Sega's Dreamcast had so much potential and many great games and Hidden Gems. John Hancock brings some of his favorite games that very few collectors know about.
Yeah, I still remember when they announced they stopped support for it. SEGA are complete assholes. It was the same with the Saturn. They burned their bridges with sooo many companies, who then went on to make great games on the PS1, and PS2. SO all we were left with were 2d Shooters, and coin-sucking arcade games. These are all great now! But when you had the option of buying a 2D shooter or fighting game for $50, or the latest Tomb-Raider, or amazing unseen-3D game, it wasn't a hard choice for many people.
Bucky Monk except now many people pay $90+ for those same 2d shmups you talk of. I bet many wish they would have bought the shmups not the fighting games
Daniel Linger I totally agree with you :) Gaming moves on, and many factors especially business affects how things play out. Still we got some great major releases in 2001 after DC was discontinued.. like one of the last releases here in Europe that was Shenmue II that I got at release. Can't believe it's been 15 years since I played through the game which ended abruptly at a cliffhanger, and that there is finally going to be a Shenmue III. Glad I didn't know at the time how long the wait was going to be though lol :)
I bought mine at Toys R Us on launch week.. Toys R Us was the plug! I was stacked up with dreamcast games, many sleeper hit at half the price..I had a pretty good collection but I lost it. So I bought my second dreamcast last year, I want to mod it with a ps3 Fat retro compatible spare parts but I don't know if I can do that.. still I'm playing Ikaruga in 2018
Agree. It was a hidden gem even when it was new because almost no one had it. I was the only one who had it of my group of friends and it was the most awesome time.
MetalJesus, you seem like one of the most genuine people on TH-cam. You make videos to show people cool and rare stuff and not for the soul purpose of becoming a TH-cam star. I love your stuff man, keep it up.
I just bought a Sega Dreamcast and I love it. I never had one when I was a kid, but I'm so going to be rocking it out now that I finally own one. It has replaced my Xbox 360 as the favorite video game console I own, because without this innovative little console, online gaming wouldn't be as popular as it is nowadays. The Dreamcast paved the way for consoles that came after it. Sega Dreamcast might have failed in the consumer market, but if there was ever a system that could say it paved the way for future consoles to succeed, it would be the Sega Dreamcast. Love this stuff.
Did u buy a used one or a newer one how much did u spend getting it set up with the controller , memory card. And games ? Would love to get one. Specially with the sky’s of Arcadia
Skies of Arcadia is a hidden gem? I was always the impression that was one of the most highly sought after games for sega dreamcast collectors. Your absolutely right though, the dreamcast had some of the best arcade ports of a lot of fighters and shoot'em ups at the time. I just recently finished my dreamcast collection a couple of weeks ago, can't wait to give all these games a try.
I found that pretty funny too. For me it's almost like saying that Final Fantasy 7 is a hidden gem for the PS1 :) Or crazy Taxi. Skies of Arcadia is just about one of the most famous games for the Dreamcast.
also skies of arcadia was and absolutely amazing game i've played it like 3 or 4 times (2 on dreamcast and 2 on gamecube), this and grandia 2 are my favorite rpgs of this console
I greatly disagree with putting Skies Of Arcadia on this list. Not saying its a bad game in fact its one of the best games I've ever played but its very well known making it not belong on this list of Hidden gems.
its well known to seasoned gamers. i remember i was the only kid in the neighborhood with this game. I was the only kid at my school trying to get kids to get this game. i was alone. i thought it was a hidden gem because I have never met anyone who enjoyed the game like i did. (I grew up in Florida)
Jesus Felipe Murrieta i don’t remember anyone ever talking bout it either , I’m playing it now as an adult but shit it’s pretty damn amazingand surprisingly challenging some of the fights are really down to the wire
yeah i see people talk about skies of arcadia all the time. sword of the berserk on the other hand is an amazing game i don't think i've ever seen mentioned outside of this one video.
My favorite Sega DreamCast games are: Resident Evil 2-3 + Code Veronica, Mortal Kombat Gold, Virtua Fighter 3, Shadow Man, Soul Calibur, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, Metropolis Street Racer, Virtua Cop 2, Space Channel 5, Shenmue 1-2, Prince of Persia 3D, Unreal Tournament, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Centipede, Deep Fighter, Soldier of Fortune
irina1296 Wait, Resident Evil 2 and 3 also came out on the Dreamcast? I thought only the PS1 and N64 got Resident Evil 2 and I thought Resident Evil 3 was exclusive to the PS1? Did the original Resident Evil come out on the Dreamcast as well?
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Man I was so excited to see a Dreamcast hidden Gems video from you this morning. Especially with John Hancock being the special "sega boss man" guest. Can't wait to see the next 2 parts. I can already guess some titles, fatal fury: Mark of the wolves, seaman, maybe even Stupid Invaders. Awesome video, I really hope you consider making a Sega Saturn hidden Gems....of course with John Hancock. Sweeet stuff
Yea, a lot of the Capcom games were arcade games developed on the Naomi arcade board/architecture, which is essentially a Sega Dreamcast with a lot more memory. Making ports easy.
I'm in a gaming group with John Hancock on Facebook (being that I live in the Cowlitz area), seeing that you're a relatively local collecting legend is awesome!
The reason Capcom supported the Dreamcast so heavily is that the Dreamcast basically ran on a modified version of Sega's NAOMI arcade hardware which a lot of Capcoms games used: Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, Cannon Spike, Capcom vs Snk, Giga Wing 2, Heavy Metal Geomatrix, Project Justice, Power Stone 1 and 2 and Spawn all used it so it was very easy for them to port games over, and could also support games like Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, Mars Matrix, and others easily because of the sheer power the system offered, the Ps1 and N64 just did not do very good arcade ports at the time because Arcade hardware was generally more advanced until the Dreamcast came along and offered up a system that was just as advanced as the arcade units of the time.
Some of my favorite "hidden gems" on the Dreamcast (excluding the ones in this video) include: Zombie Revenge, Blue Stinger, Floigan Bros., Maken X, Dynamite Cop, 18 Wheeler, 4 Wheel Thunder, and Tokyo Bus Guide. The Dreamcast is pretty much entirely made up of hidden gems!
The reason there were so many great arcade ports of fighters and shooters on the Dreamcast is because the system is pretty much a home version of Sega's Naomi arcade board.
A lot of the reason the Dreamcast had so many arcade style games was because it shared hardware with the Sega Naomi arcade platform so ports didn't take much to do. Also, I did play through halflife on the dreamcast and can tell you it's just difficult to deal with the load times. That's absolutely no reason to play it on there. I must have played Armada with my younger brother over 100 hours. That game was awesome. here's a few other lesser talked about games I really enjoyed: Elemental Gimmick Gear (a lot more people are mentioning this one lately) Gundam Side Story 0079 (let someone borrow this once, got it back ruined, pretty upset about it still) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Maken X Star Lancer Super Magnetic Neo Heavy Metal Geomatrix Wetrix+ Psychic Force 2012 Ooga Booga Floigan Brothers GunLord (look it up) Alien Front Online Evil Twin (hard to find now, PAL only, PC version is way cheaper) Segagaga(If you don't mind having to find subtitles or can read Japanese)
i was just about to post this, it's funny how alot of people don't know about the sega naomi board. literally everything capcom made after the cps3 was on naomi. fun fact. the naomi is still used today
I agree that the Dreamcast console itself is a "hidden gem" lol. I cannot believe how many people skipped over this console back in its hay day. I remember right before it came out... a few of the launch titles were actually available for sale at my local mall before the system even came out (9/9/99)! I remember buying 4-5 games before the system was even released because I was so excited for it lol. I think unwashed in 9th grade at the time and my mom let me skip that day of school and drove my buddy and I to the mall to pick it up right when the store opened at like 10am (I think the store was called Babbages at the time, then Software Etc then finally turned into a GameStop) I have some great memories of ready 2 rumble, crazy taxi, sonic adventures 1 and 2, free style I think it was called? and many others... I actually just picked up a Dreamcast from craigslist last week . 1 controller with ready2rumble, sonic 1, and wwf attitude I think it is? with 1 controller, all the cables, and the consoles original box all for $30. which I thought was very reasonable. I didn't even haggle with him lol
whoops just noticed a typo. I meant, "i think I WAS IN 9TH GRADE". not sure how "unwashed" got in there and couldn't find how to edit on android. sorry for the confusion.
I have owned one since Christmas 99 UK Gamer! First and only Sega Console I bought during it's life cycle!! Started collecting mega drive Saturn master system and Game gear once support had ceased for them systems as had a sense but always wanted a megadrive really too!
Thanks guys. I picked up a broken Dreamcast at a fleamarket three years ago that was easy to repair. Its a total shame that the system spent its newly found life in a closet pretty much ever since. These videos will give me some ideas what to do with it. Cant wait for the other episodes!
I would say Cannon Spike and Skies of Arcadia aren't really hidden gems, because they're games that you HAVE to know about in order to be allowed to call yourself a gamer.
I don't know what your definition of a gamer is but I know people who consider themselves to be gamers and all they do is play video games night and day. They're fat, lazy, smell bad and rarely get out. Is that something to brag about or are they the extreme?
Well, Cannon Spike isn't much really a "Hidden Gems", back in the day it had awful ratings (like 3/10 on the official Dreamcast Magazine, not kidding, they called the game as boring, etc...), so only a handfull of people bought it (it remained for years at my local video game store, and price kept on lowering), it's not a good game at all, pretty mediocre at that, but since it's rare, the price skyrocketed and it now cost 150bucks for a game no one even wanted back then.
I don't understand how people could call this "hoarding." His game room is immaculate. He plays all the stuff he owns & is quite fanatical about game content & gameplay ...hoarders would be going on about how much a game is perceivably worth & what they paid for it, and not really care if the game was worth playing. To all the people bitching about him being a hoarder, all I can say is, *_jealous much?_* I've seen game hoarders & this guy is not a hoarder. Heavy collector, sure. Besides, if you don't like what he's doing, just leave. The only reason people bitch & whine in the comments is jealousy.
The Dreamcast is the first console that really made a true arcade port on a home console a reality. It was essentially the exact same technology as what was inside the Sega arcade cabinets at the time. So many great ports wound up on this console and I was so sad when it was discontinued by Sega. This is one of my top 5 consoles of all time.
MrDeathSmiles I play Grandia 2 in its day n loved it, and still love it now. I tried playin some Skies and it was well made but i didnt really get into the story. I didnt get particularly far. People often say its one of the best rpgs if not the best on DC, so im sure it picks up, but so far definitely have to say Grandia 2 made a a way stronger impression for me. That character's and dialogue, music and plot, and that awesome fighting system (which i think i would say is the best jrpg fighting style ever) all combined to make it amazing. What do you love about Skies?
lol very subjective. Evolution is a game i remember extremely fondly, but I think it was a case of sheer charm overshadowning its technical....lack of finesse let's say. The dungeons beign randomized were suuuuper simplistic. The more i think of that game the more i feel i loved it for its character. But overall, Grandia 2, and i think Skies too probably, were better in terms of actual gameplay. The pirate theme also didnt speak to me too much personally, at least not in the way it was done, likely because they never felt like pirates. they felt like heroes n good guys, at least to the point i got too. I should probably give it another go
Played through both Grandia 2 and Skies back around 2001. I really enjoyed Grandia, but Skies blew me away. They shouldn't be compared though, quite different rpgs. What I loved about Skies of Arcadia might be something other people hated, the ability to just wander in a vast expanse and find your next destination, rather than a more straightforward path. Same reason I loved Suikoden IV even though there wasn't much to that game if played straight through. Same reason I was blown away in subsequent years by GTA 3 and beyond. I love the open realm.
That sounds interesting, I really didnt get that far in it. The story and characters are my primary focus especially in an rpg, and I wasnt getting hooked enough early on to get to those better parts. I do wanna give it more of a try tho. Playing it on an imperfect emulator didnt help either :/
I remember playing Tech Romancer at my local arcade Nickel City in the late 90's. Completely forgot about this one. Spent many hours and many nickles on that machine. I recently got nulldc up and running and I can't wait to take this game for a spin. Holy nostalgia
It was released as Half Life gold wasn't it? I think it was. My personal pick is Super Magnetic Neo. A game NO ONE knows about. The magnetic gimmick was fun, the platforming was smooth and in my eyes it holds up today.
I just finished the video and found out it wasn't released. WooHoo! I own an unreleased game. I own two versions now. And the dreamcast one is favourable compared to the PS2 version in my opinion.
TrostUA No one I knew had ever played it!!!!! It was so good but so hard. When I was a kid I beat it though which was a fine, fine day. I still own my VMA with that save on now...
Sword of Berserk was phenomenal. People often point out the gameplay, which I enjoyed, but it was the story in that game i loved. Dark stuff, and grey morality, so good. Another title that comes to mind that made a strong impression on me was Silver. I normally hate diablo-esque titles, but that game just held so much charm for me. The music was a major factor. I need to go back and beat that game
I've never owned a dreamcast, but I remember going to a buddy's house and playing this great game where you play as a toy tank, or plane, or helicopter and fought each other.
PAL DC cases, like PAL Playstation cases, are too bulky and fragile. I'd much rather have standard CD size cases like the US versions, much easier to store and replace.
I also got a copy of Propeller Arena back in the day, it's a fantastic game. All the fun of prop airplanes dogfighting, but without all of the realistic physics which makes simulators a bit dull.
You got an Opeth poster in the back. I love Opeth! I love the Dreamcast too! This vid is golden. I was just at my local classic game store the other day. They have piles of Dreamcast games. This vid will help me decide what I should get!! :D
I would hardly call Skies of Arcadia a hidden gem... it is easily one of the most popular & recognizable games on the console. Still, I guess it is nice to see it mentioned.
i stay up some night's wondering where my day one dreamcast ended up...is it safe? is it happy? are you appreciated....? I'm so sorry, i should of given you more of a chance, i hate the ps2 more everyday with videos like these.....Thanks!
Skies of Arcadia is definitely a gem I remember playing and had a blast with it. One of many great RPG's I've played over the years. Btw, adding comments as I'm viewing the vids. A must buy for Dreamcast RPG fans.
Ali Salim I thought it came out the same time as the PS1/N64? I could swear i had a dreamcast when I still lived in connecticut which was before the PS2 came out.
I could go on forever about the Dreamcast. I'd add to the list StarLancer, Illbleed, dragon rider, dragons blood, wacky racers (trust me on that one), the nomad soul, floigan brothers (bit short), Chicken Run, Record lodoss war and Silver. I've probably forgot a bunch.
I've been playing propeller arena for along time, and its the best flying arcade shooter ever at that point in time for any system. Sad that a lot of people haven't played it.
Man, I played Propeller Arena an awful LOT and like many other DC games it was incredibly fun ! So any great games on that console ! Don't regret selling it but still #1 in my heart !
Dreamcast hidden gems?... the whole Dreamcast, the whole library, the whole concept and history of that console is a hidden gem XD ... Dreamcast is the hidden crown jewel of gaming.
That sounds awesome as hell! I saw them in Vagos Open Air festival. The crowd sucked. Me and my friend were trying to form a mosh pit but most people would just look at us like we were bothering them. What the hell? It was a metal concert...oh well. The concert you went must have been amazing though.
+Bruno Silva Yea, I saw them at a really small club in Providence, RI. So small the stage was practically ground level. It was a tour where they played they're more mellow stuff but once Face of Melinda came on it was epic.
And also, Propeller Arena was already shipped to alot of stores. If I remember correctly, it was supposed to come out the week after 9/11. I still swear there are legit copies in a warehouse, out there. Bring looked over by TOP men.
6:04.... dont make me laugh :P The Berserk Manga was released 9 years "BEFORE" Final Fantasy 7, and Guts's Sword has nothing to do with Final Fantasy at all...
I have both propeller arena and Halflife blue shift for my dreamcast.......I didn't even know they were unreleased because the discs seem to play perfectly. Awesome.
I loved the intro with you guys singing the theme of the show. Where is Drunk Master Paul? You guys have so great chemistry together, it's awesome see you guys doing videos together.
Fellow metalhead gamer here! That is the most metal sonic shirt ever! Used to have a bunch of shirts with that pose in elementary school back on the day!
Just started to listen to the All Gen Gamers podcast. Among great listens along w Retronauts and Back in My Play. Watched you and a few others on here before going to Podcast listens. It's all I listen to at work, various video game podcasts.
Yesterday I started to play Skies of Arcadia for the very first time - I didn't even sleep last night.^^ Amazing game!! (My DC is not working since...Idk. So I play it on the Redream emulator which works perfect with an xbox360 pad.) - I found this channel + clip coincidentally! (Time to eat smthing, sleep 2,5 hours and get back to the game!^^) Mars Matrix look interesting, gonna get me a copy of this - and I wanna try Cannon Spike and Gigawing 2! Thx 4 sharing this vid with us! 👍
There is a Dreamcast CIB at my local game store for $35. It's been sitting there for a while. I never owned one but I'm thinking that'll be mine eventually. I know there's a lot of great titles on there. Can't wait to start collecting for it.
Thanks for doing the Dreamcast hidden gem collection I love it.Pleaseee in your next video show ZERO GUNNER 2 and STURMWIND I want people all over the world to know about this incredible shooters.Thanks
This was so awesome, I can never get enough Dreamcast. I have a lot of the games named here and they are indeed worthy of being called gems. At some point you (or both of you) should do a video on imports in your collection. The Dreamcast alone has an entire library of great Japanese exclusives.
Demolition Racer >>> Destruction Derby Just the better game in pretty much every way, yet gets little to no recognition, so I'm very happy you mentioned it!
MetalJesusRocks Hey, the main reason why so many of these arcade/arcade-style games were on the system was because how they originally came out for the arcade. Giga Wing was one of them, on a Sega-produced system called "Naomi". Just about all of Sega's consoles were scaled down from the arcade hardware in some way, but this one was FAR closer to the original than even the Saturn. Great thing was, it had the power to do arcade-perfect ports of CPS-2 and CPS-3 games like Marvel Vs. Capcom 1, Street Fighter III, Mars Matrix (CPS-2, surprisingly). It could also output to a VGA monitor for 3D games.
Opeth; nice. Miss my Dreamcast... good times... i was playing Jet Set Radio on PS3 recently and i dont even remembered that the controls were so bad... I used to have fun with it...
MetalJesusRocks - I found a Dreamcast, all hook ups and 4 controllers - gold, blue, standard and a huge green one as well and the price, well, not too bad - $24.99 and it came with Dynamite Cop and bought 2 games for it, complete, and yeah. Also found a Wii U Turtle Beach headset and that was still in the box, sealed and even still had the clearance price sticker on it and even still had the plastic hanger on it that is used to hang in the aisles, so that made me very happy, but was more stoked about finding the Dreamcast and for 24.99 and with all it came with, I think its a great deal. Had bought one of these back in the day when it was launched and I have loved it ever since
That Sonic shirt is amazing! Really cool video too. I really want to get into the Dreamcast, so I always check your videos to see where I should start. There's a game called Sturmwind for the Dreamcast that actually came out April this year! Over a decade later and the Dreamcast is still getting brand new titles.
I love this show and I'm so glad you've finally gotten to a truly lost gem of a console. I can't wait to see what John will bring next time. REALLY hoping we'll see Grandia 2.
Sega's Dreamcast had so much potential and many great games and Hidden Gems. John Hancock brings some of his favorite games that very few collectors know about.
Yeah, I still remember when they announced they stopped support for it. SEGA are complete assholes. It was the same with the Saturn. They burned their bridges with sooo many companies, who then went on to make great games on the PS1, and PS2. SO all we were left with were 2d Shooters, and coin-sucking arcade games. These are all great now! But when you had the option of buying a 2D shooter or fighting game for $50, or the latest Tomb-Raider, or amazing unseen-3D game, it wasn't a hard choice for many people.
Bucky Monk except now many people pay $90+ for those same 2d shmups you talk of. I bet many wish they would have bought the shmups not the fighting games
metaljesus play killing floor two
i still need to play this on my new gaming pc
Daniel Linger I totally agree with you :) Gaming moves on, and many factors especially business affects how things play out. Still we got some great major releases in 2001 after DC was discontinued.. like one of the last releases here in Europe that was Shenmue II that I got at release. Can't believe it's been 15 years since I played through the game which ended abruptly at a cliffhanger, and that there is finally going to be a Shenmue III. Glad I didn't know at the time how long the wait was going to be though lol :)
The Dreamcast is a hidden gem by itself :D
dave rdz real talk ! I love the arcade feel to the dreamcast to this day and the smoothness and playability still amaze me
dave rdz so the Saturn
dave rdz ,Agreed bro
I bought mine at Toys R Us on launch week.. Toys R Us was the plug! I was stacked up with dreamcast games, many sleeper hit at half the price..I had a pretty good collection but I lost it. So I bought my second dreamcast last year, I want to mod it with a ps3 Fat retro compatible spare parts but I don't know if I can do that.. still I'm playing Ikaruga in 2018
You can play the online games again too, Dreampi is your friend.
Dreamcast's entire game library is a hidden gem. ;)
Agree. It was a hidden gem even when it was new because almost no one had it. I was the only one who had it of my group of friends and it was the most awesome time.
MetalJesus, you seem like one of the most genuine people on TH-cam. You make videos to show people cool and rare stuff and not for the soul purpose of becoming a TH-cam star. I love your stuff man, keep it up.
He really is AMAZING!
metaljesus is the jesus we can all worship
It makes me happy that this channel exists. Thank you MJ.
Yes that’s what I felt too
1:00 Demolition Racer
1:40 Mars Matrix
2:35 Armada
3:25 Cannon Spike
4:12 Tech Romancer
5:08 Skies of Arcadia
5:47 Sword of the Berserk
6:35 Gigawing 2
7:14 *Half-Life
8:23 *Propeller Arena
I just bought a Sega Dreamcast and I love it. I never had one when I was a kid, but I'm so going to be rocking it out now that I finally own one. It has replaced my Xbox 360 as the favorite video game console I own, because without this innovative little console, online gaming wouldn't be as popular as it is nowadays. The Dreamcast paved the way for consoles that came after it. Sega Dreamcast might have failed in the consumer market, but if there was ever a system that could say it paved the way for future consoles to succeed, it would be the Sega Dreamcast. Love this stuff.
The way I phrase it is that the Dreamcast is Sega's blaze of glory.
It's still alive and it's amazing. I'm getting a dream pi and getting it online soon.
brentstah ,I still have one and it's amazing.
Did u buy a used one or a newer one how much did u spend getting it set up with the controller , memory card. And games ? Would love to get one. Specially with the sky’s of Arcadia
@@williamkopko5775 I got one used for $30 with the cords and one controller. Couple dollars for the memory card thing.
Dreamcast my favorite console of all time
Skies of Arcadia is a hidden gem? I was always the impression that was one of the most highly sought after games for sega dreamcast collectors. Your absolutely right though, the dreamcast had some of the best arcade ports of a lot of fighters and shoot'em ups at the time. I just recently finished my dreamcast collection a couple of weeks ago, can't wait to give all these games a try.
I found that pretty funny too. For me it's almost like saying that Final Fantasy 7 is a hidden gem for the PS1 :) Or crazy Taxi. Skies of Arcadia is just about one of the most famous games for the Dreamcast.
also skies of arcadia was and absolutely amazing game i've played it like 3 or 4 times (2 on dreamcast and 2 on gamecube), this and grandia 2 are my favorite rpgs of this console
that game was genius
TheCompletionist collectors.....
Skies of Arcadia makes it onto lists of the best JRPGs of all-time, and ALWAYS is on best DC game lists.
That fact that John has a working copy of Half Life on the Dreamcast astounds me, especially because of where he found it. :)
The big huge sword is there in the manga also and the manga is made before final fantasy and its still made
I greatly disagree with putting Skies Of Arcadia on this list. Not saying its a bad game in fact its one of the best games I've ever played but its very well known making it not belong on this list of Hidden gems.
its well known to seasoned gamers. i remember i was the only kid in the neighborhood with this game. I was the only kid at my school trying to get kids to get this game. i was alone. i thought it was a hidden gem because I have never met anyone who enjoyed the game like i did. (I grew up in Florida)
Jesus Felipe Murrieta i don’t remember anyone ever talking bout it either , I’m playing it now as an adult but shit it’s pretty damn amazingand surprisingly challenging some of the fights are really down to the wire
@@loudlawnmower I remember more people playing it on Game Cube.
yeah i see people talk about skies of arcadia all the time. sword of the berserk on the other hand is an amazing game i don't think i've ever seen mentioned outside of this one video.
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My favorite Sega DreamCast games are: Resident Evil 2-3 + Code Veronica, Mortal Kombat Gold, Virtua Fighter 3, Shadow Man, Soul Calibur, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, Metropolis Street Racer, Virtua Cop 2, Space Channel 5, Shenmue 1-2, Prince of Persia 3D, Unreal Tournament, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Centipede, Deep Fighter, Soldier of Fortune
irina1296 Wait, Resident Evil 2 and 3 also came out on the Dreamcast? I thought only the PS1 and N64 got Resident Evil 2 and I thought Resident Evil 3 was exclusive to the PS1? Did the original Resident Evil come out on the Dreamcast as well?
No, but it came out on the Saturn ;)
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Gran dia
Nice Sonic skeleton shirt.
Just started my dreamcast journey today. I plan to grab as many games as i can that catch my eye and I'm glad to see these videos up
Man I was so excited to see a Dreamcast hidden Gems video from you this morning. Especially with John Hancock being the special "sega boss man" guest. Can't wait to see the next 2 parts. I can already guess some titles, fatal fury: Mark of the wolves, seaman, maybe even Stupid Invaders. Awesome video, I really hope you consider making a Sega Saturn hidden Gems....of course with John Hancock. Sweeet stuff
Record of Lodoss War. Closest thing to Diablo on the Dreamcast and it was a blast.
I still have my copy
Same here. Good times.
I second Cannon Spike. It was really a lot of fun.
I would also recommend Dynamite Cop.
Yea, a lot of the Capcom games were arcade games developed on the Naomi arcade board/architecture, which is essentially a Sega Dreamcast with a lot more memory. Making ports easy.
I'm in a gaming group with John Hancock on Facebook (being that I live in the Cowlitz area), seeing that you're a relatively local collecting legend is awesome!
The reason Capcom supported the Dreamcast so heavily is that the Dreamcast basically ran on a modified version of Sega's NAOMI arcade hardware which a lot of Capcoms games used: Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, Cannon Spike, Capcom vs Snk, Giga Wing 2, Heavy Metal Geomatrix, Project Justice, Power Stone 1 and 2 and Spawn all used it so it was very easy for them to port games over, and could also support games like Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, Mars Matrix, and others easily because of the sheer power the system offered, the Ps1 and N64 just did not do very good arcade ports at the time because Arcade hardware was generally more advanced until the Dreamcast came along and offered up a system that was just as advanced as the arcade units of the time.
and thank god for that man this is why i love dreamcast the arcade games
The Dreamcast and Saturn are home to some of the best arcade ports of all time.
i'm happy you included Skys of Arcadia on here. One of my favorite childhood games.
sega naomi was the reason dreamcast had so many arcade ports
It was also the reason why Dreamcast exist
LOVE Tech Romancer, got with the Dreamcast bundle I purchased a few years back and couldn't believe how absolutely bonkers it was!
Friday is the best day of the week because....
1. It's Friday
2. A new Metal Jesus Rocks video :)
Some of my favorite "hidden gems" on the Dreamcast (excluding the ones in this video) include: Zombie Revenge, Blue Stinger, Floigan Bros., Maken X, Dynamite Cop, 18 Wheeler, 4 Wheel Thunder, and Tokyo Bus Guide. The Dreamcast is pretty much entirely made up of hidden gems!
"its got arthur in it" - me a millennial immediately pictures the aardvark from PBS kids.
HE'S AN AARDVARK?
@@postalatom9056 yep
And me, from Generation X, was thinking he meant the Dudley Moore movie.
The reason there were so many great arcade ports of fighters and shooters on the Dreamcast is because the system is pretty much a home version of Sega's Naomi arcade board.
You should do a dream cast Buyers Guide
Yepp, would be also thankfull for this...
he has done one already
Glad to see more Giga Wing, Mars Matrix and Cannon Spike love. I'm close to 100 games in my Dreamcast collection.
A lot of the reason the Dreamcast had so many arcade style games was because it shared hardware with the Sega Naomi arcade platform so ports didn't take much to do. Also, I did play through halflife on the dreamcast and can tell you it's just difficult to deal with the load times. That's absolutely no reason to play it on there. I must have played Armada with my younger brother over 100 hours. That game was awesome.
here's a few other lesser talked about games I really enjoyed:
Elemental Gimmick Gear (a lot more people are mentioning this one lately)
Gundam Side Story 0079 (let someone borrow this once, got it back ruined, pretty upset about it still)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Maken X
Star Lancer
Super Magnetic Neo
Heavy Metal Geomatrix
Wetrix+
Psychic Force 2012
Ooga Booga
Floigan Brothers
GunLord (look it up)
Alien Front Online
Evil Twin (hard to find now, PAL only, PC version is way cheaper)
Segagaga(If you don't mind having to find subtitles or can read Japanese)
i was just about to post this, it's funny how alot of people don't know about the sega naomi board. literally everything capcom made after the cps3 was on naomi. fun fact. the naomi is still used today
Another brilliant video. It's always great to see John Hancock... Thanks for getting him on MetalJesus!
Come on guys Cannon Spike is awesome because didnt just have Arthur it had freaking MEGAMAN!
I agree that the Dreamcast console itself is a "hidden gem" lol. I cannot believe how many people skipped over this console back in its hay day.
I remember right before it came out... a few of the launch titles were actually available for sale at my local mall before the system even came out (9/9/99)! I remember buying 4-5 games before the system was even released because I was so excited for it lol.
I think unwashed in 9th grade at the time and my mom let me skip that day of school and drove my buddy and I to the mall to pick it up right when the store opened at like 10am (I think the store was called Babbages at the time, then Software Etc then finally turned into a GameStop)
I have some great memories of ready 2 rumble, crazy taxi, sonic adventures 1 and 2, free style I think it was called? and many others...
I actually just picked up a Dreamcast from craigslist last week . 1 controller with ready2rumble, sonic 1, and wwf attitude I think it is? with 1 controller, all the cables, and the consoles original box all for $30. which I thought was very reasonable. I didn't even haggle with him lol
whoops just noticed a typo. I meant, "i think I WAS IN 9TH GRADE". not sure how "unwashed" got in there and couldn't find how to edit on android. sorry for the confusion.
I still own a Dreamcast since Christmas 2000.
I luv my Dreamcast so much!!!!!
+Max Payne (M.P. fan) I got mine at a second hand video game shop over a decade later. :P
only system I have 4 controllers for. a 30 rack of pbr, 3 friend and unreal 3 and you have yourself a great fucking night
I have owned one since Christmas 99 UK Gamer! First and only Sega Console I bought during it's life cycle!! Started collecting mega drive Saturn master system and Game gear once support had ceased for them systems as had a sense but always wanted a megadrive really too!
MetalJesusRocks
HELL YEAH MAN finally the Dreamcast hidden gems
I was waiting for you to do this
thanks keep up the awesome work
i love this dude. both of them
whoa you're here! u game?
Thanks guys. I picked up a broken Dreamcast at a fleamarket three years ago that was easy to repair. Its a total shame that the system spent its newly found life in a closet pretty much ever since. These videos will give me some ideas what to do with it. Cant wait for the other episodes!
I would say Cannon Spike and Skies of Arcadia aren't really hidden gems, because they're games that you HAVE to know about in order to be allowed to call yourself a gamer.
I don't know what your definition of a gamer is but I know people who consider themselves to be gamers and all they do is play video games night and day. They're fat, lazy, smell bad and rarely get out. Is that something to brag about or are they the extreme?
Well, Cannon Spike isn't much really a "Hidden Gems", back in the day it had awful ratings (like 3/10 on the official Dreamcast Magazine, not kidding, they called the game as boring, etc...), so only a handfull of people bought it (it remained for years at my local video game store, and price kept on lowering), it's not a good game at all, pretty mediocre at that, but since it's rare, the price skyrocketed and it now cost 150bucks for a game no one even wanted back then.
For a SHMUP, Mars Matrix was surprisingly deep. And +1 for mentioning Armada. To this day, I still play it.
I don't understand how people could call this "hoarding." His game room is immaculate. He plays all the stuff he owns & is quite fanatical about game content & gameplay ...hoarders would be going on about how much a game is perceivably worth & what they paid for it, and not really care if the game was worth playing. To all the people bitching about him being a hoarder, all I can say is, *_jealous much?_* I've seen game hoarders & this guy is not a hoarder. Heavy collector, sure. Besides, if you don't like what he's doing, just leave. The only reason people bitch & whine in the comments is jealousy.
People will find anything to bitch about. Don't let it get to you.
I'mNotCharlesBarkley SoDon'tBanMe good point
***** the bear necessities
WorldWideGameTube
He uses what he has, hoarders don't
The Dreamcast is the first console that really made a true arcade port on a home console a reality. It was essentially the exact same technology as what was inside the Sega arcade cabinets at the time. So many great ports wound up on this console and I was so sad when it was discontinued by Sega. This is one of my top 5 consoles of all time.
DREAMCAST itself is a hidden gem!
We reeeeeally need an update on Dreamcast hidden gems, Metal Jesus. It’s been 10 years! Do iiiiit!
Great list, I wouldn't really consider Skies of Arcadia a hidden gem though.
MrDeathSmiles I play Grandia 2 in its day n loved it, and still love it now. I tried playin some Skies and it was well made but i didnt really get into the story. I didnt get particularly far. People often say its one of the best rpgs if not the best on DC, so im sure it picks up, but so far definitely have to say Grandia 2 made a a way stronger impression for me.
That character's and dialogue, music and plot, and that awesome fighting system (which i think i would say is the best jrpg fighting style ever) all combined to make it amazing.
What do you love about Skies?
lol very subjective. Evolution is a game i remember extremely fondly, but I think it was a case of sheer charm overshadowning its technical....lack of finesse let's say. The dungeons beign randomized were suuuuper simplistic. The more i think of that game the more i feel i loved it for its character. But overall, Grandia 2, and i think Skies too probably, were better in terms of actual gameplay.
The pirate theme also didnt speak to me too much personally, at least not in the way it was done, likely because they never felt like pirates. they felt like heroes n good guys, at least to the point i got too. I should probably give it another go
Played through both Grandia 2 and Skies back around 2001. I really enjoyed Grandia, but Skies blew me away. They shouldn't be compared though, quite different rpgs. What I loved about Skies of Arcadia might be something other people hated, the ability to just wander in a vast expanse and find your next destination, rather than a more straightforward path. Same reason I loved Suikoden IV even though there wasn't much to that game if played straight through. Same reason I was blown away in subsequent years by GTA 3 and beyond. I love the open realm.
That sounds interesting, I really didnt get that far in it. The story and characters are my primary focus especially in an rpg, and I wasnt getting hooked enough early on to get to those better parts. I do wanna give it more of a try tho. Playing it on an imperfect emulator didnt help either :/
I remember playing Tech Romancer at my local arcade Nickel City in the late 90's. Completely forgot about this one. Spent many hours and many nickles on that machine. I recently got nulldc up and running and I can't wait to take this game for a spin. Holy nostalgia
dude check my video and see me playing dreamcast on a portable device
Given the popularity of Half Life I wonder if it could have saved the system had it actually been released.
It was released as Half Life gold wasn't it? I think it was. My personal pick is Super Magnetic Neo. A game NO ONE knows about. The magnetic gimmick was fun, the platforming was smooth and in my eyes it holds up today.
I just finished the video and found out it wasn't released. WooHoo! I own an unreleased game. I own two versions now. And the dreamcast one is favourable compared to the PS2 version in my opinion.
Jude Palmer
Nostalgia overflow. Right in them feels. I played the Magnetic Neo on Dreamcast.
TrostUA No one I knew had ever played it!!!!! It was so good but so hard. When I was a kid I beat it though which was a fine, fine day. I still own my VMA with that save on now...
It was leaked online. All it needed was a fix for the growing save file and it would be complete
Sword of Berserk was phenomenal. People often point out the gameplay, which I enjoyed, but it was the story in that game i loved. Dark stuff, and grey morality, so good. Another title that comes to mind that made a strong impression on me was Silver. I normally hate diablo-esque titles, but that game just held so much charm for me. The music was a major factor. I need to go back and beat that game
3 seconds in....... I WANT THAT SHIRT!!!!
Yeah, sick Cowlitz Gamers Shirt.
I've never owned a dreamcast, but I remember going to a buddy's house and playing this great game where you play as a toy tank, or plane, or helicopter and fought each other.
I need these games. Cannon Spike looks amazing! I will say this though... our PAL DreamCast cases are sooo much nicer ;)
PAL DC cases, like PAL Playstation cases, are too bulky and fragile. I'd much rather have standard CD size cases like the US versions, much easier to store and replace.
A Beatemups comment from 6 years ago, nice
it's weird that 7 years later a comment by someone with 1 mil subs only has 2 likes lol
Just download the roms and burn them on a cd-r and they will play just like a regular dc disc
Cannon Spike is a very shitty game.
Blue stinger , Illbleed , D2 , Rent a hero , Naple Tale and Shenmue 1&2 are my all time fave Dreamcast games , play them all once a year,
Berserk took the huge sword from FF7 and ran with it? lol. Its more like the other way around. Berserk Manga started in the 80s.
I also got a copy of Propeller Arena back in the day, it's a fantastic game. All the fun of prop airplanes dogfighting, but without all of the realistic physics which makes simulators a bit dull.
Im not sure where your neck ends and where your head begins. Not hating, just fascinated from a scientific standpoint. Keep up the good work!
This is the third hidden gems video I've seen from you, and they've all been awesome. Well deserved new sub from me.
You got an Opeth poster in the back. I love Opeth! I love the Dreamcast too! This vid is golden. I was just at my local classic game store the other day. They have piles of Dreamcast games. This vid will help me decide what I should get!! :D
the dremcast is a hidden gem. ^^
I would hardly call Skies of Arcadia a hidden gem... it is easily one of the most popular & recognizable games on the console. Still, I guess it is nice to see it mentioned.
That fairy made me uncomfortable...
Johns a really cool dude. Massive collection and super humble! Respect mate!
i stay up some night's wondering where my day one dreamcast ended up...is it safe? is it happy? are you appreciated....?
I'm so sorry, i should of given you more of a chance, i hate the ps2 more everyday with videos like these.....Thanks!
Skies of Arcadia is definitely a gem I remember playing and had a blast with it. One of many great RPG's I've played over the years. Btw, adding comments as I'm viewing the vids. A must buy for Dreamcast RPG fans.
Wow the dreamcast had much MUCH better graphics then the PS1 or N64.
obviously .. its from the sixth generation (ps2 and xbox also in that category)
Ali Salim I thought it came out the same time as the PS1/N64? I could swear i had a dreamcast when I still lived in connecticut which was before the PS2 came out.
yes it was released before the ps2 by 2 years
With a VGA hookup it looks much better than the Ps2 and the Xbox (despite coming out before both of them)
PokeFraker Where can I get a VGA from?
I could go on forever about the Dreamcast. I'd add to the list StarLancer, Illbleed, dragon rider, dragons blood, wacky racers (trust me on that one), the nomad soul, floigan brothers (bit short), Chicken Run, Record lodoss war and Silver. I've probably forgot a bunch.
I've been playing propeller arena for along time, and its the best flying arcade shooter ever at that point in time for any system. Sad that a lot of people haven't played it.
Is is just me, or is that Hancock guy a little eerie?
Man, I played Propeller Arena an awful LOT and like many other DC games it was incredibly fun ! So any great games on that console ! Don't regret selling it but still #1 in my heart !
Dreamcast hidden gems?... the whole Dreamcast, the whole library, the whole concept and history of that console is a hidden gem XD ... Dreamcast is the hidden crown jewel of gaming.
I saw Opeth live!
I saw Opeth live a few years ago in a small club in Seattle. They blew the doors off the place! They were awesome live.
That sounds awesome as hell! I saw them in Vagos Open Air festival. The crowd sucked. Me and my friend were trying to form a mosh pit but most people would just look at us like we were bothering them. What the hell? It was a metal concert...oh well. The concert you went must have been amazing though.
+Bruno Silva Yea, I saw them at a really small club in Providence, RI. So small the stage was practically ground level. It was a tour where they played they're more mellow stuff but once Face of Melinda came on it was epic.
I've not seen Opeth yet, but I saw Ne Obliviscaris a few weeks ago at a local venue.
Though I'll be seeing Amon Amarth on Monday :)
And also, Propeller Arena was already shipped to alot of stores. If I remember correctly, it was supposed to come out the week after 9/11.
I still swear there are legit copies in a warehouse, out there. Bring looked over by TOP men.
I remember anticipating that game, and it never released 😭😭
6:04.... dont make me laugh :P The Berserk Manga was released 9 years "BEFORE" Final Fantasy 7, and Guts's Sword has nothing to do with Final Fantasy at all...
San Francisco Rush 2049 was a gem on Dreamcast. Not the single player, but the multiplayer battle mode if you have 4 people to play.
Just started to collect old consoles, so your vids really show me what to look out for on each one. Keep up the good work dude :)
Can you be more awkward at all?
I have both propeller arena and Halflife blue shift for my dreamcast.......I didn't even know they were unreleased because the discs seem to play perfectly. Awesome.
I loved the intro with you guys singing the theme of the show. Where is Drunk Master Paul? You guys have so great chemistry together, it's awesome see you guys doing videos together.
Drunken Master Paul will make an appearance on my channel... next week :)
Cosmic Smash is Dreamcasts biggest hidden gem. It's criminal so few Dreamcast owners dont have this game
Power Stone 2 is my favorite DC game. One of my all time favorites.
Fellow metalhead gamer here! That is the most metal sonic shirt ever! Used to have a bunch of shirts with that pose in elementary school back on the day!
Just started to listen to the All Gen Gamers podcast. Among great listens along w Retronauts and Back in My Play. Watched you and a few others on here before going to Podcast listens. It's all I listen to at work, various video game podcasts.
Metal jesus these hidden gem videos you make are awesome man so much good stuff
I loved Skies of Arcadia, but Grandia 2 was my fave RPG on the system! Nice video! I love the Hidden Gems vids!
Yesterday I started to play Skies of Arcadia for the very first time - I didn't even sleep last night.^^ Amazing game!! (My DC is not working since...Idk. So I play it on the Redream emulator which works perfect with an xbox360 pad.) - I found this channel + clip coincidentally! (Time to eat smthing, sleep 2,5 hours and get back to the game!^^)
Mars Matrix look interesting, gonna get me a copy of this - and I wanna try Cannon Spike and Gigawing 2! Thx 4 sharing this vid with us! 👍
There is a Dreamcast CIB at my local game store for $35. It's been sitting there for a while. I never owned one but I'm thinking that'll be mine eventually. I know there's a lot of great titles on there. Can't wait to start collecting for it.
Naomi, a arcade machine made by Sega, is based on Dreamcast, which is why there are so many great arcade games on the Dreamcast.
I went through two of the consoles back in the day....it was an amazing machine!
Thanks for doing the Dreamcast hidden gem collection I love it.Pleaseee in your next video show ZERO GUNNER 2 and STURMWIND I want people all over the world to know about this incredible shooters.Thanks
This was so awesome, I can never get enough Dreamcast. I have a lot of the games named here and they are indeed worthy of being called gems.
At some point you (or both of you) should do a video on imports in your collection. The Dreamcast alone has an entire library of great Japanese exclusives.
Demolition Racer >>> Destruction Derby
Just the better game in pretty much every way, yet gets little to no recognition, so I'm very happy you mentioned it!
MetalJesusRocks Hey, the main reason why so many of these arcade/arcade-style games were on the system was because how they originally came out for the arcade. Giga Wing was one of them, on a Sega-produced system called "Naomi". Just about all of Sega's consoles were scaled down from the arcade hardware in some way, but this one was FAR closer to the original than even the Saturn. Great thing was, it had the power to do arcade-perfect ports of CPS-2 and CPS-3 games like Marvel Vs. Capcom 1, Street Fighter III, Mars Matrix (CPS-2, surprisingly). It could also output to a VGA monitor for 3D games.
My fav show. There’s something with metal Jesus that’s makes me keep watching he’s show.
Opeth; nice. Miss my Dreamcast... good times... i was playing Jet Set Radio on PS3 recently and i dont even remembered that the controls were so bad... I used to have fun with it...
MetalJesusRocks - I found a Dreamcast, all hook ups and 4 controllers - gold, blue, standard and a huge green one as well and the price, well, not too bad - $24.99 and it came with Dynamite Cop and bought 2 games for it, complete, and yeah. Also found a Wii U Turtle Beach headset and that was still in the box, sealed and even still had the clearance price sticker on it and even still had the plastic hanger on it that is used to hang in the aisles, so that made me very happy, but was more stoked about finding the Dreamcast and for 24.99 and with all it came with, I think its a great deal. Had bought one of these back in the day when it was launched and I have loved it ever since
Great Job Metal Jesus! cant wait for part 2 & 3!!
I was hoping for Armada to come up and what do you know, it's the third mention! Loved it.
Your hidden gems vids are my favourite ones. THNX!!!
That Sonic shirt is amazing! Really cool video too. I really want to get into the Dreamcast, so I always check your videos to see where I should start. There's a game called Sturmwind for the Dreamcast that actually came out April this year! Over a decade later and the Dreamcast is still getting brand new titles.
We play Mars Matrix, Gunbird 2 and Giga Wing 2 whenever I get together with my old college roommate.
I love this show and I'm so glad you've finally gotten to a truly lost gem of a console. I can't wait to see what John will bring next time. REALLY hoping we'll see Grandia 2.