Dreamcast any good?

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I found an old Dreamcast at my local gamestore going for about $40 and now Im debating whether I should get one or not. I heard the library is pretty suckish though. I pretty much just want one for a few games...

• Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 and II
• Sonic Adventure
• Sonic Adventure 2
• Time Stalker
• Sorcerian
• Falcom Classics

I can't believe someone beside me mentioned D2.

All of the games mentioned in this thread are amazing, Dreamcast is a great system.

People have mentioned some great games...but why do you want Time Stalkers? I still have it but I never really had too much fun with itbitemeslippy

Because apparently its a sidestory to the "Stalker" series (Landstalker, Ladystalker) and IMO its a great series, so Im pretty interested in it.

• Vitrua Tennis
• NBA on NBC Showtime
• Ferrari F355 Challenge
• Chu Chu Rocket
• Evolution
• Rayman 2
• Skies of Arcadia
• Grandia 2
• Dead or Alive 2
• Bust-a-Move 4
• Sonic Adventure 1&2
• Shenmue
• Ikaruga
• Rez
• Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
• Street Fighter 3rd Strike
• Fatal Fury Mark of the Wolves
• Virtua Fighter 3tb
• Powerstone 2
• Jet Grind Radio
• Space Channel 5
• Samba de Amigo
• Seaman
• Soul Caliber
• Pen Pen Tricelon
• Dynamite Cop
• Tech Romancer
• Sega Rally 2
• Toy Commander
• Gauntlet Legends
• Crazy Taxi 1&2
• Jo Jo's Bizzare Adventure
• Sword of the Berserk
• Blue Stinger
• All the Resident Evil games
• Quake 3 Arena
• Bangai-O
• Gigawing
• Mars Matrix
• Gunbird 2
• Border Down
• Zero Gunner 2
• House of the Dead 2
• Cosmic Smash
• Trigger Heart Exelica
• Segagaga
• Virtual On
• Guilty Gear X
• Vampire Chronicals
• Super Magnetic Neo
• Phantasy Star Online
• Unreal Tournament
• Sports Jam
• Virtua Athlete 2000
• Tony Hawk 1&2
• NBA 2k1
• NFL 2k1
• Nhl 2k1
• Tee Off Golf
• Sega Bass and Marine Fishing w/rod that also makes Soul Caliber fun at times
• Ready to Rumble 1&2
• Project Justice
• Propeller Arena
• Street Fighter Alpha 3
• Ooga Booga
• Sega Swirl

Is that just a list of every game ever made for it or what >>?Fredrick2003x

personally i think the dreamcast is pretty overratedst1ka

[QUOTE="bitemeslippy"]People have mentioned some great games...but why do you want Time Stalkers? I still have it but I never really had too much fun with it-Oath

Because apparently its a sidestory to the "Stalker" series (Landstalker, Ladystalker) and IMO its a great series, so Im pretty interested in it.

It's still a crap game though. Don't say anyone didn't warn ya.

The majority of good games on the dreamcast can be bought on other systems.hakanakumono

Border Down, Under Defeat, Frame Gride, Mars Matrix, Giga Wing 2, Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram, Tech Romancer, and Jet Grind Radio weren't. More than enough reason to own a Dreamcast right there.

[QUOTE="st1ka"]personally i think the dreamcast is pretty overratedItsEvolution

online play for how many games? and how many of them can you still play online games?

the ps2 was launched shortly after and it completly defeated the DC graphics wise

yes it has great games, but when compared to the saturn or the genesis you can find many of them on other consoles, usually with a graphical uplift. You can find the sonic adventure series on the gamcube, headhunter and rez on the PS2, Shenmue 2 on the xbox and many more

[QUOTE="ItsEvolution"][QUOTE="st1ka"]personally i think the dreamcast is pretty overratedst1ka

online play for how many games? and how many of them can you still play online games?

the ps2 was launched shortly after and it completly defeated the DC graphics wise

yes it has great games, but when compared to the saturn or the genesis you can find many of them on other consoles, usually with a graphical uplift. You can find the sonic adventure series on the gamcube, headhunter and rez on the PS2, Shenmue 2 on the xbox and many more

Also, where's my PS2 ports of Ikaruga, Under Defeat, and Border Down? Fact is, the poor PS2 could never handle those games, and in regards to Ikaruga, Treasure said they tried porting it to the PS2's hardware but it was just a mess; they wanted to stay as far away from the PS2 as they could after that.:lol:

There's also the fact that Dreamcast was ideal for sprite-based games; Bangai-O was so intense that a PS2 port wasn't even considered, due to the PS2's poor handling of 2D sprites.

Here are most of the games I had fun playing:

Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi 2
Daytona USA
Ferrari F355 Challenge
Ecco the Dolphin
Gauntlet Legends
Hydro Thunder
Marvel vs. Capcom
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Power Stone
Power Stone 2
Ready 2 Rumble
Rez
Rush 2049
Sega GT
Slave Zero
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Speed Busters
Spider-Man
Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense
Virtua Tennis
Zombie Revenge

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]The majority of good games on the dreamcast can be bought on other systems.Zwei_Thanatos

Border Down, Under Defeat, Frame Gride, Mars Matrix, Giga Wing 2, Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram, Tech Romancer, and Jet Grind Radio weren't. More than enough reason to own a Dreamcast right there.

If you're a shoot em up fanatic.

[QUOTE="Zwei_Thanatos"]

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]The majority of good games on the dreamcast can be bought on other systems.hakanakumono

Border Down, Under Defeat, Frame Gride, Mars Matrix, Giga Wing 2, Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram, Tech Romancer, and Jet Grind Radio weren't. More than enough reason to own a Dreamcast right there.

If you're a shoot em up fanatic.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"][QUOTE="Zwei_Thanatos"]

Border Down, Under Defeat, Frame Gride, Mars Matrix, Giga Wing 2, Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram, Tech Romancer, and Jet Grind Radio weren't. More than enough reason to own a Dreamcast right there.

Zwei_Thanatos

If you're a shoot em up fanatic.

My bad. I'm not familiar with virtual on or tech romancer, but there was a jet grind radio released on xbox, I believe. Jet Grind Radio future or something. Knowing the other dreamcast ports, I assume it was another port and not a different game.

My bad. I'm not familiar with virtual on or tech romancer, but there was a jet grind radio released on xbox, I believe. Jet Grind Radio future or something. Knowing the other dreamcast ports, I assume it was another port and not a different game.

hakanakumono

Also, the Ikaruga port on the Gamecube was horrible. DC port was arcade-perfect, as was the case with many arcade-to-home titles.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

My bad. I'm not familiar with virtual on or tech romancer, but there was a jet grind radio released on xbox, I believe. Jet Grind Radio future or something. Knowing the other dreamcast ports, I assume it was another port and not a different game.

Zwei_Thanatos

Also, the Ikaruga port on the Gamecube was horrible. DC port was arcade-perfect, as was the case with many arcade-to-home titles.

Oh ok.

[QUOTE="st1ka"]

[QUOTE="ItsEvolution"] Great graphics, innovative games and online play not your thing?Zwei_Thanatos

online play for how many games? and how many of them can you still play online games?

the ps2 was launched shortly after and it completly defeated the DC graphics wise

yes it has great games, but when compared to the saturn or the genesis you can find many of them on other consoles, usually with a graphical uplift. You can find the sonic adventure series on the gamcube, headhunter and rez on the PS2, Shenmue 2 on the xbox and many more

Also, where's my PS2 ports of Ikaruga, Under Defeat, and Border Down? Fact is, the poor PS2 could never handle those games, and in regards to Ikaruga, Treasure said they tried porting it to the PS2's hardware but it was just a mess; they wanted to stay as far away from the PS2 as they could after that.:lol:

There's also the fact that Dreamcast was ideal for sprite-based games; Bangai-O was so intense that a PS2 port wasn't even considered, due to the PS2's poor handling of 2D sprites.

It is worth $40. You might find a better deal on Craigslist or ebay. And fair warning, Time Stalkers sucks horribly.

Must get games:

both Sonic Adventures

both Crazy Taxis

Grandia 2

Skies of Arcadia

Samba de Amigo

If you like arcade games, most of Segas arcade games were ported to the DC.

Dreamcast is the best! You'd be stupid not to take advantage and grab it.codezer0

shenmue 1 part 2 never came out in english for dc only xbox

kemar7856

"Due to exclusivity rights obtained by Microsoft, the North American Dreamcast version was cancelled. Because of this, no English dub was recorded for the Dreamcast version of Shenmue II, so the European release instead featured the original Japanese audio and subtitles."

...and thank god for that, since Shenmue's dubbing job was horrible.

[QUOTE="kemar7856"]
shenmue 1 part 2 never came out in english for dc only xbox

Zwei_Thanatos

"Due to exclusivity rights obtained by Microsoft, the North American Dreamcast version was cancelled. Because of this, no English dub was recorded for the Dreamcast version of Shenmue II, so the European release instead featured the original Japanese audio and subtitles."

...and thank god for that, since Shenmue's dubbing job was horrible.

[QUOTE="Zwei_Thanatos"]it was pretty god what are u talking about it was the same voices from part 1kemar7856

[QUOTE="kemar7856"][QUOTE="Zwei_Thanatos"]it was pretty god what are u talking about it was the same voices from part 1Zwei_Thanatos

[QUOTE="Zwei_Thanatos"][QUOTE="kemar7856"][QUOTE="Zwei_Thanatos"]it was pretty god what are u talking about it was the same voices from part 1kemar7856

shenmue's english dub was terrible and i was highly grateful that the UK pal release of shenmue II included the japanese dub.joesh89

Agreed.

get a dc any way

theres good games on it

most was ported to xbox or gc or ps2

crazy taxi-good but ported to gc

sonic adventure 1/2 -also ported to gc but good dc titles

jet grind radio-ported to gba also there was a jet set radio future on xbox1

sega gt -got an updated version 2 of them on xbox

gta 2-good dc game was on ps1 but it looks better on dc/pc

test drive 6-a good racing game also on ps1 but with infererior graphics

shadowman another good title which is widely available on n64ps1

tony hawk 2-another good dc game but guess what it also is on n64 ps1 and even xbox

dave mira bmx

ecw hardcore revolution-ok wrestling and is the only wrestling game on dc

spirit of speed- its ok , but i wouldnt recommend it unless you find it very cheap , at pawns

house of the dead 2/3 good dc games but wouldnt you know it got remade on the wii,and has a 4th game in the works coming to wii

ps0-no one plays it ne more , but was a ok game from what i read also been ported to xbox and gc and ps2 phantasy star universe is on 360

mortal kombat gold if you like fighting this game hasnt been ported at all, and is exclusive to dc if you mind buying old games that are ported you shouldnt get dc

but if not go ahead

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