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My first Dreamcast

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:45 pm
by blackball2186
Im getting my very own Dreamcast this weekend, but i cant figure out which games i should get. Any ideas on what I ought to get?

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:21 pm
by Light-Dark
blackball2186 wrote:Im getting my very own Dreamcast this weekend, but i cant figure out which games i should get. Any ideas on what I ought to get?
SONIC ADVENTURE
SONIC ADVENTURE 2

:D!

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:52 pm
by Thel
I thought that I might buy a DC (new)...as soon as I can afford one!

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:48 pm
by Falco Girgis
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Shenmue
Jet grind radio
Quake 3 Arena
Unreal tournament
Samba de amigo
Phantasy Star Online ver2.0
Space channel 5
Resident evil 2, 3, Code Veronica
Grandia 2
Skies of Arcadia
Powerstone 1, 2

I'm definitely missing some gems, but that's off the top of my head.

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:00 pm
by dandymcgee
Haha, that's awesome. I opted to buy a Super Nintento first, as I've never owned one and really wanted to play Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger first-hand. I lost all the consoles I had as a kid so at some point I will be purchasing an NES and a Sega Genesis. I didn't grow up with the pseudo 3D graphics of the N64 or DreamCast, so although I'd like to have those at some point as well, I may find it hard to enjoy that style of graphics considering my lack of nostalgia for them. I do have an Atari 2600 though.

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:07 pm
by Trask
dandymcgee wrote:Haha, that's awesome. I opted to buy a Super Nintento first, as I've never owned one and really wanted to play Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger first-hand. I lost all the consoles I had as a kid so at some point I will be purchasing an NES and a Sega Genesis. I didn't grow up with the pseudo 3D graphics of the N64 or DreamCast, so although I'd like to have those at some point as well, I may find it hard to enjoy that style of graphics considering my lack of nostalgia for them. I do have an Atari 2600 though.
Dandy, your post made this come to mind: http://qkme.me/3orn7q

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:58 pm
by blackball2186
Awesome that ought to narrow down my choices dramatically, currently have an Atari, NES, SNES, N64, turbo graphix, msx, neogeo, gameboy ( original big grey brick) , ps1, 2 and 3, Xbox, and wii. I also need to find dragon quest 8 , as I've never played the series and I was recommended to start with that one.

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:32 pm
by k1net1k
On dreamcast Virtua Tennis was the first one that i actually liked, and StreetFighter alpha 2 i think it was, was the first streetfighter i liked. Apart from that I cant even remember what other games i played on dc.

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:50 pm
by dandymcgee
Trask wrote:
dandymcgee wrote:Haha, that's awesome. I opted to buy a Super Nintento first, as I've never owned one and really wanted to play Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger first-hand. I lost all the consoles I had as a kid so at some point I will be purchasing an NES and a Sega Genesis. I didn't grow up with the pseudo 3D graphics of the N64 or DreamCast, so although I'd like to have those at some point as well, I may find it hard to enjoy that style of graphics considering my lack of nostalgia for them. I do have an Atari 2600 though.
Dandy, your post made this come to mind: http://qkme.me/3orn7q
Lol. All the consoles older than 1999 at least. 8-)

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:04 pm
by blackball2186
Thx everybody, just ordered my Dreamcast, along with Sonic adventure and Grandia 2 , cant wait for them to get here :mrgreen:

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:53 pm
by Falco Girgis
dandymcgee wrote:Haha, that's awesome. I opted to buy a Super Nintento first, as I've never owned one and really wanted to play Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger first-hand. I lost all the consoles I had as a kid so at some point I will be purchasing an NES and a Sega Genesis. I didn't grow up with the pseudo 3D graphics of the N64 or DreamCast, so although I'd like to have those at some point as well, I may find it hard to enjoy that style of graphics considering my lack of nostalgia for them. I do have an Atari 2600 though.
What the fuck? Did you just call the Dreamcast's graphics "psuedo 3D?" You also lumped it with the same generation as the N64, even though it is graphically on par with the PS2 and is from the PS2/GC/XBox generation? You're about to get bitch slapped.

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ZOMG! FAKE 3D!

Calling the Dreamcast or N64 "psuedo 3D," because you don't like the graphics is the same thing as me calling the NES psuedo 2D. It's completely incorrect. I wouldn't care about the N64, but NOOOOOOBODY talks shit about the Dreamcast in my presence! ;) ;) ;)

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:14 pm
by blackball2186
you tell em

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:24 pm
by VolsporTV
Horrid bitch slap there mate. Good job Falco. xD
Dreamcast has amazing graphics, no doubt.

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:36 pm
by dandymcgee
GyroVorbis wrote:What the fuck? Did you just call the Dreamcast's graphics "psuedo 3D?" You also lumped it with the same generation as the N64, even though it is graphically on par with the PS2 and is from the PS2/GC/XBox generation? You're about to get bitch slapped.
Yes.. most of those are psuedo 3D in my opinion (that entire list of consoles, not the dreamcast screenshots you posted, a few of those are pretty fucking amazing actually). It really depends on the game though. While the first screenshot is obviously low prim, the textures are ridiculously good. Sonic is sonic.. doesn't make any difference what shape he is so long as he's blue with red shoes. Sambo De Amigo is a rhymthm game, so graphics are irrelevant that shit is still fun as hell.

My definition of pseudo 3D as a term i made up on the spot (perhaps you've seen it used otherwise) is noticeably low-primitive 3D objects. There are always exceptions, and no game (or console) should be judged solely on graphics, hence me ALSO saying that I would likely buy one when I am able to try it out for myself (which you conveniently forgot to mention). ;)

Re: My first Dreamcast

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:57 pm
by superLED
dandymcgee wrote:
GyroVorbis wrote:What the fuck? Did you just call the Dreamcast's graphics "psuedo 3D?" You also lumped it with the same generation as the N64, even though it is graphically on par with the PS2 and is from the PS2/GC/XBox generation? You're about to get bitch slapped.
Yes.. most of those are psuedo 3D in my opinion (that entire list of consoles, not the dreamcast screenshots you posted, a few of those are pretty fucking amazing actually). It really depends on the game though. While the first screenshot is obviously low prim, the textures are ridiculously good. Sonic is sonic.. doesn't make any difference what shape he is so long as he's blue with red shoes. Sambo De Amigo is a rhymthm game, so graphics are irrelevant that shit is still fun as hell.

My definition of pseudo 3D as a term i made up on the spot (perhaps you've seen it used otherwise) is noticeably low-primitive 3D objects. There are always exceptions, and no game (or console) should be judged solely on graphics, hence me ALSO saying that I would likely buy one when I am able to try it out for myself (which you conveniently forgot to mention). ;)
Pseudo 3D... Isn't that what Doom was? And Wolfenstein? It has nothing to do with how low the 'prims' are.
I mean, it looks a lot like it's actual 3D, but it's just a trick for the eye?

If an object/space has a with, height and a depth, it is a 3D object/space, no matter what.