Should I get a Dreamcast?

[Guest BobBacklundRules]

About a year ago I sold all my systems to get a gamecube. Now that I have a job and more money I bought back my N64 and a few wrestling games at a local game store to go with it. While I was there I saw a dreamcast system for $30 and a good number of dreamcast games for really cheap. Should I get the dreamcast, or would it just be a waste of money? And what games should I get if I do buy the dreamcast?

[Renegade 0]

Yes, the dreamcast has an awesome selection of games. So if you see for cheap go buy. Also DC games are quite easy to find over the internet.

 

Games I recommend:

 

Crazy taxi 2

Soul calibur

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

Edited November 11, 2003 by Renegade

[razazteca 0]

Buy it along with a PS controller converter and get the NES controller from Pelican or Madcatz. Emulation on the Dreamcast is worth the $30.

[Youth N Asia 0]

I'd get it at that price...I regret getting rid of mine.

[Downhome 0]

Buy it along with a PS controller converter and get the NES controller from Pelican or Madcatz. Emulation on the Dreamcast is worth the $30.

I second the HELL ouf of that statement.

 

It's worth $30 just for the NES disc ALONE!

 

razazteca, where can I get that converter and everything? I've been stuck with playing the NES games with the damn Dreamcast controller, lol.

 

Oh yeah, get Fire Pro. Wrestling D and Giant Gram 2000, two of the best Pro. Wrestling games of all time, and both are in my top four. Buy them, download them, burn them, just GET them. Toukon Retsuden 4 is pretty damn good also, just get them all.

[El Psycho Diablo 0]

I'm looking for Giant Gram 2k, and Toukon Retsuden 4..if anyone around here has or knows where the ISO is.

[Downhome 0]

Here are the ISOs that I have...

 

1) Resident Evil

 

2) Cosmic Smash (A hell of a game, it's something like a 3D pong.)

 

3) Expendable

 

4) Half Life

 

5) Tony Hawk's Pro. Skater 2

 

6) Dino Crisis

 

7) Fire Pro. Wrestling D

 

8) San Francisco Rush 2049

 

9) NHL 2K2

 

10) Toukon Retsuden 4

 

11) The House of The Dead 2

 

12) Evil Dead

 

13) Headhunter Disc 1

 

14) Dead or Alive 2 (Jap)

 

15) NesterDC v6 (+800 ROMs) (As far as I know, this disc has every NES game ever from the US, Japan, and Europe.)

 

...so if any of you want any of them, just let me know.

[razazteca 0]

where can I get that converter and everything? I've been stuck with playing the NES games with the damn Dreamcast controller, lol

I found it at EB at the mall. I have a converter that came with a PS2 controller, its a gray box from Pelican. My local EB has the Madcatz retro NES controller for PS2 for $24.95. I have seen a GC/PS2/Xbox converter for $20 at the same store. Electronic Boutique or Gamestop.com should have these products.

 

RetroCon

Edited November 12, 2003 by razazteca

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Downhome, I might just have to adopt you as my new Messiah, if I can get a couple of those. Hopefully I can talk to you when I get off from work tonight.

[Downhome 0]

Downhome, I might just have to adopt you as my new Messiah, if I can get a couple of those.  Hopefully I can talk to you when I get off from work tonight.

I'm up for it, SERVANT~!

[Youth N Asia 0]

Giant Gram kicks ass!!

 

I was the shit with Kawada

[Guest BobBacklundRules]

Alright, I'm bringing back this thread because I went to a local EB Games today and bought a used Dreamcast for $20. It came with the controller and I bought a new VMU, Crazy Taxi and NFL 2K1 for $9 altogether.

 

When playing a game the system is really loud, I'm sure a good cleaning will make it run smoother.

 

Where is a good site online to buy games? And do I need some type of converter to play Japenese games like Fire Pro?

[AndrewTS 0]

15) NesterDC v6 (+800 ROMs) (As far as I know, this disc has every NES game ever from the US, Japan, and Europe.)

 

...so if any of you want any of them, just let me know.

 

I don't know what the hell an ISO is, but I'm interested, DH.

 

Where is a good site online to buy games? And do I need some type of converter to play Japenese games like Fire Pro?

 

You're pretty damn late in the game to find the good DC stuff...

 

As for the latter question, there's a disc called the DC-X (usually you can find one marked down at EB or Gamestops for 8 bucks or less) that allows you to play imports on your Dreamcast.

 

I'd recommend to anyone to get a Dreamcast except if you only play RPGs (it has Skies of Arcadia, but otherwise is kinda lacking in that area).

[Downhome 0]

I'll say it again, heh.

 

If anyone wants anything from me, PM me and we'll meet up on AIM or something.

[Downhome 0]

Where is a good site online to buy games? And do I need some type of converter to play Japenese games like Fire Pro?

I don't know of a site to buy them, but you will need a converter if you buy an import. I bought Giant Gram 2000 and I have to boot it up with another disc. Either one you burn yourself, or a DC GameShark.

 

If you burn them the right way though, you don't need a boot disc. That's what I've done with Fire Pro. D and a few other ones. The FP that I listed before is self boot after you simply burn the file.

[razazteca 0]

I own the Euro import of DOA2 but disc 2 is missing what was on that disc?

[Guest BobBacklundRules]

I'm brand new to Dreamcast, how would I go about burning games? I do have an internal burner on this computer.

[razazteca 0]

Get Nero, Alcohol 120%, Disc Juggler as your burning programs.

 

DC emulation

Edited December 22, 2003 by razazteca

[Downhome 0]

I've started using Alcohol 120% for everything, and I've yet to have a single problem with it, it's great.

[Renegade 0]

I think I say this in every thread which involves emulation and ISO's...

 

DC++

 

You can find all the good dreamcast games for download if your in the right hub.

[Hawkius Maximus 0]

I bought my DC in it's last couple of months alive as a system. It's one of the best I've ever had myself...My poor system got leaked on due to roof problems, so it doesn't run very well anymore but I still use it.

 

The games I play the most are Fire Pro D and Power Stone 2. I also still play NFL 2k1 from time to time aswell. Power Stone is like a toned down verison of the Super Smash Brothers games with anime-like characters really, but it's very good mindless fun.

[Guest BobBacklundRules]

Ok, I'll say this again, I'm EXTREMELY new to all of this. Now I have DC++ and Alcohol 120% and I have no clue as to what to do with them.

[Guest I'm That Damn Zzzzz]

When playing a game the system is really loud, I'm sure a good cleaning will make it run smoother.

If you're up to it, grease the metal track the sled rail rides with a plastic safe grease. It'll result in quieting the beast and games will load a bit faster too. It's really easy to do, Dreamcast is simple enough to take apart.

[razazteca 0]

Ok, I'll say this again, I'm EXTREMELY new to all of this. Now I have DC++ and Alcohol 120% and I have no clue as to what to do with them.

Did you go to DC Emulation site and read thru the forums and FAQs?

[Renegade 0]

Okay this goes to anybody who wants cd based games, I've made a post in the emulation thread so go read it if you want to find a game.

[razazteca 0]

I found out the hard way that Madcatz PS2 controllers do not work on the Dreamcast with converters.

[Renegade 0]

Okay here are some the of the games I have in compact form.

 

Capcom vs snk 2

 

King of fighters 2002

 

Fire pro wrestling D

 

18 wheeler

 

Virtua striker 2

 

Super street fighter II X for matching service

 

Guilty Gear X

 

Sega Rally 2

 

Bust a move 4

 

Suzuki Extreme racing

[Guest Scotsman]

Here's my list of games, if anyones interested, just IM me or whatever. Would like to trade though, and if you've got any wrestling games I don't, I want!

 

# 102 Dalmations

# 18 Wheeler

# 90 Minutes

# Airforce Delta

# Bass Fishing 2

# Blue Stinger

# Bomberman Online

# Cannon Spike

# Chu Chu Rocket

# Coaster Works

# Confidential Mission

# Crazy Taxi 2

# Daytona USA

# Dead or Alive: LE

# Dino Crisis

# Dynamite Cop

# Ecco The Dolphin

# ESPN International Track And Field

# F355 Challenge

# Fire Pro Wrestling D

# Frogger 2

# Gauntlet Legends

# Genesis Emulator + lot of good games

# Giant Gram 1

# Giant Gram All Japan Pro Wrestling 2

# Half Life

# Headhunter

# Illbleed

# Internet Browser

# Jet Grind Radio

# Love Hina

# MAME - Arcade Games for DC(Requires Keyboard)

# Marvel vs Capcom 2

# Metropolis Street Racer

# NeoGeo Pocket Emulator + all roms

# NES Emulator plus all games

# New Japan Pro Wrestling 4

# NHL 2K2

# Power stone 2

# Quake 3

# Skies of Arcadia

# Snes Emulator + lots of roms

# Sonic Adventure

# Sonic Adventure 2

# Soul Calibur

# Spawn

# Spectrum Emulator + 6800 roms

# Spiderman

# Street Fighter 2: Grand Master Challenge

# Street Fighter 3: Third Strike

# Super Puzzle Fighter 2

# Super Speed Racing

# Tony Hawk Pro Skater

# Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2

# Toy Story 2

# Ultimate Fighting Championship

# Undercover AD 2025

# Virtua Athlete

# Virtua Cop 2

# Virtua Striker 2

# Virtua Tennis 2K2

# World Series Baseball 2K2

# WWF Royal Rumble

[MooreMark 0]

Does anyone know where abouts I would go to get a cheap dreamcast in Canada?

 

Not including the internet.

[Renegade 0]

# MAME - Arcade Games for DC(Requires Keyboard)

A mame emulator for the dreamcast? Care to talk about that in more detail?