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The El Dorado Gate series, if you like old-school RPGs with glorious artwork/sprites...through VGA, this game is amazing.
I second Shenmue II. The PAL version runs fine on my DC.
I second Illbleed, if you're that type of gamer.
Ooga Booga if you have friends.
Floigan Bros.
Ecco
Most of these are fairly cheap now, so it shouldn't break your budget. :)
I think my top five is probably...
1. Bangai-O
2. Jet Grind Radio
3. Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram
4. TechRomancer
5. Soul Calibur
This is not including games that have been ported to other systems like Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, Skies of Arcadia, and Ikaruga which would've made the list had they remained Dreamcast exclusive.
My top five tops everyone elses:
1.) Toy Commander
2.) Toy Commander
3.) Toy Commander
4.) Toy Commander
5.) Jet Grind Radio
Toy Commander is in 16:9 widescreen as well. It is one of the few Dreamcast games I still need to obtain.
Let's see. Opinions of the games I've purchased so far:
Crazy Taxi - Arcade perfect. Short as hell, but I think the sheer size of the two cities more than makes up for this. Shame there's no two-player mode, though. Blue, sunny skies, rocking soundtrack (is that the Offspring?), copmletely unrealistic physics, fun as hell - Sega spirit in one shiny spinny GD-ROM.
Chu Chu Rocket! - oh my God. Oh my God. I'm in love.
Worms World Party - Not bad. A great conversion of the PC version, but I'm not so keen on the lack of voice samples. It's still got daft weaponry, though, and the ability to blow players 2, 3 and 4 out of the screen.
Toy Commander - I don't know. The manual isn't that clear on how to play the game - even ingame, there isn't much clue as to what you're supposed to do. How do I drop sugar lumps into the cocoa? What button drops them? How do I pick them up? Do they come equipped at the start of the mission? Aaaaargh! It's great looking, though. I love the cel-shaded intro.
Power Stone - Still yet to play this. The disc only seems to work when it feels like it :/
Eluuuuuuuusive, just use gamefaqs, or here: "A-Machine gun/ DropQuote:
Originally Posted by Elusive
B-Special weapon/ Pick up
Y-Switch special weapon/ Switch highlighted transported item
X-Switch vehicle when immobile on a flat surface
R-Accelerate
L-Brake
Dpad-Changes camera angles (Note: With fighter planes you have to dive bomb
just to see the bombing marker, while bomber planes have better a
better view to bomb while flying by)
Analog joystick-Changes direciton/ Distance vehicles shoots bombs/ Vertical
posistion with helicopter"
-cythknight's gamefaqs walkthrough
I recently found out my Dreamcast still worked, which means the world to me. However, I only have...four games for it (at the time, most of my Dreamcast experiences were rentals). I have:
-The House Of The Dead 2
-Sonic Adventure
-Sonic Adventure 2
-Gundam 0079 Side Story
So...I need suggestions. What else should I look for to try? My next Dreamcast purchases are going to be Confidential Mission, Outtrigger, and Quake 3. Opinions? Comments? Suggestions? Any bit of Dreamcast knoweldge you can impart on me would be greately appreciated.
Ooooh, thanks.
I'm going to merge this thread with that one, so we can have all our DC discussion in one place.
Don't forget to get Toy Commander. It will own your soul!!!:?Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash1087
Quake 3 is virtually unplayable without the keyboard/mouse combo. Using the colour buttons to move and the analogue stick to aim is very, very difficult. Other than that, it's an almost-exact port of the PC original. I've heard it's also possible to play against players of the PC version online, although I can't vouch for this. It's a minor detail, but I love how the VMU displays your character's icon ingame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash1087
Looking past the control difficulties, though, the game is a pretty fun no-brainer 'frag everything that isn't you'-fest. Unless you like fragging bot after bot after bot the single-player mode can be dull, though.
Oh, and it very rarely shows a hint of slowdown, which surprised me considering how thick the action can get.
Now you tell me about Gundam and HotD :)
Also: Power Stone is haaaard. Yep, it's a Capcom fighter: fifteen seconds into the fight and I'm KO'd. I'm terrible at beat-em-ups unless I buttonmash :(
Gundam Side Story is, hands-down, my favorite giant-robot game ever. It's a combination of mech sim, FPS, and strategy. You get to command the other robots on your squad to waypoints you designate and even control their style of combat, ala Ghost Recon 1. The controls take some getting used to, but very responsive when you get the hang of it, and there's some decent customization options for your Gundam. All in all, it's pretty fun.
House of the Dead 2? What's there to say? One of the first light-gun games to implement branching mission paths and hidden areas, and while you never get any weapons other than a pistol (which is one of my favorite things about the Time Crisis series) it's pure, brainless, challenging, zombie-blasting fun. Plus, it has the most awesomely-bad voice acting I've ever heard.
"We're...meeting G over-THERE."
Gundam Side Story is okay. I get pissed off that I'm in a giant robot and my weapons except for the beam rifle are incredibly impotent. As far as customizartion goes it's leagues behind games like Mechwarrior and Armored Core. Also like most simulation games your helpers are complete and utter retards.
I did enjoy it though, it's a good choice when you're looking for a more slow paced and tactical game but unfortunately it's only like nine missions and once you beat them once you know exactly how to do it every time and it loses all replay value. If the game had more missions and a bigger variety of mobile suits instead of just two GM's and a Guncannon it could've been one of my favorite mech games. I still think the graphics detail is pretty nice even today.
I heard there's an extra disk released only in Japan that allows you to use the RX-78-2 Gundam itself as well as the other White Base mobile suits but I've yet to track it down.
Sounds alright, I might just pick that up if it's going cheap. Blowing things up is always fun :)
What about the four control ports - any games that allow for four-player silliness?