Submitted 7 months ago by VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I didn’t know own a Dreamcast myself but had always wanted to.
The games that sounded most interesting were my friend talking about Sonic Adventures. There was also a magazine I owned with a feature on Phantasy Star Online, and man, it made me so jealous. It sounded so cool! I couldn’t believe we had the technology for an MMO on a console at the time lol.
Dreamcast had the best original THPS² release
Definitely Phantasy Star Online - even today I still play and work on it because it’s just the perfect type of game for myself.
This game was great! Managed to run up a huge phone bill with that built in dialup modem back in the early 2000s, I don’t think my parents even knew it had one when they bought the console.
Nester DC. My first introduction to a Dream Cast and wow, what a ride. It was amazing being able to replay all the games from the NES that in thought has vanished into the past.
This was 2001-02ish, so well before streaming and online emulators were really well known.
Gotta give some sports game love too.
NFL 2K, enjoyed playing it with friends a lot more than madden at the time.
Fire Pro Wrestling D - absolutely one of the greatest wrestling games of that generation IMHO. I remember my friends and I trying to figure out WTH we were doing for awhile before getting the hang of it.
Wacky Races (2000)
Resident Evil Code Veronica, House of The Dead 2, and Sonic Adventure were my jam.
No one mentioned Guilty Gear X yet.
So that.
I still have a Japanese copy of Guilty Gear X I bought more than 15 years ago. Beautiful game.
Still some of the best pixel art and animations ever, in my opinion.
Friend of mine had the VGA box. Was damned impressive.
Mr. Driller, Bust-a-Move 4, Dynamite Cop
Out of the only 3 games I got, Chu Chu Rocket. Absolutely love it.
Definitely Sonic Adventure. But I’ll also name a gem no one else is going to mention:
I never owned one, but my friend who did played a lot of Seaman. That was pretty fascinating
Well, they were mostly a bit shit. Sonic Adventure was obviously amazing.
Samba de Amigo
I was just singing the praises of Armada here a few days ago
D2 has been absolutely nuts
Napple Tale
Non exclusive, but Grandia 2 was a beautiful game on dream cast.
Spawn: In the Demon’s Hand was so much fun, haven’t seen it mentioned yet!
I had this really strange game called Seventh Cross Evolution. It wasn’t really a good game, but I loved it.
You started out as a tiny amoeba, and ate food to gain evolution points. You’d then use those points to add colors to a grid, I think you had six colors. The arrangement of those colors in the grid would unlock new body parts, like tentacle legs, or human arms, or a shark head.
It was super weird and clunky, but I loved it as a kid. I would spend hours just making pictures and seeing what I’d get. Might have to revisit that one soon, could make a fun stream game.
I had that game! It was so weird! Cool concept but I never had any idea what I was doing. The DNA sequence minigame (?) was neat but it was never clear how you get any specific results. I wonder if there’s just an RNG behind it and none of your actions really mattered.
I got to the gold man level (which I guess is the pique of evolution and the end stage) and the game didn’t really end. I just was able to walk around slapping animals and taking almost no damage.
I picked it up again used and threw it in my dreamcast and couldn’t get through it. I found it tedious and kind if dull. Would be interested in seeing a remake though- I bet modern engines could do a solid job with some of the ideas in it.
pootsforjesus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Mars Matrix Gunbird 2 GigaWing Twinkle Star Sprites Typing of the Dead Project Justice Chu Chu Rocket Street Fighter 3: Third Strike Cosmic Smash Ikaruga
MCHEVA4EVA@lemmy.world 7 months ago
All those Shmups and you managed to miss the best one Border Down.
tuckerm@supermeter.social 7 months ago
Wasn't Border Down the very last Dreamcast game? I think it might have been. (Well, the last official one, anyway. Homebrew games are still coming out.) I bet a lot of people missed it for that reason. I hadn't heard of it until a couple years ago. I hear it's good, though.