BlackAura on Dreamcast Emulation/Homebrew Scene

Wraggster writes "Over at DCEmu.co.uk, we have an interesting interview with the author of NxDoom, NxQuake (both excellent ports to the Sega Dreamcast) and also a Genesis/Megadrive emulator for the Dreamcast called Genesis Plus. Check out the interview with BlackAura."

Re:Dreamcast is dead.

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you're mistaken, the DC only died in the retail channel. It's one of the best next gen consoles for longevity in the underground scene. There are loads of things you can do with it, from running netservers to porting different software to it.
Not to mention it did have a great library of official games. Over/under-hype, piracy and bad marketting killed it for consumers, but that doesn't change the fact that the usability, hardware and games were truly good.

Re:Dreamcast is dead.

[MMaestro]

For those wanna pick up a Dreamcast (or an extra one) theres a neat sale going on at EBGames. Buy a used Dreamcast for $15 USD and get an extra controller. Doesn't sound like much at first, but after you read this report and take a look at all the free underground works out there...

Or for those who are lazy and have access to a good choice of Dreamcast games, about $30 more and you got yourself a cheap $~50 system, 2 controllers, and a (couple) game(s). Not bad if you're trying to stretch your money.

Re:Dreamcast is dead.

[Anonymous Coward]

sad thing is, most ebgames have sent their dc's back to the warehouse for sale on the website, so it's $20 with only one controller.

though, i must say, i own 4 dreamcasts... one in active use and 3 are backups. never want to go through the great atari disaster of 1988 again. =]

-d

Re:Dreamcast is dead.

[uchuff]

Not to mention the fact that its all above board, the KOS libraries making most parts of the xbox hardware accesible to a developer. Compiled applications can be freely distributed unlike the xbox homebrew scene.

Re:Dreamcast is dead.

[Ayaress]

As the other reply said, it's alive and well in the underground scene: modds, homebrew games, all sorts of stuff. But it's also not dead in the commercial scene. Dreamcast hardware is still used in arcade cabinets, as was mentioned a couple months back in the article about SNK dropping the aging NeoGeo hardware in their Arcade systems.

sweet

[DrSkwid]

I took an X-BOX with a folder full of warez (all the top titles) to my friends kid's birthday party

Do you know what they played all night? - SNES games !

Nothing beats 8bit for pick up and playability.

Re:sweet

[karnal]

Wasn't the SNES considered a 16-bit console?

Now, NES and Master System - them were some good times.

Good old Dreamcast

[pantycrickets]

I loved the Dreamcast. I loved the controls, the games, everything. I still say it's more fun to play than the PS2.

also still alive in Japan

[cyrax777]

There are still offical games coming for DC in Japan as well. Of course most are ports of Dating sims but they did get Capcom VS SNK 2 and also SVC Chaos

No SVC Chaos for DC

[Anonymous Coward]

There are still offical games coming for DC in Japan as well. Of course most are ports of Dating sims but they did get Capcom VS SNK 2 and also SVC Chaos

CvS2 yes, but not SVC Chaos. There are plenty of excellent shooters still trickling onto the market though, such as Border Down, Psyvariar 2, and the latest, Castle of Shikigami 2.

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Hm.

[mrseigen]

Perhaps I should get into something like that; the end result will probably be better than Datel's GameCube "retro" package (bad graphics != retro).

well...

[ShadowRage]

A system never truly dies, as long as there's initiative for fans/consumers to keep using it though the company behind it abandoned it years ago.

I could actually port sonic cd if I wanted to, I just wonder about the legality of it though...

Related news... the DC gets another new shmup!

[Stormwatch]

title: Chaos Field
from: Milestone Inc. / Able Corporation.
systems: Naomi, Dreamcast

images:
http://www.mile-stone.co.jp/product/cha osfield_01. html

The arcade version is nearly done, and the DC version is planned to be released at the end of the year. Japan-only , of course.