Nine years later, the Dream(cast) continues

Flippin loved that game. Played it all the time with my friends.

Awww...man beat me to it.

I loved 2's 4 player vs..and I used to play 2 player co op, all the time.

I personally loved everything about the Dreamcast. Sonic Adventure, Jet Set Radio, Shenmue, Seaman (yeah I know, stfu), Power Stone (1 and 2), and tons of other lesser known games that captured my heart. Did anyone try the PC port Silver? I fucking loved that game.

i loveddd that game

I still have my copy of Silver! Loved it.

I didn't think people knew about it! Haha. I didn't know it was a PC port- learn something everyday!

I love my Dreamcast. Still have it and it still works like a "Dream" haha. Not funny but whatever. Favorite games would have to be Soul Calibiur, Jet Set Radio, Power Stone, Dead or Alive 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Unreal Tournament, Grandia II, Skies of Arcadia, and the unreleased version of Half Life. And you didn't hear it from me, but you can get that unreleased version on torrent sites as a self-boot, along with a ton of other free indie games! Happy DC gaming!

I think House of the Dead may disagree with you, sir.

Kidding. I swear.

ahh dreamcast, i bought it as a xmas present for 100 dollars 6 years ago, came with everything plus a huge cd case filled with every game ever made for it...man that console was fun....SHENMUE!

You unplugged it?

Yeah man wasn't PSO online just so awesome! The first time I played it I stayed up for like 10 hours and there were nice people on their to help you. I miss that and the one for 360 was kinda lame.

well there's a DS ver. of PSO not PSU coming out soon :)

wonder if Joystiq is gonna post this or not.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4838974

PSO is definitely my best memory... Chatting online, finding rare items, speed running Ruins 1 with a hacked Spread Needle...
Clocked up 500+ hours on it, loved every minute.

Always preferred the original to Ver 2 or Ep 1 & 2, the others felt gimmicky where the original felt pure. No feeling like hitting lvl 100 =)

I remember plugging in the phone line and thinking "There is no way this is going to work..." typed in my AOL screen name and password, and...lo and behold...it freaking worked! That was the first time I really thought that online gaming had a future on consoles. It's amazing how well that game worked despite being limited to 56k.

Having come from the N64, my other memory of the Dreamcast was popping in the first Dreamcast sonic, and wondering if I had bought a video game console, or a super computer. Then again, I had the same reaction when I bought an N64 after coming from the SNES. I was really sad the day that I bought a Playstation 2, because I knew the dreamcast (with it's lack of DVD player) was completely finished.

All is not lost though. I still play Jet Grind Radio on my Dreamcast, and Gundam:Rise from the ashes. If the previous 10 sonic games since the Dreamcast one had been any good, I'd probably be saying that it was for the best that Sega got out of the hardware business (I'd love it if Nintendo did, so they could focus on next-gen Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc. Zero chance of that happening though) but every sonic since has sucked major ass. I'm still waiting for a Jet Grind Radio sequel too, but I guess it's never coming.

Happy 9th birthday Dreamcast

Back in the day? Ahem, Fare Wars...PSP...all the time. Thanks.

But it's still best on Dreamcast, especially with rumble. *hugs Dreamcast* Best $30 I've ever spent.

I'm aware of Fare Wars, I was staring at the damn case to it just yesterday. But the original experience? Dreamcast, baby.

(Or arcade, whatever. Both are good fun)

Another awesome thing about the game was the way it loaded stuff, if stuff didn't load, you wouldn't see it. So my scratched disc made for some interesting game sessions.

Crazy Taxi was great on the Dreamcast. Loved it! The versions for the other consoles either were censored and had the voices changed or the sense of speed was bad.

I also remember how amazed I was by Soul Caliber. Who would have thought a fighting game could look that good on the Dreamcast.

It was a worthy console, just too bad it's life got cut short

Oh man, I loved Crazy Taxi.

I did not love the soundtrack, though. I mean, I like the two songs, but there were only two songs.

I don't know, maybe my copy had a weird error where only two songs ever played, but it drove me insane.

YAH YAH YAH YAH YAH

I love that game still to this day. It may even be my favourite RPG of all time.

Trying to replay it is a pain for me though, my Dreamcast randomly resets itself when playing a game. A game with it's length and save system just begs for me to get within pixels of the save-cone before the bugger restarts, undoing an hour or so of dungeon-crawling.

What are you talking about? The Dreamcast controller had one of the best designs of its generation,better than the Nintendo64 and PS controller but,I do think that MS copied some of the design of the Dreamcast controller for its first and second generation Xbox controllers.

I totally agree. After finding out a while ago my Dreamcast could read burned games, I downloaded Marvel vs. Capcom 2, and that D-Pad destroyed my thumb.

great call on Chu-Chu Rocket.

Speaking of RE:CV, I played the crap out of that first disk only to realize that when I needed to refill the fire extinguisher on Disk 2, I couldn't do so because I left it in the metal detector box, not the storage box. Needed to restart the game b/c I didn't have a disk 1 save file...

"Do you know anything about 'that day'?"

"Oh, 'that day'? No, I don't know anything about 'that day'."

"I see."

do you know where i can find warehouse number 8?

....warehouse number 8?...

yes,,,,warehouse number 8..lol

dreamcast is legendary man!

Awesome story!

My favourite games (the ones I still play now) from the DC are mostly 2D fighters, however when you look back now there were some truly creative and individual games. It's a real shame the system didn't really take of in a commercial sense, but I'm still as happy with the DC today as I was when I bought it.

Except for 3D Sonic games, they suck.

Yes, someone said it...SA1 and SA2 were the best Sonic games (in my opinion) ever created. I liked how they did Shadow back then, although most people hate him now!

And the best 2-d fighter (again, my opinion) of all time MvC2..oh gawd.

Now imagine MvC2 with lag-less online play!

Do it!

We are in agreement, then. The Sonic Adventures both rocked.

If SEGA found a way to 'recreate the magic' of the short-lived Dreamcast era, I'd gladly hop on board.

Hard to believe that next year'll make a decade since release...

Despite SegaSammy's financial straits, if they embraced Nintendo's business model (not to the T, but saying a less powerful set of hardware that they can profit off of)

The Wii model opens the door for someone like SEGA to get back in, since SEGA lost out for the same reason the GC did: their inability to compete with the big hardware/software megacorps of Sony and Microsoft.

I still pop in Skies of Arcadia for some nostalgia. The Delphinus was one of the sweetest rides I've ever had on a videogame and story was awesome.

And who didn't love seeing Fina in those hawt pirate clothes during the credits.

Ahhh Fina, how I love thee.