I just bought a dreamcast!!

[Guild McCommunist]

Congrats on your purchase, not a lot of people these days appreciate "older" consoles.

That list seems good. I don't know a whole lot about Dreamcast games, but some of those games I've heard of.

 

[Jaems]

DC is the best console for 2D Fighters annnnnnnnd no modding required to play backups or use homebrew, so WOOT WOOT.

 

[chriso]

That's what I've been trying to answer.. you know with google.
Apparently late late models had some kind of protection added that made all the scene releases unplayable.. something about the disc format. But I think it was only the Hello Kitty models in Japan. The black version should be fine but you won't know until you try.

Btw, I picked up these games last night:
Bangai-O
Capcom vs SNK
Chu Chu Rocket
Crazy Taxi 2
Crazy Taxi
Gauntlet Legends
Grandia II
Illbleed
Jet Grind Radio
Legacy of Kain (one of my favorite PSX titles)
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Ooga Booga
Phantasy Star Online
Power Stone 2
Prince of Persia Arabian Nights
Samba de Amio
San Francisco Rush 2049
Sega Smash Pack vol1
Shadowman
Shenmue
Shenmue 2
Skies of Arcadia
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Space Channel 5
Sword of the Berserk
Tomb Raider The Last Revelation

Good list? If there are any other major recommendations, tell me now please because for some reason my torrents won't reseed past ~10kbps, and I think I'm going to get banned from this site for not reseeding. They are having some 'free download golden week' next week, so I want to get the best games while I can.

Yea, that's a pretty good list. Dreamcast still is my favorite system of all time. Do me a favor and look for these titles for yourself, you won't regret it.

Outtrigger
Quake III Arena
Metropolis Street Racer
House of the Dead 2 (Lightgun)
Toy Commander
Unreal Tournament
MDK 2

Take care.

 

[blueskies]

DUDE! MDK2.. I looked up a video of this game because it sounded familiar.. I remember playing a demo of this, I think on PC waaaay back in the day and loved it. Now I get to play the whole thing. THANK YOU!

 

[Bloodgod]

Think I found my answer.
http://www.cdrom-guide.com/forums/showthread.php?t=172032
http://www.cdrom-guide.com/forums/showthread.php?t=172023
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=631086

Second link talks about audio-data backups. WTF is it and how would I convert it to data-data backups?

Also whats the best CD-R brand to get? I was thinking just getting TAIYO YUDEN ones or are dreamcasts picky and need a certain one>?

Edit: Just extracted MvC2 (CDi)...its 720mb. Thats not going to fit in one CD. WTF?!

 

[toguro_max]

Congratulations on your "new" accquaintance, my friend! You are now officially on the "Awsome Console Owner" list!
I'm sure you will have a helluva good time with it.

 

[TrolleyDave]

Some of my favourite DC games are :

RE:Code Veronica
Headhunter
South Park Rally (not a great game as such but I always find it fun!)
Daytona USA (handling is a bit off but good once you get used to it)
Bangai-O
Gigawing 2
SF3:Third Strike
Confidential Mission (Time Crisis/Virtua Cop style game)
Dynamite COP
Borderdown
Dead or Alive 2 (prefer it over the PS2 version)
Virtua Tennis 2
Silent Scope (can't capture the feel of the arcade version but still pretty fun)
Read 2 Rumble 2
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Yu Suzuki Gameworkds (Outrun, Afterburner, Powerdrift and Hang-On!)
Record Of Lodoss War
Re-Volt
Crazy Taxi
Chu-Chu Riocket
Soul Calibur
Metropolis Street Racer
Legacy Of Kain:Soul Reaver
Crazy Taxi
Virtua Tennis 2
Virtua Fighter 3 (got lots of bad press but I enjoyed it)

Next thing you need to get is a cheap modded Saturn, specially if you're a shoot 'em up fan!

 

[blueskies]

Was the Saturn in line with the original Playstation? Was it cartridge or disc based?

Wouldn't it be fun to go backwards through the Sega lineup, since I've never played any of them? (Dreamcast -> Saturn -> ...Genesis? -> etc)

I'll stick with Dreamcast for now, I've got about 30 games to keep me busy.

 

[toguro_max]

Yep, Saturn was the original Playstation opponent.
It was disc based (CD), and to play backups you need a modchip.

 

[-lildeemo-]

people saying emulating for dc is perfect and that it was a waste of money well its personal prefrence really we may be able to emulate but some of us actually want to own the physical system and own physical games and use a dc control and enjoy the experience like myself ...you may be able to emulate snes pretty much perfectly and get every rom online but i have and snes and i buy snes cartridges why you ask.... because i want to why because its my personal preference

 

[blueskies]

For me it depends on the console. S/NES, I don't mind playing those two on my computer because I have a SNES -> USB controller, so it feels right. And both my NES and SNES are on their way out in terms of functioning correctly, so it's nice to have a reliable way to play. True, the colors might not be perfect, and timing is off a little, but it's pretty damn close. But for Dreamcast, I'd probably spend just as much as I did here to get a controller and adapter, and maybe even a new/updated PC to run the emulator. In this case, I'd much rather play the real thing, on the real console, with the real controller. I'm still burning games, so it's not a complete waste of moneis.

 

[CheatingSoi]

You got an awesome deal. I bought my dreamcast for either 30 or 40 bucks and all it came with was the hookups and one controller. However, I bought a memory card and then traded it to my friend for a VMU because he didn't like it because it always beeped when he turned on the dreamacst and he never bothered to get new battery's. But man, that thing actually is annoying.

 

[jackdanielchan]

Some of my favourite DC games are :

RE:Code Veronica
Headhunter
South Park Rally (not a great game as such but I always find it fun!)
Daytona USA (handling is a bit off but good once you get used to it)
Bangai-O
Gigawing 2
SF3:Third Strike
Confidential Mission (Time Crisis/Virtua Cop style game)
Dynamite COP
Borderdown
Dead or Alive 2 (prefer it over the PS2 version)
Virtua Tennis 2
Silent Scope (can't capture the feel of the arcade version but still pretty fun)
Read 2 Rumble 2
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Yu Suzuki Gameworkds (Outrun, Afterburner, Powerdrift and Hang-On!)
Record Of Lodoss War
Re-Volt
Crazy Taxi
Chu-Chu Riocket
Soul Calibur
Metropolis Street Racer
Legacy Of Kain:Soul Reaver
Crazy Taxi
Virtua Tennis 2
Virtua Fighter 3 (got lots of bad press but I enjoyed it)

Next thing you need to get is a cheap modded Saturn, specially if you're a shoot 'em up fan!

Bah! Sonic Adventure, 1 and 2 aren't in there! That's the whole reason to buy a DreamCast!

 

[dragon574444]

Man, I remember my Dreamcast. That was one awesome console. Definitely try the Sonic Adventure games, I loved them.

 

[blueskies]

I just got Rez too. I think I'm going to cool it on downloading for a little while, because I have a lot to play through. And my Dreamcast isn't even here yet! It's somewhere between Florida and California, taking FOREVER to ship...

 

[Hadrian]

One game hardly no one ever talks about i Cannon Spike. Its a an fantastic shooter which features Capcom characters like Mega Man, Cammy from Streetfighter, Arthur from Ghosts N Goblins among others. Also the levels are based on various Capcom games like Resident Evil.

 

[TrolleyDave]

One game hardly no one ever talks about i Cannon Spike. Its a an fantastic shooter which features Capcom characters like Mega Man, Cammy from Streetfighter, Arthur from Ghosts N Goblins among others. Also the levels are based on various Capcom games like Resident Evil.

Shit I don't think I've ever played that. I'm gonna hunt a copy down now.

 

[Hadrian]

There are still DC games being made commercially, these were released in the last few months:

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-x-49-en-70-3f36.html
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-2pz-71...-j-70-31fr.html
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-2pz-71...-j-70-31d9.html

Not played any of course though Last Hope on the Neo Geo was pretty good.

Also I'm a bit behind on homebrew games, anyone know if there ahs been anything worth playing in the past year? Besides various Beats of Rage games.

Also check this out, some people are remaking the classic PC FPS Blood:
http://www.seganerds.com/2009/05/18/new-dr...ion-on-its-way/

 

[Bloodgod]

Bought one. Seller told me manufactured date was feb 2000. So it should be OK for backups. I just don't get how I'm going to get a 750mb file in a 700mb disc.

 

[Hadrian]

Bought one. Seller told me manufactured date was feb 2000. So it should be OK for backups. I just don't get how I'm going to get a 750mb file in a 700mb disc.

Overburn my friend.