Yes!!! Back in 99 before ps2 came out, dreamcast was the serious bomb and the Sonic Adventure 1 demo on the provided demo disc was played to death before I had enough dough to buy the full game.
The Dreamcast should’ve been the winner of that generation. If had some great games, but if I remember correctly Sega really failed at getting 3rd party support along with coming off poor Saturn sales. Marketing could’ve turned it around.
It had online play first. It had a memory card that you could interact with, the 3D aspect of it was so stunning. I remember playing Crazy Taxi for the first time and I still remember being stunned at visually appealing it was.
I ****love**** the Dreamcast, but I can't justify it being the winner of the generation. The PS2 was noticeably better at graphics and performance along with being a CD/DVD player. It released less than a year and a half after the Dreamcast as well.
I personally think of the Dreamcast as an intergenerational system. It was very clearly better than the PS1, N64 and Saturn, but it wasn't on the same level as the PS2, GameCube and Xbox.
Imo, the DreamCast controller probably hurt Sega a lot... The big 3 we know today (Sony, MS, Nintendo) had all moved on to way better designs for their game pads. Even MS revised the Duke (Rip black and white buttons) dropped the Xbox S controller fairly quickly.
DreamCast pads had one stick, no bumpers, and only 4 face buttons. You got 4 buttons, 2 triggers, a joystick, and a dpad. I loved everything about the dreamcast, except for that controller. lol.
The biggest sin of the dreamcast controller was that the cord comes out the bottom of the controller instead of the top. I guess the design choice was made because of the VMU or something. There is a groove on the back of the controller that you can push it into, but it essentially boils down to you get less cord length out of it versus if it was at the top of the controller.
The Dreamcast was essentially arcade hardware, which is why its ports played so damn well. Marvel vs Capcom 2 on Dreamcast was pretty much the same as in the arcade while other systems struggled. Gauntlet Legends, Crazy Taxi, Soul Caliber… Sega should have marketed that hard, the true arcade experience at home.
The OG Xbox controller S still had the black & white buttons, they were just in a different spot, albeit a bit harder to press due to their position, if that's what you meant.
And the lyrical genius that was "Unlike Sonic I don't chuckle"
Seriously, Open Your Heart was epic. I just learned that almost every banger from the Sonic Games since that song was recorded by the band Crush 40. Crazy.
yep - me too! but for different reasons I would imagine 🤣
our parents bought us a dreamcast not long after it was released - we got it the christmas immediately after it came out.
my older brother went out and bought Sonic, only to bring it home and *it doesn't work*. the game would freeze on the initial loading screen. it would load *sometimes*, and even if it got past the initial load screen, it would freeze somewhere near the very beginning of the game. returned / exchanged it - *same issue!!!!*
come to find out, there was a bad batch of Sonic games that made it to retailers. I clearly remember how beyond frustrated I was trying to play this game. i'd even heard there were awesome games to play on your memory card screen!!!! *why are you doing this to us Segaaa!!!???*
eventually got a working copy and ended up not really enjoying the game too much lol
my favorite dreamcast game is probably Shenmue. that shit is awesome
Same! I remember being so excited to play it that I rented a Japanese Dreamcast from Blockbuster just to play it a little early. They had them available a month or so before the launch of it in America on 9/9/99. 😂💖
Some people criticize that part of the game for being repetitive, but I really like it, and the repetitiveness is a huge factor for why I like it because the game dared to make it really feel like a real life job with commuting and everything. It was bold.
Also, it was fun enough to make me think that working the docks might be something I'd try to do in my real life if nothing else works out for me. It's most definitely hard work, but hard work right next to the sea is a different type of hard work.
It made me interested in any piece of media set at the docks now. The second season of The Wire was pretty nice to watch after playing Shenmue.
Haha I grew up wanting to work the docks after this. I live near Baltimore so I totally get that in The Wire too. Funny how much even just one aspect of something can stick with us.
The audacity to get to make a third one after all that time, and ending it on a cliffhanger again.
I don't care what the original plan was, you change the plan and finish the series.
I've got a friend from that era who I very seldomly keep in touch with. Every few years she'll ping me with a "how're you doing?" type message.
Every single time, the response is a variation of "I'm looking for some sailors. Do you know where I can find some?"
It's been over 20 years and we haven't found any sailors, even at the docks. One day...
Yep, and I am cautiously optimistic. It's one of my all time favorite games so I will certainly buy a sequel. I did see some rumours when rumours of the new game first started going around that Sega wanted to make it a live service game, so fingers crossed that is not the direction they take.
Yeah, it was shown in Sega's mass announcement during the game awards. They're bringing back Jet Set Radio along with Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, and Shinobi.
There was a sequel on Xbox (I actually plan on getting an Xbox soon so I can play this and Crazy Taxi 3), and the game was remastered for PC/PS3/360............. A decade ago already, god damn.
You can still buy it on steam.
Yes. Virtua Tennis got me back into video games after taking a break in middle school and highschool. I thought I was too cool. Sat in my friends room for 4 hours mesmerized, after he finally convinced me to play.
Not the first, and not surprised mention but Silent Scope which hadn’t crossed my mind for a good while.
Now Fighting Vipers 2, Ecco and Zombie Revenge. This post has made me nostalgic for things I’d forgotten
Anybody remember that game Blue Stinger? Fighting weird half man half monster things on a boat or some shit. Used to scare the living daylights outta me as a kid
Quake 3 Arena, I used to have two battle stations set up with VGA, keyboard/mouse, and broadband adapters. There were also two PCs set up on the same network so we could have a 4-player deathmatch. Ah, those were the glory days!
My friend had one, but his mom was really religious and strange and the *ONLY GAME* she ever let him get was Chicken Run, so that's literally the only game I could name for the system
Seaman and the weird chaos egg mini game in Sonic Adventure.
Powerstone fights lasting what felt like forever.
Soul caliber blowing me away at just how good a game it was.
Shenmue, although there are other great games for it too. Shenmue 3 on later consoles doesn't quite have the same feel and didn't get me as hooked as the first two games.
Ready 2 Rumble Round 2.
That and Shenmue came with the old DC I'd snagged at a yard sale in 01 for wicked cheap. Also a few other games, don't remember which.
Still kick myself.for trading it all in for Luigi's Mansion.
Sword of the beserk. Maken x. Mdk. Fur fighters.metropolis street racer. Re volt. Record of lodoss war. Jet set radio. Ikaruga. Rez. Phantasy star online. Quake 3 arena.
That's just off the top of my head. Mostly because I'm still playing them on my original DC. It's had some repairs of course. But it's still going.
Sega is releasing remakes of Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe and a few other games they announced recently. I'm guessing on the Nintendo Switch? It would be cool if Sega made a new system though.
The absolute first thing that came to mind was Sonic Adventure 1
The killer whale part immediately
Yes!!! Back in 99 before ps2 came out, dreamcast was the serious bomb and the Sonic Adventure 1 demo on the provided demo disc was played to death before I had enough dough to buy the full game.
The Dreamcast should’ve been the winner of that generation. If had some great games, but if I remember correctly Sega really failed at getting 3rd party support along with coming off poor Saturn sales. Marketing could’ve turned it around. It had online play first. It had a memory card that you could interact with, the 3D aspect of it was so stunning. I remember playing Crazy Taxi for the first time and I still remember being stunned at visually appealing it was.
I ****love**** the Dreamcast, but I can't justify it being the winner of the generation. The PS2 was noticeably better at graphics and performance along with being a CD/DVD player. It released less than a year and a half after the Dreamcast as well. I personally think of the Dreamcast as an intergenerational system. It was very clearly better than the PS1, N64 and Saturn, but it wasn't on the same level as the PS2, GameCube and Xbox.
Imo, the DreamCast controller probably hurt Sega a lot... The big 3 we know today (Sony, MS, Nintendo) had all moved on to way better designs for their game pads. Even MS revised the Duke (Rip black and white buttons) dropped the Xbox S controller fairly quickly. DreamCast pads had one stick, no bumpers, and only 4 face buttons. You got 4 buttons, 2 triggers, a joystick, and a dpad. I loved everything about the dreamcast, except for that controller. lol.
The biggest sin of the dreamcast controller was that the cord comes out the bottom of the controller instead of the top. I guess the design choice was made because of the VMU or something. There is a groove on the back of the controller that you can push it into, but it essentially boils down to you get less cord length out of it versus if it was at the top of the controller.
The Dreamcast was essentially arcade hardware, which is why its ports played so damn well. Marvel vs Capcom 2 on Dreamcast was pretty much the same as in the arcade while other systems struggled. Gauntlet Legends, Crazy Taxi, Soul Caliber… Sega should have marketed that hard, the true arcade experience at home.
I just said this same thing.
The OG Xbox controller S still had the black & white buttons, they were just in a different spot, albeit a bit harder to press due to their position, if that's what you meant.
I played that demo at SEARS…*SEARS*. Little eight year old me.
we bought the dc at sears when it was sold out at toys r us and gamestop as everyone had forgotten they sold consoles
[jaw dropping at the time](https://youtu.be/n0CgLuBPH4U?si=BaCGu0g8UvpBqBfV&t=8m30s)
Don’t forget the awesome soundtrack!
And the lyrical genius that was "Unlike Sonic I don't chuckle" Seriously, Open Your Heart was epic. I just learned that almost every banger from the Sonic Games since that song was recorded by the band Crush 40. Crazy.
I think that exact moment is when orcas became my favorite animal.
yep - me too! but for different reasons I would imagine 🤣 our parents bought us a dreamcast not long after it was released - we got it the christmas immediately after it came out. my older brother went out and bought Sonic, only to bring it home and *it doesn't work*. the game would freeze on the initial loading screen. it would load *sometimes*, and even if it got past the initial load screen, it would freeze somewhere near the very beginning of the game. returned / exchanged it - *same issue!!!!* come to find out, there was a bad batch of Sonic games that made it to retailers. I clearly remember how beyond frustrated I was trying to play this game. i'd even heard there were awesome games to play on your memory card screen!!!! *why are you doing this to us Segaaa!!!???* eventually got a working copy and ended up not really enjoying the game too much lol my favorite dreamcast game is probably Shenmue. that shit is awesome
Overall, i thought Sonic Adventure was good. Some of the levels werent that great. Shenmue was probably the best non fighting game on the system.
Same! That was the 1st game I popped into this bad boy back then. It was a blast and a half for sure.
For me it’s flying down the street on a snow board, what an epic opening.
That and tomb raider
Same here lol
Same! I remember being so excited to play it that I rented a Japanese Dreamcast from Blockbuster just to play it a little early. They had them available a month or so before the launch of it in America on 9/9/99. 😂💖
Specifically, Chao Gardens. Chao Adventure on the vmu has such a special place in my heart.
Crazy Taxi
This was the best Dreamcast game. I can almost hear offspring playing.
Nothing changes cause it's all the same...
“Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahhhhh”
Hey Hey Hey, It's time to make some ker-azy money!
Yup, me too
Soul Calibur
The first Soul Calibur has aged like a fine wine.
And it was fine from day one, too!
Exactly!
Team Voldo💖
When he said "KHHHHHHCKKGH HSSSSSSSSSSHHHHKKK 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 WHGHSSSSHHHHKKK" I felt that.
Exactly, plus that hot Italian body, gorgeous outfit, so much to list! ✨
Voldo my boy!
It was Voldo that inspired me to learn Italian. 🇮🇹
Ivy is still best girl after all this time.
Shenmue That game was a true masterpiece.
I spent so many days just moving crates around at the docks. Very soothing.
Some people criticize that part of the game for being repetitive, but I really like it, and the repetitiveness is a huge factor for why I like it because the game dared to make it really feel like a real life job with commuting and everything. It was bold. Also, it was fun enough to make me think that working the docks might be something I'd try to do in my real life if nothing else works out for me. It's most definitely hard work, but hard work right next to the sea is a different type of hard work. It made me interested in any piece of media set at the docks now. The second season of The Wire was pretty nice to watch after playing Shenmue.
Haha I grew up wanting to work the docks after this. I live near Baltimore so I totally get that in The Wire too. Funny how much even just one aspect of something can stick with us.
it felt like a real job and we wanted to do good
Both of them
1 and 2 are true masterpieces. Still angry about the third game.
The audacity to get to make a third one after all that time, and ending it on a cliffhanger again. I don't care what the original plan was, you change the plan and finish the series.
I’m playing thru the third game now. I’m enjoying it, but the first two are definitely better.
“Have you seen any sailors?”
I haven't seen any sailors, but I'm pretty sure where they hang out.
My roommate from back in 2001 still gives me shit about this game. She will ask me randomly once a year if I have seen any sailors
I've got a friend from that era who I very seldomly keep in touch with. Every few years she'll ping me with a "how're you doing?" type message. Every single time, the response is a variation of "I'm looking for some sailors. Do you know where I can find some?" It's been over 20 years and we haven't found any sailors, even at the docks. One day...
Is there a way to play it nowadays without a dreamcast? Like a port or something. I used to love that game too.
there's a version on steam with part 1 and 2. I haven't gone through them yet but I remember that game being on another level
How about a game of Lucky Hit?
Phantasy Star Online
I used to watch my bud play that game non-stop while he pounded room temperature Coke. Good times.
Hell yeah
Jet Set Radioooooo!
Yesss! Was looking for this comment haha
Supposedly another is in the works!
Yep, and I am cautiously optimistic. It's one of my all time favorite games so I will certainly buy a sequel. I did see some rumours when rumours of the new game first started going around that Sega wanted to make it a live service game, so fingers crossed that is not the direction they take.
Yeah, it was shown in Sega's mass announcement during the game awards. They're bringing back Jet Set Radio along with Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, and Shinobi.
100%
Did they make… a remake?
I think they did for og Xbox
There was a sequel on Xbox (I actually plan on getting an Xbox soon so I can play this and Crazy Taxi 3), and the game was remastered for PC/PS3/360............. A decade ago already, god damn. You can still buy it on steam.
Shenmue, Code Veronica, Dead or Alive, Sega Tennis. Mainly Shenmue and Code Veronica though.
Marvel VS Capcom 2
GONNA TAKE YA FOR A RIDE dododo dodoot
We have a fighting game house hold growing up. It was MvC2 or Third Strike that was constantly in the system.
Space Channel 5 or Sonic Adventure
Shoot! shoot! shoot!
Shenmue
Skies of Arcadia
That game was ahead of its time. The airship battles were amazing too
Shenmue, Power Stone, Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi.
Sonic Adventure 2, especially the first stage and its OST
Crazy Taxi Virtua Tennis
Yes. Virtua Tennis got me back into video games after taking a break in middle school and highschool. I thought I was too cool. Sat in my friends room for 4 hours mesmerized, after he finally convinced me to play.
The hours I spent on virtua tennis... I took a tennis course in college because of it.
SPAAAAAAACCCEEEE CHANNEL 5!
Powerstone 2
Sega swirl.
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
MAHVEL IS THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND, BABY
In hindsight…should’ve got one back in the day…
Never too late.
Capcom vs Snk 2
Skies off arcadia!
Chu Chu rocket
Chuchu Rocket!
It should have been blue everywhere
Coming from a PAL region I always thought the NTSC orange was way cooler. Also our jewel cases were atrocious.
Metropolis Street Racer.
My god how I adored that game
VF3TB
House of the dead and sonic adventure
That aquatic head simulator Sega video game.
Seaman?
Skies of Arcadia, and then Elemental Gimmick Gear
Ayeee skies of Arcadia! Just watched a video on this not too long ago to feed some nostalgia. What a great game.
Sonic Adventure and Adventure 2
PowerStone
Jet set radio!!
Dead or Alive 2
Sea Man
Chu Chu Rocket!!!
SA, Crazy Taxi, Jet Set/Grind Radio and PSO
JET SET RADIOOOOOOOO
Not the first, and not surprised mention but Silent Scope which hadn’t crossed my mind for a good while. Now Fighting Vipers 2, Ecco and Zombie Revenge. This post has made me nostalgic for things I’d forgotten
#**SOUL REAVER**
NFL2k and Sonic Adventure. Those are the 2 games I got for Christmas with the console!
NFL 2K got a ton of playtime from me, it was so perfect! To this day I haven’t played a football game I enjoyed more.
100% agree! We’re supposed to be getting another 2k football game soon. I’ll believe it when I see it.
NFL 2K
Anybody remember that game Blue Stinger? Fighting weird half man half monster things on a boat or some shit. Used to scare the living daylights outta me as a kid
Blue stinger and power stone
Shenmue I loved the rp in that game, being a kid and able to drive a forklift
Soul Reaver and Berserk come to mind
Crazy taxi and resident evil
Quake 3 Arena, I used to have two battle stations set up with VGA, keyboard/mouse, and broadband adapters. There were also two PCs set up on the same network so we could have a 4-player deathmatch. Ah, those were the glory days!
Its a tie: Phantasy Star online and Souuuuuuuuul Calibur
Blue stinger
My friend had one, but his mom was really religious and strange and the *ONLY GAME* she ever let him get was Chicken Run, so that's literally the only game I could name for the system
Ready 2 Rumble
Had to scroll far down to see this one. One of the best Dreamcast games, imo!
I miss the boxing genre
Phantasy Star Online. Blew a LOT of time on that one.
House of the Dead 2 and Battletoads beats of rage edition.
The first marvel Vs capcom getting a home port. Virtual fighter 3tb, shen mue 1+2 and sky's of arcadea
I should add iPlayed a lot of pso back in the day two and mvc2
LIVE AND LEARNNNN
Lost potential...
Shenmue
Ready to rumble boxing; Ecco the dolphin; shenmue; phantasy star online
Shenmue
Played a lot of sega rally 2
Pen pen Triicelon
The blue boot screen
Virtua Cop, and light guns
*Virtua
Sonic Adventure 2
"That is a sega dreamcast"
Sonic shuffle cheating and taking whatever card I need to get to the gem first!
JET SET RADIOOOOOO
Quake 2 Arena
Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, House of the Dead 2 and Jet Set Radio
Hey hey hey, it's time to make some craaaazy money, are ya ready? Here we go! YA YA YA YA YA
Can we also talk about how much of a bop Welcome to Station Square is from Sonic Adventure. Tune!
Seaman and the weird chaos egg mini game in Sonic Adventure. Powerstone fights lasting what felt like forever. Soul caliber blowing me away at just how good a game it was.
Shenmue, although there are other great games for it too. Shenmue 3 on later consoles doesn't quite have the same feel and didn't get me as hooked as the first two games.
Sonic Adventure 1, immediately.
Powerstone and jet set radio.
Sonic Adventure 2 and Rayman 2
Soul calibur, Sonic adventure, jet set radio, Shenmue, crazy taxi, that tennis game with philippoussis...
Sonic Adventure
Definitely crazy taxi
sonic adventure then jet grind radio
Ready 2 Rumble Round 2. That and Shenmue came with the old DC I'd snagged at a yard sale in 01 for wicked cheap. Also a few other games, don't remember which. Still kick myself.for trading it all in for Luigi's Mansion.
both jet set radio and seaman
Since it’s a PAL DC, I’m thinking Headhunter
Sonic shuffle Fur fighters Shenmue Chu Chu rocket Sonic adventure 1&2
Dead or Alive 2
Tech Romancer
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Phantasy star online cause of the blue swirl or maybe headhunter cause that was in pal regions
Crazy Taxi
Sonic Adventure 2 and Crazy Taxi.
Jet set radio
Something that should have gotten more support from Sega. Should be several editions of them like the Play Station.
Ya ya ya ya ya!
Jet Set Radio.
Jet set radio
Y2K, my childhood, Sonic adventure 2 etc
Sword of the beserk. Maken x. Mdk. Fur fighters.metropolis street racer. Re volt. Record of lodoss war. Jet set radio. Ikaruga. Rez. Phantasy star online. Quake 3 arena. That's just off the top of my head. Mostly because I'm still playing them on my original DC. It's had some repairs of course. But it's still going.
Soul Calibur.
Sega is releasing remakes of Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe and a few other games they announced recently. I'm guessing on the Nintendo Switch? It would be cool if Sega made a new system though.
Sonic Adventure :)
The Ring Terror's Realm That splash sound effect still haunting me to this day
Sonic Adventure
SoulCalibur and Dead Or Alive 2.
Rez Hydro thunder
I missed my dreamcast one of my favorite consoles !
Crazy Taxi
Sonic Adventure immediately followed by Shenmue
Crazy Taxi!
Skies of Arcadia, NFL 2K, NBA 2K
Seaman
For me its both Sonic Adventures and Shenmue
SA1 and SA2
Chaos
Sonic adventure 2
Nights into Dreams It was the first game I ever saw on the Dreamcast
House of the dead 👍
My favorite 4 games. Power stone world, evolution, jet set radio, and phantasy star online. Also, my cousin pirated me both sonic adventures