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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- One console I've always considered getting was the very last console made by Sega before becoming just game developers, the Sega Dreamcast. The home console that brought us such amazing games like Sonic Adventure 1, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Shuffle, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Power Stone, and so many more. While the console didn't do well during it's lifetime, it's still loved by a loyal community today that continue to play and enjoy what it has to offer. Growing up I played on the PlayStation and Nintendo consoles, so this is my very first Sega console. So how did it go buying a console that was released in 1999 in 2024? Lets find out.
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I just want to say thank you for all the support on this video. It’s been fun reading people stories on getting their Dreamcast, and all the game recommendations. Many of you also gave me so much advice on the console and reasons for why mine had some issues. And here is where I have some bad news, as some of you mentioned, my disc drive is going, so I can either replace it, or do what many suggested, getting a GDEMU. I would love to obtain the real games for a collection, but learning the cds can deteriorate, the best choice to make is going with GDEMU. It’ll take time to receive it but once it’s in I plan to make more videos on this amazing console. Plus now I can get every game you all suggested. Shenmue, crazy taxi, rayman 2, resident evil, sonic, etc.. Thank you all again for liking, subscribing, and commenting, it’s mean a lot to me.
Just some advice on the GDEMU, most ones you get will be clones and you absolutely should not upload the firmware on them or it will brick. There are two games that won't work perfectly on older firmwares, but it'll be fine. One of the Resident Evil games (has a patch to fix it) and Skies of Arcadia (skip the intro and the game will work fine). Happy Dreamcast playing, I plan on adding my Dreamcast story to the comments after work!
@@NottJoeyOfficial Thanks for the advice. I've seen that most GDEMU's sold online now are mostly clones, I picked up a 5.20.5 version which I heard fixes issues with games like RE. I don't imagine I'll update the firmware for it, as long as it plays the games I want it should be good.
@@Squiggydon't use emulators, because that will be cheating. Just go buy another one without scratch on it, but you may require buying the one that is new and unused.
Real Dreamcast controllers never get stick drift.
But they break easily. My DC Stick is broken in half. No other controller has managed to do this xD
@@adrenaliner91 how on earth did you manage to do that?
@@zadock6370 I don't know. One day it just was broken. I don't even know where the broken part is.
@@adrenaliner91 damn. it sucks when things just break out of nowhere without you even using it. it seems surreal, but it happens.
Same, we play a lot quake 3, and Unreal tournament, I think more then 12 years , neither controller has drift
Tell me you were born in the 90s, without telling me you were born in the 90s.
“Sega had its own line of consoles ?!” …
I was born in the mid 2000s, and I knew that Sega originally made slot machines in Hawaii, then moved to Japan.
*Tell me you were born post 90s, without telling me you were born post 90's.
I can't even fathom the idea of kids not knowing the console wars between sega and nintendo, it wasn't just like oh sega had a console, it was a big deal, seeing sonic and mario on the same games would be sacrilege and no one would of ever believed you.
@@OwOLink it's sad because everyone is dropping out of the arms race, it's gonna be Sony, PCs, and Meta quest on the game oligarchy, we have fallen so far from those first battles between Atari and Intellivision
I was born 99, and my first was the Mega Drive, I still find it so novel when people as old as me and sometimes older find out SEGA consoles were a thing.
Only one I haven't owned is a Saturn. (Yet.)
now i want a dreamcast
I have 9
Do it
@@AkiraYanky aight ima buy one
@@MisterSoujiI have 2
Me too
These prices are out of control. Collectors - stop it. These retro systems need to be accessible if you want companies to keep catering to us. Anything over $60 is insane. It's a dreamcast, not a CDX.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I wanna get every Sonic game ever, but with games like the SEGA Saturn and the Game Gear games, Knuckles Chaotix, the Sonic Adventure games for the Dreamcast, and Sonic Shuffle. But collectors always have to ruin the fun for those who just wanna play the damn game.
Shenmue is mindblowing.
Skies of Arcadia very very good.
The Dreamcast is my favorite console of all time. Enjoy your Dreamcast!
It’s so nice to hear about younger generations getting into older consoles. Especially Sega who was such a huge player in the 90s. I grew up with Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast and couldn’t recommend them enough. As far as recommendations go I’m going to recommend Soul Caliber, Shenmue and House of the Dead. All are pretty affordable still. Also if you have access to a VGA adapter connect the Dreamcast up to a desktop monitor. The picture is so clear it could be mistaken for modern gaming. I also really recommend the Saturn library if you like anything with Japanese influence
a game I can recommend for the Sega Dreamcast is Crazy Taxi, it's a game about being in a taxi driving people to their destination while avoiding traffic laws, it's incredibly fun so if you find a copy for a fair price, I recommend getting it
Already grabbed it, I was laughing my ass off on how fast I'd be going while slamming into oncoming traffic (I'm not the best currently, but still had fun).
@@Squiggy hell yeah, Crazy Taxi is amazing, it does take some time to get used to
I still have my old Dreamcast, controllers and VMUs I bought in the 90s with games 😊😊😊😊
Buy Shenmue 1 & 2, Zombie Revenge, Carrier, and MDK 2 very good games
I bought a dreamcast on 1999 and it was not what i was expecting
I bought a sega saturn in 2024. I love the console. If sega didn't fumble so hard it could've been able to properly compete with the ps1.
Yea they failed because of the dreamcast. The system had no security what so ever lmfao I would go to blockbuster rent a game and just copy it and play it on the dreamcast without any mods needed.
arrived here via parachute (recommendations), Dreamcast was so ahead of time... the problem is that not many people appreciated its full potential. it's so sad that SEGA wanted to spice things up, but it was at the wrong time.
I wish I had a Sega Dreamcast. I loved Sonic Adventure 1!
I friggin love this channel dude, keep it up
I can definitely see you going far in the future! Great video
The fact US stores sell consoles without controllers or cables necessary to run it will always be an alien concept to me.
Here you physically cannot hand one in without these things, nor can you buy them without them in highstreet stores.
probably for the best considering these places here would just buy the cheapest 3rd party junk for cables and controllers and sell it all to you for top dollar. ever since the "nes incident" I had, I make damn sure that whatever console I buy, it either has no wires, or all the original wires. I don't want any 3rd part trash.
Great video. The title and thumbnail had my interest but the video now has my attention and subscription keep up the hood work
I'm so old, I feel like this video is a report a student made in history class, and I'm the teacher listening who lived that history lol.
It's OK you enjoy video games nothing wrong with that. I was born sometime in the 80s😮and I'm still collecting video games and going to retro conventions. My girlfriend is the same age and once a new rpg game comes out I'm like oh crap won't see her for months.
thanks for showimg love for the dream cast the dreamcast is awsome you allways find something new that is just crazy and awsome
so cool dude! i love my dreamcast and everything on it!!
As someone who has experienced the gaming revolution in the 90's and the dawn of the 6th Gen consoles, I find your perspective quite interesting as you can talk about these things uninfluenced by nostalgia and still be excited about that era. Nice vid 🐯👍
Dude you're so underrated. You should totally try sonic adventure 2
I literally just bought one as well on a trip to Japan. Brother you dont even have to explain yourself. Happy gaming!
really nice video! i love it when youtube recommends me stuff from smaller channels, especially for stuff like this.
i myself want to get this console at one point, but i don’t have enough space at the moment 😅
(btw this is just a nitpick but please don’t stretch your Dreamcast footage to 16:9, it hurts me to see that 😭)
Gonna be honest, I noticed it after recording, I think it was because a setting in elgato, I'll make sure to fix it next time.
I'll keep an eye open on your dreamcast journey
If you’re into obscure fighting games, definitely try Power Stone. Definitely an underrated gem (pun intended) on the Dreamcast.
I just started collecting for the Dreamcast about a year ago and some must haves in my opinion,soul caliber,crazy taxi 1 & 2,jet grind radio,phantasy star online,legacy of kain soul reaver there’s so many great games for the console
Nice video.
As a kid that bought that console a year after it launched, I was marveled at the time with the graphics. I had seen some comercials on the tv, I had a cousin that had a PS1and you could see the jump in graphical fidelity. I'd say this period, 3rd gen (nes) to 6th gen(ps2) were the most incredible for consumers as the jumps in graphics and the size of games were balooming. It felt like witchcrafty. I grew with a megadrive/genesis and the jump to the ps1 was incredible for me. Me and my friends were always in awe while playing winning eleven and looking at those blocky polygons thinking: "My god, look that is indeed Roberto Carlos!". Them the jump to the dreamcast/ps2 was even crazier... I remember thinking we couldn´t get more real than what we had on the ps2.
A point I would like to make because I find it fascinating is the following:
Sega was in dire straits since the mid 90's thanks to the saturn. Looking at all the books, media and everything I could find in this strange hobby of mine, sega put itself into a costly corner based on marketing and edginess in the united states market. Consoles are already very costly to R&D and put into the market, but marketing is even more especially when you build your strategy the way sega did. They invested a lot of money thinking on recovering it with game sales but there weren't enough of it and when the ps2 launched in japan sega was basically bankrupt.
Actually, were not for their president at the time, isao okawa, they would have gone under and probably be bought by microsoft and scrapped like rare was. Sega was never meant to launch the dreamcast, he wanted to bail out of the console industry during the megadrive era because of the cost. Yet when push came to shove, he financed the R&D of the dreamcast and did everything he could to make the console sucessful. Sadly, as stated, it didn´t work. He literally forgave the debt and gave back all the shares he had from sega, which amounted to more than 500 million dollars, soon after passing because of cancer. No joke, that move saved sega from bankrupcy. I am always impressed by the balls of sega to die trying than to fold and give up. Not financially responsible, but admirably badass.
Just got recommended this recently, massive Dreamcast fan here, bought one pre-owned around 2001 in the UK for dirt cheap, with SA1 and No VMU for a week or so, still had a blast on it, its a fantastic piece of gaming history, considering at the time it was mind blowing to play on, even with the Xbox, Gamecube and PS2 on offer, it still put up a decent fight, especially if you enjoyed online play, OR just liked the selection of games on offer compared to the other consoles, still rate it as the most fun I have EVER had with a console all these years later, still play on mine, so it was fun to see someone much younger experience it for the first time and enjoy it, as for the "internet" feature, you probably wont be able to use it now, or may have to use a work around someway, BUT it allowed you to upload your chao to a adoption service, so others could then download your chao into their garden, it was really interesting, basically like Ebay for chao in terms of its layout, you can probably find some videos or images of it online.
For my city, Dreamcast is 175 dollars
i did too actually! for my birthday on the 12th i bought it along with Sonic Adventure Limited Edition, a copy of the game exclusively for blockbuster and let ne tell you it was worth every penny!🎉
I recently dug up my old DC and I finally got all 130 emblems in SA1, I tell you what those big 2000g fish and the chao races were rather difficult, but they were fun. I can now say I can play the big stages like a pro now and my little kid version of myself would be so proud.
This vid was cool! Love the Dreamcast. A couple of games you should try out is Jet Set Radio (or Jet Grind Radio for NA), Sonic Adventure 2, Power Stone, Crazy Taxi, and Chu-Chu Rocket!
I wanted to recommend him the same. Also Rayman 2 and Toy Story 2. They are great platformers. And maybe Shenmue because that has a cult following.
And Sonic Shuffle as well because that game is console locked and i think despite how hard the game is its very overhated. I did complete it 99.99%(one mini event missing) with a japanese copy that only had japanese texts. Visually espically the CG cutscenes the game was beautiful for its time.
I remembered playing Toy Story 2 on PS1, so good. There are so many games people recommended, Sonic Shuffle I do plan to grab to play with friends, I know not many people like it but as long as me and the guys have a fun time then it's all good.
@@Squiggy definitely get VMU-s for Sonic Shuffle multiplayer because you can only see the cards in your vmu monitor screen.😁
Dreamcast was pure magic to me. Sadly, I think it’s fair to say I’ve spent the last few decades chasing that feeling the DC gave me but it’s just never returned. And yeah, nothing lasts forever so if there’s a way to play DC games not on a DC, that’s preferable.
I don’t think this can be repeated until there’s a massive change in how we game. DC released just as the internet as we now know it was being born and we got online and games together everyone was excited. There was no cynicism or jaded social media, it was all fun. We were focused on games and gaming and those days are just gone.
0:47 ayo Miracle Piano Lets Play when?? Lol also great video!! This was a really well informed video and I got to learn a lot about the Dreamcast! 😄
Sad thing is I don't think I have that piano anymore :( I would've loved to do a video on that thing now.
@@Squiggy 🥲 maybe some day in the future who knows!
Man you could've gotten a much better deal but at least you're happy with what you got.
I'd suggest Rayman 2 and Jet Set Radio.
dreamcast is my 2nd favorite console of all time right behind the ps2. theres such a huge rabbit hole of dreamcast gimmicks that can only be experienced on real hardware too. stuff like the bleemcast emulator, the multitude of vmu minigames, the secret bios menu, vga output support, etc. definitely make sure to get multiple memory cards because they dont have much space, or buy a dreamshell to backup your saves. my personal favorite game on dreamcast is skies of arcadia, a really incredible rpg. make sure you have a revision 0 or revision 1 dreamcast (which you can check on the bottom of the console) to see if your console can read burned cdrs because skies of arcadia is super expensive, or you can get a GDEMU if you have a revision 1 dreamcast but youll have to sacrifice your disc drive. i personally used the yzb rips for skies of arcadia when playing on cdrs
Content creators saying they were “surprised to learn” Sega made consoles are the moments I feel my age… 😩
Ngl this is actually a cool piece of Sega history to have.
55 for Sonic also is an absurd price….
Nice vid!
I oddly relate to this as I bought an original Xbox last year. My collection now is pretty big and I love it lol
My birthday is in 4 months and im planning to get my very first Sega console which is a Dreamcast. It's literally a simple console to play and there's no struggle and its small so small that i have enough space. The great games i find on the Dreamcast is Crazy Taxi, NFL2k2, and Test drive le man. I play those on a emulator before buying a Dreamcast
As someone who grew up on SEGA consoles it’s really cool and interesting to see someone younger experiencing one for the first time. Enjoy! If I were recommend other titles I’d say check out Jet Grind Radio and Crazy Taxi. They just had new titles announced at The Game awards last year so it’s a great way to see what they are all about if you’re interested.
It's really nice to see SEGA bringing back their old franchises, already grabbed crazy taxi and Jet Set Radio is something I fully intend to get. Gotta be ready for the new games to come out.
Get a good CRT for motion clarity, alongside an RGB SCART cable for a crisp signal.
As for games:
Soul Calibur, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, MSR, Rayman 2, Shenmue, Ecco, Grandia 2, Soul Reaver, Quake 3 Arena (you might want to get a Keyboard and Mouse for best experience), Virtua Tennis, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Re-Volt
Awww.
My older brother got a Dreamcast in Christmas of 2000. He was 14 at the time, My older sister was 12, and I was 5 and we were living in the Bronx NYC.
I remember that after we all finished opening our presents, we went over to the tv in the bedroom me and my older sister shared to hook up the dreamcast and see it live for the first time. He played through Emerald Coast in Sonic Adventure and we were all amazed.
There were other games he got / rented as a kid like Power Stone and Shenmue.
There were days when my older brother and sister were at school, and I was home all day with our Mother. I would just pop in the Dreamcast and fool around in Sonic Adventure as Tails.
I bought a Dreamcast again myself in 2015 off ebay. It was a shock with how small the system is and how loud it was to load a game. For a while my older brother and I would go out to retro gaming stores and collect for it. For his birthday, I bought Shenmue and I just let that intro run on repeat until he came into the living room and I could surprise him. We played through Shenmue and laughed at the horrible voice acting… lol. My Brother wondered how it never stood out to him until now.
My brother owns it now since he cares for it more than I do. I’m more into emulating. I actually have a portable emulation machine.
I remember both Christmas' when my siblings and I got the gamecube and PS2, each of us got a game and we'd be playing it all day. Memories like those always stick with you. Also yeah it's always funny looking back at old games thinking how we grew up with them. Shenmue voice acting I've seen online, it does have a charm to it haha.
Jet grind Radio would be a funky game to check out. Fun video! Also I think there is some way to hook up the Dreamcast to the Internet with a raspberry pie. Don't quote me on that.😅
I would strongly recommend Soul Calibur
Good that you have the Dreamcast version of SA1 because that causes you to be able to play a good quality version of that game, because just so you know, there's an amount of technical things about SA1 that only the Dreamcast console could handle correctly, so the DX port became (not an enhanced version) a butchered lower quality glitchy version of the original with too many changes!
The Dreamcast was one of the consoles that my parents bought for me when I was a kid and I kept it. In these recent years I got back into using it to play the Sonic Adventure games. I suggest you should try to get that console's version of the Sonic Adventure 2 sequel game. One of the better parts about that version is that when you see the flashback cutscenes, Maria does get shown having eyebrows, her face doesn't get shown with them on it in the ported version. Also in the Dreamcast version of SA2 before the main menu becomes available that game's logo appears similarly to the Sonic 3 movie logo in that 20 seconds teaser trailer that was released in February. Paramount was actually showing a reference to that in that movie logo teaser trailer!🤩
Despite how short a time it was around, it had a lot of great titles. With all of the accessorizes for it could become a 90s media power house in a console (keyboard, mic, broadband adapter, karaoke addon, zip disk addon, etc etc etc.).
There was an article with a Sonic and Mario Mascot hugging, just before both Sonic adventure games were remade for the gamecube.
The Dreamcast is one of my favorite consoles the design is clean and the white is beautiful
Great choice 😎👍
Man the store that sold you that console is a complete rip off. The condition of everything is really bad for the money you paid, they should at least clean everything and test it before selling. I got my Dreamcast back in 1999 and man, I love it. I will never forget playing Sonic Adventure for the first time, hope it works out for you and the console brings you many years of joy!
Helpful tip if you don’t mind getting your hands dirty with finding roms online for the pricier games: check the number in the small bubble next to the word “PAL” or “NTSC” on the underside label. If it’s 0 or 1, that model is capable of playing burned cds without the need for physical modification. Just make sure the rom itself is of a small enough file size to fit on a cd, as the Dreamcast has specialized discs that can hold up to a gigabyte of data as opposed to a cd’s 700 megabytes.
I also recently got a Dreamcast, about a month ago now. I was able to get a first party controller with it, as well as a third party memory card, but I do want to get a VMU at some point.
I haven’t been having the best of luck finding games for it though, because most of the stores I go to only have sports titles. I did manage to find Time Stalkers and Shenmue over the weekend, but the former keeps crashing on me, while the latter flat out doesn’t work. I plan on exchanging them one of these days.
As for games I’d recommend, though I’ve only played the PS2 version, Grandia II is a good RPG if you’re into those. From what I’ve played of Time Stalkers, that game is also fairly decent.
I've been hearing a lot about the quality of dreamcast cds degrade over time, I got crazy taxi and there's some slowdown if things get too crazy. Could also be the laser on my console being old, but that's what happens with playing these old consoles. Hope it get better finding games, VMU's I've seen around $30 on ebay, got mine through there and it's in good condition.
Dreamcast will be special to me since it was the first console i bought with my own money with my first paycheck from work back in the year 2000 and marvel vs capcom 2 i bought brand new and now to think its so expensive
Dreamcast!! 😻
I feel like a retro reissue of the Dreamcast or a Dreamcast compatible clone console might do well as an alternative console right about now.
I'd love a Dreamcast mini console, from what I've seen a lot of amazing Dreamcast games were made by Sega, so it wouldn't have any issue with licensing games for it.
I bought a used 1 around 2005 & still have it. It's a good system.
I missed out on having a Dreamcast back in the day. I did grow up in the '90s and I played Sega Genesis although I actually preferred SNES and I played PS1 but I also preferred N64, but I was able to play some Dreamcast thanks to some friends of my brothers who had a dream cast. In the early 2000s my family had a GameCube and I enjoyed that console and one of the first games we got on it because it was an early release on the GameCube was Sonic Adventure 2 battle. So much fun! The first time I played Sonic Adventure 1 was actually at a friend's house on historycast and then Sonic Adventure DX came out for the GameCube I think not that long after and I would get that. I'm definitely much more used to Sonic Adventure DX because that's the one I actually owned and the one I played, but it was Cool to actually play the original song Adventure on the Dreamcast before that. I also did end up playing Sonic Adventure 2 on the Dreamcast as well by playing it on my friend's Dreamcast because he could not figure out how to beat the biolizer boss so I beat it for him
Hydro Thunder is great if you like arcade Racers, and Super Magnetic Neo has kind of a Crash Bandicoot vibe in terms of gameplay. But it's mostly the Sonic Adventure games, Phantasy Star Online (I mostly played it offline solo), and Rayman 2 that I lost associate with Dreamcast.
There's also Dead of Alive 2. I don't play it much but the music and vibe is really nice.
It's my favorite console of all time! And now you can buy way better third party controllers which was the biggest flaw of the console.
I bought a Dreamcast for around $200 back in 2022 and I honestly have to say it’s a neat little console, not my favorite but it had a lot of potential, especially with the dial up online features. Hell the system even has the ability to use a web browser (albeit if you have the software disc for it)
Most of the time I just play Puyo Pop Fever on it though and Rayman 2 but it’s still pretty neat.
I would say get Puyo Pop Fever/Puyo Puyo Fever but knowing how it’s the last game Sega & Sonic Team produced for the console AND being Japan exclusive, yeah..So I would recommend Chu Chu Rocket, Rayman 2, Samba de Amigo, and of course, Sonic Adventure 2. -Though I don’t know the prices of all the games I said except for Puyo-
Power stone was one of the best fighting games for Dreamcast.
CRAZY!!!
So some recommendations are as follows:
Crazy Taxi - nobrainer - one of best arcade games of all times!
Resident Evil Code Veronica - really good classic Resident Evil game
Illbleed - weird and wild horror game - it's crazy
Sonic Adventure 2 is still great
Skies of Arcadia - incredible JRPG for the system
Grandia 2 - another JRPG banger, also for some reason non-DC versions are all buggy and have some issues.
Dead or Alive 2 - great fighting game
Metropolis Street Racer - a predecessor to Project Gotham Racing - really good racing title with highly detailed cars
I think this is enough if you can find them.
I love seeing young folks' POV on retro consoles. Yeah, manuals were great
They were DEAD wrong for that controller...I wouldn't do business with them again
I saw a video that said the internet functions are archived so they can still be accessed with a little effort!
I grew up on the Sega Dreamcast in the early 2000's
Yes the Dreamcast had early internet abilities and Halloween themed costumes but it was cut cuz GameCube hardware differences and no Wi-Fi option on GameCube at the time etc but I loved sa1 and sa2 battle on GC .
Idk about pricing cause I bought mine in the UK but I think you got scalped broooo!!! My dc and sonic adventure + vmu came to like £120. Idk maybe demand is different in PAL vs NTSC but crikey. I'm glad I got mine so cheap
I never owned any sega console, I was born in 2000. But I do like the vibe of the Dreamcast, it’s cool.
I do kinda want to get some retro consoles at some point, like a PS2. I do have the N64 that my family got back in the day, the Wii, the DS, and PSP.
I wouldn’t mind getting more old consoles someday, I still wish my cousins had given me their GameCube instead of just selling it.
Nah that’s crazy, I live in Europe and bought a PAL Dreamcast (of course) for way cheaper than that. I paid about 110 dollars for the Dreamcast itself with my first game Jet Set Radio being 30 dollars. In total it was about 152 dollars with taxes and shipping cost included. The Dreamcast came with all of the needed equipment. The same year I bought another Dreamcast from a different region, an NTSC-U version with no controller but it did have a power converter and av cables. I bought Sonic Adventure 2 with it for only 8 dollars with its case. It was in pristine condition with a bit of dust on it (easy cleaned). It didn’t matter if it came with no controller, as I already had 2 prior. This Dreamcast became over 100 dollars and some change. So in total all of these purchases became approximately 40 dollars more than the price of your Console and game. Unbelievable. My point is that I got luckier than you with the pricing technically.
"One company I was surprised to see making consoles was Sega of all people.." Holy $#@% dude.. That made me feel old 😆.. Yeah. Sega made consoles. I'm as familiar with the fact that Sega made consoles as this guy's generation is aware that Apple makes smartphones 😄 Still have my Sega Genesis, Sega CD, and Dreamcast.
Good buy sir! Then you said “i had an interest in retro consoles” and that you were SHOCKED Sega made consoles! Oh man… i felt extremely old hearing that. I was a sophomore in high school when Dreamcast came out and clearly remember the real console wars with Genesis and Nintendo when i was younger than that. Man, oh man, you missed out on growing up in a great generation kid.
Edit: side note, it’s insane they had a copy of Super Mario Bros 3 in its original box! No one kept their boxes back when Nintendo games came out! I just kept them in the black plastic sleeves. Also, why didn’t you guys not have a PlayStation memory card?? If this console was retro to you, then that means you must’ve been a kid in the late 2000’s, by then you could get those for a few bucks.
I actually had recently gotten an Xbox 360 for 160 at a pawn shop, it was awesome to buy the console of my childhood and I am building my game collection well!
Can never go wrong with Halo, Gears of War, and Forza. Two of my favorite games for my 360 is Metal Gear Rising Revengence, and Sonic Unleashed. Good Luck with the collection.
@@Squiggy Thanks! I already got all 3 bioshock games, The Orange Box, Portal 2, GTA5, Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo CE Anniversary, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Generations and All-Stars Racing Transformed, with more Halo on the way!
Shenmue and Sonic Adventure. NBA2K games are amazing as well.
I love Dreamcasts, but they break down easily. I've had 2 breakdown on me, I don't think I'll bother with a third. Dreamcast not only started the online console gaming trend, but they also started a trend for gaming consoles being unreliable with poor build quality.
Tips for Dreamcast so when getting a game for it ask the owner to see the back because, they can be burned disks which is not good and too see it is that there is a security ring on the back saying sega something like that it’s hard to see but it’s there.
VMUs have shit battery so there is a VMU 2 that somebody made and it can last very long which is great if you want to play it outside of your house.
Also don’t expect big games like N64 it’s mostly like arcade ports some party games some mainline and that’s basically it.
Thanks for the advice. I heard about VMU2 after I finished this video, from what I saw they're still trying to give out the ones for backers of the project. Once I see them up for sale I'll definitely grab one.
My first response is That’s Way Past Cool
hi! I have a couple recommendations for your dreamcast setup if that's okay
the dreamcast is the only console I can think of that supports VGA. if you don't have a crt or anything, buying a dreamcast VGA cable on ebay would be an incredibly large bump in video quality both for your sake and the sake of the recording (you'll have to pick up a generic VGA to HDMI adapter to capture it, though)
if you're interested in dreamcast online stuff, there's actually all sorts of dreamcast revival server things for downloading sa1's dlc again or playing games like quake 3 and PSO online again. you'll have to buy a DreamPI to get those to work, but it's pretty interesting and works with a modern ethernet connection!
and, of course, games. crazy taxi (both 1 and 2), jet set radio, cosmic smash, and chu chu rocket are all great first-party pickups, and I also recommend games like rez, power stone 1 & 2, and if you don't mind buying a light gun, house of the dead is great.
I hope you enjoy!! the dreamcast is an amazing console and it's great seeing fresh eyes on it for once :D
Thanks for the advice, I'll look into the VGA cable, while playing with what I currently have isn't bad to me, the image being stretched I should correct. Already grabbed Crazy Taxi over the weekend (really fun), Jet set radio I do wanna grab. I did learn about the DreamPi and revival servers, if I can I would like to try that out in the future.
360 actually supports VGA too. Pretty convenient tbh.
I was pretty lucky when I got my dreamcast at vintage stock about a month ago. it was in really nice shape, had all of the original cords, and even got the original controller that was also in really nice shape. and I got all that for $110. granted I ended up having to buy a memory card separately, I think I got a good deal considering the near pristine shape it was in, almost like it was hardly used. I even took it apart and the fan barely had any dust inside. even the disc drive worked properly. heck, I spent more money on 3 games (sonic adventure 1 + 2 and sonic shuffle) than the console itself. the console works great.
I'm sorry to say, but for the condition of the console you got, you got scammed pretty hard, especially since your disc drive seems to be going bad, but I recommend trying to clean to lens first with 91% isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip before going through all the effort of replacing the disc drive.
You should try Jet set radio
You should play Shenmue for the dreamcast.
i just bought a dreamcast too! i love collecting for the 6th gen :)
btw, if you want to play a game you don’t own, it’s super easy to burn a game to cd and play it on the dreamcast.
I've heard online that it's easy to burn games, I'll definitely try it out in the future. But I'd also love to own the real thing too
I wish sega still made consoles
My favourite console. I wish I could relive my first evening on Sonic Adventure and the packed in Toy Commander demo when I had just turned 16 back in 1999 >_< No gaming moment ever topped it for me. As for Sonic Adventure DX... what an abomination :(
As I mainly had Nintendo before that, I actually forgot to get a VMU initially and had to stop off at another store on the way home to fix that.
Hope you enjoy what the Dreamcast has to offer, it's still got an awful lot of great games that are still exclusive, or still the best version of the game.
I wish I had a store like the one you got you'r dreamcast from near me.
Dreamcasts have jumped up in price since Covid. Pre 2020 you could pick them up dirt cheap. Getting a good condition console is more pricey now. Even if you get a good one you never know when the laser will give up. I love this stupid box though.
Evolution 1 & 2 are fun games on the Dreamcast
Do Sonic Adventure 2. It’s peak Dreamcast and Sonic. It’s a little expensive for the Dreamcast version but it’s still super good.
Because the Dreamcast is great 👍
Take into account you will need to open the system to change the CMOS battery... Best practice your soldering skills.
A tip to Dreamcast Owners, if your Dreamcast sometimes doesn´t read a game, try putting a weight over the lid, not something too heavy, but just something enough to puch the lid down, it seems like the lid even close might not go down fully, might be a bit loose, so you need to put something on it and leave it there and the console will read the game with no problem
I would set out to purchase a handful of titles but the prices are getting absurd for retro stuff. Might burn some CD-Rs and buy a couple of the titles I want to have an actual legitimate physical copy of because of the pricing. Power stone franchise I’d recommend it’s one of the most unique fighting games of its time.
Hey you should get Raman 2 it’s about the same price as SA1 and it’s a blast, I 100% recommend it for sure!
I had rayman 1 on ps1 growing up, always heard good things about 2, I’ll check it out.
@@Squiggy I own it you definitely should check it out
There is a website on the dreamcast where every dlc are achived and you can play whit toose dlcs
The dreamcast plays reproduction games without any modding so get the more expensive games that way. You can play games from any region as long as it's a reproduction as well so opens up Japanese games that where not released in the west
It’s a Japan only game but Roommania is a fun weird game for the Dreamcast.