It, the Japanese Space Channel 5, and The Last Golem are my favorite box arts I have. Super Magnetic Niu Niu is my favorite I don't have yet followed closely by Lack of Love and Segagaga.
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Sega Dreamcast - Appreciation and Emulation Thread
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IrishNinja
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i said goddamn
Bar81
Member
Forget about the game if you don't know Japanese. That incredible VMU is sold separately (I have one).
kunonabi
Member
Yeah, the vmu is really tempting. I'll probably start working on Segagaga after I finish Revive. Visual novels and rpgs/sims are so much more fun when using them for language study.
Shadow Hog
Member
I'm going to guess Photoshop, and leave it at that.
kunonabi
Member
This arrived. It was only £7 and the only downside is the sticky price sticker still on the box but its CIB, spine card and all.
I now own all wrestling games released on the Sega Dreamcast
When you get a chance I could really use some impressions.
Fun fact, the NA release of Virtua Fighter 3tb remains the best version of the game outside the original arcade release. The JP (and EU?) release amazingly lacked a 2P VS mode!
Which isn't to say that the NA version is actually a great port. It isn't- many visual effects, particularly stage effects, were removed from the home release. Keep in mind that VF3 came to arcades in 1996 - rumor has it, there was even a completed Saturn conversion!
Considering how great DoA2 and SC looked on the Dreamcast, it's somewhat disheartening that after 16 years, we still don't have an arcade perfect release of VF3. Many consider it the best game in the series.
Fun fact Toukon Retsuden 4 won't boot via DC-X or Utopia. Either the disc is faulty or this is the only game I've ever run across that won't boot
Seems the disc is borked. Not happy at all.
Do you? I loved VF2 so much I bought a Saturn for $400 when it stealth launched. Think I actually saved money from going to the arcade and playing it there. Got VF3tb for my Dreamcast and it just didn't click for me. I have VF5 on my PS3, but it doesn't give me the feels the way VF2 did. Could just be my tastes have changed through the years.
I haven't played enough of 3 to rank it justly, but from what I've seen of competitive 3 it's a much more interesting game than 2.
VF5FS is my favorite entry in the series.
The stages are pretty cool, aren't they? 3 feels like an odd duck because of the non symmetrical stages and the evade button, but that's more 4's fault for going "back to basics" I think.
If anyone is interested in VF3's history, there's a great Versus Battlecast on the subject with lots of footage captured from the Model 3 arcade board:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVXMim20eNs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
kunonabi
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there was some really broken exploits with them. instead of fixing them they just dropped them and focused on being as technical as possible. as much love the newer games i can't help but wonder how things would have gone had suzuki stayed around. man, i might just pop in vf3 now.
sucks about touken. have you tried removing or inserting the vmu? i've had some games that wouldn't boot based on the presence of a vmu. i've also had some imports that only work with the gameshark.
sixteen-bit
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I've never played VF3.
Where's my Model 3 port, Sega? Get that shit on Steam now that you're a PC dev, lol.
Where's my Model 3 port, Sega? Get that shit on Steam now that you're a PC dev, lol.
I remember hearing about this. It used the 4mb cart as well? Heard it even used the Saturns sound chip to generate some of the graphics. God knows how much of this is true though. Would love to have see this.
Remember hearing that Sega had a demo of Scud Race on the DC to show how powerful it was....Wish there was a model 3 collection released.
Feels like Bio Force Ape
hopefully a prototype Saturn VF3 shows up on eBay someday.SEGA Master System says NO
Genesis Knight
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Anyone know a good SCART RGB cable for US/NTSC users?
IrishNinja
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damn, so pretty...what else is in the oversized box?
Game, headphones and a bag.
kunonabi
Member
What just arrived today!!
Customs got me and charged me with VAT!
Also got a 8 Dreamcast boxes to replace a few broken ones.
welcome to the club. by the way, where did you get those cases from?
Genesis Knight
Member
Wow. Feel kind of dumb. I've always put up with the Svideo connection on games that didn't support VGA. Finally got around to buying a SCART cable and the improvement is huge. Gunbird 2 now looks as good as Gunbird 1 on my SCART Saturn.
IrishNinja
Member
in case anyone missed it, Segagaga fan translation is still alive & kickin'!
Awesome news.
BlazeHedgehog
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These two came in my mail a couple days ago, I usually do a stream on September 9th and I needed fresh content. They were used, came in paper sleeves, but the condition of the discs themselves is really good. Got them from Stone Age Gamer.
I've heard Blue Stinger is bad to the point of being unintentionally hilarious, so fingers crossed
I've heard Blue Stinger is bad to the point of being unintentionally hilarious, so fingers crossed
IrishNinja
Member
i'm down Sega1991, where's your stream gonna be?
Dorimukyasuto
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These two came in my mail a couple days ago, I usually do a stream on September 9th and I needed fresh content. They were used, came in paper sleeves, but the condition of the discs themselves is really good. Got them from Stone Age Gamer.
I've heard Blue Stinger is bad to the point of being unintentionally hilarious, so fingers crossed
How do you like keeping the discs in the CD wallet? I'm thinking about doing this, the jewel cases are kinda annoying me. I guess I'm maybe feeding into some OCD but I can't stand the way these jewel cases scuff and crack and just look like shit when you buy them second hand.
I guess what I mean to say is (before I get lost on a tangent about how I hate jewel cases) - Do the wallets keep the discs well protected?
BlazeHedgehog
Member
Usually here:
http://www.twitch.tv/thelostskeleton
Haven't had too much trouble so far. Been using CD wallets to store my PS1/Dreamcast games since I was in high school.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
So, I started playing EGG the other day, game is pretty decent. I'm liking it so far.
Quick question though. I know Hudson published it in Japan, but the game was made by a team called Birthday. Have they made anything else, and do they still exist?
Quick question though. I know Hudson published it in Japan, but the game was made by a team called Birthday. Have they made anything else, and do they still exist?
Genesis Knight
Member
MobyGames lists this one as being dev'd by them:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/daikaij-monogatari
GameFAQs has some additional ones:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/10640.html
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Thanks!
So from the looks of it, the only games they've done are obscure, Japanese-only RPGs. The last game they made was 13 years ago, meaning they don't exist anymore. That's a shame, I'll never be able to play their other stuff as my knowledge of the Japanese language extends solely to the phrase, 'do you speak English?'
Lame.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
I might not be able to stream on September 9th like I originally intended, things have been kind of crazy for me lately.
sixteen-bit
Member
Oh hey, it's the 14th anniversary of the North American DC launch
IrishNinja
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again, happy birthday little guy. i like to imagine if you'dve lived longer, wed've seen Planet Harrier, maybe Golden Axe: Death Adder and all kinds've cool stuff
sixteen-bit
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I doubt that. Dreamcast never saw any System 32 ports, and those games were quite old even by the time DC hit the market. Early Saturn would have been a better contender for Revenge of Death Adder, but obviously that didn't happen either.
Diablohead
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Took my DC apart today to fix a yet again reoccurring problem of the system resetting itself, I did some fixes about 2 years ago but this time I fully took the system apart and cleaned everything using compressed air, cocktail sticks and kitchen towel
It works right now so I at least put it back together correctly!
It works right now so I at least put it back together correctly!
Diablohead
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Kabuki Quantum Lover
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Took my DC apart today to fix a yet again reoccurring problem of the system resetting itself, I did some fixes about 2 years ago but this time I fully took the system apart and cleaned everything using compressed air, cocktail sticks and kitchen towel
It works right now so I at least put it back together correctly!
The Dreamcast is one of the easier systems to take apart. To remedy a sporadically-functioning controller port, I glued a school eraser to the top of the first controller port so that pressure would be applied when I put the case back together. It's still working perfectly, surprisingly.
Diablohead
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My original DC has a blown port fuse, at the time I had no idea what was wrong so bought this DC I have now which has a little yellow tint going on. One day I will dig out my mint original and fix the port fuse via replacing it or you can remove the fuse and connect the metal together as I read that also works fine, so why even use a fuse?
Been playing PSO for the last 45 mins, no reset yet.
I also wish that I bought a VGA box back when I used the DC as a main console, back then I would always pass up buying one because for the same price I could buy a new game, hey I was 17 so I thought like an 17 year old
Only got my hands on a VGA box at the end of last year, games look so good it's sad when shit ports of DC games look like wank compared to the real deal.
Been playing PSO for the last 45 mins, no reset yet.
I also wish that I bought a VGA box back when I used the DC as a main console, back then I would always pass up buying one because for the same price I could buy a new game, hey I was 17 so I thought like an 17 year old
Only got my hands on a VGA box at the end of last year, games look so good it's sad when shit ports of DC games look like wank compared to the real deal.