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[Jasoco]

I may buy myself a DreamCast tomorrow at the GameStop. They're $30 used, and they have a bunch of games for it. Used of course. I'll look into it tomorrow or Sunday, whenever.

First off, should I get the $30 used one? Or risk eBay and try to get a better deal? Or wait it out for them to go down to $20 whenever that may be, at which point the games'll probably be gone. I'd rather go the GS route since they've tested them and I can return it if I have to.

Anyway, what games should I look for? I'm gonna get Sonic Adventure no matter what. But what others? I don't know what else they have, but I'll look for whatever you people say I should look for.

I think I'm gonna like this newfound Game collecting hobby. A bit cheaper than collecting Macs.

Edit: Just changed the title.

[Artlover]

$30.00 is a good price for a tested & known working unit.

Games to get....

Dead or Alive 2
Evolution 2 (or the original Evolution if they don't have #2)
Tee Off Golf
D2
4x4 Evo
South Park - Chef's Luv Shack
Chu Chu Rocket
Wild Metal
Toy Racer
Tech Romancer
Shenmue

[JankenTheGreat]

Definitley get:
Shenmue
Sonic Adventures 1&2
House Of The Dead 2
Evolution
Power Stone 1&2
Atari Anniversary Edition
Sega Bass Fishing
Marvel Vs. Capcom

[Jasoco]

How about that Tomb Raider: Revelations game? Was that any good? GameStop.com has it listed at $7.99 which suggests not really since Sonic is almost $20. But I've never bought a Tomb Raider game so I'd like to try it out. (I only played that demo that came out when they were developing it for Sony's "Up and coming Sony PSX" back in 199x-whatever.

In fact, I might have a weird last minute decision and get a PSX instead for the same price if they have the TR Trilogy. But since eventually I'll get both, it doesn't matter. I just wanna play Sonic Adventure on the DC.

[JankenTheGreat]

Jasoco said:

How about that Tomb Raider: Revelations game? Was that any good? GameStop.com has it listed at $7.99 which suggests not really since Sonic is almost $20. But I've never bought a Tomb Raider game so I'd like to try it out. (I only played that demo that came out when they were developing it for Sony's "Up and coming Sony PSX" back in 199x-whatever.

In fact, I might have a weird last minute decision and get a PSX instead for the same price if they have the TR Trilogy. But since eventually I'll get both, it doesn't matter. I just wanna play Sonic Adventure on the DC.

I have Revelations. Its ok, but the first levels, where they teach you the controls, are so damn hard and boring, its likely to make you not care about the rest of the game.

[Jasoco]

Were the later levels good? After getting past the hard ones.

[chrisbid]

space channel 5
virtua tennis
virtua fighter 3tb
crazy taxi
mars matrix
gunbird 2
gigawing 1 & 2
skies of arcadia
project justice
street fighter III
any SNK fighter

oh... there are so many great games for the DC

[ubersaurus]

All good choices, also go for
bangai-o
Grandia 2
Bomberman Online

Great games, those.

[King Atari]

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Were the later levels good? After getting past the hard ones.  
 
 

I don't find those hard as much as they are boring. The later levels are a lot of fun, I think. Definitely pick it up.

Get Resident Evil: Code Veronica for sure. If you like wrestling, get WWF Royal Rumble. It's a port of the arcade game, and even though a lot of people don't like it, I found it to be pretty fun.

[shep]

pretty much all the games above I was going to suggest! I didnt read them all some Im just going to list a few games:

Sonic Adventure
Soul Calibur
Unreal Tournament
Quake III
Sega Smash Pack
Power Stone 2
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Jet Grind Radio

[bergbros]

Dreamcast might be the best console gaming bargain going. Great hardware and some cutting edge games at a bargain basement price. Heck it is cheaper than the SNES at Gamestop. Anyway, gamewise Soul Calibur is the definitive fighter and I'm not into fighters. Crazy Taxi is good too as well as Unreal and Quake.

[Jasoco]

Boy, looks like I'll be getting a lot of games I probably won't play. But if it helps me have a nice collection, why not?

Anyway, actually, at my GS, the DC and SNES are about the same price. At least in the store. According to the site, everything used and old is priced higher. I'd think they'd use the prices from the computer, not some special online prices that are actually higher than the in-store prices.

Whatever. I like being able to walk into a store and buy something when I'm not sure what I'll be getting. It ensures I can make sure before I buy.

Boy, pretty soon the employees'll know me more than they already do. I've already been in there buying a used Zelda, Crash Bandicoot game, Genesis, some games, and a lot more. They'll be like, "Uh oh, here he comes again. Raise the prices on the used games."

I wonder when the Buy Two Get One Free deal ends...

If only they had some Saturn stuff. And some of the other flops. I guess if the DC hadn't been as popular before it flopped as it was, they wouldn't have THAT either.


Edit: How about 18-Wheeler? I remember when it was coming out that I liked the premise and wanted it so bad. Is it worth it? At the time it was only gonna be on the DC. And I just wanted it as well as Crazy Taxi.

[Jasoco]

How about 18-Wheeler? I remember when it was coming out that I liked the premise and wanted it so bad. Is it worth it? At the time it was only gonna be on the DC. And I just wanted it as well as Crazy Taxi.

Then I got CT on the GCN a while back and it was great... until I got Simpsons Road Rage and the handling was s much easier and I completely forgot how to play CT and so I traded it in.

Though, I'll probably eventually get CT and CT2 as well as the Xbox CT3 (Even if it does have 1 and 2 in it).

[tiggerthehun]

I gotta second "virtua tennis" - one KILLER game... Get four people together for doubles, and you've got an instant party. Easy to pick up - easy to play... Good stuff.

[DeV0]

If you have the time buy anything and everything. The only game i never liked enough to try again was mr driller. If youve got friend over then definately get Virtual on!

[Foxy Cleopatra]

18 Wheeler is fun but fairly short

Jet Grind Radio is great
I love Space Channel 5
If you can find it Stupid Invaders is hilarious and fun totally under-rated..
Alone in the Dark is pretty good (scared the crap out of me)
Max Steel was also pretty fun
Ms. Pac-Man Maze and Frogger were good
I enjoyed Omikron (after I got cheats for it because I got stuck)

Whatever you do though DO NOT get Dragon Riders of Pern!! I cannot say enough bad things about this game.

[Jasoco]

I got it! My Dreamcast! I got it for $30, Sonic Adventure 1 for $8 used, Crazy Taxi for free because of the sale and a brand new VMU in black. This system was so cool. It's a shame it didn't last. I especially like the little animations the VMU plays when you start the game.

The Sonic game was the original that came with the system back in the day. It came with a demo of Sonic 2 that has a disclaimer saying it was a work in progress and the speech is in Japanese. Pretty cool. Funny thing is the level music has no voices. Just music. Did the DC of the full game have voice? And was it in Japanese or English?

It's also cool to see the ads in the demo are way different than the GCN version. Wonder what they were like in the Japanese version. I'll get it when the price comes down a bit. Still $23, I bought the GCN version for a little over that.

Still, cool none the less.

They have Virtua Tennis and I'll get it later since someone recommended it.

Tomorrow I'll go back and do more shopping for misc games and such. Much of the used DC games are cheap.

[Brian R.]

I've got 35 DC games. Those I think are must haves - defined as in I still play them frequently - and no DC owner should be without:

Crazy Taxi 1 or 2 (both if you can swing it)
Dead or Alive 2
Jet Grind Radio - absolutely groundbreaking!
Looney Tunes Space Race - Lots of fun, incredible graphics, like playing a cartoon! Don't let the name throw you off, don't dismiss it.
Sega Bass Fishing
Virtua Tennis
Shenmue (Shenmue 2, Euro version is worth importing)
Soul Calibur

Other good ones:

House of the Dead 2
Hydro Thunder
San Fransisco Rush
Seaman
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2
Daytona USA
NFL 2K1/2 - haven't played it for a while, but I got a lot of fun out of 2K1

I just picked up Mr. Driller at TRU tonight. They finally marked down their remaining DC games. It's the only retail store I know of that still has DC games (stores like Circuit City, Best Buy and FYE cleared theirs out months ago). You might get some good deals there. Driller cost me $9.90.

[Jasoco]

I got Crazy Taxi 1, they had 2 but it was $13. I'll look into it anyway. It's on my list.

I know they had Bass Fishing. Doesn't that require that fishing pole controller? They have one if it does.

They had Virtua Tennis. I'm gonna look into that as well.

Didn't see Soul Calibur, but they had the demo running consteantly on two TV's out of sync by a second so it kept saying it over and over. Either way, the guy did mention it was the best game. Maybe I'll get lucky.

They did have Seaman, but doesn't that one really require the headset or mic or whatever? I don't know if they have that, I'll ask tomorrow, but I wanted to try it since it came out.'

They also have Daytona USA I believe. I'll look at that one. We had it as a demo at my old job and it was.. fun I guess. Another racer. I don't see many differences between them, though. But I'll look at it.

Didn't see Mr. Driller, but I'll keep my eye open. The other one too.

I think they also had Frogger there as well. I forgot all the games they had, but I'll look.

On another note. I think my Sonic disc is broked. It freezes in the same level at different times and points. Usually when loading a sound that hadn't played yet. Like breaking one of the bottles with the item in it. And the first when I passed a save point. Twice it happened. And it's a hard level. Wish it would stop doing that. I hope it's not really "broken" because they had no more and well.. I'd hate to lose it. Especially since I can't be sure I'll get that Sonic 2 Demo disc with it which may make my collection one day.

And another note, I forgot just how fun Crazy Taxi really was. I was spoiled by Simpsons Road Rage and CT didn't feel the same back when, so I traded in CT one day. Now I got it again on the system it was originally intended for and it's really fun again. Maybe it's because ever since the past few seasons, I've grown to hate The Simpsons for not going out on a high note when they could a few seasons ago. Now the show is almost unwatchable. At least reruns. There's no heart in the episodes anymore. It's too random.

Edit: Anyway, I just read a review of 12 Wheeler. And as cool as it looked back then, it really is too short. So I'll pass for now. At least until it hits $4 or so. Right now I think it's $12. CT was only $4 and it has more fun.

[DeV0]

Jasoco said:

It's also cool to see the ads in the demo are way different than the GCN version. Wonder what they were like in the Japanese version. I'll get it when the price comes down a bit. Still $23, I bought the GCN version for a little over that.

I have the Japanese version as i have a japanese DC, I can confirm there are no ads at all. I can also confirm that it was a bitch to finish in Japanese!

[PuddWakkr]

Your going to need to get yourself a copy of Ikaruga. After Soul Calibur I think it's the best game for the DC.

[vanman]

You have to get:
Jet Grind Radio
Ooga Booga
Alone in the Dark (never play with lights off)
Atari Anniversy (sorry if it is spelled wrong)
NFL 2k (great football game for great price)

[Brian R.]

Jasoco said:

I got Crazy Taxi 1, they had 2 but it was $13. I'll look into it anyway. It's on my list.

To me, Crazy Taxi 2 is just more of the same. I didn't notice a lot of difference, aside from the hopping ability. I'd suggest you get other games you want before going for sequels that are a lot like the originals.

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I know they had Bass Fishing. Doesn't that require that fishing pole controller? They have one if it does.

No, the fishing controller is NOT required, although there are probably those who would not play the game without it. Me, I've always played it with my regular controller, with a rumble pack, and that's satisified me.

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They did have Seaman, but doesn't that one really require the headset or mic or whatever? I don't know if they have that, I'll ask tomorrow, but I wanted to try it since it came out.

Seaman works with a microphone unit that plugs into the controller. Without the mic I'd think the game is pretty much useless. Originally the game came in a box with the mic included, although there was times I saw it for sale without the mic.

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On another note. I think my Sonic disc is broked. It freezes in the same level at different times and points. Usually when loading a sound that hadn't played yet. Like breaking one of the bottles with the item in it. And the first when I passed a save point. Twice it happened. And it's a hard level. Wish it would stop doing that. I hope it's not really "broken" because they had no more and well.. I'd hate to lose it. Especially since I can't be sure I'll get that Sonic 2 Demo disc with it which may make my collection one day.

When I first bought my new DC at a Software Etc. I bought a used copy of Sonic Adventure. I had to return it, too. The disk just wouldn't play properly. That's why I avoid used games on CDs.

P.S. After playing it for a while yesterday, I can definitely add Mr. Driller to my recommended list. The game is a lot of fun. I like the graphics and the music. Very simple to pick up and play, but there are a lot of nuances you have to figure out if you want to be really good at it. It's also fun comparing the opening of this "Namco" game to the other well-known DC "Namco" game, Soul Calibur - namely, the voice that says "Namco" at the start.

[shaggy]

Jasoco said:

How about that Tomb Raider: Revelations game? Was that any good? GameStop.com has it listed at $7.99 which suggests not really since Sonic is almost $20. But I've never bought a Tomb Raider game so I'd like to try it out. (I only played that demo that came out when they were developing it for Sony's "Up and coming Sony PSX" back in 199x-whatever.

In fact, I might have a weird last minute decision and get a PSX instead for the same price if they have the TR Trilogy. But since eventually I'll get both, it doesn't matter. I just wanna play Sonic Adventure on the DC.

Don't get Tomb Raider!!! I'm warning you right now!! I quit playing the game cuz the controls r so shitty.

[Jasoco]

Too late.

I'm back.

I picked up 9 used games. 6 for my DC:
Seaman with Microphone - $4.99
Evolution: The World of Sacred Device - $5.99
Jet Grind Radio - $7.99
Daytona USA - $12.99
Tomb Raider: Revelations - One of the Free games ($4.99)
Shenmue - Free ($7.99)

Other than that, I got some NES crap:
Batman - Free ($2.99)
Ghost Busters 2 in box - $2.99
NES Game Genie - $2.99 (Maybe now I can play my games again)

Oh, and some contemptible scoundrel bought Virtua Tennis. Now I'm disappointed.

On another note, Shenmue is a pretty good game. The graphics are realistic and the stuff in it is pretty cool. My brother bought a Toy Capsule in a vending machine and got an Amy figurine.