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In Memoriam of the Dreamcast


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I still have mine kicking around though it isn't currently hooked up, but that's only because I'm too lazy to take the TV off the wall to connect it. I never bothered with the internet connectivity back in the day but I it's library was excellent. Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, ChuChu Rocket, etc.

 

Never did play Shenmue though.

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This thread just took a sharp turn towards New Vegas. wink.gif

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Anyways, while I was never around for the Dreamcast (on the unfortunate chance of being too young), I have played MvC2 at the arcade with my friends during my childhood years (oh what fun), and Crazy Taxi was crazy awesome to play as well. Oh if only I could have been 3 years older! :(

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I've got two dreamcasts but very few real games unfortunately. I really need to round out my collection at some point. One of the cool DC things I've got is one of those 10 year Sonic anniversary coins that came with Sonic Adventure 2 I believe.

 

The Dreamcast launched two fantastic sports franchises that outlived the console. NBA 2k still lives today (and dominates as EA didn't even release a basketball game this year) and NFL 2k would still be alive if EA hadn't panicked and grabbed NFL exclusivity (although I think 2k had a shot at the license too just couldn't afford it.)

 

Crazy Taxi was one of my favorite games on the system, it just came out on XBLA. I'll probably grab it once it goes on sale.

 

Another game that would be perfect for XBLA is Power Stone.

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The Dreamcast should have never died the way it did. I love that little guy.

 

That's what happens though when you have a huge security hole and cheap CD burners and CD-Rs. Sega had other problems but definitely the fact that people left their 56K modems on all night downloading all the DreamCast games they could get their hands on didn't help matters.

 

I liked the DreamCast and had it while it was still going. My favorite games were Marvel Vs Capcom (the first one) and Soul Calibur. I did like Crazy Taxi when I played it and there were other games that were fun. But looking back now I can't really say I have any interest in playing DreamCast. Soul Calibur is tempting but like many DC games it can be played elsewhere. Also I messed up my DC's lid switch by leaving things ontop of the console. I had no idea that over time it would mess it up.

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The Dreamcast had a lot of great games on it.

 

Shenmue

Sonic Adventure

Skies of Arcadia

Crazy Taxi

Jet Grind Radio

PSO

and many others...

 

For me it was the last time Sega had games that were worth a damn. I was dumbfounded when I learned that the Dreamcast was going under. Its library was much more impressive than the PS2's for pretty much its entire lifespan. The only thing I didn't like about it were the crappy controllers.

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Bought one recently for a friend for x-mas, he was well happy, should have seen his little face light up.

 

"NO WAY!"

 

That's great, I did that a year or two ago with a PS2, for a friend who would actually appreciate it if he had the chance.

 

I love Dreamcast. I'm pretty sure the laser reader in my one is busted now, though =(

 

I'm constantly wanting to replay Shenmue 1 & 2, and Jet Set Radio.

 

JSR is still one of my favourite games of all time, for it's artistic direction as much as it's funs. Amazing stuff, one of the best soundtracks around too. Crazy Taxi was alright, but I felt super overrated.

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Didn't realise we had this topic. My friend inherited a DC last uni term and we sessioned Jet Set Radio to completion over a week or so despite random never-ending loading-screen crashes and the odd constantly-steering-left controller bug (solved by the magic fix-all of blowing into the controller port).

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Purchased my DC at launch... I wanted in on the Soul Calibur/Marvel vs Capcom, and stayed around for the plethora of Capcom & Sega games that made that system a fun factory of awesome awesomeness.

 

The disk drive started to get a bit wonky later in its life, giving me read errors every now and again, but I believe it still works...

 

Also, VMUs were ahead of their time, like a lot of things Sega made.

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