On September 12th, 2009, Game Freak and Nintendo released Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver. This marks the first return to Johto in nine or ten years (depending on which side of the Pacific you are on.) To commemorate the remakes of the most beloved generation of Pokemon games so far, we’ve provided you with [...]

Jet Grind Radio
Developer: Smilebit
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Action
Release Date: 10/30/00

PAX, to me, seems like an unlikely event. Ten years of growth and loyalty to a couple of guys that wrote a web comic that struck to the heart of games and gamers and developed into a large and thriving community of game loving individuals and nerdcore people in general. I remember when they hooked [...]

The Typing of the Dead
Developer: Smilebit
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Typing
Release Date: 01/23/2001

Grandia II
Developer: Game Arts
Publisher: UbiSoft
Genre: Tactical RPG
Release Date: 12/6/2000
Since well before I started writing for Diehard GameFAN, we’ve basically made one major point when it came to the Dreamcast: the average gamer didn’t know what they were missing. While the Playstation era was getting all of the mainstream attention and hits, Sega’s little box that [...]

Carrier
Publisher: Jaleco
Developer: Jaleco
Genre: Survival Horror
Release Date: 1/31/2000
Ahhh, the halcyon days of survival horror – the late 90s. After Resident Evil made its big splash stateside, there was a lot of selfsame flotsam following in the wake (wasn’t there one with dinosaurs?). Carrier is another piece of the flotsam. It tries to punch [...]

Giga Wing
Developer: Takumi
Publisher: Capcom
Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up
Release Date: 11/11/99 (JP), 07/19/00 (NA)
Giga Wing has the distinction of being the first 2-D shooter released for the Dreamcast. When it came out, it got shredded in the reviews, which I’ve never quite understood. Yes, I realize not everyone’s going to like every game, but I was [...]

Half-Minute Hero
Developer: Marvelous Entertainment
Publisher: XSEED
Genre: Roleplaying
Release Date: 10/20/2009

I was able to attend the Need for Speed event at the BLVD nightclub in New York City recently along with my colleague and fiancee, the beautiful Aileen Coe. A big deal has been made about NFS:S being a chance for the Need for Speed franchise as EA tries to expand the brand a bit. [...]

The House of the Dead 2
Developer: AM1
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Rail Shooter
Release Date: 09/09/1999

Sakura Taisen Complete Box
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Red Company/Overworks
Genre: SRPG-Dating Sim Hybrid
Release Date: 03/21/2002
There’s no better Dreamcast title to highlight today on 09.09.09 than the Sakura Taisen Complete Box. Not only is it one of the rarest and most expensive Dreamcast titles of all time, but as the Sakura Taisen series eclipsed even Sonic in terms of [...]

If you’re a long time reader of Diehard GameFAN, or my video game ramblings in particular, then you know that the Sakura Taisen, or Sakura Wars franchise is my favorite video game series of all time. You’ll also notice that in honour of the Dreamcast’s 10th anniversary, I have a retrospective on the [...]

Mars Matrix
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Takumi
Genre: Bullet Hell Shoot ‘Em Up
Release Date: 04/30/2001
Oh Takumi, how I love you. You may not have been Treasure level awesome, but you gave us two Giga Wings, Night Raid, and of course Mars Matrix. Although Mars Matrix isn’t my favourite shooter on the Dreamcast (That would be Ikaruga, which [...]

Gunbird 2
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Psikyo
Genre: Vertical Shooter
Release Date: 11/17/2000
Ah Psikyo. This is the second of your games to be featured here in the 30 Days of Dreamcast feature. It’s another shooter, but unlike Cannon Spike and its Smash TV style gameplay, Gunbird 2 is a classic old school vertical scrolling shooter filled with seven levels of [...]

Capcom Vs. SNK
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Genre: 2-D Fighting
Release Date: 11/09/2000
Royal Rumble was my first Dreamcast game. Sakura Taisen Complete is my favourite game for the system. Segagaga elicits the most emotion from me. Capcom Vs. SNK however is, for me, the pivotal game for the system. As a long time fighting game fan, this [...]

Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm
Publisher: Crave
Developer: Treyarch
Genre: Action RPG
Release Date: 02/28/2000
Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm is an action RPG made by Treyarch, who is better known for their trilogy of Spider-Man games. You know, the one where you die if you touch the ground? That was one of them. They also made Call of [...]

Sword of the Berserk: Guts Rage
Genre: Hack and Slash
Developer: ASCII Entertainment
Publisher: Eidos
Released: 02/29/00

Silver
Publisher: Spiral House
Developer: Infrogrames (Now Atari)
Genre: Action RPG
Release Date: 06/29/2000

Death Crimson OX
Publisher: Sammy
Developer: Ecole
Genre: Rail Shooter
Release Date: 08/05/2001