sixteen-bit
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Double Impact might be worth it if you really like SF3, lol. Better backgrounds and different soundtrack from 3S. Apparently it's a better port than the DC version of 3S which has something like 7 frames of input lag.
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Sega Dreamcast - Appreciation and Emulation Thread
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sixteen-bit
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That arcade game Strike Harbinger isn't the only Space Harrier clone on the horizon. Xenocider is on kickstarter with a DC version
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/retrosumus/xenocider-a-3d-shooter-for-pc-mac-linux-dreamcast/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/retrosumus/xenocider-a-3d-shooter-for-pc-mac-linux-dreamcast/
I'd say so. No upscaling, more motion clarity, better color.
I don't know what your best bets for a decent CRT monitor are these days though.
alf717
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I agree. I have used a VGA box on my monitors, LCD, LED and such and always end up with what looks like jail bars. Even tried a VGA to HDMI adapter. If the VGA settings on the TV allow you to set clock settings you can get a smooth picture but I never had to do this on a CRT VGA monitor.
VGA CRT?
I've had this game for 15 years but never got into it. After that thread i think I'll give it some love.
I've had this game for 15 years but never got into it. After that thread i think I'll give it some love.
Too much awesome in that picture. Lifetime X-men fan here.
blast processed
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LOL
Saoshyant
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No joke, but that was how I actually setup the PS2 when I got one at the end of 2002. It was both practical (I had little room for both consoles) and showed everyone the clear superiority of the little mean Sega machine. And that arrangement actually lasted until 2008 when I moved. Kind of funny that it lasted that long, but I also didn't buy any console during those years: a DC and PS2 covered every need of mine.
IrishNinja
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LOL
woof, this took me back
old hard drive had an IGN "review" of the DC sitting high atop its PS2 placeholder as well...honestly, the first 6+ months of my launch PS2, it was a DVD player....cant front though, by right after year 1 it had some heat
but goddamn, that launch copy of Summoner was a huge letdown compared to Shenmue!
Truly "The Greatest Generation".
Gunstarheroes
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I've had this game for 15 years but never got into it. After that thread i think I'll give it some love.
I can't imagine an Ecco game ever bringing anyone joy. Only one i haven't really given a fair shake though, i should at some point.
you should read that thread then.
anyway, the DC game is very atmospheric and really cool
socksfelloff
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Break stuff still gets me amped right up. It's always on rotation in my workout Playlist.
Limp bizkit and Sega are still relevant to me
Shadow Hog
Member
Riddle me this, Dreamcast GAF. Is it a common issue for demo discs to cease working, even though full games work fine? Like, it's not just one disc, it's multiple different demo discs; the Dreamcast will recognize they're a game, display the "Licensed by" screen, and then immediately reset to the bootup screen. Lather, rinse, repeat ad infinitum.
I just wanted to replay my favorite old Official Dreamcast Magazine demos, to get a better feel for what I should buy offa eBay in the year 2016 :<
I just wanted to replay my favorite old Official Dreamcast Magazine demos, to get a better feel for what I should buy offa eBay in the year 2016 :<
A Black Falcon
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If you like Street Fighter III, Double Impact is a really interesting thing to have. Capcom never re-releases the first two SFIII games, and they are quite different from 3S -- the first two games, compiled in Double Impact, have a completely different set of stages to fight in, completely different music ( that's normal '90s Capcom fighting game stuff, not the I-think-it's-awful 3S soundtrack), different endings (storywise this is the first game, 3S the second, basically, since the second game is just a revision of the first)... it's SF3, but different. Some characters from 3S are missing of course, including Makoto, but still, Double Impact's really good.
That's weird. Could be the laser having issues with how the disc is set up?
Shadow Hog
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I have had read issues with Shenmue on this thing before (immediately after playing with the potentiometer, too), although I tried playing Shenmue a few hours ago and it was fine this time around, so I really don't know what to say there.
I kiiinda wanna pick up a spare one just in case, but I dunno if that's really necessary.
I kiiinda wanna pick up a spare one just in case, but I dunno if that's really necessary.
DracoBlade
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So this happpened today while happening upon Game Shop in San Jose...
Got it for $30! Finally I can play all the fighting games without breaking my thumb with the shipped controllers!
Got it for $30! Finally I can play all the fighting games without breaking my thumb with the shipped controllers!
That is probably a good idea because it sounds like the laser is starting to have issues.
sixteen-bit
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green goblin!
what a steal! mine was $60
Shadow Hog
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Yeah, went ahead and ordered another unit. No games or anything, just the unit. Hopefully its laser works fine (the seller indicated it did on the auction page, anyway).
IrishNinja
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damn fine price for a boxed green goblin! almost had a 2nd one in a trade a while back, fucked up & missed it...ah well
so Xenocider looks like it got canceled, with a few days to go it didn't have half the $ it needed...i was bummed, but honestly, played the demo a bit and i know, it's a beta but shit was rough
so Xenocider looks like it got canceled, with a few days to go it didn't have half the $ it needed...i was bummed, but honestly, played the demo a bit and i know, it's a beta but shit was rough
MadClacker
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Forgot I could play Gran Turismo 2 on the Dreamcast. Played it last night using a Bleem disk I found. Some guy threw it in with a bunch of games I purchased.
It works surprisingly well. Not to mention looking a LOT better in that 640x480 resolution with AA.
It works surprisingly well. Not to mention looking a LOT better in that 640x480 resolution with AA.
Other than Tekken 3 and MGS, were there any other Bleem! boot discs that made it in to the wild, officially or otherwise?
sixteen-bit
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^I've never tried Bleem! Does it fix the wobbly textures too?
MadClacker
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There was a modding group that managed to modify the Bleem disks to accept more PS1 games, but information on it is rather sparse.
It fixes the graphics in many ways. The whole thing just looks a lot smoother! If only the DC controller had two sets of shoulder buttons!
BTW, current Dreamcast library. And like the PS1 library, it's always growing.
IrishNinja
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ive had super mixed results with bleem - stuff i recall my roommate buying (MGS, GT i wanna say) ran okay, ive tried burns of Tekken 3, Strider 2 etc and the gltiches were just too much
DracoBlade
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Yeah I did not expect it at all (I thought it would be an empty box in the display case haha), the guys are really cool there, I'm rarely in SJ but I always try to visit the shop to scope out what odd ends they have in stock. Gonna boot up Project Justice I found awhile back and use it!
New HDMIDC video.
It's still thinking.
It's still thinking.
sixteen-bit
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I remember the first time I played Soul Calibur in VGA. Looked good as heck.
CharminUltra
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PS2 had a great library but maaaaaan was it ugly as fuck. Amazing dust magnet, too.
LOL
Starting up ChronDC Day Two live here: https://www.twitch.tv/chrondc
Everyone should have VGA for Dreamcast, it'll be a sin if you don't have it!!!
alf717
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Oh absolutely! Looks so so good! Shame some games don't work in VGA mode
Yea that does stink. Some games like Dino Crisis you can get to boot in VGA if your VGA box as a toggle switch. Looks real good but the FMV's don't play.
I went with a CRT I had laying around since with my experience with LCD screens I have to always adjust the phase and clock settings to remove the strange visual artifacts each time I boot a different game. The colors are just amazing and it is a big jump from S-video.
theSlacker
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The lack of symmetry/that little hanging part is what I always hated about it design wise. Yeah I know it's so it looks better standing up, but I don't care.
Didn't realize until running into capture issues during today's session that there are some 240p-only Dreamcast games (Psychic Force 2012 and Mahjong Taikai II Special so far, but I'm assuming those KoF ports are as well). I only knew of the Capcom games where 240p was an option.
Anybody know of any software-based method I can use to get these games to output 480p? I don't want to resort to emulation to get the footage I'll need from them, and I don't know if I'm up for buying a dope upscaler right now.
Anybody know of any software-based method I can use to get these games to output 480p? I don't want to resort to emulation to get the footage I'll need from them, and I don't know if I'm up for buying a dope upscaler right now.
AmaRecTV by far, you have to scan double, it's what I use for all 240p games I do.
No go, I don't think my VGA capture hardware handles 240p. I was hoping for some wild obscure Dreamcast game-patching method, lol.
What capture card do you have?
Avermedia Game Broadcaster HD, this thing: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006T8QCYA/?tag=neogaf0e-20