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"No DreamCast Classic: You Motherfuckers Had Your Chance to Buy One the First Time"
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The Dreamcast was a brilliant system and would make for a fantastic console mini. However, you were a fool if you bought it on day one. Sega had unambiguously shown their lack of commitment to their customer base by the time the Dreamcast was releasing. You can't keep releasing consoles, kill them a few years into their life cycle, and expect your consumer base to have your back.
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there are very good emulator for it on PC, we don't need no Dreamcast classic as we didn't need a PS1 Classic.
Where do I get my membership card for this. I had a dreamcast and tons of games and you scrubs didn't join me. Ah well, I switched over to it's spiritual successor, XBOX.
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Sega dicked up the Saturn sadly but the DC had been out for quite some time by 9/9/99 - gaming mags all over covered it, I'd played sonic adventure at a local comic shop with an imported system
shit was awesome and there was lots of reasons to be there day 1, not the least of which was the GOAT launch lineup
this is an absurd argument that you could oddly use against any classic system really
The OP quote is genius and true. If you were around in 1999, had the money and did not buy one... Sorry. You had to be there.
I owned a Saturn and a 32X at that time. I played the Dreamcast and was super impressed with it. However, Sony was going to be releasing the followup to the Playstation, and I didn't have unlimited funds. There was no way I was going to back the Sega horse again. I was, however, happy to pick it up for cheap a year or two later. Truth be told, Sega had no good will left by the time the Dreamcast was out. There was no reason to believe that things were going to be different this time.
Richard worked with Gary Cutlck at Sega Saturn Magazine which had a very similar sense of humour, particular towards the end so this wouldn't surprise me.
The article is obviously trying to channel the spirit of UK Resistance, but it's lacking the wit and charm that made UK:R so wonderful to read.
The main problem with a Dreamcast classic these days is that most of the games have been ported to other systems.
You have to go to the more obscure and weird titles to find games which are trapped on the system.
The main problem with a Dreamcast classic these days is that most of the games have been ported to other systems.
You have to go to the more obscure and weird titles to find games which are trapped on the system.
Er powerstone 2? I guess most of Sega's output is elsewhere tho
Don't get me wrong. There are still a lot that are trapped there. Crazy Taxi 2 is a personal favourite along with the Power Stone games.
But I think I'd have trouble coming up with a list of 20 games that you can't play elsewhere.
Maybe it's a challenge I could look into. Maybe I'm underestimating the library.
Edit: Wait, Power Stone Collection was a port for the PSP. I'm not sure how the content matches up. But it might count.
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for those asking "what hasn't been ported yet?" this felt like a good list from a few pages back
Lol, such a good quote. "You want a Dreamcast classic? shit was already classic, Day 1."
It's a bad excuse too. When I was 8 I had played and owned several systems!
I was the monster who picked up a PS1 instead of a Dreamcast. (I was a bit late to the PS1 party.)
But my brother got a Dreamcast at launch so my family did its part! Don't hate me, Sonic.
Shit, I served! I was there from the beginning and shed manly tears when the beautiful box was no more.
I then rebought it not so long ago since I lost the OG one many moons back during one of my house moves.
I then rebought it not so long ago since I lost the OG one many moons back during one of my house moves.
2K Sports games were amazing. Fighting games were great. Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia, and many more.
Unfortunately it just didn't work out but it had a great game lineup for quite a while.
Awesome post. I loved the Dreamcast, we played a shit ton of the system. Great, fun times.
Co-signed.
Co-signed.
We didn't deserve Dreamcast then, we don't now. Still my second favorite console of all time behind SNES.
Bought that shit to college with me. Man, DOA2 and Soul Cal was in heavy rotation.
Bought that shit to college with me. Man, DOA2 and Soul Cal was in heavy rotation.
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soul calibur alone pushed goldeneye out of rotation in my dorms
Satire is the ability to spit absolute truth in a way that people can't get mad at you because they're too busy laughing at the joke.
Still have my Dreamcast and VMUs! (somewhere in storage)
Not sure if this trend of retroactively blaming people is hilarious, awesome, or really lame. I take that back, I'm certain it's all three.
I get that nowadays it's common to buy multiples of the same console, but the Dreamcast was the one I bought twice first.
I bought an import Dreamcast in March of 99 to defer some serious personal grief, and maybe I spoiled the North American launch for myself a bit, but I'll never forget the excitement of that midnight launch.
Admittedly, I'm a bit sore that we didn't get another year of Dreamcast. Not sure if I'd buy a classic version at this point. I'd miss the VMUs too much, I guess.
I get that nowadays it's common to buy multiples of the same console, but the Dreamcast was the one I bought twice first.
I bought an import Dreamcast in March of 99 to defer some serious personal grief, and maybe I spoiled the North American launch for myself a bit, but I'll never forget the excitement of that midnight launch.
Admittedly, I'm a bit sore that we didn't get another year of Dreamcast. Not sure if I'd buy a classic version at this point. I'd miss the VMUs too much, I guess.
You not alone. I had an import dreamcast and US one myself. I had to have Street Fighter 3.
Best damn console for fighters I've ever experienced in terms of just classic after classic that my friends and I threw down in.
I hear you, sometimes I forget how great of a selection there was for fighters on Dreamcast.
Will always love 2D, but Soul Calibur was off the chain and Power Stone! So much fun with friends.
UK Resistance was hilarious. What a great site, still miss it 7 years later.
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crazy how relevant the BLUE SKIES campaign was during last gens love affair with brown and grey was
I was there at launch, and still have my launch model. The Dreamcast sucked. So did Shenmue. Open world, that's a laugh. Give it credit for Quick Time(r) Events.
It's not a classic, it's an also-ran. And a classic version of it would bomb.
It's not a classic, it's an also-ran. And a classic version of it would bomb.
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this is a fuckshit post, and i hope you do better in the future (as well as with exploring amazing console libraries)
be blessed~
I own 40 consoles, all hooked up and working, and 2500 games. I think I'm exploring pretty well. The Dreamcast just happens to be one of my least favorite. It was poorly designed (as a console, no disrespect to its elegant chip and board design), not forward-looking at all outside of its network functionality, and destined to failure.
All that said, I never spoke ill of its library aside from Shenmue. I don't hold it in high regard, but every console I own, even the worst ones, have shining spots in their libraries.
Quite a lot of games are still DC only or better played on DC. Case in point (for the latter), the Power Stone Collection on PSP which is... Terrible.
That's not true. A few/some of the best games, not many ! :P
I heard bad things about ShenmueI&IIHD (at least on consoles), Soulcalibur HD is incomplete and Code Veronica HD doesn't look as good as it should have been.
What pisses me off the most with CV in general is that the PS2 remaster available on the PAL PSN store was done using the PAL version which is 50hz.
It doesn't count as it's a terrible port ! :P
How's Frame Gride ?
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Kinda of PS2 B tier jank before PS2 B tier jank, if that makes sense? The robot designs are super cool though, and there is a tiny tiny grain of Custom Robo with the summons/drones.
