Category: Sega Dreamcast
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 15: Jet Grind Radio
Jet Grind Radio Developer: Smilebit Publisher: Sega Genre: Action Release Date: 10/30/00
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 14: The Typing of the Dead
The Typing of the Dead Developer: Smilebit Publisher: Sega Genre: Typing Release Date: 01/23/2001
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 13: Grandia II
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…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 12: Carrier
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…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 11: Giga Wing (DC)
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…
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30 Days of Dreamcast: Day 10 – The House of the Dead 2
The House of the Dead 2 Developer: AM1 Publisher: Sega Genre: Rail Shooter Release Date: 09/09/1999
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30 Days of Dreamcast: Day 9 – Sakura Taisen Complete Box
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…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 8: Mars Matrix
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…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 7: Gunbird 2
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…
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30 Days of Dreamcast: Day 5 – Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm
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…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 4: Sword of the Berserk: Guts Rage
Sword of the Berserk: Guts Rage Genre: Hack and Slash Developer: ASCII Entertainment Publisher: Eidos Released: 02/29/00
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30 Days of Dreamcast Day 3 – Silver
Silver Publisher: Spiral House Developer: Infrogrames (Now Atari) Genre: Action RPG Release Date: 06/29/2000
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 2: Death Crimson OX
Death Crimson OX Publisher: Sammy Developer: Ecole Genre: Rail Shooter Release Date: 08/05/2001
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 1: Cannon Spike
Cannon Spike Publisher: Capcom Developer: Psikyo Genre: Traditional Shooter Release Date: 11/14/2000
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Diehard GameFAN Presents: 30 Days of Dreamcast – The Preamble
On September 9th, 2009, we will have the tenth anniversary of the North American launch of the Sega Dreamcast. It’s a system that remains a fan favourite, even though it was the death knell for Sega as a hardware supplier. It might even surprise many of you that even though Sega no longer supports the…
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Review: Dux (Sega Dreamcast)
Dux Publisher: Hucast Developer: HUCAST.net & KonTechs Ltd. Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Release Date: 06/17/2009
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Review: Wind and Water Puzzle Battles (Sega Dreamcast)
Yes, you read that right. There’s a brand new game out for the Sega Dreamcast thanks to Yuan Works and Redspot Games. Now, is it any good? Click on through to find out!
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Dreamcast: Sega’s Last Scream
This month marks the 9 year anniversary of Sega’s swan song to the console race. Join us as we look back at the history of Sega Dreamcast and celebrate the games that we feel prove why the console should have lived on well beyond its years.
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Review: Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)
Crazy Taxi Publisher: Sega Developer: Hitmaker/AM3 Genre: Driving Release Date: 1/24/2000 Has it really been eight years since Crazy Taxi was ported from arcades to the last Sega console. Crazy Taxi was one of the Dreamcast’s biggest hits, selling over 1 million copies. It was the first game in the arcades to use Sega’s (then)…