Happy 25th Anniversary, Sega Dreamcast!
from VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 15:00
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NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 15:28 next collapse

o7

SurfinBird@lemmy.ca on 09 Sep 15:43 next collapse

Currently playing Grandia 2 again. It’s like time travel.

Makeitstop@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 16:02 next collapse

I should play Skies of Arcadia again.

THEWIZARD@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 16:09 next collapse

Soul Calibur

House Of The Dead 2 with the light gun

Dynamite Cop

loved mine should never have sold it they were eons ahead of their time way more advanced graphically than anything at that time in the console market and the internet play I never could try as it was totally uneconomically viable, but had SEGA hung on and survived and the online side took off they’d probably be king at this point and still pumping out new true next gen console hardware instead of Android and IOS apps and re-boot mini consoles of the original megadrive and so on? Damn shame they flopped with the Dreamcast, but I loved mine had it a a week after release day I think it was.

koncertejo@lemmy.ml on 09 Sep 16:24 next collapse

Playing some Jet Set Radio today in her honour

koncertejo@lemmy.ml on 09 Sep 16:25 next collapse

What’s everyone’s best Dreamcast memory?

c0smokram3r@midwest.social on 09 Sep 16:44 next collapse

Purchased it on a Sunday & stayed up all night. Missed school on Monday & kept playing 😅😂

Cadeillac@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 16:55 next collapse

CD-Rs

01011@monero.town on 09 Sep 20:18 collapse

Lol.

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 17:19 next collapse

Soul Calibur, Phantasy Star Online.

Pooptimist@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 17:45 next collapse

Project Justice 2 and power stone! Still two of the best fighting games imo

B0NK3RS@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 19:52 next collapse

Spending hours online either on Phantasy Star Online or in the Dreamarena chat rooms.

Getting Shenmue and Shenmue II on launch days was a special time.

altima_neo@lemmy.zip on 09 Sep 20:49 collapse

Playing pso with my homies every night. I remember having to dig up free dial up ISPs every week so we could all connect. Really wish it came with Ethernet support out of the box.

But man we’d play so much pso. The game seemed so much bigger back then. Looking at it now, there wasn’t really that much content there.

tee900@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 16:53 next collapse

Good lord i forgot about those controllers. They look so awkward. More ergonomic than steckdeck or a switch though.

koncertejo@lemmy.ml on 09 Sep 17:22 next collapse

They’re molded to the hands really well but the analogue stick is entirely plastic and digs into your thumb really easily!

Pooptimist@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 17:44 collapse

As does the d-pad! I remember having blisters on my left thumb from playing project justice 2 for hours

otp@sh.itjust.works on 09 Sep 18:00 next collapse

This controller is probably the daddy of the original Xbox controller, and the GameCube controller (N64 is the mother there).

It was probably more comfortable than the Xbox one, and looked cooler than the GC one, but the GC controller wins in comfort.

01011@monero.town on 09 Sep 20:18 collapse

I always hated the GC controller.

altima_neo@lemmy.zip on 09 Sep 20:47 next collapse

Yeah too small for my tastes. And I wasn’t a fan of the button layout and very small c-stick.

But then again, I actually liked the Duke.

otp@sh.itjust.works on 09 Sep 21:02 collapse

It’s weird, but it makes sense when you’re used to it. Z can be a bit awkward, though. Having the face buttons all be different shapes is a great plus imo.

thehatfox@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 20:59 collapse

They are more comfortable than they look. The lack of a second analogue stick is a big limitation though.

Cadeillac@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 16:58 next collapse

This is perfect! I just downloaded a bunch of Dreamcast games to play. Both Sonic Adventures, Crazy Taxis, and Bass Fishings. Jet (Grind) Set Radio and Seaman (what a weird but fascinating game). For my partner and I, Gauntlet Legends, Dynamite Cop, Zombies Revenge, and maybe some more

I grabbed the PowerStone collection on PSP for the smaller file size, and I don’t think my partner will want to play it. I’ll show them, and download the Dreamcast copies if necessary

cevn@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 17:01 next collapse

The sound of the dreamcast is what gets me, computers used to be so loud.

altima_neo@lemmy.zip on 09 Sep 20:52 collapse

I don’t know why the drive was so loud. Neither the PlayStation’s or Saturns drives were that loud.

cevn@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 20:55 collapse

Good point. I wonder if the DC drive runs at a higher speed. I also feel a lot of air coming out so the fans may add to the noise.

demizerone@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 17:03 next collapse

I got this at a weird time in my life when I was going from teen to adult. It was the first console I had where I had a bunch of games that worked for money to buy myself and also did not have enough time to finish and completely flip.

altima_neo@lemmy.zip on 09 Sep 20:51 collapse

Same, me too! I had my first job at that time and was buying up a ton of games because they were so heavily discounted.

djidane535@sh.itjust.works on 09 Sep 17:27 next collapse

An amazing controller. I had not the chance to play it at the time, but the first impressions of the controller 10 years ago was incredible. I bought a Dreamcast shortly after :). I just ordered a GDEmu yesterday, can’t wait to get it :D.

Purple_drink@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 17:28 next collapse

First console I downloaded dlc on (Skies of Arcadia) First game I uploaded my own content for (Jet Grind Radio) First console I emulated games on (Genesis and NES) First console I downloaded and burnt discs of full games (too many)

And I raised some really nice Chao (SA2)

What a great console.

helloharu@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 18:47 next collapse

25 years already?! It doesn’t seem that long ago. I might see if I can dig mine out - Jet Set Radio or Sonic…

tilefan@lemm.ee on 09 Sep 19:35 next collapse

I remember playing NBA something on the Dreamcast kiosk at Best Buy. I remember thinking how advanced the technology was but how goofy the controller was

rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works on 09 Sep 20:13 next collapse

oh shit it is 9.9.99+25

feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 20:33 collapse

Wildly ahead of its time, deserved so much better. The memory stick being like a tamagotchi, that’s an amazing idea. I could never figure out how to make it work but raising the Chao from Sonic Adventure, so much unrealised potential.

thehatfox@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 20:58 collapse

There was a prototype VMU MP3 player in the works before the Dreamcast was discontinued, alongside a music store.

Sega also produced a digital camera for the Dreamcast, the DreamEye.

The tech world could have looked very different if the Dreamcast went differently for Sega.