Tag: 30 Days of Dreamcast
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 30: The Ring: Terror’s Realm
The Ring: Terror’s Realm Genre: Survival Horror Developer: Asmik Publisher: Atari Release Date: 08/22/00
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30 Days of Dreamcast: Day 29 – Rent-A-Hero No. 1
Rent-A-Hero No. 1 Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: SEGA Publisher: SEGA Release Date: 05/25/2000 It’s no secret that when it came to SEGA’s systems, the U.S. got boned on a ton of the company’s obscure and unique game titles. One of the company’s offerings that has a solid fanbase was the Rent A Hero franchise. It even,…
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30 Days of Dreamcast: Day 28 – Vampire Chronicle For Matching Service
Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service Publisher: Capcom Developer: Capcom Genre: 2-D Fighter Release Date: 08/10/2000 I remember that this was a college graduation gift to myself via the Dreamcast Direct mail order site. After all, Darkstalkers was my favourite fighting game series and now for the first time EVER, you could play a fighting game…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 27: Illbleed
ILLBLEED Genre: Horror Developer: Crazy Games Publisher: SEGA Release Date: 04/16/2001 As part of our feature that looks back at the games that where on the Dreamcast, it would be almost criminal to ignore one of the worst games that was almost one of the best games available for the system. Illbleed is a survival…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 26: Time Stalkers
Time Stalkers Developer: Climax Entertainment Publisher: Sega Genre: RPG Release Date: 09/30/99
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 25: Psychic Force 2012
Psychic Force 2012 Genre: Fighting Developer: Taito Publisher: Acclaim Release Date: 10/31/99
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 24: Confidential Mission
Confidential Mission Genre: Rail Shooter Developer: Hitmaker Publisher: SEGA Release Date: 05/14/2001 Arguably seen as the last console to give light guns a chance, the Dreamcast had its share of rail shooting titles that made use of the various console pistols that were available for it. A lot of these favors were due to the…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 23: Seaman
Seaman Genre: Life Simulation Developer: Vivarium Publisher: Sega Release Date: 08/09/00
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 22: Maken X
Maken X Genre: First-Person Shooter Developer: Atlus Publisher: Sega Release Date: 10/31/99
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 21: Dance Dance Revolution Club Version Dreamcast
Dance Dance Revolution Club Version Dreamcast Genre: Rhythm Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Pubilsher: Konami Release Date: 04/27/2000 Even with the popularity of Dance Dance Revolution in the U.S. (which, admittedly, has been on an alarming nose dive since the birth of Guitar Hero), it’s guaranteed we will never see a domestic version of the…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 20: Giga Wing 2 (DC)
Giga Wing 2 Developer: Takumi Publisher: Capcom Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Release Date: 05/06/01 Sequels can either be good or bad for the series in question. A good sequel contains all the aspects that made the first game enjoyable and improve on them. It also contains some new features so that the second game will…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 19: Zombie Revenge
Zombie Revenge Genre: Beat ‘Em Up Developer: SEGA Publisher: SEGA Release Date: 12/31/1999 At one time, The House of the Dead was a hot franchise for SEGA. One could argue another spark has been ignited with moderate success of The House of the Dead: Overkill, but at one time, arcade entries of The House of…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 18: NFL2K1
NFL2K1 System: Dreamcast Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: Sega Released: 09/07/2000 Sega’s NFL franchise is the sad tale of a plucky youngster, full of hope and optimism, having victory snatched from it’s grasp by the wizened veterans over at EA. As they say, age and treachery beats youth and enthusiasm every time. But I’m not here…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 17: Skies of Arcadia
Skies of Arcadia Developer: Overworks Publisher: Sega Genre: Turn Based RPG Release Date: 11/13/2000 I’ve already talked about Grandia II earlier in the month. I have past experience with Grandia, and it’s hard to believe that it didn’t come out more than nine years ago with as wistfully as I talked about it. “Wow, I…
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 16: Stupid Invaders
Stupid Invaders Genre: Adventure Developer: Xilam Publisher: Ubisoft Release Date: 06/28/01 Thinking back to 2001, I recall the two final brand new Dreamcast titles I bought from retail were Confidential Mission, and this downright bizarre point-and-click adventure game from Xilam. It wasn’t by chance, really, as if you were a child of the late “Ëœ90s,…
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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…