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What's So Great About the Dreamcast?
hombreimaginario:
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--- Quote from: Doom on July 29, 2010, 08:47:44 PM ---Come on guys. I wrote barely anything in my original post, and you still screw up. There are reasons to love the Dreamcast. None of them apply to me. Most of them do not apply in 2010.
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Well its not practical now, the only reason you can own a dreamcast now is basically emulation and homebrew. As all the good stuff was ported over.
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Games like Crazy Taxi or Tokyo Bus flicker like hell in PS2 but look great in DC, specially when connected by VGA (no comparison).
Also I think you guys are forgetting about Confidential Mission or the ever awesome D2 (american version was censored IIRC), both still exclusive to the Dreamcast.
PDDestro:
shenske just reminded me of OpenBOR! Holy crap I had forgotten to mention that! My fave is Hatchet Ninjaz, so hilarious and the remixed soundtrack is so down, it had me and my DJ friend dying to track down the original audio producer because it's so good... "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me" Just listening to the link I posted has my head bobbin' as it has that gritty, Shaw Bros. inspired, 36 Chambers era Hip-Hop sound that isn't around anymore. 8)
Back on retail Dreamcast games, what about Seaman, Lack Of Love, Cool Cool Toon, Super Magnetic Neo, and the 4th wall breaking SegaGaGaGa? So much creativity in such a short time! Quintessential Sega that isn't seen anymore due to the hostile takeover/merger by Sammy. Nowadays, it's rare to get a real, true to form, Sega game, with the Yakuza & Valkyria Chronicles series being the last ones with that essence IMO.
ShaggyB:
--- Quote from: Doom on July 29, 2010, 06:35:19 PM ---It deserved to fail, but it didn't deserve the immense failure at the hands of the PS2. I get that. What games on the DC are worth playing?
My criteria for "worth playing" (for me and me only, others have different needs)
-No fighters
-If there's a better port on another console, don't mention it
-No old sports games if newer ones are better
As an owner of the other 6th generation consoles, I've long decided I don't need a Dreamcast. I can't think of many reasons to get one besides Jet Grind Radio.
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well before PS2 got sega games.... CRAZY TAXI. 1 or 2 take your pick... fun fun.
and my personal fav....
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Was much better on dreamcast than PSone.