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Sega Dreamcast - Appreciation and Emulation Thread
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sixteen-bit
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I still need to play Dino Crisis. I've only played the sequel.
Sorry I missed this...
This FAQ has a good explanation of the game's movement system, which once broken into turns VF3 into a completely different game.
Korean step takes practice, I'm still learning it, but it makes a huge difference.
Beyond that there's combo stuff, is there a particular character you'd like to use in VF3? I can tell you what I know about any character.
I think CT1's city in CT3 performs fine. I think. The other cities have a lot of slowdown.
CT3's additions to the city are great and jumping is fun, but there's something about the jerkiness of CT1 that I prefer. I wish I had time to dig into it.
It's pretty good, go for it!!!
IrishNinja
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you played 2, but not 1? that's so weird, but then ive never played 2
whenever you do, be sure to post which one holds up better for you! i never finished 1 but was curious to try again one day
In the exploration portions, the key is to mark the scares as best you can. Some of them are random, some of them are always there. There's some meter management here, as you can't just mark everything. Use your spidey-sense: if something looks classic horror movie suspicious, keep your distance.
On enemy encounters, most times you'll want to run away. Options improve as the game progresses, though.
IrishNinja
Member
ehh if its not in sync with the music itself, it seems kinda silly
DracoBlade
Member
I feel like the 2nd game would hold up better as an action game with some much needed controls update. But I still haven't beaten the first yet
How do the discs from gamestop look? Are any of them resurfaced?
IrishNinja
Member
yeah, i almost bought Carrier off GS but found it complete for cheaper elsewhere
was curious though!
was curious though!
kunonabi
Member
Probably Aoi. I'm characterless in VF these days so I've been thinking of switching to her since she's always been my favorite as far as character design goes.
Shadow Hog
Member
I never actually bothered to look, so I checked a few of them this morning on my way out to work, and I couldn't spot any scratches - probably resurfaced, then?
Kinda wish I had the boxes & manuals, though.
ChronDC stream's returning after a bit of a break, we'll be on at https://www.twitch.tv/chrondc in about 40 minutes, at 7 EST. Prepare for Death Crimson 2, Zombie Revenge, and us fumbling around shogi and some other extremely Japanese shit.
1996 was a strange time for japanese fashion
with VF3 everyone got new costumes, some were really great like Lion's 1P
I also really, really like shun's 2P costume, probably my favorite costume of his in any VF!
kage's is strange... but they were trying new things with VF3, across the board.
The imports always looked interesting & the series idea was cool, but the heavy Japanese language dependency (It's a JRPG after all) scared me away. Did it ever get translated?
IrishNinja
Member
yeah, i was heavily interested since learning it was an episodic JRPG (goddamn, sega really did have it first on everything) but i dont know that ive seen it translated, or itd be on that
also: checked back on the Segagaga fan translation blog as i always do...nothin'. siggghhhhhhh
also: checked back on the Segagaga fan translation blog as i always do...nothin'. siggghhhhhhh
Man its been how many years since that last update?
nickplaysgames404
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What are some good Dreamcast games? i was thinking of picking up a Dreamcast someday.
the 5 S's
Soul Calibur, Sonic Adventure, Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue, Space Channel 5 pt 2
SEGA BASS FISHING
The Right Deal
Banned
Introduced my young cousins to Power Stone 2 and some old KoF, now one wants a Sega Dreamcast for his birthday, mission success.
sixteen-bit
Member
sMars Matrix, sJet Grind Radio, sCr*zy Taxi
IrishNinja
Member
Super Street Fighter II X man.
Also, speaking of fighting games... I know the US reprint of Mortal Kombat Gold is better than the first one, but how does the PAL version compare to it? Is is safe or just buggy/lacking as the original American release?
Hard to recommend at its asking price, especially when the PSX conversion is like $10, is compatible with PS3 sticks and is close enough to arcade perfect.
Indeed. Silly money :/
Some Dreamcast game prices are really creeping up there, especially shmups.
sixteen-bit
Member
if u own arcade ports or rpgs check the price on them cuz some of them are valuable
Not that I had any plan to sell them anyway, but I would've never expected to see this kind of prices. Games such as Zero Gunner 2, Border Down or the above mentioned SSFII went up quite considerably. And funny to see how mental-high some low-tier PAL conversions fly nowadays.
I wonder if I should just get that cheap sealed PAL Mortal Kombat Gold, regardless it's better or worse than the US red-disc reprint. I mean, you never know...
Would this s-video cable
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.ca/Innovations-900-Dreamcast-S-Video-Cable/dp/B001DLC04O&ved=0ahUKEwiV0bbavrrPAhWnyoMKHXemDLkQFggbMAA&usg=AFQjCNFG4oljHRQy672g190SIl69jVlXPg&sig2=fT9Lh90fFqOQ04xZhcy0Qw
be better than one with a yellow cable even though it's no name?
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.ca/Innovations-900-Dreamcast-S-Video-Cable/dp/B001DLC04O&ved=0ahUKEwiV0bbavrrPAhWnyoMKHXemDLkQFggbMAA&usg=AFQjCNFG4oljHRQy672g190SIl69jVlXPg&sig2=fT9Lh90fFqOQ04xZhcy0Qw
be better than one with a yellow cable even though it's no name?
I heard good things about Innovations and it's best to have a svideo cable with no composite as well.
Cool, I ordered them and should get them in two weeks.
dancrane212
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gingerbeardman
Member
Nice.
I've just got an SD card reader and have been messing with Dreamshell. That's a great solution for not much money.
Is GDEMU a lot better?
dancrane212
Member
The SD card reader is limited by the slow read speed of the serial port. It's slower than the disc drive so you can run into issues with games that are constantly streaming data from the disc.
GDEMU, since it replaces the disc drive, does not have that issue.
gingerbeardman
Member
Understood.
I'd only add that with some games, even though the throughput of the serial port is slower than the CD drive, the SD card over serial has zero seek times so games with many files/heavy use of the CD actually load faster from SD than even an optimised CD. Vanishing Point is one such game.
Has anybody done the IDE/CF mod?
theSlacker
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And all gone. Looks like I woke up too late.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sarumaru/henshin-engine-the-game-pc-engine-tg-16-pc-steam
Henshin Engine just reached the Dreamcast tier.
It's a TG-16 / PC action game that's now also a DC game. DC will have better cut scenes I guess.
18 hours left.
Henshin Engine just reached the Dreamcast tier.
It's a TG-16 / PC action game that's now also a DC game. DC will have better cut scenes I guess.
18 hours left.
I have a weird problem with one of the VMUs.
Every time I plugged it in a socket of the controller (I have two and I have already tried all possibilities), the controller is no longer recognized. Besides, if I try to transfer a save data from the other VMU I have (which works fine), the faulty one always "switches off" (in quotations because it does not switch off like when you press the sleep button, it would still shows marks on the screen from the menu) and, therefore, the copy process fails.
Using it in isolation seems to work fine: I could erase all the save data thinking that this could solve the problem, but no such luck. I even opened it in order to see if there was something obviously wrong, but everything seems physically fine.
What can I do?
Every time I plugged it in a socket of the controller (I have two and I have already tried all possibilities), the controller is no longer recognized. Besides, if I try to transfer a save data from the other VMU I have (which works fine), the faulty one always "switches off" (in quotations because it does not switch off like when you press the sleep button, it would still shows marks on the screen from the menu) and, therefore, the copy process fails.
Using it in isolation seems to work fine: I could erase all the save data thinking that this could solve the problem, but no such luck. I even opened it in order to see if there was something obviously wrong, but everything seems physically fine.
What can I do?
dancrane212
Member
At least it, hopefully, won't be as long before the next batch. The developer is aiming for smaller, more frequent, ordering periods.
I just sold my Naomi Universal Upright cabinet that has a beautiful 29" tri-sync display in perfect shape. (Amazing geometry and absolutely no burn-in. The pull in the bottom corners is a result of the speakers.)
As much as it killed me to part with it, it was heavy as hell, and super bulky, despite looking very sleek.
(Cross-)Posting this for catharsis, lol.
As much as it killed me to part with it, it was heavy as hell, and super bulky, despite looking very sleek.
(Cross-)Posting this for catharsis, lol.