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[PaulLFC]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darrenwall/sega-dreamcast-collected-works/description

£68,000 goal

"SEGA Dreamcast: Collected Works is the definitive history of the cult games console, produced in collaboration with SEGA. This large format, deluxe hardback will feature a dazzling collection of never-before-published materials and specially commissioned editorial, offering unprecedented insight into the creation of the Dreamcast console and its celebrated library of games."

Launched in 1998, the Dreamcast was SEGA's most ambitious – and last – home games console. The first console with on-board internet connectivity and host to a range of innovative, critically lauded games such as Shenmue, Jet Set Radio and Phantasy Star Online, the Dreamcast remains revered as a stage for creativity, innovation and originality.

This high end publication, created with the full support of SEGA itself, will document the creation of the console and its most iconic games – from pop hits such as Crazy Taxi and Sonic Adventure to arcane curiosities like Space Channel 5 and Segagaga.

SEGA Dreamcast: Collected Works, if funded, will be the authoritative resource on SEGA's last console: exhaustively researched, beautifully designed, and manufactured to the highest standards – an essential volume for any videogame aficionado.

A follow-on publication to our acclaimed 2014 release, SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works, the book will feature a rich variety of content: manufacturing prototypes, stunning photography of rare hardware, game development materials, and sumptuous game imagery.

 

[Gradon]

Yikes at that cover.

 

[remz]

Someone fucked up their Photoshop skew.

I'd be down for this though if legit. I love the Dreamcast.

 

[KORNdoggy]

Yikes at that cover.

is it supposed to have a wonky perspective? or is it just a terrible mock up?

 

[tomwhite2004]

"arcane curiosities like Space Channel 5"

lol

 

[UnluckyKate]

humm that Shenmue slipcase

 

[PaulLFC]

Someone fucked up their Photoshop skew.

I'd be down for this though if legit. I love the Dreamcast.

It is legit. The same authors did the Genesis / Mega Drive book, amongst others.

 

[Fuzzy]

Was their Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works book any good?

 

[FataIChoice]

Love the Mega Drive book, but I'll echo others in saying the cover of this one just looks poorly done. Maybe the physical copy would look far better, but I'm not impressed with that mock-up.

 

[KORNdoggy]

It is legit. The same authors did the Genesis / Mega Drive book, amongst others.

ahhhh. based on the megadrive book the cover is intentional...looks so weird though. lol

 

[cj_iwakura]

I'd have rather they did Saturn.

 

[EmiPrime]

Was their Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works book any good?

It's the best video game related book I own.

 

[Riesenfass]

Was their Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works book any good?

Yes. Super high quality, tons of content (including interviews), really a great package.

 

[aygomyownroad]

Mega drive book was excellent. May jump on this but would have loved a saturn one first.

 

[john tv]

Glad to hear it. Please fix the cover, good lord - then I'm all in.

 

[clem84]

Tempting...

That can't be the final cover.

 

[Vespa]

Backed, the Mega Drive book was godlike. I hope they haven't skipped the Saturn.

 

[PaulLFC]

I think the cover is designed to fit in with the design of the Mega Drive one:

 

[FataIChoice]

The special editions must have a different cover, I wish they showed it outside of the box cover too.

 

[groansey]

Damn, first time I missed out on the early bird offer for one of these. It went live before the emailed out etc. Still, ROM books are the best in the business so worth the money.

 

[KennyLinder]

Had to go in one this, the Mega Drive one is incredible.

 

[nny]

I think the cover is designed to fit in with the design of the Mega Drive one:

They're designed so that the Mega Drive and Dreamcast are facing the middle, admiring the beautiful Saturn book that will be published later.

Spoiler

Hopefully.

 

[Zia]

Guys, ROM makes the best books on video games from both a design and editorial standpoint. I'm sure it'll be majestic, cover and all.

Wish the special editions weren't quite so astronomicically expensive though.

 

[Dachande]

Insta-back. The Mega Drive book is incredible.

 

[Spankenstein]

I'd have rather they did Saturn.

Agreed.

 

[LimitedTimeGamer]

Backed this with the PSO slipcase. The Mega Drive book was awesome, and i backed that too

 

[Fuzzy]

You guys are making me want to back this (£45 shipped to Canada) and buy the Genesis book (£44 shipped to Canada) from their site. God damn that's a lot of money.

 

[Massive Nights]

The Mega Drive one was phenomenal, backed this straight away for the Early Bird tier.

 

[sechsterangriff]

The Mega Drive/Genesis book is amazing. So being a huge Dreamcast fan I'm naturally all over this.

Now which slipcase should I choose??? All those games ware some of my favorites!

 

[vazel]

Definitely in. I only wish I could afford the Jet Set Radio slipcase tier.

 

[Lights and Waves]

The blue Dreamcast logo triggers me. The orange one is the real MVP.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Want it, but the CAD exchange rate is worse than when I got the Mega Drive book.

 

[KennyLinder]

You guys are making me want to back this (£45 shipped to Canada) and buy the Genesis book (£44 shipped to Canada) from their site. God damn that's a lot of money.

Trust me, if you love the Mega Drive, it's an amazing book, and beautifully made. Skip a meal out, skip a game or two and buy them, you definitely won't regret it (or ask for them for a present!)

 

[Teh Lurv]

Was their Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works book any good?

Yes. I backed the first printing and it just oozes quality. Best $60 I spent on a video game related book.

 

[Baconmonk]

Backed!

The Dreamcast was released at a special time in my life. I was in high school, and had a job to buy all the games I wanted for the first time ever. It was the first console I could buy ALMOST all the games I wanted near launch if I managed my money carefully enough. Turns out historically it ended up being an anomaly also, for entirely different reasons. The memories of busting controller triggers on Crazy Taxi, raging multiplayer Chu Chu Rocket, the coolness of Jet Set, and the obligatory MvC matches will always be stand out to me.

 

[Ban Puncher]

Skipping the Saturn?

 

[akashhhhh]

I never buy this stuff, but Dreamcast was a really special console for me...and that JSR cover was too much.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Good luck with the crowd funding. The genesis book was good.

 

[Yohane]

I never liked the blue european dreamcast sprial.

 

[Retro Edge]

It's the best video game related book I own.

Is it still buyable somewhere?

 

[uncledonnie]

Backed -- really would love a Saturn book too but I'll not pass on this. The Genesis book was fantastic.

 

[Fuzzy]

Is it still buyable somewhere?

From their site. £35 + shipping.

https://readonlymemory.vg/shop/

 

[ranmafan]

The Mega Drive/Genesis book was fantastic! One of the best gaming books I've ever bought. Absolutely getting this as the dreamcast is my favorite sega console. Hope it includes some Sakura Taisen art inside as well.

 

[ArchAngel]

The Mega Drive book was the best gaming related book I ever bought. This will be supported!

 

[Zonic]

Hoping to back this. Their Mega Drive/Genesis one was fantastic & this should be equally interesting. Shipping to the US brings the book to about $57 (shame I missed out on the early bird price), so I'm gonna have to wait & see what my budget looks like.

EU seems to publish more interesting gaming books, but that means it's a pain having to pay $10+ shipping unless I can find it someplace else like Book Depository.

 

[dhonk]

I think the cover is designed to fit in with the design of the Mega Drive one:

It does not work nearly as well as the Genesis one

 

[panama chief]

Some of those pages look empty. No verbiage at all. Not sure how I feel about that.

 

[oneida]

I hate the cover.

 

[jstripes]

That hideous blue swirl.

 

[IrishNinja]

damnnnn...why i gotta be so broke? i need this

I'd have rather they did Saturn.

yeah the fact that one of the finest gaming systems is getting skipped here is a shame, really hoping they come back to it!

That hideous blue swirl.

it really is the inferior one, yeah