The Do's and Don'ts of the Sega Dreamcast Library

If you are new to the DC or looking to start a collection, here are some opinions on how to approach it.

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Opening "Sega" jingle is from Astal for the Sega Saturn.

Ending Music during the credits is from Batman for the Sega Genesis.

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By: Jan Neves

Intro by Evan S.

Episode Notes:

1. Captured from real hardware.

2. The wording during the weird and wonderful segment was a mistake, but I left it in because I thought it fit the topic.

3. These are of course generalized recommendations. As I said at the end, emulation is always there to try a game before you commit funds to it.

[saynotocensorship]

Virtual Tennis is amazing on Dreamcast. Even if you don’t like Tennis, it’s a real awesome game

[corvidcosmo]

I just bought a Dreamcast recently, so this definitely helps

[shazboz]

When the dreamcast came out there truly was nothing like it. The things modern gamers take for granted like online play and fully realised 3d worlds. Shenmue, jet set radio, crazy taxi, powerstone, soul calibur, doa 2 and much more. Man the dreamcast was truly ahead of its time. There was and never will be anything quite like it.

[j.goggels]

Shenmue stands apart from all the other RPGs. Shenmue is to the Dreamcast was Zelda was to the NES. It's a groundbreaking adventure by Yu Suzuki.

[hoseahosanna]

The dreamcast was and still is a great console

[SteveBrandon]

There's at least one exception to the avoid-Acclaim-on-Dreamcast rule: Acclaim distributed the home version of one of the best racing games on Dreamcast, F355 Challenge, but that one was actually developed by Sega AM2. Sega had to make a home distribution deal with Acclaim to be able to afford the expensive Ferrari license.

Vanishing Point is also alright.

[PixelShade]

from a historical perspective Quake III is still a wonderful technical curiosity. Sure, you can play it better on PC today. But I find it fascinating how well the game looks-, and runs on the Dreamcast. (Much thanks to Raster Productions who utilized the hardware effectively) I remember owning a Riva TNT on my PC back then (140$ for the card alone in 1998), but the Dreamcast held up really well against it. The game showcases support of "fog effects", "multi-texturing" for things like metal surfaces, as well as "lightmaps" for baked shadows and dynamic lights... Many techniques which are actually still used in games today. Sure the game ran at a solid 30fps unlike many of Sega's own 60fps titles. But it doesn't make it less impressive. The tech at display was actually VERY impressive AND demanding for its time. With online-, and split-screen support together with PC-like performance, I can understand why people bought a mouse and keyboard for this game alone as a gateway into the world of premium PC gaming. :)

[UltimateGamerCC]

personally here's my DO's and DONT's about the Dreamcast Library:

DO take your time and enjoy the games

DONT be afraid to play games from genres that you may not be a fan of

DO try them all

DONT feel too sad that you missed out for so long

ok, that last one may have been a bit much, but i think everyone gets what i'm trying to say. XD

[JohnDoe-wqeu]

Talking about the Dreamcast always makes me so amazingly nostalgic.
It wasn't a perfect console nor one that was really allowed to truly spread its wings, but for the short time it got, it had incredible library and much like the Saturn had an absolutely fantastic extended run in Japan. The Dreamcast will live on forever as one of the greatest short-lived consoles that ever was.

[Diablokiller]

I'm so glad I was born when SEGA was around, this is gaming in its purest form.
Mindless fun, nothing else. SEGA didn't care for the cinematic experience as the competitors (mainly Sony) and took more risks than Nintendo.
SEGA games had this pick up and play magic, maybe because they had arcade roots?
Doing games like this is a dying art that only Nintendo and a few others still care for, even SEGA has mostly forgotten how to do them.

[pauldutton]

As a Sega fanboy and collector myself, I'm thankful for videos like this. I've had the opportunity in the past couple years to acquire a Saturn and Dreamcast. Videos like this help me with discovering good games for these consoles, especially since I never got the opportunity to play them when I was growing up. Thank you for all you do for the gaming community. Your videos are quite a bit of help with collecting for different pieces of hardware, namely the Saturn and Dreamcast.

[jkcrawford]

My biggest console regret was selling my dreamcast back in the day when i upgraded to the PS2. The dreamcast was a amazing console

[robbvanderstoel]

Clear, concise, and correct. Even if someone disagrees with your opinions on particular details, they’re presented fairly. This video is a good idea that is well-executed.

[skinsthewin]

I remember being absolutely blown away by NFL2K when it came out. Me & my friends played it all the time! It was by far the best football game that had ever came out at the time.

[mscottjohnson]

Always going to like and comment on a Dreamcast video.

I got into the Dreamcast at exactly the right time from a collector's point of view. I picked mine up at Game Stop in early 2002 for around $20. games that sell for well over $100 today, like MvC2, Power Stone 2, Shenmue, and Ikaruga were mine for $5-10, complete in box. The Dreamcast was done in 2002, but still current gen.

[dmore]

Just to tag on to the Capcom DO point: SNK was another company with good ports to the system, mostly fighting games. If you're a fan of Capcom's fighting game ports to the console, you will probably also enjoy most of SNK's offerings like the KOFs entries that made it to the system (including most fans' favorite entry in the series, KOF 98', whose best port may have been the Dreamcast version), I believe it got a Samurai showdown as well as some Metal Slug ports, and then there's SNK's finest ever offering, Garou Mark of the Wolves, one of the greatest 2D fighting games of all times and its port to the Dreamcast is maybe the best version of the game.

Seriously, don't sleep on SNK games for the dreamcast

[AfroRyan]

Toy Commander is a good weird one. I also like the stellar presentation of the Dreamcast Magazine's demo discs, which deserve their own video.

[GeekGamerGui]

I really like this kind of videos. Not only does it give good advices for newcomers on the system, it also spreads nostalgic vibes to the old fans of the machine. I realize there are some titles that I forgot about and still would like to check out, so this video was a good reminder.

[NiGHTS]

I would have loved it if the Dreamcast had a full lifespan and we started to see remasters of Sega's arcade Saturn ports to the Dreamcast all cleaned up.

[chevy]

I loved my Dreamcast back in the early 2000’s!!!