/v/ - Video Games

Overall, I'd say Skies of Arcadia is one of the best, but you've also got Rainbow 6. Loved that shit, always a good choice.

>>13958568

>bottom-tier console port of an fps

>a good choice

Dude what?

>>13958589

I remember playing it coop on an N64, man, I've had worse. Its just the best console to play it 2 player on. The Dreamcast is the king of couch coop.

>>13958640

The best "console" for couch coop is an HTPC. The only thing the DC was "king" of was a handful of good FG arcade ports.

>>13958640

>>13958589

Not to mention, you can just plug a keyboard and mouse in. Quake matches were the fucking wild west.

>>13958853

Can't you just burn copies of those? Self booting games have been a thing for ages now.

>>13959008

If you want more wear and tear on the laser, then go ahead.

>Why did it die?

I'm sure most people here know why, but for those who don't know, Sega fucked themselves over for years. Bad business practices destroyed their reputation.

Sega made a bunch of retarded business and marketing decisions in a row. They consistently refused to allow any of their systems to have any reasonable life cycle. The Genesis/Megadrive had multiple addons that were required to play new games, such as the 32X and the Sega CD; they even had 32X/CD games that requires both addons, and they had already stopped producing traditional Genesis games.

Barely 6 months after the Saturn had released, they were already publicly stating that the Saturn was not the future of Sega, and production of the Dreamcast had already begun.

Enter the Dreamcast: low consumer trust in the brand, 'revolutionary' multiplayer system with numerous bugs, bad marketing, low developer investment, and numerous other issues doomed the system from the start. Sega was already dead.

They even had 52% market share at their height, beating out Nintendo. A sad day for everyone, but Sega doomed themselves.

Fun fact, Microsoft helped with their multiplayer system designs and implementation. After the failure of the Dreamcast, they used the lessons learned to improve upon the Xbox's multiplayer capabilities.

>>13960007

How does Lodoss play anyway? I saw it and it piqued my interest. Bangai O Spirits was fun on the DS too, so I'm jumping into the original.

>>13959685

>Barely 6 months after the Saturn had released, they were already publicly stating that the Saturn was not the future of Sega, and production of the Dreamcast had already begun.

this was a few years after the saturn came out, not 6 months. It happened a year before the dreamcast released in japan.

dreamcast, despite everything it did right, was released after almost a decade of bad decisions in the biggest market.

>>13960539

>Emulation

Dreamcast is easy to pirate for.

>>13960460

It's been a while, but I have fond memories of it. It's isometric - so, Nox, Dark Alliance, Blood Omen etc. Actually is plays a lot like Balder's Gate Dark Alliance if I recall correctly.

It's pretty cheap these days, so I do recommended. Actually, I think I'm going to boot it up now.

>>13960547

I owe one dipshit, the games look better in demul.

Has anyone played that Pier Solar game for Dreamcast? It looks like a pretty interesting rpg.

>>13961528

I just have the Genesis version, but work killed me so badly that I cannot enjoy it.

>>13961554

It's well made, and feels like Lunar, to a degree. I just didn't play long enough to properly judge it. At the very least, I can say the reason I quit was me, not the game. I can barely play anything beyond the first level anymore before I just lose all motivation to play.

>>13961047

I love all those old menus, you don't get that surreal vibe anymore.

LOL Lack Of Love

more weird games like this?

>>13970374

Pretty fun from what I've played through emulating it.

This is gonna be a shot in the dark, but does anyone know of any guides to make Dreamcast homebrew games? So far I've only seen some guy's recorded twitch cast, but he doesn't go into any real specifics.

>>13960639

>Graphics fags

>>13958853

I suggest getting a GDemu anon, then you don't have to worry about the prices of games (and you can play fan hacks like the Shenmue 1 Undub). I know it's pricey, but small price to pay to never have to worry about your laser again. The only pain with it is getting an order in (I suggest web page monitoring software).

>>13979251

>when I have the money, they're nowhere to be found

Yeah, it's a challenge when they're only available for a moment every once and a while. Still I wish you good luck in your hunt.

>>13980391

The stupid part is, I have a PSIO right next to me.

>>13980408

Well at least you're not lacking for good games to play while you wait for it.

Whats your guys thoughts on dreampi?

>>13980679

They make those?! Thanks for the heads up anon.

>>13980702

They're getting harder to find.

Save yourself the trouble and just use Demul. Most CDI are shit anyways.

Virtua Tennis is one of the best games ever made.

Oh and Metropolis Street Racer was awesome too, and had the the most awesome cheesy soundtrack.

>>13980720

My nigger. Never cared for MSRs rock tracks, but the pop music with TJ Davis always felt like Richard Jacques was building on the kind of europop he made in Sonic R.

>>13980662

Agreed

Best Racer on DC

>>13980543

I like it except for the fact that you need a SJWpi to use it.

>>13982531

Agreed. Thanks to those leftist dickasses, and the fucks at Apple, I can barely stand to eat apple pie, being reminded of each when I think of such a delectable pastry. Well, I'm a nice guy. If ever I find that I have accidentally run over one of those fucks, I'll have the decency to back over them and ask if they're alright, before shifting back into a forward gear and continuing on my way.

Has anyone actually completed SRW Dreamcast Alpha? Is it different in terms of stages or units, and is it really as slow as it seems?

Dreamcast more like cuckcast lmoa.

Dreamcast fucking sucked.

>>13992829

Depends on where you are really. Mever pay more than $30-$40 for a DC. I paid forty and got two controllers and vmus. Dont fall for retro meme or scalpers and what have you, check craigslist and the facebook market is actually riddled with cheap stuff, seems normalfags havent caught up yet

Regarding controllers,3rd party ones are ass. The actual DC controllers aren't that good either mind you, there are adapters to use PS2/Saturn controllers, these are especially handy for 2D games since the D-pad is nigger-tier on the DC.

In regards to USB/HDD/SD for the DC you're sorta fucked. There's a way to play games off the serial port but its slow and compatibility is ass. The HDD method and SD method are great yet there's pitfalls. Firstly price, availability and storage size. Ive found CDIs to be the best cheap alternative for the moment, not that many games used the full 1.2 GBs of the GDI so a lot of CDI rips are fairly close to theor GDI counterparts (may have stuff like languages missing tho).

I loved the Sonic games, including shuffle if only I had friends to play with. I also liked Project Justice, god the graphics of that game killed my mind, and everything about it was just right. For ports, I played the shit put of Rayman 2 and Miss Pacman.

>>13992829

If its at a price you consider reasonable fucking get it unless you're having money problems

Hardware is always good to get.

>>13995310

Hell yeah that's the kind of answer I'm looking for. I never knew you there was an adapter to use PS2 controllers, I've got like 60 of those so that'll be easy.

On the subject of price, the 150 I was only considering purely for the fact it was brand freaking new, I know the general price was around 40, and 150 seemed a bit high in general.

Even if SD and HDD stuff is expensive as hell, are there any sites you recommend for purchasing that kinda stuff, or even sites dedicated to modding sd and hdd compatibility? That's the kind if thing I'd want to keep tabs on.

Lastly, what's a good general price for a crapton of cdis?

>>13998394

Well I notmall use Berbatim but Ive heard Dony are good too, just amazon them shouldnt be more than 20$ I havent bought CD-rs for a while Regarding the adapters, Ive have these Total Control one's for the Saturn that work great, they have a PS2 version though I dont own that one. I use the adapter for 2D games and the saturn fightpad since the DC ones are so fucking expensive.

Can't remember the exact websites, there is a thread on /vr/ for the DC with all that information though. You might be fine with price but availability is still an issue. The dude that does the SD card one is a frenchie that only makes like a batch a year, so you need web monitoring software to see when he opens orders. The same goes for the HDD mod that some commie fuck does.

>150 dollarydoos

Nigga that a scam or a rare DC. Even a bright spanking new DC shouldnt set you back that much. As far as what DC you want look for model 1 (of the rarer 0) as these will take CD-Rs. Model 2s will as well yet there is a higher chance that they wont. Use good CDI rips (the /vr/ thread has a google docs with many), check the notes to see what was changed. You mught still end up purchasing GDIs, for example the CDI version of Soul Calibur II only has mono audio. But Soul Calibur II is of the few games that used the full 1.2 GB. I would post the recommended game list image if my computer wasn't toast, Im sure some other anon will.

>>14000727

Perfect, thanks again for all the info, especially about checking out /vr/. I'll do some more research on my own, but you gave me a great starting point.

>>14000727

>soul calibur II

>Dreamcast

What nigger???

>>13960547

Finding a dreamcast nowadays is pretty hard

Its been a long time since I played the emulator, but I grew up playing the console and loved it. Not sure which sonic It was but I remember collecting a lot of those creatures and raising them. It seemed the emulator wouldn't actually save data, it would say it saved but if you restarted the emu then the save data was gone and found no options for savestates, I found I site saying it was broken so gave up. Is there a good emu for dreamcast that ain't broken? I've used a lot of emu's I know you gotta mess with setting and stuff sometimes… Or maybe there was a section of options I missed in the emu… Not sure what the name of the emulator was but I all ways go to www.emuparadise.me

>>14013266

Get Demul.

>>13959685

It was also really easy to pirate games.

>>14016852

Piracy doesn't mean shit if the console itself didn't sell.

>>14018033

Record of lodoss war had was pretty fun. Some good lel dialog choices that can get you rekt and there is a display case in your home where you can display all of your unique weapons you find in the game.