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ziq wrote

I still remember when everyone ignored Dreamcast and its amazing library for a year in favor of waiting for the ps2 and its empty hype that delivered exactly 0 good games more than a year after its release, killing Dreamcast and disbanding all of SEGA's genuis dev teams forever. That's gamers for you. Sony knows what they want and it isn't original games, its a status symbol.

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ziq wrote

And nintendo gamers just want the same 5 rehashed games over and over and over again.

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ziq wrote

What dreamcast had in the most supply was original wildly creative and fun ideas: chu chu rocket, jet set radio, crazy taxi, typing of the dead, rez, seaman, space channel 5, shenmue, cosmic smash, segagaga, phantasy star online, skies of arcadia, ikaruga, power stone, ooga booga, bangai-o, rent-a-hero, super magnetic neo, toy commander, project justice, frame gride, virtual on, jojos bizzarre adventure, stupid invaders, triggerheart exelica, floigan brothers, fur fighters, chage n blast, propeller arena, cannon spike, heavy metal geomatrix, tech romancer...

All original, groundbreaking and exciting concepts.

Sony just has an endless array of third person action games with new cut scenes and slightly higher res graphics

Gaming died with dreamcast

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mofongo wrote

Fur fighters was the only game I bought on Dreamcast and the first game I pirated on PC. Such a cool little game.

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nulloperation wrote

That is quite a list of games, none of which I've ever heard of. Typing of the Dead looks cool although I wonder how you'd do typing with a gamepad?

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ziq wrote (edited )

you need the dreamcast keyboard

and those are just the games with original concepts, the list of great games that follow a tried and tested formula is much longer. the shmups and fighters list alone has like 30 great games on it, and there are light gun games, platformers, first person shooters, racers and sports games that were all the best games in their respective genres at the time

in addition to innovating online multiplayer with a headset (outrigger, pso 1/2, ooga booga, bomberman online, alien front online, quake3, chu chu, etc), it also invented the concept that was later adopted by nintendo with the wii u / switch. the dreamcast controller had a removable handheld in the middle of it that you could load mini games onto

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ziq wrote (edited )

best platformers: rayman 2, napple tale, sonic adventure, sonic adventure 2, MDK2, Legacy of Kain, super magnetic neo

best racers: hydro thunder, crazy taxi 1 + 2, ferrari F355 challenge, test drive le mans, daytona 2001, sega rally, sega gt, rush 2049, wacky races, metropolis street racer, tokyo extreme racer 2 aka tokyo highway challenge 2, toy racer

best fps: fur fighters, half life, quake iii arena, unreal tournament, outrigger

best light gun: house of the dead 2, confidential mission, virtua cop 2, death crimson OX

best sports: tony hawk's pro skater 2, nba 2k1, nfl 2k1, nba showtime, virtua tennis 2

best rpgs: grandia 2, skies of arcadia, elemental gimmick gear, phantasy star online 2, heroes of might & magic III (released in 2020 after someone found a beta), evolution 2, pier solar hd, sakura wars 3, black/matrix AD, rent-a-hero No. 1, record of lodoss war

best shmups: mars matrix, border down, under defeat, triggerheart, cannon spike, gunbird 2, gigawing 1 + 2, ikaruga, zero gunner 2, karous, radirgy, castle of shikigami 2, psyvariar II, neo xyx, fast striker, twinkle star sprites, bangai-o, chaos field

best 3d fighters: soul calibur, project justice, dead or alive 2, power stone 2, tech romancer, fighting vipers 2, ultimate fighting championship

best 2d fighters: marvel vs capcom 2, capcom vs snk 2, street fighter iii third strike, fire pro wrestling d, guilty gear x, mark of the wolves, last blade 2, jojo’s bizarre adventure, Vampire Chronicle

puzzle: Musapey's choco marker (original concept i missed), Mr. driller, sega tetris, chu chu rocket, super puzzle fighter 2x, wetrix, puyo puyo 4, puyo puyo fever, bust-a-move 4, bomberman online, sega swirl, planet ring, worms world party

misc: shenmue, toy commander, alien front online, bomber hehhe , sword of the berserk, incoming, gundam side story: 0079, iron aces, pen pen triIcelon, deep fighter, vigilante 8, wild metal, headhunter, rainbow cotton, charge n blast, starlancer, heavy metal geomatrix, red dog, propeller arena, gunlord, geist force, typing of the dead, seaman

survival horror: resident evil code veronica, blue stinger, carrier, shadow man, alone in the dark, illbleed, dino crisis

music: rez, space channel 5, cool cool toon

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mofongo wrote

I created a gog account only to get MDK2. I discovered all the secrets on the demo CD and it left an itch that has not been scratched.

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ziq wrote

just get a dreamcast and install an sd card in it. you can even put modified naomi arcade games on it to add another 30 games to the library

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nulloperation wrote

Buying updated hardware used to mean something.

Today's cool new trend is the opposite: downgrading. Running 8 / 16 bit console games with Mednafen / RetroArch / Stella, or pick up floppys or CD-ROMs from charity shops and run with Wine or Dosbox. See how old software you are able to excavate yet still run. Bonus points if you can get your hands on Commodore 64 cassette tape games, rip the "audio" and run in emulator, or some other sick downgrade.

every time a shiny new slave-made toy drops.

Yea, fuck that.

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mofongo wrote

I'm trying to make PC gaming my main machine, but my PC has its motherboard damaged (maybe static, maybe power outages) and my laptop is no longer mine to use.

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ziq wrote (edited )

i got a 2016 switch from someone locally cheap and hacked it. now i have every modern game in my pocket. the serial numbers are written right on the bottom of the console, so it's easy to find ones that aren't patched

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JoeK wrote

Maybe you can craft a new one out of sticks, guano and acorns.

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moonlune wrote (edited )

The new spiderman game would be the only reason for me to buy a PS5. The previous one was the only reason I would have bought a PS4 too.

But eh, I've never be owned a TV and only play league on my PC and Legend of runeterra on my phone.

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ziq wrote

You can just play the miles morales game on ps4

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yetanotherusername wrote (edited )

when you have too much money and you hate your life cause you work 9-5 doin bullshit you'll buy any shiny junk for a few moments of relief and to make it feel like its all worth it.
but I would like to play the demon souls remake...

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grj456 wrote

As one of those 'Apple drones', how we choose to spend our hard earned cash is really none of your business.

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