That was fast, even for me. I'm known to be impulsive, but even I was surprised that less than 10 hours after I made that post, I had a dreamcast. I started by checking EBay, and found that if I wanted to buy a DC now, I would get one in the $40 and up range, usually without any games. There were some in the $20 range but they would inevitably see their price inflate as the time drew nearer. In the morning I checked Craigslist, and found very little initially, but as I scrolled down, I found what would become my dreamcast.
First of all, the weird thing. I didn't get one Dreamcast. I got two. Two? He told me one of them didn't work. But they both work. One of them however is completely in Japanese. I played Sonic Adventure, it was in Japanese. I tried to play a different game, and it loaded but wouldn't get past the loading screen. I tried the other Dreamcast, and it worked just fine, and bonus! It was in English. Oh, and the Japanese Dreamcast is autographed by someone from Sonic Team. I can't quite make out the name. It begins with a 'y'.
As it turns out, I wound up getting a bunch of games with my DC, including a lot of the games on my list that I already knew I wanted:
The one game I knew for sure I wanted. While I have the Xbox sequal, it doesn't compare to the original. Great game. I wish Sega would bring it back, even if they have to stick motion controller waggle to it.
I figured Crazy Taxi 2 would be the harder of the two to find and get. So this was a nice surprise.
Admittedly this game only made my list because my friend Jon swears it's great. I understand it probably hasn't aged well, but I take his word for it and wanted to get it. I was probably more surprised that this was included than any other game.
Chris, to answer your question, Yes, this came out for Gamecube, but I remember it got mediocre reviews. The first of many for Sonic titles, I'm afraid. I'm not sure if it got bad reviews because it was a bad port, or if it got bad reviews because people woke up and realized that 3D Sonic just didn't work.
Not much different than any other Bomberman, but I have to admit, that's probably the best Bomberman artwork I've ever seen. I've played this several times and keep blowing myself up. I HATE that you can kick the bombs, it makes it so much harder to trap the player when they can just kick the bomb away.
A pleasant surprise. This game was not mentioned in the original summary. I found it in one of the dreamcasts. I was considering this game. I have played it only on the GBA and really liked it. I figured I should check out it's big brother. A fun, creative puzzler. So unfortunately, no case for me, but beggars can't be choosers. 
On the other end of the spectrum is Seaman. This is one of the most famous dreamcast games, but one I have never had ANY interest in. EVER. When I was considering DC games I should get, this one occured to me, but I just have no interest in it. Imagine my elation that I wound up with it. It even came with the microphone adapter. No mic, but it seems to use the standard mic input. I guess I'll give it a shot now that it's in my living room, just to see what all the fuss is about.
Now this is a game I got when I got my Dreamcast originally. I could just never get into it though. I'm not sure why. I know it's supposed to be excellent and again, my friend Jon raves about this game. This is just going to infuriate him because now I have the game and I'm still not going to play it. I just don't have that kind of time. It's not the same as Seaman, Seaman will only take me a few minutes to experience, I've experienced Shenmue, I don't want to put the time in to finishing it.After that comes the stuff I have no interest in at all Most of which will never get into the dreamcast:
Sega's bad attempt to rip off Mario Party. I'm unlikely to play this unless a group of people all of a sudden get a hankering to try it out.
Requisite genaric Racing title. Next.
Requisite genaric sports title. Next.
Sega had quite a few fishing games on the Dream Cast. Did you know they actually made a fishing controller for it?
What? 2 Fishing games? What was this guy, a fanatic? That's just excessive. The weird thing is this one was never opened. That's right folks. I own an unopened copy of Sega Bass Fishing! W00T!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnddddd we've reached rock bottom. Seriously? He had the fishing controller? Sigh. But to answer your question, hell yes I'm going to try it out. But I'll play Marine fishing. I'm not opening my ultra collectable Bass Fishing.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnddddd we've reached rock bottom. Seriously? He had the fishing controller? Sigh. But to answer your question, hell yes I'm going to try it out. But I'll play Marine fishing. I'm not opening my ultra collectable Bass Fishing.So that's my haul. 2 Dreamcasts, 5 controllers, 2 Memory sticks, all those games, plus the fishing controller and seaman controller. Quite the assemblage of games. I must admit I'm pretty happy with it. And what did this run down memory lane cost me? $15 for the whole thing. I love Craigslist.
P.S. Super Magnetic Neo is bought from EBay and on it's way.
Hey, don't knock the fishing games and controller. I wanted that really badly and even asked around which were the best fishing games to get. I enjoy it; sure, you can get the motions with a Wiimote now, but the reel is still cool and unique to that controller.
ReplyDeleteIt is a cosmic sign that both Shenmue AND Fur Fighters were somehow a part of this lot... and you are just going to ignore one completely. *sigh*... you will never know the joys of forklift racing, I suppose...
ReplyDeleteAs for Fur Fighters, my fear is that after all my hype over the years, you'll ultimately just completely abhor it. It's probably been so surpassed by the Ratchets and Jaxs over the years that it will seem like some terrible lost relic of a bygone era... full of endless, pointless fetch-quests, blocky graphics, no voice acting, and linear levels. You'll think it was a game made twelve years ago and aimed at eight-year-olds. But try to appreciate the massive scale of the levels (even by today's standards), the often ingenious puzzle elements involved in finding the babies and tokens, the great music (for its time), and mostly, the genuinely persistent charm of the game, which permeates everything from the level design/themes to the countless in-jokes spread through every nook of every level. Even the multi-player game was a blast! I'm still amazed they fit this game on one disc.
I too had a little trouble getting into Shenmue, but to be fair to it, it was during the time when I was amassing a ton of games really quickly and didn't have any kind of plan or focus as to what to play and how much to play it. So Shenmue, along with most games at the time, got about an hour or two of game time before I got something new 2 days later and started playing that instead. Being a game that starts with an 'S', it's a loooong way down on my list so it'll be a long time before I get to it, but assuming my Backlog Project survives that long, I will definitely get to it and give it the time that it deserves one day.
ReplyDeleteit will seem like some terrible lost relic of a bygone era... full of endless, pointless fetch-quests, blocky graphics, no voice acting, and linear levels. You'll think it was a game made twelve years ago and aimed at eight-year-olds.
ReplyDeleteWow Jon, you sure know how to Sell a game. I can't wait to play it now!
I'm not in the same boat as Chris, I was in college and wasn't getting other games. I got it for Christmas when I had a bit of a break, but then was back to school and just didn't have the time to put into the game. It's slow pace didn't pull me in, and where were the acheivements?
Speaking of, can't wait for Heavy Rain next week!
That better not have been an oh-so-clever knock on Heavy Rain you jerk. I think that you intentionally avoid the small handful of PS3 games I'm REALLY interested in just to irritate me. Let me guess: You have zero interest in the next Team Ico game, too. Let's just get it out of the way now so I can be prepared.
ReplyDeleteAnd to address your concerns about the GC port of Sonic Adventure, I'm pretty sure the mediocre reviews were because it was essentially a 4-year old game Dreamcast game put on Gamecube, and the "extras" were nothing special and some of them, like the Game Gear games, were way harder to unlock than they should've been. It isn't unlike Rygar for PS2 being highly regarded upon release, but then trashed when it is brought to Wii just on principal (of course, that version had some added problems, but you see my point). Keep in mind that this was a console that was also home to remakes like the Resident Evil redux, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes, and even the better-handled Skies of Arcadia port, so by comparison Sonic Adv. was just sort of there. I wasn't saying that you absolutely shouldn't get it for DC, especially if you HAVE a DC, I was just saying that it probably falls into what you were talking about as far as DC games that aren't necessarily "essential" because they have suitable sequels/versions on newer systems. I bought Sonic Adventure for Gamecube just because I didn't have it for DC yet, so I figured why not, but I have the sequel for DC because I picked it up while the big box stores were clearing out their DC stock. So I've got one of each, which is kind of cool, I guess.
ReplyDeleteDid I mention it's basically one giant collect-a-thon?
ReplyDeleteOh, crap...
This is what happens when I read stuff at work, I end up missing things. You have a Japanese Dreamcast??? How much do you want for it? ;)
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ReplyDeleteYou can just have it if you want it. I'm not going to do anything with it. The whole thing cost me $15, I feel like I more than got my money's worth already. (It's signed too!)
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