Rent out marvel vs capcom 2. Always impressive at first sight. For any serious 1vs1 play go for Capocm vs SNK2.
Also this just might be me but when I played with my girlfriend she tended to go for games with co-ops. I suggest the following:
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
Contra Shattered soldier (you'll be crying together on this one)
Any of the smackdowns
First person shooter co-ops, too many to mention.
And if you happen to be able to import any game get metal slug 3.
As people have said the cube is the party console.
I just hate the fact that sonic team FORCE you to play through characters that I have zero interest in. This isnt "Sonic and friends go fishing for frogs". If I want to fish on my dreamcast I'll play get bass. Plus compared to sonic adv 2 it has a lame soundtrack and some control issues. Also the whole Adventure/platform element was terrible in the first game.
Never played it. As for burning your own discs go into the emulation thread and check out something I've written which is a guide on a program called DC++ which can enable you to find DC games.
Also checking your local gamestation never goes a miss. You can get Shenmue 2 pretty cheap last time I checked.
Games I recommend:
Crazy taxi 2
The king of fighters 99 evolution/99 dreamatch/2000/2001/2002
Ikaruga
Bangai-O
Daytona
Street fighter alpha 3
Street fighter 3 double impact/third strike
Sonic adventure 2
Shenmue 1 and 2
Garou/Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves
Cannon spike
Ferrari F355 Challenge
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Zombie Revenge
Jet Set Radio
Power Stone 1 and 2
Samba de Amigo
Project Justice
Ecco the Dolphin
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Space Channel 5
Get Bass
Capcom vs. SNK2
Fire ProWrestling D
Virtua Tennis 2
Soul Calibur
Well, to my shock a SvC tourney will be held at Los Angeles Feb 7, 2004.
"If you choose a regular character, the entry fee will be $5. If you choose a "secret" character, the entry fee will be $10!"
...wonder why
Yeah, I was wondering about that too. Sultan is more of an Arabic/Turkish/Malaysian thing...
Also, they mention that they're in India... yet Persia is what is now called Iran...
...yeah that too.
Although its not all innacurate, the prince quoting a story about the (fictional) Persian warrior Rostam shows that they did their homework.
Well I'm doing alot of revision for my upcoming exams right now because I spent most of last week playing it. One of the best games I've played in a while. Battle system could do a little work but control wise super smooth. A million times better than I thought it would be.