtesy of FS/FT)! BUMP!

 

[HappyFace]

You can pick up Soul Calibur for $9.99 here!

 

[oddice]

actually, you can't

baysoft never takes down links - so if you search for soul calibur from their search menu, you'll pull up soul calibur at various price points. the only copies that are in stock are the ones that let you add them to the cart. I talked to them about this last year (maybe around October) and they admitted that they had just been too lazy to delete the links: "Although, you never know, we may get some more in stock." BTW, the $9.99 copies were used/rented games with no case or instructions.

 

[Valhalla1]

Question - I want to network my DC and XP box, but i dont want to get a broadband adapter.. this site shows how to set up the DC to modem-dial XP, but will this work in running the linux distrobution, I want to somehow use my pc keyboard because i dont have the dc one.

I've heard of networking them with a serial cable but I haven't seen where to buy one or how to set it up. any links?

 

[MisterPresident]

I remember this site from awhile ago. Does anyone have experience with this setup? I have also heard about the serial cable, but wouldn't a serial connection be quite slow?

 

[Crazy8]

Found Seaman with mic at Circuit City for $9.99. There's another online game with mic for $14.99, but I didn't get it.

 

[Tom61]

<< this site shows how to set up the DC to modem-dial XP, but will this work in running the linux distrobution >>



They first got it running on Linux first, the instructions should be around the net somewhere.


You can get adapters to run PC keyboards and mice, but its usually cheaper to buy the official DC keyboard and mouse. You can buy the keyboard and mouse for around $10 each, the adapters still cost at least $10 (back when the keyboard was $30, this made since, but not now).

 

[admiralares]

If anyone lives near the Westwood, CA Best Buy right by UCLA, they are clearing out all of their Dreamcast games for $4.99 (including from what I saw the 2K2 sports games, Unreal Tournament among others).

Hope this helps someone looking to round out their Dreamcast collections!

 

[JohnMellencamp]

Circuit City has some good deals on Dreamcast games if they have any left . Worth checking out if you havn`t done so already

 

[ingenue007]

Yay. Just bought a dreamcast. Now I need another controller and memory card. Where's the best place? KBtoys don't have those anymore. Soul Calibur!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Salvador]

Geez.. This thing hasn't been resurrected for a while, but I thought that I might add something. In todays Best Buy ad, they have all in stock Dreamcast games listed at 50% off of the marked prices. This may be hit or miss depending on stock.

Anyway.. Just thought I'd post this. If anyone is out today and can stop by a Best Buy while they're out, see if you can find any deals and let us know?

Sal

 

[oddice]

KB Toys has all controllers on sale for 50% (for any console, not just the Dreamcast)

 

[rebthor]

Just so you all know, this applies to bestbuy.com too. I just picked up NHL 2K1 for 19.99 - the lowest I've seen it. I also picked up the smash pack for 4.99 and Super Magnetic Neo for $2.50.

At these prices who can afford not to buy?

 

[Tallgeese]

At a BB in KY last week, I saw Railroad Tycoon II for ~$5 and some other titles for ~$2.50 (sorry don't remember the names)

Stock is DEFINITELY spotty now, but the prices are phenomenal when and if you can find stuff!