Your thoughts about the Dreamcast.

[riku0147]

I was just wondering what you people think about the Dreamcast or your favorive games or if you still even have one.

I personally think that it was way ahead of its time, since it pioneered online console gaming. My favorive game was Sonic Adventure 2 and I still have mine working to this day.

In case you don't know, the SEGA Dreamcast, the last of SEGA's consoles, was widely hailed as ahead of its time, and is still held in high regard for pioneering online console gaming, but almost completely forgotten after the PS2 was released.

 

[Ban Mido]

It would have saved Sega as a counsol producer, if they didn't wast all that time on the saturn.

 

[riku0147]

I know! That's what makes me mad. I can just imagine if SEGA wouldn't have spent so much time on the Saturn, SEGA would still be makin consoles

 

[Takuya]

Shenmue was the only game I ever played on Dreamcast. It was ight. Very advanced gameplay mechanics compared to other games at the time, despite the fact that it really went far with the spending.

 

[riku0147]

I totally agree. I just wish SEGA could make a decent Sonic game now.

 

[Shadow Soldier]

I remember playing Crazy Taxi I think it was on it. Something like that. It was fun, the only bad thing, was the space in the middle of the controller that didn't really do anything, and of course, the controller itself was too fucking big.

Also, the great thing about the Dreamcast, you can still buy one, and just burn it's games to a cd and you got the games. ILLEGAL PLAYING FOR THE WIN! Also the online was pretty cool.

 

[riku0147]

ILLEGAL PLAYING FOR THE WIN!

OH YEA!

 

[Zen]

The Dreamcast is dead...says so on Time magazine.

ONLY IN AMERICA!!

 

[Shadow Soldier]

How can it be dead if games were just released for it this year?

 

[riku0147]

Dreamcast is NOT dead, since games are still coming out for it

 

[-Calafas-]

Meh, it was ok. Time Stalkers was great.

 

[Rorschach]

I got one from my friend and I really like a few games (Jet Grind Radio, Sonic adventure 1 and 2 etc.) It a few really good sleeper hits on it.

I also started burning games for it recently but so far I've only burnt one (Half Life) and I have two others on my comp at the moment (Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Ikaruga) but they are both too large for a normal CD-R so how can I fit them on it?

 

[ONIZO201]

My opinion on the console:The Dreamcast back when it was released was a amazing console for it's time, and compared to the PS2 back then I felt the Dreamcast was a superior console at least when it came to graphics at least.

However in the end, a few more better games were on the PS2, not to mention it was capable of playing DVDS too and it was cheaper than a real dvd player at the time which also contributed to the dreamcast's unfortunate unfair downfall at least in the states...

My favorite games for the system were Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, Shenmue 1 and 2,Skies of Arcadia, and the Sakura Taisen games.

P.S. I would like to know what new games have come out for the Dreamcast, I keep hearing that games are still being released for it in other countries but I haven't seen any games supporting this at all so would anyone be willing to show some proof?

 

[jazznam]

Samba de Amigo, Sonic Adventure 1 & 2, Skies of Arcadia, Jet Grind Radio.

 

[ONIZO201]

Samba de Amigo, Burning Rangers, Sonic Adventure 1 & 2, Skies of Arcadia, Jet Grind Radio.

Burning Rangers was for the Sega Saturn buddy.....

 

[jazznam]

Oh yeah so was NiGHTS and other games.

 

[marlousmiracle]

If you played online in Phantasy Star Online, it was hella fun.

 

[XenonSovereign]

Dreamcast is great. Created what we have today.

Online Gameplay
Video Game Webcam (like the PlayStation Eye)
Internet
Sonic Adventure.

And the controller was great for football games. I can make a play w/o the other player seeing.

 

[Iridium]

Actually the controller paved the way to the Xbox controller if you think about it.

 

[MarthX]

Dreamcast was fun, I'd say. It gave me SoulCalibur, Skies of Arcadia, Power Stone/Power Stone 2, and Grandia II. Good stuff.