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Post by englishinvader on May 26, 2011 0:45:06 GMT
My DC arrived today and I think I've fallen in love. The gamepad handles like a dream (as good as the GameCube pad, if not better); the two games I've played so far (Crazy Taxi 2 and Jet Set Radio) are awesome.
It's a travesty that this console didn't get more air-time with the general public.
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Post by Transatlantic Foe on May 26, 2011 19:45:06 GMT
My Dreamcast is 11 now and, without wishing to curse it, still going. It's the version 1 mentioned by ShadowAngel previously though, might make a difference.
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Post by astaroth on May 27, 2011 13:11:59 GMT
My Dreamcast is 11 now and, without wishing to curse it, still going. It's the version 1 mentioned by ShadowAngel previously though, might make a difference. Happy birthday Transatlantic Foes Dreamcast! Here's my dreamcast!
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Post by meu2 on May 27, 2011 13:16:46 GMT
My Dreamcast is 11 now and, without wishing to curse it, still going. It's the version 1 mentioned by ShadowAngel previously though, might make a difference. Happy birthday Transatlantic Foes Dreamcast! Here's my dreamcast! I notice there is a sneaky SD card slot on the side of your DC.
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Post by Tears of Opa-Opa on May 30, 2011 19:13:33 GMT
I loved the Dreamcast but I gotta say I had the worst experience with the system. I saw the Dreamcast on the news one night about a week before launch and decided to buy one, this was after about 8 or 9 years that I didn't buy anything game related. I bought one on launch day and it seemed fine until I got a few more games for it and found out it wouldn't play one of them. The annoying thing was it played fine in my friends Dreamcast. This started a nightmare of having to buy and return about 5 maybe 6 systems. One of these systems literally died within 5 seconds of plugging it in otherwise it was always the same problem, 1 or 2 of my games wouldn't work yet they all played fine in my friends. I never did end up with one that played all the games I had and finally just gave up and settled for one that played my games but a few of the demo disks still wouldn't play. On top of that we had a deal here where you could get a free keyboard from Sega, I did that and got the keyboard and it didn't work! I admit I have bad luck but this goes a bit beyond bad luck.
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Post by masterthomas on May 31, 2011 7:28:09 GMT
My DC arrived today and I think I've fallen in love. The gamepad handles like a dream (as good as the GameCube pad, if not better); the two games I've played so far (Crazy Taxi 2 and Jet Set Radio) are awesome. It's a travesty that this console didn't get more air-time with the general public. Yeah, I still remember the first time I played a DC at a friend's house. Seeing Sonic blazing through that beach level in SA left me with a lump in the throat. Finally, I thought, SEGA was back. I didn't buy a DC in 1998-2001, I was a teen and was happy enough with my N64. 11 years later, I bought my friend's DC and have been in love ever since. The Dreamcast is certainly a magical console. It leaves us thinking how much videogaming as a hobby lost when the SEGA of old died.
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Post by ShadowAngel on May 31, 2011 11:45:33 GMT
Here's my dreamcast! May i ask what the card slot is for? The Dreamcast is certainly a magical console. It was basically one of the last (i consider the PS 2 the last) consoles were games were made to entertain and fun to play. Afterwards everything was just about graphics, cutscenes and millions of boring sequels. This weekend i plugged in my Dreamcast and spent many hours playing Crazy Taxi, Virtua Tennis and Shenmue, which i'm playing right now...well not really playing, i wait for the boat ticket ;D
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Post by masterthomas on Jun 1, 2011 6:51:31 GMT
Shenmue is simply an experience. Most people think the game's boring just by hearing a brief description of what it is about and how it is played. But the game... It's gorgeous, not only visually.
BTW, do you guys have a VGA Box? I bought one recently and it's definitively worth the money. Crazy Taxi, Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia all look great.
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Post by Stan on Jun 1, 2011 18:27:09 GMT
I'll give it this, Segagaga was released for it, which is probably the greatest game ever made, period.
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Post by englishinvader on Jun 1, 2011 19:19:00 GMT
I'll give it this, Segagaga was released for it, which is probably the greatest game ever made, period. Just looked up this game on Wikipedia and it looks a lot of fun. Is it possible to play the game if you don't speak Japanese?
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Post by masterthomas on Jun 2, 2011 7:06:23 GMT
Unfortunately, no. There's a translation effort going on but I don't when and if it's going to be concluded.
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Post by meu2 on Jun 2, 2011 11:42:47 GMT
It would be great if Segagaga was translated, as it really is a great nostalgic trip into Sega's past. It's worth it for Alex Kidd's cameo alone.
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Post by ShadowAngel on Jun 2, 2011 18:20:56 GMT
Unfortunately, no. There's a translation effort going on but I don't when and if it's going to be concluded. They're working on it since about 5 or 6 years now. Looks like they spent most of their time for other things and not this project, so i doubt it will be released any time soon. The game has a big load of text and there are so many typical japanese jokes and inside jokes that propably only Sega employees understand, that i guess they have a hard time, translating it.
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Post by masterthomas on Jun 4, 2011 3:05:46 GMT
Yeah, that's a problem too.
I recently discovered Segagaga is bigger in Japan than I'd originally thought. I've been working for a Japanese conglomerate and I soon discovered one of the Japanese guys there was a fellow Segatard. I asked him if, by any chance, he knew of a certain quirky little game named Segagaga. He said he bought it over the phone when he was in college.
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Post by englishinvader on Jun 5, 2011 11:16:02 GMT
This is probably a dumb question, but can you change the VMU without turning the console off?
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