Wel. Thankfully I stink at Shumps and have my fill of fighters. Say mind giving me your thoughts on armada, Egg(I've seen it, but never chased it), Mr Driller, and Virtual on in particular?
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Sega Dreamcast |OT| Appreciation and Emulation Thread
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Sure, some are more recent plays for me than others. Might want to check some youtube videos too, see if any appeal. Armada was pretty cool, kind of a top down shooter with rpg elements. It could get monotonous after a while, but what games doesn't? EGG is memorable for it's art style. It plays like a Zelda style adventure. The Dreamcast didn't get many games like this, rpg-lite, adventure 2d art style. There's a reason it's a bit of a cult hit. I just got Mr. Driller in the last couple of weeks, haven't put a lot of time into it, but it looks good and plays well. It's a puzzle style game, some say it reminds them of dig dug. You're in a race against time/air to get to the bottom of the map by drilling down and trying not to get crushed. I've never had twin sticks, but Virtual on is a fun mech combat game. I liked it better than the Saturn version. If you're not into arena combat style games, maybe stick with Tech Romancer, which you already have.
Mr driller actually is part of the dig dug series. I didn't realize Egg is a Zelda like, now I'm really interested. I'm interested in the virtualon series, I just was never able to find a copy of the first game in English so I grabbed a Japanese copy... and just never got around to trying it
Well then, that makes perfect sense. Didn't know about the connection, but that's cool.
Got this system at launch for soul calibur. I remember that day well. I got a dc at the fleamarket for 10 bucks and have rebought chu chu rocket and four controllers. I am ready.
There was also a PC port of the Driller identical to the Dreamcast version. But they are easier compared to the original arcade.
Managed to order a copy of project justice for 50 bucks, just the disk,but i pretty happy. However I'm now on no buy unless I run into something at my local shop(it's a convient stop when I do a grocery run) but they don't get in stuff too often, but the pricing is usually fine when they do.
Also it's time for the weekly vote over in my playthrough thread for any interested
Also it's time for the weekly vote over in my playthrough thread for any interested
Yeah, looks like I got lucky on a buy it now on eBay. I mean, it's going for between 75 a and 80 on amazon right now caseless. Reminds me how I got a deal on my copy of powerstone 2 at an independent game shop due to its missing manual. I get lucky on occasion... not sure why I jumped on another fighting game though, they make a rediculous portion of my gaming collection. I'm hoping I get lucky at my local shop on something non fighting soon
nice one, man!
again years back i nabbed cannon spike for $40 from a seller with no pics (like most of amazon marketplace, of course) and when it showed up complete, i was shocked. you luck out sometimes!
again years back i nabbed cannon spike for $40 from a seller with no pics (like most of amazon marketplace, of course) and when it showed up complete, i was shocked. you luck out sometimes!
Anyone know ways to play Dreamcast using a wireless controller?
Retro-Bit recently showcased their wireless bluetooth DC controllers but no release date.
I think PS2 wireless controllers work or something. Anyone know?
Retro-Bit recently showcased their wireless bluetooth DC controllers but no release date.
I think PS2 wireless controllers work or something. Anyone know?
Ok, Dreamcast Era... I answered a Craigslist posting for a $40 Dreamcast lot. It was better than I initially thought:
For $40! I've never had a Dreamcast but couldn't pass it up. My tv has a VGA port with a PC audio in Jack. If I buy the Tomee or Retrobut VGA cable set, do I need another adapter to connect the R/W audio cables into the PC input? If so, what am I looking for?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!
For $40! I've never had a Dreamcast but couldn't pass it up. My tv has a VGA port with a PC audio in Jack. If I buy the Tomee or Retrobut VGA cable set, do I need another adapter to connect the R/W audio cables into the PC input? If so, what am I looking for?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!
Thanks. I'm thinking I just need an RCA-to-Pc 35mm male-to-female adapter. Anyone know for sure?
Also, what are the must-haves that don't cost a fortune?
Skies of Arcadia, sonic adventure, toy commander, Virtua on, Shenmue(or so I'm told), Maken X(goes pretty cheap, but is a really fun experimental Atlus game), Sonic shuffle. Off the top of my head in the generally less than 50 category
Edit: oh and fur fighters and cray taxi. Time stalkers isn't bad either
Does that game have a tutorial like the PS1 game? I'd do that then jump into story mode.
Newbie question, I hope you guys can help: I'm hearing there are ways to trick the DC to play a non-vga disc like Hydro thunder in VGA mode. Can anyone provide any details on the cheapest or best way to do this? I'm fine using the SD card method but I'd need someone to give me some details... is it just putting the game on sd or what?
Hey DC'ers~
So I have a VGA box and I was wondering if I should just get some headphone jack+VGA cord-to-HDMI adapter OR, the Retro-Bit VGA~HDMI cable.
Has anyone done either of these connections on a 1080p set? Any good feedback on the Retro-Bit cable?
So I have a VGA box and I was wondering if I should just get some headphone jack+VGA cord-to-HDMI adapter OR, the Retro-Bit VGA~HDMI cable.
Has anyone done either of these connections on a 1080p set? Any good feedback on the Retro-Bit cable?
Been three weeks now and my local shop has still not gotten any new Dreamcast stock... only nongeneric stuff they have is grinch and Daytona USA... it's sad really. Wish I had grabbed that Shenmue they had last year.
On a more positive note. It's time for the weekly vote over in my playthrough thread. Any thoughts on that IrishNinja or leder ?
On a more positive note. It's time for the weekly vote over in my playthrough thread. Any thoughts on that IrishNinja or leder ?
Thank you. leder Also I forgot how much of a pain in the butt Goldia is! Cleared all characters(only did 2 previously) only one with multiple endings I rounded off was Pollin and Bollon. May have set settings to easy/single round/infinite specials though :p. Trying to unlock Blodia the one unique unlockable character, but grinding is easier said than done. I may have picked up the batterie s to try and sneak in some vmu grinding though
Are you still looking for Shenmue? I have one I was looking to sell recently. Let me know if you want it (I'm in Toronto and can ship anywhere in Canada or the US).
I'm US(TX). I'd be willing consider
Edit: if you have anything else your considering selling let me know, I have a few non rare games I'd like to get but just haven't been willing to spend the time to track down individually that I'd be more than willing to do as part of a group.
It's kinda funny I have 2 spares myself for if I ever wind up in a bargaining position: skies of Arcadia and sonic adventure
the storylines are fun(and occasionally hilarious) and I'm pretty sure most are riffs on various tropes/anime's... not that'd I know which ones. Pollin's winds up with her giving Junipe a harem XD and either winds up with her and her father living with him, or the fight between her and her mother destroying earth XD and both are Goldibus!
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late here, but - ive been wanting to replay both shenmue's for a while now! only held out cause of the faint hope of HD remasters, haha
Speaking of Shenmue, I finally managed to find PVC box protectors that fit my PAL Shenmue releases. I only wished I had know about them sooner since there's already some damage to the paper.
So these cheap VGA-to-HDMI converters (like the Amalink £15 ones for example) would they do the job for the Dreamcast?
Just saw how cheap some of these converters are now and got to thinking...
Just saw how cheap some of these converters are now and got to thinking...
VGA and hdmi are both digital and very similar outputs, so I can't imagine you'd have any issues. Im no expert, but I'd go for it.
I won't be losing much if it doesn't work so can't hurt to try, I'll go for it. Cheers :)
Keep your expectations low, but if they are cheap you should try. The analog to digital conversion will most likely create a bit of input lag and may reduce a bit of quality, but may still give a good result. I have one and seemed ok.
VGA is analog, actually. DVI is the digital one. Old video cards used to be able to output VGA over DVI anyway, so you could convert from one to the other as needed, but as of the GeForce 10XX series that's no longer the case (nVidia was the last hold-out; AMD and Intel had already dropped VGA entirely).
Expectations lowered and adapter ordered :)
The only VGA-compatible display I have here is an ancient 14-inch monitor (which doesn't display full screen) so it's not going to take much to provide a step-up, provided this even works haha.
I looked into these years ago and promptly forgot they existed, can see me bouncing between a few until I'm satisfied. Looking forward to it.
I don't know, I'd like to pick up a few of the reasonably priced Dreamcast rpgs and adventure games, but without either finding them in person for a decent price, or getting a good deal on a bundle of them I'm having a hard time biting. I probably can justify one more game before the move, then it'll be a few months before anything else...
Any thoughts? IrishNinja leder here's my collection for reference
Any thoughts? IrishNinja leder here's my collection for reference
It's not as cheap as it once was, but Shenmue is a must have for that genre.
I got a complete with manual for 55 I'm looking at on amazon, but I thought I'd see if there was anything else cheaper first. Rpg wise i mean. For that matter unless I can get it in the 30-40 range I'm waiting. I'd like it, but unless I can get it cheap enough or in person I'm not driven enough to use my entire gaming budget for the month for it, especially since I'm going to have a tight budget for a few months. I'm considering buying something this week, but my limit is really only 20-30$. That's why I thought I'd ask about other rpgs
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Well, good news and bad news. Bad news is the disk drive gave out on my Dreamcast, good news is a friend gave me a spare a few years back. I just need to wipe it down and vacuum the ports and I should be good to go. Just finished the Nasir shrine, problem is I forgot to save after defeating red Gigyas the first time, and the drive gave out the second time after I beat him
Better news, spare is working perfectly... now what to do with a Dreamcast with a dead disk drive
Better news, spare is working perfectly... now what to do with a Dreamcast with a dead disk drive
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What's that? A conversion method? I heard something about a usb conversion metho
It's a GD-ROM replacement. You remove the laser assembly and plug it in instead and you can play games off an SD card instead.
Well, I might be willing to consider, it's not like there's much more I can do with that one, and I'll have access to my dads workshop for a few weeks in a month( I also plan to try and do maintenance on my gpa's pinball table). I'm not the most skilled with my hands, but I can handle a screwdriver. Although I'd want to pick up one of those disk extractor usb style ones wouldn't I? Then I can use my working one to rip my games.
Ok I'm interested, what are the details, although why do you refer to it as a lottery though? And it's not too expensive is it?
It's pretty easy to set up. You just unscrew your Dreamcast, remove the cables from your existing drive and then plug the new unit in its place. He charges 130 euros so it's around the high end typical Everdrive in terms of cost.
The reason I call it a lottery is due to the extremely annoying way these go for sale. The producer hypes it up on his blog and a week later at a random time, usually when North America is asleep, he will open orders for less than five minutes. If you miss out you have to wait a month to try again.
Ooofff, I can see how that can be annoying, especially since I'm NA... well it'll be a few months before I can set aside the money, that and I'd have to buy the ripping tech too. But it's good to know about the option at least. I'll probably consider it when I have the cash, but not now
They're pretty convenient. I don't have the sd gdemu, but I did get a usb one when stone age gamer was selling them briefly. You can also skip all that and just order a new laser assembly off of ebay. They're around $25-$30.
Heh, good to know, but like I mentioned, I thankfully have a working spare, I was just looking at some long term options for application