If that backwards compatibility happened with the Xbox, I wonder if Sega and Microsoft would be working more together.
I still have my original Dreamcast and a controller with a VMU along with 4-5 Dreamcast games.
Man I have so many memories of playing my Dreamcast
One of which was playing this game, which I'd sometimes wake up early just to play, I loved it so much.
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Toy_Commander.PNG[/IMG]
My Dreamcast almost died but then stayed in its half-dead state since then so it plays some games perfectly but refuses to boot others. I don't know. It needs a new laser. Pretty cool the mentioned saturn nvidia nv1 chip I read more about it, there is a PC version called the Diamond 3D edge that lets you play saturn games on your PC even comes with saturn controller ports. Weird.
The Half-Life port on Dreamcast is pretty decent, was a shame Valve and Sierra never released it
[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;46908059]The Half-Life port on Dreamcast is pretty decent, was a shame Valve and Sierra never released it[/QUOTE]
But didn't it get ported to the PS2 instead with the same graphical improvements?
[QUOTE=64fanatic;46907926]My Dreamcast almost died but then stayed in its half-dead state since then so it plays some games perfectly but refuses to boot others. I don't know. It needs a new laser. Pretty cool the mentioned saturn nvidia nv1 chip I read more about it, there is a PC version called the Diamond 3D edge that lets you play saturn games on your PC even comes with saturn controller ports. Weird.[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;jChtlWNIAL4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jChtlWNIAL4[/video]
[QUOTE=gunguy765;46908534]But didn't it get ported to the PS2 instead with the same graphical improvements?[/QUOTE]
PS2 version didn't have Blue Shift
I have a Dreamcast and in box controller.
I don't know where either of them came from. I never used them because I have no games nor the wires to connect them.
[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;46908620]PS2 version didn't have Blue Shift[/QUOTE]
It did however have the HD models pack which looks ugly as sin because the weapons all turn into plastic toys.
[QUOTE=Egon Spengler;46906868]I still have my original Dreamcast and a controller with a VMU along with 4-5 Dreamcast games.
Man I have so many memories of playing my Dreamcast
One of which was playing this game, which I'd sometimes wake up early just to play, I loved it so much.
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Toy_Commander.PNG[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Jesus fuck, this game, Ooga Booga, and Sonic Adventure 2 are my fucking childhood. My sister and I would play this system for days on end, Dreamcast definitely has a place in my heart.
The Dreamcast had a killer racing wheel (Concept 4 Racing Wheel) which would even give some of today's top end wheels a run for their money. Rumble, sturdy and rock solid, metal shift paddles.
I wish I could somehow use it for PC
Dreamcast was the first console of mine that I owned, rather than a hand-me-down. So many good memories.
[QUOTE=Egon Spengler;46906868]I still have my original Dreamcast and a controller with a VMU along with 4-5 Dreamcast games.
Man I have so many memories of playing my Dreamcast
One of which was playing this game, which I'd sometimes wake up early just to play, I loved it so much.
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Toy_Commander.PNG[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Dat eraser bomb and those damn pencil rockets! some of the levels on that were hard as fuck!
Damn shame I never owned one back in its day. The game lineup looked incredible. I don't know what it is about old Sega games, but there's just something nostalgia inducing about their presentation and gameplay. Beyond beating the Sonic Adventure series on GameCube (released much closer to the actual timeframe of the original releases), I've only briefly gotten my toes wet with the Dreamcast era titles via newer ports on recent platforms. Even only having played the other titles in the last couple years on newer devices, there's just some wit that games from that era had. I don't know how else to put it.
I didn't have one when they were new but I got one around 2007 and I thought it was pretty cool. I might get a new one soon since mine died long ago.
[QUOTE=64fanatic;46907926]My Dreamcast almost died but then stayed in its half-dead state since then so it plays some games perfectly but refuses to boot others. I don't know. It needs a new laser.[/QUOTE]
You can recalibrate the laser yourself which will have it read better if it isn't too far gone, just Google search for guides. There is a guy who somehow reverse engineered the GD-ROM drive and created a board that replaces the entire drive with an SD-card reader. SDC readers for the Dreamcast have been made, but they need extra software to work and connect via the EXT port which makes read speeds slower than getting data from the GD-ROM drive. This board emulates the physical drive and I believe actually improves read speeds and does not need a disc to boot from (which wouldn't make sense as it replaces the drive anyway).
[QUOTE=kaine123;46908610][video=youtube;jChtlWNIAL4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jChtlWNIAL4[/video][/QUOTE]
"Photo-Realistic 3D Graphics" :v:
I was still using a Dreamcast up until early 2005 when I got a Gamecube, didn't feel left out strangely. Was a fun little system. I feel glad in retrospect that they got out when they did because it would sort of break my heart a little to see Sega either go broke or suffer the embarrassment of ill performing console hardware that we have today. There is a side to me also that thinks that they could of done extremely well making and selling PC components, I don't know about anyone else here but I found Sega consoles extremely well built and durable with my Sega Mega Drive still working well about 22 years after it was made.
[QUOTE=A Beaver;46916115]You can recalibrate the laser yourself which will have it read better if it isn't too far gone, just Google search for guides. There is a guy who somehow reverse engineered the GD-ROM drive and created a board that replaces the entire drive with an SD-card reader. SDC readers for the Dreamcast have been made, but they need extra software to work and connect via the EXT port which makes read speeds slower than getting data from the GD-ROM drive. This board emulates the physical drive and I believe actually improves read speeds and does not need a disc to boot from (which wouldn't make sense as it replaces the drive anyway).[/QUOTE]
I've seen something similar for the 3DO, didn't know about the Dreamcast one though neat. I have tried adjusting the laser pots to get it to read better but no luck.
[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;46908620]PS2 version didn't have Blue Shift[/QUOTE]
I think PS2 came with Decay a C0-0p mission.
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;46948170]I think PS2 came with Decay a C0-0p mission.[/QUOTE]
I did have.
I have Half Life on PS2. Haven't played the co-op mission yet but the differences I've noticed were pretty cool. Such as the med-station. It actually animates and injects you with what I can only assume to be wolverines healing factor. I know nothing of the Dreamcast differences.
[QUOTE=IceWarrior98;46961207]I have Half Life on PS2. Haven't played the co-op mission yet but the differences I've noticed were pretty cool. Such as the med-station. It actually animates and injects you with what I can only assume to be wolverines healing factor. I know nothing of the Dreamcast differences.[/QUOTE]
Also the Hazard Course is amazing where they go over the paperwork and underline that Black Mesa takes no responsibility for injury of any kind.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YRTe-1mCtU[/media]
you wouldn't believe how much time i spent on my dreamcast playing sonic adventure 2
my chao was the best chao around
[sp]rest in peace, you fast motherfucker[/sp]
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.
