Dreamcast

[NickFRP]

Has any one got one or even a spare VGA cable?
il pay some beer tokens. just that i found my old one and would love to give track and field a go

THANKS
Nick

[Altrezia]

No, but I bet ebay does.

Dreamcast's rule

[Digby]

Got a boxed minter in the loft somewhere with various addons, and a TREAMCAST...go google that one

[Krime]

I have a dreamcast, it was a great system. It's very sad that sega is just making games now.

[paul26982]

think sega took the right root tbh, i have a dream cast in th coupboard, all cables, 4 controllers, BOOT DISC and about a hundred games never used it for years, might sell it

[Riknos]

paul26982 said:

think sega took the right root tbh, i have a dream cast in th coupboard, all cables, 4 controllers, BOOT DISC and about a hundred games never used it for years, might sell it

I'll give ya £50 for it

[paul26982]

will se if it works tomorow, off to work soon ,keep ya eyes peeled on this thread

[paul26982]

Riknos said:

paul26982 said:

think sega took the right root tbh, i have a dream cast in th coupboard, all cables, 4 controllers, BOOT DISC and about a hundred games never used it for years, might sell it

I'll give ya £50 for it

sorry for the delay, just tried it, runs like a dream, boot disc is perfect, controllers work, apart from one of the 4 the d pad is loose, the games are

soul caliber
nba 2k
tony hawks 2
quake 1
stunt g-p
monaco grand prix
tee off golf
ultimate fighting championship
track & field
head hunters
deep fighter
sonic 2
prince of persia
( a disc showing sonic, but looks like a multi disc as has other covers on)
resident evil code veronica
maximum pool
atari classics
jet grind radio
f355 challenge
shadow man
dino crisis
rayman 2
uefa dream soccer
blue stinger
quake 3

havnt tried all of them, and theres some that has 2 copys of them

also you should be able to download alot

[paul26982]

wow, ive just hacked this thing to bits past couple of days, the about of different software and programs you can use is unreal, can play playstation games etc too now, its got me back right in the modding scene, was previously but got abit bored

[miken2k8]

you didn't hack it at all it runs unsigned code out the box

[halo34]

miken2k8 said:

you didn't hack it at all it runs unsigned code out the box

Did you pull this somewhere out of a timewarp? I suspect in 13 yrs its been forgotten about :-D

[zedx19]

Nearly 13 year thread bump, wow!

[miken2k8]

can't be having misinformation spread about lol. guy thought he was a master hacker for burning a cd lol

[nebpor]

I gave my brother my Dreamcast and massive selection of games for his kids, about 20 years ago - I now want it back for my own kids and it seems to have disappeared

[philwhite]

Some of my best gaming memories were forged on the Dreamcast. I can still remember firing up Soul Calibur in 1999 and being totally blown away by the graphics, it was so far ahead of the then current PS1 and N64.

Despite everyone I showed it to being equally as impressed as me, their unanimous response was what sealed the Dreamcast's fate - "It looks amazing, but I think I'll wait for the PS2".

While ultimately the PS2 was more powerful; I always thought that the Deamcast's games looked so much better, with bright and vibrant colours verses the PS2's muddy washed out look. I guess this was partly down to the Deamcast outputting natively at 480p.

I remember in 2002 going into my local Electrics Boutique and seeing they had a firesale clearance of all their Dreamcast stock. I bought a second console and something like 30 games all for under £100! Still have my DC collection today and do occasionally fire it up. With a VGA box it still looks great on a modern TV.

Edited by philwhite on Tuesday 13th July 12:30

[Lucas Ayde]

philwhite said:

Some of my best gaming memories were forged on the Dreamcast. I can still remember firing up Soul Calibur in 1999 and being totally blown away by the graphics, it was so far ahead of the then current PS1 and N64.

Despite everyone I showed it to being equally as impressed as me, their unanimous response was what sealed the Dreamcast's fate - "It looks amazing, but I think I'll wait for the PS2".

While ultimately the PS2 was more powerful; I always thought that the Deamcast's games looked so much better, with bright and vibrant colours verses the PS2's muddy washed out look. I guess this was partly down to the Deamcast outputting natively at 480p.

I remember in 2002 going into my local Electrics Boutique and seeing they had a firesale clearance of all their Dreamcast stock. I bought a second console and something like 30 games all for under £100! Still have my DC collection today and do occasionally fire it up. With a VGA box it still looks great on a modern TV.

Edited by philwhite on Tuesday 13th July 12:30

Yep - the DC was awesome and leagues ahead of anything else at the time but just about everyone was sitting around waiting for the PS2. I got one within a couple of days of release as a friend at work at the time was really into it and talked me into getting one - it was truly a fantastic system and some really nice hardware ideas (like the VMUs).

I agree on the 'look' of DC games vs PS2 - I always thought that most PS2 games had a smeary,washed out look about them whereas the DC had bright and sharp gfx. I guess down to Sega's arcade DNA.

All in all a great system that never had a fair crack of the whip.

[Wadeski]

Arguably the console with the highest quality / dross game ratio ever.

A small library but full of bangers.

Shout out to Tech Romancer....great game.

[Raj28]

I remember Powerstone most of all. That was insane!

[Lucas Ayde]

I had just bought my first ever projector at the time and Soul Calibur and Crazy Taxi on a 60" screen was mindblowing.

[Nico Adie]

nebpor said:

I gave my brother my Dreamcast and massive selection of games for his kids, about 20 years ago - I now want it back for my own kids and it seems to have disappeared

I did exactly the same, even had the arcade stick!