JET GRIND RADIOOOOOOOOO
Also both Sonic Adventures, Virtual On Oratorio Tangram, Crazy Taxi and I think I remember Sega GT being pretty good too?
What are your favorite Dreamcast games?
Submitted 7 months ago by VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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finkrat@lemmy.world 7 months ago
boaratio@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I almost failed out of college thanks to Soul Calibur.
otacon239@feddit.de 7 months ago
San Francisco Rush 2049 for me. Looked so much better than on the other consoles, too.
yrnttm@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Que the offspring*
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Day after day, your home life’s a wreck The powers that be just breathe down your neck You get no respect, you get no relief You gotta speak up and yell out your piece So, back off your rules, back off the jive 'cause I’m sick of not living to stay alive Leave me alone, not asking a lot I don’t wanna be controlled That’s all I want
TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Seconded. CT for the win!
tuckerm@supermeter.social 7 months ago
I like the fact that there are games that are still best played on the Dreamcast, or only played on the Dreamcast, since there was no follow-up console after it, or because the ports were not great. Today there's always a remaster, backwards compatibility with the next console, or at the very least a sequel, so games just move along with the hardware. But the Dreamcast had some games that just lived and died on that system.
Weirdly, most of these turned out to be fighting games. Probably because Capcom liked the Dreamcast.
My favorites that are still best (or only) played on that system:
- Crazy Taxi (the ports don't have the original soundtrack, an absolute sin)
- Power Stone and Power Stone 2
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (literally one of the best fighting games ever, and it can't be purchased on any systems today)
- Cannon Spike
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Project Justice
Osito@lemmy.world 7 months ago
MvC3 is ok, but 2 is amazing
tuckerm@supermeter.social 7 months ago
For sure. Plus, I'm a sucker for fighting games where the characters are 2D sprites in stead of 3D models. The DC probably had the best lineup for that, ever.
answersplease77@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I wouldn’t change anything of your S-tier list. 100% Valid
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Power stone, Ikaruga, Rez
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I love Ikaruga from an aesthetic, mechanical, and presentation perspective.
But it’s been 23 years and damned if I still don’t suck at that game. This coming from someone who can fairly reliably at least see the final boss of Progear on one credit.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
The visuals and music are what kept me coming back to it for years hah, but I’ve only beat it scrub style with the assistance of ROM rewinds. Some games are designed to eat quarters, I think Ikaruga was designed to drain paychecks.
Krudler@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I gave up on DoDonPachi. Same thing, 20 years of just grinding and sticking with it, even did the classic “final final true boss has one hit point and I choke” move.
Now I’m 49, my reactions will never be what they were when I was younger, the dream is over.
yrnttm@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I played the power stone demo a bunch on my Dreamcast as a kid.
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Welcome to power stone world!
devnull406@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Power stone was such a great game. Didn’t it also have little mini games on the memory card?
VanHalbgott@lemmus.org 7 months ago
I have that!
metaStatic@kbin.social 7 months ago
House of the dead 1 & 2
Shenmue 2
Ikaruga
Rez
Mr Driller
Chu chu rocket
And everything else in this thread
Off the top of my head.
toastynugs@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
This is the list right here… forgot about Mr Driller. Chu Chu Rocket was such a fun game with friends.
RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 7 months ago
Shenmue! :D
jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Phantasy Star Online, lost hundreds of hours there.
Die4Ever@programming.dev 7 months ago
Phantasy Star Online for sure, Sonic Adventure 1, and Grandia 2
VanHalbgott@lemmus.org 7 months ago
I’m on PSO myself as a Hunter.
Die4Ever@programming.dev 7 months ago
one day I’ll probably play Blue Burst again, had a lot of fun on private servers
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
The controller
devilkitty@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Skies of Arcadia
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Wetrix
disheveledWallaby@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
I always thought Soul Reaver played so much better on the Dreamcast then it did on the PlayStation. Great game.
Strangely Gex played better on the 3DO than on the PlayStation as well.
fernandu00@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
I know is not a Dreamcast exclusive but I love Tony Hawks pro skater 2 and played it a lot in my DC! Also, Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi.
Elkenders@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Yeah these are mine too. Plus Soul Calibur. Maybe Canon Spike.
pezhore@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Mine was Skies of Arcadia - I know it also came out on GameCube, but I first played it on the Dreamcast. It was also (somehow) my first experience with a jrpg.
slingstone@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Loved this game.
Fun fact, the two lead characters showed up again as soldiers in Valkyria Chronicles.
moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Fuck yeah! Haaaaa, Rain of Swords!
UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Crazy Taxi was fantastic.
Metropolis Street Racer was utterly brilliant and I remember being annoyed when I heard the sequel was going to that new Microsoft console called XBox. That was of course Project Gotham Racing.
And Rez which I love so much I bought it remastered on Xbox360, again on PS4 and one final time on Quest 2.
zabby@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Was anybody else young to get endless entertainment out of those demo disks that held a dozen demos on them?
Shyfer@ttrpg.network 7 months ago
I used to love those! I never had a Dreamcast but I used the hell out of those for my original Playstation. And I think PS2? I forget if they still had those with the PS2.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Marvel vs Capcom 2 Crazy taxi 2 Basically every game for this system was boss
nezbyte@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sonic Adventure 2
Crazy Taxi
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sonic Adventure and Shenmue are the ones I remember the best.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
Chu Chu Rocket!
Jet Grind Radio
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
MilitantVegan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No mention of Record of Lodoss War yet? Still one of the most underrated Diablo-clones.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Since I don’t see it in here anywhere and my friends & I spent a stupid amount of time with it:
Rival Schools
TheCannonball@lemmy.world 7 months ago
MDK2 - Found it randomly and it was a ton of fun.
DOA2 - Some… Fond… Memories. Put the disc in a PC for extra fun.
Army Men: Sarges Heroes - Just good classic fun
Evolution 1 & 2 - My first randomly generated dungeon crawlers.
goombakid@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Jet Set Radiooooooo. I picked up this game on release day randomly while I was in Japan. Such an awesome soundtrack
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ikaruga
wetferret@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I love me some Rez and Ikaruga.
Etterra@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I did like the Grandia games.
zellian@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Power Stone 1 and 2, so much fun in college. Space Channel 5, just loved the retrofuture ascetic and rhythm games. Same for Rez, a rhythmic shooter. Oh, can’t forget Jet Set Radio, loved that so much.
kbtaco@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sonic adventure 1 & 2. Put a ton of time into both of those games.
Also enjoyed wacky races with friends.
Nemo@midwest.social 7 months ago
Soul Calibur
TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I always read the title of this game the way it sounded on game start up. “SOUL…CALIbur!”
Great effing game
usaleste@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Such a good game!!
Nemo@midwest.social 7 months ago
I loved the little chibi versions of characters that appeared on the memory cards!