Sega Dreamcast - a classic machine?

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old.Munkie

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Personally if I didn't have one already I would be dead keen on hunting one down bearing in mind the current price and quality of its back catalogue.


I rate it a classic console which just didn't get a fair deal cos Sega fucked up the marketing.

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Sir Frizz

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one ground breaking game and that is all:

shenmue:sleeping:
 
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old.Munkie

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WHOOAAAA!!!


Hold it there cowboy!

What about Virtua Tennis?
 
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Happy Go Lucky

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nah .. I haven't played much of shenmue, but it tries to be a film as well as a game and ends up being neither. The acting is awful.. I like the freedom, and it's not overly difficult, unlike the stupid puzzles you have to solve in zelda once you get off lv1.

/looking forward to tennis 2
 
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Wazzerphuk

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You seem to be forgetting the likes of Metropolis Street Racer, Phantasy Star Online, Jet Set Radio, Soul Calibur etc....

The DC was, and still is a classic machine. too bad the general public being sony fanboys they are ruined the DC. Rather than thinking for themselevs.
 
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MYstIC G

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Dreamcast had the ideas, didnt pull off the end result, just like the saturn, mega CD, 32x, etc. Sega have always had the right theories, but they never came alive.
 
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Embattle

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My dad might get one so the family can carry on playing bomberman :)
 
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old.Kurt_Angle

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Originally posted by MYstIC G
Sega have always had the right theories, but they never came alive.
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The 32x was a good idea?

Lol:)
 
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Wij

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Originally posted by Wazzerphuk
You seem to be forgetting the likes of Metropolis Street Racer, Phantasy Star Online, Jet Set Radio, Soul Calibur etc....
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Yup. The DC has loads of great games and you can pick them up for a tenner each.

If you don't already have one, grab one quick. You won't regret it ppl ! :)
 
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old.Armageddon

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Of course it was a classical machine - look at the originality of games?

Crazy Taxi, JSR, Shenmue, MSR, PSO - these are ones i've literally thought of in seconds.

The DC was also the greatest host for my favourite genre; Fighters. Looking beyond the quite frankly disgraceful PAL market, the DC saw a massive amount of elite fighters such as Guilty Gear X, CVS 1 and 2, A3... The list goes on.

Indeed, not many people can put Sega at fault. Anyone play Seaman? I'm guessing not cos people were so into the warez scene they didn't bother investing into a game that was bundled with the Mic. Seaman is probably the best example of an A-Life sim once you get passed the problems with the accent recognition.

Even the Saturn had games that were vastly overlooked -> Radiant Silvergun anyone?

Sighs.

/me wishes the DC would have lived forever
/me powers up CVS2 to bust some combos out.

Visit www.cornertrap.com for news and events regarding popular arcade fighting games. Ja na. (and check out my CVS2 movie ;D )
 
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Wij

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Not got CvS2 yet. But I will soon. My Saturn is still in my living room and Radiant Silvergun is never far away :D (along with Rainbow Islands :D)
 
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bodhi

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Originally posted by Wazzerphuk
You seem to be forgetting the likes of Metropolis Street Racer, Phantasy Star Online, Jet Set Radio, Soul Calibur etc....

The DC was, and still is a classic machine. too bad the general public being sony fanboys they are ruined the DC. Rather than thinking for themselevs.
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MSR - average. Not really a patch on Gran Turismo.

Soul Calibur - Tekken with weapons. Great innovation there. Shame they ruined it.
PSO and JSR - Haven't played so can't comment.

I dunno if I'd accuse the general public of being Sony fanboys. I'd accuse them of buying the machine with the best games on it.
 
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old.Munkie

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Why the fuck didn't the basids release Samba de Amigo and Guilty Gear X in the UK?!:eek:



F00kers.
 
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old.Armageddon

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Originally posted by Bodhi

Soul Calibur - Tekken with weapons. Great innovation there. Shame they ruined it.
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You claim not to be a fanboy then come out with some fanboy comment like that?

The differences between the 2 are staggering with regards to technique and advanced skills.

Single frame attacks in SC?

How about Just Frame attacks in TTT?

Air control in SC?

Parrying?

Wave dashes in Tag?

More Okizeme in SC?

How about move buffering Ivy's Soul Suffering which means to movement methods?

Play your games before you decide to compare them.
 
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Ch3tan

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I have a DC, I have 4 games.

I really couldnt be arsed to buy them at the time, but now at a tenner each i'm planning a spend a thon :)
 
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old.Armageddon

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Originally posted by Munkie
Why the fuck didn't the basids release Samba de Amigo and Guilty Gear X in the UK?!:eek:



F00kers.
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Samba came out - GGX didn't - Damn them!

There's a PC port of GGX on the way if anyone is interested.
 
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bodhi

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Originally posted by Armageddon


You claim not to be a fanboy then come out with some fanboy comment like that?

The differences between the 2 are staggering with regards to technique and advanced skills.

Single frame attacks in SC?

How about Just Frame attacks in TTT?

Air control in SC?

Parrying?

Wave dashes in Tag?

More Okizeme in SC?

How about move buffering Ivy's Soul Suffering which means to movement methods?

Play your games before you decide to compare them.
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The fact they use the same Game Engine?

The fact that they share a character whose moves are identical in both games?

Grow a brain before you try looking intelligent.

And where did I claim not to be a Sony fanboy? I'll buy any console that has PlayStation on it, as I know great games will come out for it.
 
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old.Armageddon

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Originally posted by Bodhi


The fact they use the same Game Engine?

The fact that they share a character whose moves are identical in both games?

Grow a brain before you try looking intelligent.

And where did I claim not to be a Sony fanboy? I'll buy any console that has PlayStation on it, as I know great games will come out for it.
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You make no comments regarding mine - are these terms beyond you? The fact that moves are similar or even the same doesn't suggest the games are the same - or "Tekken with weapons". That's like saying that Street Fighter Alpha 2 is the same of Alpha 3 - is it not?

It looks the same? Hey it uses the same CPS2 board? Shame they're totally different games.

Grow a brain? What kind of a retort is that? If you're trying to insult my intelligence you've failed quite horribly as i've got backgrounds in pretty much any of the mainstream fighter that's been on the market. I build combo movies for a UK based gaming site for christ sake :D

I spent the day playing VF4 - but there's no point - after all it's just like VF3 right? :D
 
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bodhi

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Originally posted by Armageddon


I build combo movies for a UK based gaming site for christ sake :D
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Did you tell them you know jack shit about fighting games then?
 
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old.Kurt_Angle

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Give it up.

You have bitten off more than you can chew for a change.

The guys got you beat, and your last post just smells of desperation.
 
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old.Jayminator

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Originally posted by MYstIC G
Dreamcast had the ideas, didnt pull off the end result, just like the saturn, mega CD, 32x, etc. Sega have always had the right theories, but they never came alive.
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The 32-X for one didn't have "the right theory" at all, its success was always going to be stunted by the fact that Sega just released it as stop gap until the Saturn came out.

Sega's ideas have often been very, very strange. The actual games they make were/are great, just a shame every other part of Sega was run by chimps.
 
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old.Jayminator

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And to the guy who says that Soul Calibur is just Tekken with weapons... the entire fucking world would disagree with that outlandish and ill-conceived statement.

Soul Calibur is so much better than Tekken it hurts. I suggest you actually play the game to an actual level of competence before talking about the game again, as at the moment you are simply making an ass out of yourself in front of a more informed majority.
 
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Sir Frizz

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Originally posted by Jayminator
And to the guy who says that Soul Calibur is just Tekken with weapons... the entire fucking world would disagree with that outlandish and ill-conceived statement.

Soul Calibur is so much better than Tekken it hurts. I suggest you actually play the game to an actual level of competence before talking about the game again, as at the moment you are simply making an ass out of yourself in front of a more informed majority.
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ahhh, but did you give tekken the same chance as soul calibur?
 
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