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[Danny Dudekisser]

So, uh... after playing an awful lot of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x and THPS 3 over the last several months, I'm kinda tempted to buy the first game. Still worth playing, or is it completely obsolete? I know the levels are included in 2x, but they really don't mesh well with the mechanics.

And that soundtrack. So good.

 

[KDash31987]

I still have fun with it every once in awhile, but your mileage may vary. Its sequels are definitely much better, of course.

The levels do work better with the mechanics of first game, though, I guess.

I'm really bored, so I might just go play that now.

 

[canocha]

also had some high poly cahracter models to look at IIRC

In Europe that CD it's called "Shenmue Passport".

 

[sixteen-bit]

2 and 3 are way better than 1, chac.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

lol, I guess I'm just desperate for more. I suppose I could go the other direction, and pick up 4 (which I've never played before.) But this is a Dreamcast thread, so I will desist!

 

[KDash31987]

lol, I guess I'm just desperate for more. I suppose I could go the other direction, and pick up 4 (which I've never played before.) But this is a Dreamcast thread, so I will desist!

4 is great, though the larger, open levels with NPCs giving you goals make it feel very different from the first 3.
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland both contain separate Classic modes if you prefer two-minute runs like the first three games.

 

[Nikodemos]

Man, I really need to pick up a VMU for Skies of Arcadia. The 4x memcard has a ton of room, but I want the minigame (I also need a second controller, since my current one has its #2 slot filled by a MadCatz RumblePak).

That said, is there a way to mod a VMU with a rechargeable cell? I hate having to constantly buy and swap button cells.

 

[ZealousD]

So it's been one year since I made this thread. I've been buying up a LOT of video games within the past year or so. The scope of this has been bigger than I originally intended it to, but I think I'm at least 90%-95% of where I want to be with my retro video game collection.

I think I'm about settled with the Dreamcast. Honestly I was kind of surprised I wound up with as many Dreamcast games as I did. A candle that burns twice as fast burns twice as brightly, I guess. So many great games that came out in such a short time span.

Click here for the full album.

I also do have the fishing controller and the keyboard.

 

[Canadian Psycho]

You should definitely get GigaWing 1 & 2 as well, those are very fun games with high replay value, not unlike the masterful Mars Matrix.

Otherwise, that is a fine collection.

 

[ZealousD]

You should definitely get GigaWing 1 & 2 as well, those are very fun games with high replay value, not unlike the masterful Mars Matrix.

Otherwise, that is a fine collection.

Yeah I'm not very good at Mars Matrix, lol. Schmup genre isn't my strongest.

 

[sixteen-bit]

schoot em up

I don't like GW. Mars Matrix is far and away Takumi's best game.

 

[Mzo]

schoot em up

LOL

Mars Matrix is way better than either Giga Wing.

 

[IrishNinja]

MM is better but Giga Wang takes way too much hate for being a fun shooter

sure the scoring system is weird, but who's good enough at SHMUPs to play for score?

 

[Timu]

Finally got some screenshots in, 1st up Sword of the Berserk. This was taken with my Avermedia using a VGA cable.

Also I hate those ghosts in the last screenshot.

 

[sixteen-bit]

wow that Berserk game has some pretty cool graphics

 

[driver116]

Dreamcast had some amazing games.

off the top of my head, my favourites:

Tokyo Highway Challenge
Sega GT
MSR
Speed Devils
Sonic Adventure
Toy Commander
Incoming
Crazy Taxi 1/2
Chu Chu Rocket
Dave Mirra
Dino Crisis
Soul Reaver
Quake 3 Arena
Rayman 2
San Francisco Rush 2049
Confidential Mission
Vigilante 8 Second Offense

 

[BIGWORM]

Dreamcast had some amazing games.

off the top of my head, my favourites:

Tokyo Highway Challenge
Sega GT
MSR
Speed Devils
Sonic Adventure
Toy Commander
Incoming
Crazy Taxi 1/2
Chu Chu Rocket
Dave Mirra
Dino Crisis
Soul Reaver
Quake 3 Arena
Rayman 2
San Francisco Rush 2049
Confidential Mission
Vigilante 8 Second Offense

DC RUSH 2049 IS DA BES RUSH 2049

 

[komarkaze]

I've been lurking this thread for a while and last night, I got the urge to hook up my Dreamcast again. It's the first time hooking it to my plasma TV, and excitedly I saw it had a VGA port, and I was able to find my VGA box for my Dreamcast. Unfortunately, I couldn't find my VGA cable. I ended up using composite cables and loaded up my NESter disk I made a long time ago. Looked and played wonderfully. I'm bugging my friends to see if they have a spare VGA cable I can use. I was blown away when I saw Soul Calibur on a normal TV for the first time in 1999. I was equally impressed when I saw it run in 480p on my old PC monitor a couple years later. I have my Dreamcast collection in my moving boxes ready to play once I get that cable so I can experience it all over again in 480p on a big screen. I hope to finally finish Ecco the Dolphin after all these years. Maybe I'll break out the maracas again.

 

[DracoBlade]

Picked this up today:



Was all excited. Got home and realized it's missing disc 1. Fucking lame. The instructions were in it too and I wasn't paying enough attention and didn't notice a disc was actually supposed to go in that spot. Gonna have to return it obviously.

NOOO I just realized I'm missing disc 3 from my goodwill find copy...FML!

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

NOOO I just realized I'm missing disc 3 from my goodwill find copy...FML!

You send me your disc 1 and I'll send you my disc 3, then we'll both be set!

Wait...

 

[Teknoman]

wow that Berserk game has some pretty cool graphics

Watching some early gameplay videos, the voice acting, music, and general story seems pretty cool too. Actually, I should probably get around to watching the anime of that as well.

 

[Bar81]

schoot em up

I don't like GW. Mars Matrix is far and away Takumi's best game.

+ infinity

 

[Defunkled]

Finally got my hands on Skies of Arcadia. I'm on vacation down in Pensacola Beach and a local shop had a real nice copy for $30. I'm excited to finally play it!

 

[Timu]

Finally got my hands on Skies of Arcadia. I'm on vacation down in Pensacola Beach and a local shop had a real nice copy for $30. I'm excited to finally play it!

Best RPG on the system!!!

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

A place like 50 minutes away just posted all this on their facebook:

Must resist. Already have so much to play. But, fuck that's a lot of good stuff.

 

[Timu]

A place like 50 minutes away just posted all this on their facebook:



Must resist. Already have so much to play. But, fuck that's a lot of good stuff.

Now that's a fine collection!

 

[sixteen-bit]

Best RPG on the system!!!

dat encounter rate doe

 

[SKINNER!]

What is GAF's opinion on Zombie Revenge? Worth checking out? Tried about 5 mins of it at a friends house and it looked fine but felt a little clunky controls-wise...something I can maybe put up with.

 

[Toxa]

A place like 50 minutes away just posted all this on their facebook:



Must resist. Already have so much to play. But, fuck that's a lot of good stuff.

beautiful display so many great games

 

[sixteen-bit]

What is GAF's opinion on Zombie Revenge? Worth checking out? Tried about 5 mins of it at a friends house and it looked fine but felt a little clunky controls-wise...something I can maybe put up with.

campy as heck but fun in co-op

 

[Genesis Knight]

What is GAF's opinion on Zombie Revenge? Worth checking out? Tried about 5 mins of it at a friends house and it looked fine but felt a little clunky controls-wise...something I can maybe put up with.

BULLETS

 

[SHL23]

Waiting on a vga cable I ordered a couple weeks ago... cant wait til it comes in.

Also snagged a sealed copy of heavy metal geomatrix off ebay for 25 bucks. Looks cool and reminds me of the gundam vs games. Wanted to get spawn also but the cheapest copy is like 50 after shipping

 

[Toxa]

at last

 

[SHL23]

got my vga cable in today. so awesome. dreamcast games hold up really well when it isnt displaying through shit composite cables. its like night and day and i feel bad for taking so long to get one. played some power stone, pso, doa2, and soul calibur and they look amazing, probly gonna play skies of arcadia or grandia 2 in a bit.

 

[Persona7]

got my vga cable in today. so awesome. dreamcast games hold up really well when it isnt displaying through shit composite cables. its like night and day and i feel bad for taking so long to get one. played some power stone, pso, doa2, and soul calibur and they look amazing, probly gonna play skies of arcadia or grandia 2 in a bit.

nice selection of games

I got one of those tomee VGA cables for a backup but I have yet to try it out

 

[FinalFanXtreme]

Scored Shenmue complete $5 at a pawn shop and Skies of Arcadia complete for $20

 

[Persona7]

Scored Shenmue complete $5 at a pawn shop and Skies of Arcadia complete for $20

wow, great deal.

I saw a copy of skies the other day and it was 45 bucks and scratched to hell

 

[Toxa]

alone in the dark looks really great on dreamcast I wonder if RE Rebirth could run on DC

 

[sixteen-bit]

Scored Shenmue complete $5 at a pawn shop and Skies of Arcadia complete for $20

I paid $20 for Skies at a Gamestop in like '04 but considering inflation, you win! That's a good price for the game.

 

[Timu]

Finally got Resident Evil 2 for the Dreamcast for 35 bucks at a trade in store, and man I never felt so happy!

 

[littlegrasshopper]

I busted out my DC the other day to play Power Stone 2 with some buddies. A friend of mine gave me his Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 copy he found. I have no land line in my house, so I was wondering if there is any website out there that sells the DSL modem for cheap or a cheap knock off that works. I checked ebay but man they are pricey. Also, I remember hearing the official servers are down and that some hacked servers exist and are still populated. Is this true?

Thanks!

 

[hwy_61]

So, how does the DC look on a HDTV? I'm really thinking about getting one on eBay.

 

[SHL23]

I busted out my DC the other day to play Power Stone 2 with some buddies. A friend of mine gave me his Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 copy he found. I have no land line in my house, so I was wondering if there is any website out there that sells the DSL modem for cheap or a cheap knock off that works. I checked ebay but man they are pricey. Also, I remember hearing the official servers are down and that some hacked servers exist and are still populated. Is this true?

Thanks!

i wouldnt even bother. the servers are dead. even the hacked servers are dead cept blue burst on pc which is on life support

 

[SHL23]

So, how does the DC look on a HDTV? I'm really thinking about getting one on eBay.

if you get a vga cable and get a vga to hdmi converter itll look really good. alot of dc games really hold up well. if you just stick to composite, itll look like ass just like everything else composite on an hdtv

 

[sixteen-bit]

It will only look as good as the cables you use, as stated above. You'll want to go VGA on a modern HDTV set.

 

[hwy_61]

if you get a vga cable and get a vga to hdmi converter itll look really good. alot of dc games really hold up well. if you just stick to composite, itll look like ass just like everything else composite on an hdtv

It will only look as good as the cables you use, as stated above. You'll want to go VGA on a modern HDTV set.

Thanks fellas

 

[zonipoi]

Just bought myself a Dreamcast! I need a Euro power cable as I got it from the UK and was wondering if these are legit?

 

[Anubistraveler]

I recently have been playing a ton of Dreamcast. In the past month I picked up Quake 3 Arena, a mouse and a keyboard for under 30 bucks. Quake was like 2 bucks on Amazon and the brand new mouse was 5 and the keyboard was 15 brand new. My other recent pick ups have been factory sealed copies of NHL 2K and Virtua Tennis.

I was shocked when I did amazon searches for Dreamcast games, some of the sellers are still selling new copies of games and they are cheaper then what I was able to find on ebay.

 

[Timu]

I didn't know these kinds of cases exist for this console, I'm used to seeing the jewel cases.

 

[televator]

Pretty sure that's custom