On top of that, while the Dreamcast has no capability of outputting YPbPr like the PS2 can, it doesn't have to deal with any RGsB nonsense.Īs for the games, you'll find some exclusives, like House of the Dead 2, Samba de Amigo, Sega GT, Shenmue 1 and 2, Sonic Shuffle, Soulcalibur, Virtua Fighter 3, Virtua Tennis faithful arcade ports, like GigaWing 1 and 2 cross-plats that also appeared on the PS2, like Quake III Arena, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Rez, Seaman, Typing of the Dead, Space Channel 5 and, due to its release prior to any other 6th-gen console, cross-plats from the previous generation, like Gauntlet Legends, Hydro Thunder, Re-Volt, Resident Evil 2 and 3, Test Drive 6, V-Rally 2, Worms World Party, and Worms Armageddon. Overall, as far as image quality and hardware support, I believe the Dreamcast has way more native support for 480p than the PS2, and tricking normally-480i-only DC games into 480p is simple if you have something like a Toro box or a GDEMU with GDMenu, which gives you probably 99% game coverage for 480p (and the last handful of games that don't support RGB or actually don't normally support 480p can be handled by modified disc images and a GDEMU). I don't think I can list everything, but I can give you a few examples. Does the DC need some kind of adapter to output 480p through a vga cable?Ĭlassicgamer wrote:First, is it worth it from a game library point of view for someone who already has a PS2? I missed the PS2 / Dreamcast era the first time round as it happened when I was at college where I temporarily lost all interest in gaming to focus on the persuit of vagina. Is anyone here using one? If so, which one did you go for and how is it for loading times (compared to disc)?Ĭonsoles that come with a vga cable cost at least double the price but there are eBay sellers in spain offering DC VGA cables for $12-$15. Either spend $500 on a "name brand" one from here or spend $65 on one from China. There seems to be two options for SD card readers. Does that apply to Japanese titles too or can you only use backups of US titles on a US Dreamcast? What's the deal with region locking? I saw that, with early models, they can run our "legally made backups" with no hardware mods. Amazing time.I'm toying with the idea of picking up one of the cheap Dreamcasts off eBay while they are still cheap but I have questions.įirst, is it worth it from a game library point of view for someone who already has a PS2? I missed the PS2 / Dreamcast era the first time round as it happened when I was at college where I temporarily lost all interest in gaming to focus on the persuit of vagina. Dreamcast forever!Įdit: just counted them up and pretty sure i had 55 games in that small 2 year period just for U.S. While I think the top Nintendo games reach higher highs, Sega released so many more very high quality games that spoke to me. I don't even want to count the hours I put in on PSO. You realize Jet Grind Radio, Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia came out in 3 consecutive weeks in the U.S.? This is the kind of output I'm talking about. Also the creative output from internal Sega is still to this day unmatched in my opinion from 1 studio for a 2 year time frame. 90's arcade Sega was something special and finally getting good arcade versions was magical. I bought an import Dreamcast that first Christmas with VF, Sonic and soon after Sega Rally 2. I know there are objectively better systems and systems I own more games for, but there was something about the Dreamcast. Still to this day my favorite console ever made.
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