airmangataosenai
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hnnnghhh feelin' fine in '99, think ill go be rude to some people on these interwebs & call em a buncha
...oh. okay segas i guess ill be nice then
Ahh, memories.
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Sega Dreamcast - Appreciation and Emulation Thread
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Ahh, memories.
IrishNinja
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...wow, she's a keeper!
IrishNinja
Member
we better see a thread here for it!
guaranteed to have at least 2-3 "OVERRATED" clowns but fortunately everyone knows they're lyin'
Was at my parents house the other day (doing inventory on my old games boxed up there) and out of nowhere my mom pulled this out of a closet and asked if I still wanted it.
I'm not sure if it was all over North America or just the Babbages where I reserved the system, but these came with all Dreamcasts on 9/9/99. I couldn't believe she kept it around.
I'm not sure if it was all over North America or just the Babbages where I reserved the system, but these came with all Dreamcasts on 9/9/99. I couldn't believe she kept it around.
sixteen-bit
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Was at my parents house the other day (doing inventory on my old games boxed up there) and out of nowhere my mom pulled this out of a closet and asked if I still wanted it.
I'm not sure if it was all over North America or just the Babbages where I reserved the system, but these came with all Dreamcasts on 9/9/99. I couldn't believe she kept it around.
That's really neat. I had only seen those launch shirts in black.
sixteen-bit
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Ton of 'em on ebay (though they're likely knockoffs)
IrishNinja
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^yeah i too had the black one with the orange swirl, and yeah the ebay ones...something looks slightly off but i can't quite figure out what. bummed that my old roomie took my shirt, but ive still got Sonic 2 Tuesday & Mortal Kombat Monday shirts so i guess that's something
Boulotaur2024
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IrishNinja
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^gorgeous! might consider for my next playthrough.
anyone have any good places to find the Official Dreamcast Magazine? i know it was short lived but i can't seem to find many of em...don't really need the demo discs as much as the mags!
anyone have any good places to find the Official Dreamcast Magazine? i know it was short lived but i can't seem to find many of em...don't really need the demo discs as much as the mags!
Fox Mulder
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I had every issue, might still be at my parents' house.
but you're right, I just checked ebay and there's nothing on there at all except some demo discs.
IrishNinja
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it's crazy right? i felt like it was pretty prevalent in the day too. if you find em over there, lemme know, ill buy or trade for em!
Valkerionseven
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Finally got the emulator working.... so many feels!
Can finally play through Grandia 2 without it looking like ass on my HDTV. And no more ear shattering beep on start up
Ah who am I kidding, I'm just going to end up playing Spawn for 50 more hours like I always do when I hook the Dreamcast up haha.
Can finally play through Grandia 2 without it looking like ass on my HDTV. And no more ear shattering beep on start up
Ah who am I kidding, I'm just going to end up playing Spawn for 50 more hours like I always do when I hook the Dreamcast up haha.
IrishNinja
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^yeah having played the SNES, PSX & other versions, DC arcadey one is hands down the best game that character ever saw
Genesis Knight
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I have it on order, against my better judgement (Hucast LOL). Doesn't come out for a bit, though.
sixteen-bit
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I've tried that many times but although it sometimes fixes it for a while, it's only temporary. Maybe I'm pushing the pins in the wrong direction.
petran79
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I got a VGA-audio out cable but unfortunately I get no signal.
I can play only through RF cable. Dreamcast is PAL region.
The DC has also issues with some American and Japanese games and Bleem. When it tries to force 60 hz outputs, game resets or goes in a constant reset loop.
Some DC consoles are very picky. I am not buying an official VGA box because of the price and also because now I am not sure whether it will work at all after this.
I can play only through RF cable. Dreamcast is PAL region.
The DC has also issues with some American and Japanese games and Bleem. When it tries to force 60 hz outputs, game resets or goes in a constant reset loop.
Some DC consoles are very picky. I am not buying an official VGA box because of the price and also because now I am not sure whether it will work at all after this.
Just to note that the poll for the Dreamcast Top 200, which will be revealed on the 27th November, is running for a couple more days (ends Friday), so if you haven't voted for all of the games you liked on the console yet, please do!
http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/583935
The article of the top 100 will be at http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/. From the 23rd onwards we may also set up a new poll to try and get any games that have equal votes ordered, so keep an eye out for that.
http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/583935
The article of the top 100 will be at http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/. From the 23rd onwards we may also set up a new poll to try and get any games that have equal votes ordered, so keep an eye out for that.
IrishNinja
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maaan the cheapest i can find one of those Agetec arcade sticks for is like $50, before shipping...on ebay that can be nearly double, not even sure about out of state craigslist ads (mine has nothing but people selling DC's with "spindles of games/emulators" of course...), argh
sixteen-bit
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Sadly the Agetec stick doesn't use real arcade parts but it's still worth $50 IMO
sixteen-bit
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I like playing lots of shooting games with the stick too. And in that genre there are few good arcade ports that aren't on any other console like Mars Matrix and Border Down.
IrishNinja
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^that's the thing; i don't actually use sticks for fighters so much as lotsa other stuff. sega ages saturn has a lotta classic arcade titles, nevermind puzzles/shmups/etc and i got a rough but good sega stick there for like $15 shipped, wish i could swing something nearly that nice for DC. the Agetec looks great for my purposes but i never see it locally, and shipping from japan means im gonna offer these sellers like $15-20 so i don't expect many takers.
sixteen-bit
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Have you Shenmue fans seen this? Shit's hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar0KojxIvmQ
Anyway, Shenmue post-mortem coming up @ GDC.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=723058
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar0KojxIvmQ
Anyway, Shenmue post-mortem coming up @ GDC.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=723058
Shenmue Dojo has added English Subtitles to the Project Berkley video. We can finally watch it!
Project Berkley English Subtitled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu86tlnFLVE
Project Berkley English Subtitled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu86tlnFLVE
IrishNinja
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^awesome! watching this later tonight, i just picked up the "What is Shenmue?" demo disc for like $15 on ebay the other day too, haha. so hyped!
Thanks for running the poll. I voted and found the article interesting.
I enjoyed seeing some of my personal favorites make it into this article after missing the cut in the first edition.
IrishNinja
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finally got it for a decent price, the quality feels great! can't wait to test it out soon, it's been a long time coming.
i really dig first party sticks for most classic sega systems, even if they're not everyone's favorites - i had the official genesis 3 button power stick since getting my near-launch genny in the day and played everything with it: JRPG's, SHMUPs, beat-em-ups, arcade racers, even platformers sometimes. growing up, the arcades were so big to me that having even a little piece of that felt awesome, and i didn't mind gamepads but they weren't my preference...so an arcadey system like the DC, i was bummed all those years back when this stick was nearly the price of a broadband adapter, so glad to finally have it!
only downside for me is that it lacks turbo options, but i'm with Mark from CGR on this: any controller nearly as big as the system itself is where it's at!
IrishNinja
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^ *bro-fist* that makes 2 of us with the LE one! nice work man. i can't wait to see what non-sonic sega ones first4 does next, i like NiGHTs but i dont know if ill pay $100+ for it...
It's a fantastic stick. Well worth the money.
finally got it for a decent price, the quality feels great! can't wait to test it out soon, it's been a long time coming.
i really dig first party sticks for most classic sega systems, even if they're not everyone's favorites - i had the official genesis 3 button power stick since getting my near-launch genny in the day and played everything with it: JRPG's, SHMUPs, beat-em-ups, arcade racers, even platformers sometimes. growing up, the arcades were so big to me that having even a little piece of that felt awesome, and i didn't mind gamepads but they weren't my preference...so an arcadey system like the DC, i was bummed all those years back when this stick was nearly the price of a broadband adapter, so glad to finally have it!
only downside for me is that it lacks turbo options, but i'm with Mark from CGR on this: any controller nearly as big as the system itself is where it's at!
Nikodemos
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So, GAF, I've finally picked up one (PAL). I think I overspent a bit, but it came with a 4 Mbit memory card, and those are oddly expensive on ebay/amazon. Need to get a SCART cable and a vib pack next. One thing I've noticed is the stick seems a bit mushy, though since I haven't picked up a controller since 2009, can't tell if it's innate or due to heavy use. Would like a bit more resistance when twiddling it about.
What games should I pick up for it? The guy gave me Sonic Adventure 2, Virtua Striker 2000.1, and a Dreamon (#2) demo disc. Tried them, didn't like them. Not a great fan of those 3rd person action/adventure games (terrible camera angles! didn't realise how awesome fixed isometric is until I started doing the headless chicken in Sonic Adventure 2/Rayman 2 demo). Not particularly attracted to beat-em-ups either, or racing/sports games (yeah, I know that's a lot of the DC portfolio).
What games should I pick up for it? The guy gave me Sonic Adventure 2, Virtua Striker 2000.1, and a Dreamon (#2) demo disc. Tried them, didn't like them. Not a great fan of those 3rd person action/adventure games (terrible camera angles! didn't realise how awesome fixed isometric is until I started doing the headless chicken in Sonic Adventure 2/Rayman 2 demo). Not particularly attracted to beat-em-ups either, or racing/sports games (yeah, I know that's a lot of the DC portfolio).
So no 3rd person action action games, no fighting games, no sports games, no racing games... uhhh.
Crazy Taxi isn't really racing.
Chu Chu Rocket.
RPGs? There's Skies of Arcadia, Grandia and Shenmue.
Nikodemos
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Any scrollers? Side, vertical, forward, doesn't really make any difference. I've missed playing a Tyrian or Raptor-like game.
Oh, and can anyone confirm or deny that stick issue? It's kinda gnawing at my mind.
There're plenty of schmups, but it's not my forte.
You should definitely try to find Bangai-O though.
SpecialAgentZ
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IrishNinja
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okay, finally got to spend some time with the agetech stick, and...i'm having some troubles!
stuff that uses the pad (Ikaruga, Capcom vs SNK 2 etc) works great; stuff that uses the analog - Crazy Taxi, Jet Grind Radio etc - aren't moving. how is this supposed to work? is there a way to switch these functions, or is this possibly a region problem (some of my games are US, some are japanese, not sure if that'd matter)? kinda bummed, i really wanna love this stick but im not sure if i can make it work.
stuff that uses the pad (Ikaruga, Capcom vs SNK 2 etc) works great; stuff that uses the analog - Crazy Taxi, Jet Grind Radio etc - aren't moving. how is this supposed to work? is there a way to switch these functions, or is this possibly a region problem (some of my games are US, some are japanese, not sure if that'd matter)? kinda bummed, i really wanna love this stick but im not sure if i can make it work.
IrishNinja
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yeah, i figured that, but these are pretty popular titles...i wish i could find a list online that says which ones it'd work for & won't
Gotta be out there somewhere. You will find that certain games (like Jet Set, I'd imaging) would not feel right on a stick anyways.
I did notice that back in the last gen certain titles let you switch it in software. I was playing the PS2 port of Galaxy Force II last night and M2 gave me the option to use digital, left analog, or right analog for movement. Maybe some developers did this for DC titles as well?