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Ah yes, the Dreamcast. Without it, there would be no such thing as online game consoles or cel-shaded graphics. It even had some of the greatest game commercials ever (look up Dreamcast Seganet commercial or Crazy Taxi commercial on YouTube and you'll see what I mean) where the characters from the games were living inside the Dreamcast, and the DC was like their own little world.
DC ran on a 128-bit processor (which is also what PS2, GC, and old Xbox used, but DC's graphics were slightly better than PS2) and the controller is similar to the Xbox/Xbox 360 controller because Sega helped Microsoft on the Xbox controller design from what I heard (notice the button colors and the trigger buttons).
It even had the best 3D Sonic games ever, Sonic Adventure 1 and 2. Plus, the console had some of the best fighting games, and it had Jet Grind Radio, the first game to use cel-shaded graphics. Cel-shaded graphics is 3D models with outlines surrounding them like a cartoon character. Back then in 1999/2000, JGR's graphics blew everyone away because no one had seen anything like that before.
Anyway, in other words, without the Dreamcast, who knows where we'd be in gaming today. So be happy it exists, because it caused a big evolution in gaming.
I loooooooooove my Dreamcast, the only bad thing about it is that you can't play online anymore.
Plus, it's easy to hack and play homebrew/emulators on it. :P
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on June 11, 2008, 11:06:58 AM
I loooooooooove my Dreamcast, the only bad thing about it is that you can't play online anymore.
Plus, it's easy to hack and play homebrew/emulators on it. :P
Yeah, you could just put in a backup disc and it would boot without a modchip. Good ol' Sega. I wish the new consoles allowed you to play backups without having to put in a modchip, we went through TWO, repeat, TWO PS2s just trying to put modchips in them, so I got a slimline one today.
I never had a dreamcast. I got a ps instead
Quote from: *Kagome_Higurashi* on June 12, 2008, 04:17:26 AM
I never had a dreamcast. I got a ps instead
To tell you the truth, I never owned a DC either because I started out with a PS1. I just use a DC emulator actually.
i never had one either
I never had one, but I kinda wish I did.
The controllers were cool.
I actually just got one recently for $30. It came with two controllers, 1 VMU, and these games:
Marvel vs. Capcom
Dead or Alive 2
Wild Metal
Star Wars Demolition
Virtual On
Power Stone
He also threw in his PS1 with a controller, memory card, and Darkstalkers. Cool stuff. It's nice to have friends who don't want their old games and consoles.
Great deal Kaz.
The Dreamcast is truly an amazing system. I never played it once though during the generation it lived. :( Too bad. Oh well, I've got a chance to experience every now and then. It would have been mine if it weren't for some kid who jumped in front of me at a yard sale last year and swiped it up. A Dreamcast, with two controllers, this one thing (I forget if it was a memory card or something), The Dreamcast Internet disc, and Sonic Adventure. For $5. Sad day it was for me.
Quote from: Unknown0 on June 18, 2008, 07:19:19 PM
Great deal Kaz.
The Dreamcast is truly an amazing system. I never played it once though during the generation it lived. :( Too bad. Oh well, I've got a chance to experience every now and then. It would have been mine if it weren't for some kid who jumped in front of me at a yard sale last year and swiped it up. A Dreamcast, with two controllers, this one thing (I forget if it was a memory card or something), The Dreamcast Internet disc, and Sonic Adventure. For $5. Sad day it was for me.
That sucks so much.
I would pay $5 just for the Internet Disc. :(
I wish I owned a DC. Though Pre-played is selling them for $30!
Too bad I'm saving up for Brawl. :(
The Sega Saturn had an online service before the Dreamcast did....so did the SNES BSX, the 64DD and even the SNES/Genesis had the Xband.
Quote from: Shujinco on June 20, 2008, 01:29:55 PM
I wish I owned a DC. Though Pre-played is selling them for $30!
Too bad I'm saving up for Brawl. :(
Don't have a job?
I never owned a Dreamcast and I think I only played it once, if at all.
I don't really know much about it either, except that it had funky controllers. :D
Quote from: extraz on June 21, 2008, 09:28:01 AM
The Sega Saturn had an online service before the Dreamcast did....so did the SNES BSX, the 64DD and even the SNES/Genesis had the Xband.
I thought the Saturn was too poopty to have an online service XD (because the Saturn had very few good games that were exclusive). Thanks for telling me though.
The Genesis had online, so did the Saturn and even the SNES which had to use a third party adapter.
But it didn't take off until the Dreamcast. Until the Dreamcast came out, people thought that online gaming was a gimmick.
The only really good Saturn game was NiGHTS.
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on June 29, 2008, 02:58:41 PM
The only really good Saturn game was NiGHTS.
Same here, and also Shining Force 3. Other than that, all the other games on Saturn either:
A: Sucked, or...
B: Were on other consoles.
And not to mention, the commercials sucked, it was the highest-priced console on the market back then, and the processor was so huge that it was a ninny to program for.
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on June 29, 2008, 02:58:41 PM
The only really good Saturn game was NiGHTS.
If you were a shmup fan like me, you'd say there were a poopload of good games. The Saturn just isn't for people who only play the genres that are most popular today.
Funny, I just bought a Dreamcast with Crazy Taxi and Space Channel 5 and Jet Grind (both new, surprisingly). The whole shebang cost around 60 bucks but it was worth it, I think. I hope. >.>
Quote from: Level_9_Chao on July 11, 2008, 09:35:48 PM
Funny, I just bought a Dreamcast with Crazy Taxi and Space Channel 5 and Jet Grind (both new, surprisingly). The whole shebang cost around 60 bucks but it was worth it, I think. I hope. >.>
Not really. More like $45, and that's only if you got two controllers and at least one VMU.
Quote from: Kaz on July 12, 2008, 12:02:51 PM
Quote from: Level_9_Chao on July 11, 2008, 09:35:48 PM
Funny, I just bought a Dreamcast with Crazy Taxi and Space Channel 5 and Jet Grind (both new, surprisingly). The whole shebang cost around 60 bucks but it was worth it, I think. I hope. >.>
Not really. More like $45, and that's only if you got two controllers and at least one VMU.
System w/ one controller was $30, VMU was 5, games were 10 each for unopened, 3 for used. 58 bucks.
Quote from: Level_9_Chao on July 12, 2008, 03:05:47 PM
Quote from: Kaz on July 12, 2008, 12:02:51 PM
Quote from: Level_9_Chao on July 11, 2008, 09:35:48 PM
Funny, I just bought a Dreamcast with Crazy Taxi and Space Channel 5 and Jet Grind (both new, surprisingly). The whole shebang cost around 60 bucks but it was worth it, I think. I hope. >.>
Not really. More like $45, and that's only if you got two controllers and at least one VMU.
System w/ one controller was $30, VMU was 5, games were 10 each for unopened, 3 for used. 58 bucks.
Realistically, a system with two controllers and a VMU is worth $30. The game prices vary a lot, though.