The Dreamcast Collection announced... and disappointment.

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We reported late last year that a Dreamcast Collection was being released for the Xbox 360, PC and digital download, but we now have a proper release date – and a list of the games making up the collection.

The Dreamcast Collection will be making its way to Australia on February 25, and the games in the package are…

- Sonic Adventure
- Crazy Taxi
- SEGA Bass Fishing
- Space Channel 5: Part 2

While every single game on the list is solid in its own right, I can't help but think that SEGA has chosen… poorly on this occasion – to the extent that I would guess that SEGA has many more Collections on the way. The Dreamcast has a pretty much unrivalled back catalog of incredible cult hits, so we figure SEGA could squeeze out as many of these packages as they like.

What four games would you choose for the ideal Dreamcast Collection? Let us know in the comments below.

I just wanted The Last Blade 2 & Skies of Arcadia.

Is that supposed to be a joke? Four games, two of which are already available as downloads? One of them a fishing game? Who in the world at Sega actually picked these games? Are they really that out of touch?AndromedasWake

I just want Shenmue 1,2,Blue Stinger

No Daytona either, i was expecting atleast 10 games in the collection.

Those games are already available for download anyway.

Does SAGA really want this "collection" to sell? It doesn't look like it.

That's disappointing indeed. But I wasn't expecting anything spectacular tbh. Good that my Dreamcast is still working...

A list of games SEGA could put on a collection (made or published by SEGA as it is a SEGA collection);

ChuChu Rocket

Crazy Taxi 1+2

Daytona USA 2001

Dynamite Cop 1+2

Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future

F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa

Fighting Vipers 2

The House of the Dead 2

Jet Grind/Set Radio

Metropolis Street Racer

Phantasy Star Online

Samba de Amigo

Sega GT

Sega Rally Championship 2

Skies of Arcadia

Shenmue 1+2

Sonic Adventure 1+2

Space Channel 5

Virtua Fighter 3TB

Virtua Tennis 1+2

I may have missed some but that's just what I can think of. I'd really would like to see some of these games on a collection. With luck SEGA will bring out another collection but with a better selection on.

JUST WAIT....BE PATIENCEhippiesanta

Calm down man :|

You cant forget Grandia 2, really great adventure game not to mention its pretty lengthy as well

This is a true disappointment, and the only reason I believe that they have such a primitive collection is because they want to make another one down the road.Sagacious_Tien

Not a very strong justification if that's the case. If this one's selection is poor, who's to say that the others to follow won't be the same? I mean, granted, this was probably a rush job -- no doubt to try and capitalize on the current popularity of releasing old games in HD -- but they're not exactly doing themselves any favors with what's being offered off the bat.

That it?:? How disappointing. Waiting for Jet Set Radio and Shenmue.

You cant forget Grandia 2, really great adventure game not to mention its pretty lengthy as well

scorpion_great

I don't think SEGA can put that on a collection as it was Published by Ubisoft outside Japan, which is a shame :(

[QUOTE="Sagacious_Tien"]This is a true disappointment, and the only reason I believe that they have such a primitive collection is because they want to make another one down the road.c_rake

Not a very strong justification if that's the case. If this one's selection is poor, who's to say that the others to follow won't be the same? I mean, granted, this was probably a rush job -- no doubt to try and capitalize on the current popularity of releasing old games in HD -- but they're not exactly doing themselves any favors with what's being offered off the bat.

[QUOTE="scorpion_great"]

You cant forget Grandia 2, really great adventure game not to mention its pretty lengthy as well

knightseason

I don't think SEGA can put that on a collection as it was Published by Ubisoft outside Japan, which is a shame :(

Does Ubisoft have some sort of ownership of the property? If it was just publishing rights I would think that it would be fair game for Sega so long as they still own that particular property.

I was really hoping for Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia. I'll pass on this one.

Thats another thing that comes to mind - rereleasing old games in HD. Is it easier to do this than to make new titles? Is there more profit in it? Are they hoping to resurrect old gaming franchises? I can see why rereleasing older titles might seem a good idea, I myself picked up the God of War Collection having never played either title, but two of these titles are already available, and the other two are so niche that it's hard to justify pressing them on to disc again. I'm not sure their reasoning behind choosing these 4 particular games, but as an old school Sega fan, I'm very disappointed that the Dreamcast Collection is more of a "throw in a few different things, and they'll eat it up".Sagacious_Tien

It's as I said: this is likely just a quick cash-in attempt rather than something that was given any real consideration. That effort would probably be reserved for future collections, assuming they release any more after this. They probably figured that tossing in a couple other games with the two previously downloadable offerings would be enough for a retail release, maybe to test the waters or something. Either way, it's a poor selection for something like this regardless of intent.

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[QUOTE="scorpion_great"]

You cant forget Grandia 2, really great adventure game not to mention its pretty lengthy as well

c_rake

I don't think SEGA can put that on a collection as it was Published by Ubisoft outside Japan, which is a shame :(

Does Ubisoft have some sort of ownership of the property? If it was just publishing rights I would think that it would be fair game for Sega so long as they still own that particular property.

The games are made by Game Arts, and each one are published by different companies.

Grandia by ESP (Japan), Sony Computer Entertainment (US), Ubisoft (EU).

Grandia 2 by SEGA (Japan, DC), Enix (Japan, PS2), Ubisoft (US and EU)

Grandia 3 by Square Enix

They should have put more games than just four. I'm passing up on this one. What a poor set of choices that Sega made on this one! Bad call Sega! BAD CALL!

How exactly can you have a legit Dreamcast collection without Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia?MAILER_DAEMON

I'm surprised nobody wanted Power Stone or Rival Schools. Those games kicked ass too.chicknfeet

Space Channel 5 Part 2!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will buy it for that alone!!!!!!!!!!GoldenElementXL

I have a Dreamcast made before October 2000. I'm good.

In my opinion, seems like a very strange mixture of games to include in the selection. Each game is a classic in its own right, but each games is a very different genre. So my guess is gamers out there will buy this collection for one or two of the games. Seems intentional on sega's part to get gamers to buyall thedifferentcollections they release.

I am happy to see sega release these games though, even though I had a dreamcast and own alot of these games, I think its great for gamers who missed out on the dreamcast to experience many of these classics.

My favorite dreamcast collection would go something like this ( I can't limit it to4 games, so I will go with 5):

Powerstone 2

Sonic Adventure 2

Shemune

JoJo's Bizzare Adventure (very underrated 2D fighter)

Sonic Adventure

Is that supposed to be a joke? Four games, two of which are already available as downloads? One of them a fishing game? Who in the world at Sega actually picked these games? Are they really that out of touch?AndromedasWake

Any collection not containing Blue Stinger and D2 is not a collection i am interested in.