Must-Have Games For The Dreamcast? 82
Thanks to EntDepot.com for their roundtable discussing the shiniest, best, and most under-rated Dreamcast games, as Sega's defunct console starts approaching cult status. The article starts: "It seems as though Sega has been all but forgotten as the system innovator that it was. As cliched as it sounds, the Dreamcast was years ahead of its time", and some of the now-inexpensive recommended DC titles include Mars Matrix ("a simple top-down, vertical shooter that we have all grown to love and cherish"), Samba De Amigo ("Get a pair of third-party maracas, [and] come to terms with the fact that you'll soon be flailing your arms around like a jackass"), and the less easily purchasable Propeller Arena ("the best game AM2 never released.")
No Soul Calibur? (Score:3, Interesting)
Though I definitely agree with the Crazy Taxi listing on there, but once again, I don't really think it was under-rated.
Mars Matrix? (Score:1, Interesting)
DC is great. But certainly not because of that crap 16Bit style shooter. If you wan't great 2D shooters for DC i advice you to give MAMEDC and Metal Slug a try.
Mars Matrix... hahahaha...
Still my fav console (Score:4, Interesting)
My favourite thing about the Dreamcast is it has 4 controller ports, modem included standard, most games have native VGA support meaning I can play my games on a computer monitor on a proper adaptor (none of this up scan crap), 50/60 hz selection so I don't have to worry about slowdown on crappy ports, and easy bypassing of the region protection so I can play U.S and Jap games on it (I live in Australia so my console is PAL). Of course the Gamecube, PS2 and Xbox has some of these features but not all of them. The region bypassing is my favourite bit of the Dreamcast because I dont have to risk modifying my console or fork out cash for a action replay/region x. Aussie games are either overpriced/sloppily ported and take eons to get released here.
All Dreamcasts sold in Australia and those manufactured I think before Sept 2000 in the U.S. can read cdr and cdrw disc which is how I can run a boot disc on it to play out of region games on it.
I heard the Sony and Microsoft 'quality assurance' program makes it difficult for 2d games to be okayed on their system so 2D fans should be overjoyed at owning a Dreamcast because the 2D Kings, SNK and Capcom loved the Dreamcast to death and flooded it with many excellent scrollers and fighters. Games like Mars Matrix, Project Justice, King of Fighters series, gigiwing 1 and 2, vampire chronicles
A couple of other games you won't find anywhere else except on Dreamcst are:
Daytona
Powerstone 2 (this game rocks. its like Super Smash Bros except in 3D),
illbleed -- fun adventure horror game
D2 -- another horror, fun but the graphics aren't the best
confidential mission - gun game
toy commander -- hard game where you play as one of x toys, completing objectives
Soul Calibur -- this really shows what the console was capable of and it was a launch game!
Shenmue 1 -- those who played shenmue 2 on xbox need this!
theres a couple of sega beat-em-ups too but they were so
Firepro wrestling (japanese only but it has a strong following of fans)
Record of Lodoss War Anime-ish rpg
Seaman -- like a tomakachi (spelling) except you bring up a fish using a microphone and it talks back to you
ecco the dolphin -- the most beautful underwater game. its like playing a screensaver!
Bangai O -- shooter by treasure of radiant silvergun fame
cannon spike (Score:2, Interesting)
My picks... (Rush 2049) (Score:3, Interesting)
Sure, it was multiplatform (there was an N64 incarnation as well), but the Dreamcast defeniatly got the best end of the deal. Single player got rather boring after a while, but if it's you and three friends, you'll have the most fun you've ever had. Sure, you can race, but why race when you can go flip out on the stunt tracks with three other friends (Wings were the best ever addition to Rush, ever). And the battle mode...the battle mode was in it's first incarnation in that game and it still was the best multiplayer vehicle battle mode i've ever played. All this running at a silky smooth framerate and huge draw distance made for one of the most underrated games on the system. It's a shame that the series has been silent since then, a Rush on Xbox Live would be something I would never quit playing.
Also, did anyone mention Mr. Driller? It's a really fun puzzle game, too bad it didn't support two players or else I might still be playing it.
And then of course you have Rez and Jet Grind Radio. But then again, they've been mentioned elsewhere anyway.