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Soul Calibur
I always read the title of this game the way it sounded on game start up. “SOUL…CALIbur!”
Great effing game
Such a good game!!
I loved the little chibi versions of characters that appeared on the memory cards!
📢 JET GRIND RADIOOOOOOOOO 🎶🎹🔊
Also both Sonic Adventures, Virtual On Oratorio Tangram, Crazy Taxi and I think I remember Sega GT being pretty good too?
I almost failed out of college thanks to Soul Calibur.
I like the fact that there are games that are still best played on the Dreamcast, or only played on the Dreamcast, since there was no follow-up console after it, or because the ports were not great. Today there’s always a remaster, backwards compatibility with the next console, or at the very least a sequel, so games just move along with the hardware. But the Dreamcast had some games that just lived and died on that system.
Weirdly, most of these turned out to be fighting games. Probably because Capcom liked the Dreamcast.
My favorites that are still best (or only) played on that system:
- Crazy Taxi (the ports don’t have the original soundtrack, an absolute sin)
- Power Stone and Power Stone 2
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (literally one of the best fighting games ever, and it can’t be purchased on any systems today)
- Cannon Spike
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
- Project Justice
MvC3 is ok, but 2 is amazing
For sure. Plus, I’m a sucker for fighting games where the characters are 2D sprites instead of 3D models. The DC probably had the best lineup for that, ever.
I wouldn’t change anything of your S-tier list. 100% Valid
Power stone, Ikaruga, Rez
I love Ikaruga from an aesthetic, mechanical, and presentation perspective.
But it’s been 23 years and damned if I still don’t suck at that game. This coming from someone who can fairly reliably at least see the final boss of Progear on one credit.
The visuals and music are what kept me coming back to it for years hah, but I’ve only beat it scrub style with the assistance of ROM rewinds. Some games are designed to eat quarters, I think Ikaruga was designed to drain paychecks.
I gave up on DoDonPachi. Same thing, 20 years of just grinding and sticking with it, even did the classic “final final true boss has one hit point and I choke” move.
Now I’m 49, my reactions will never be what they were when I was younger, the dream is over.
I played the power stone demo a bunch on my Dreamcast as a kid.
I love my Dreamcast but Rez is infinitely superior on the PS2
(I have the Rez Trance Vibrator)
I haven’t played on PS2, but Rez Infinite uses additional controllers as trance vibrators. Great for parties!
I have Infinite for my Index but the Trance Vibrator isn’t compatible :c
San Francisco Rush 2049 for me. Looked so much better than on the other consoles, too.
Also Crazy Taxi. So much Crazy Taxi.
Que the offspring*
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Day after day, your home life’s a wreck
The powers that be just breathe down your neck
You get no respect, you get no relief
You gotta speak up and yell out your piece
So, back off your rules, back off the jive
'cause I’m sick of not living to stay alive
Leave me alone, not asking a lot
I don’t wanna be controlled
That’s all I want
Seconded. CT for the win!
Welcome to power stone world!
Power stone was such a great game. Didn’t it also have little mini games on the memory card?
I have that!
Phantasy Star Online, lost hundreds of hours there.
Shenmue! :D
Phantasy Star Online for sure, Sonic Adventure 1, and Grandia 2
oh and Gauntlet Legends was also on Dreamcast!
I’m on PSO myself as a Hunter.
one day I’ll probably play Blue Burst again, had a lot of fun on private servers
there are 2 Lemmy communities, but they aren’t active
It’s still going?
Yes.
House of the dead 1 & 2
Shenmue 2
Ikaruga
Rez
Mr Driller
Chu chu rocket
And everything else in this thread
Off the top of my head.
Skies of Arcadia
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Wetrix
I always thought Soul Reaver played so much better on the Dreamcast then it did on the PlayStation. Great game.
Strangely Gex played better on the 3DO than on the PlayStation as well.
The controller
Mine was Skies of Arcadia - I know it also came out on GameCube, but I first played it on the Dreamcast. It was also (somehow) my first experience with a jrpg.
Loved this game.
Fun fact, the two lead characters showed up again as soldiers in Valkyria Chronicles.
Fuck yeah! Haaaaa, Rain of Swords!
I know is not a Dreamcast exclusive but I love Tony Hawks pro skater 2 and played it a lot in my DC! Also, Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi.
Yeah these are mine too. Plus Soul Calibur. Maybe Canon Spike.
