Don’t let the fact that Sega stopped supporting the Dreamcast over a decade ago put you off buying a shiny new game. Redux: Dark Matters, a retro-styled side-scrolling space shooter, has now been released after an unexpectedly lengthy development.
Indie developer KTX Software in association with the storied NG:DEV.TEAM secured $53,121 in funding for the game via Kickstarter in July 2012. By the time the estimated delivery date December 2012 rolled around, it was clear the team needed more time design the game they wanted to make.
Cinnabunny and Time is Honey are currently up to be crowdfunded on Kickstarter right now. They're both adorable.
Explore this thrilling list of the best platformer games of the Sega Dreamcast covering exciting mainstream games and numerous hidden gems.
What many hoped would be a grand return to form for Sega turned out to be the final nail in the coffin of making their own hardware.
I was an early adopter of Dreamcast and never regretted it. The sheer amounts of exclusive quality games released for such a short console lifespan is amazing.
Soul Calibur (masterpiece launch title), Sonic Adventure 1+2, Metropolis Street Racer, Skies of Arcadia, Outrigger, Powerstone 2, Ferrari F355 Challenge, Sega GT, Shenmue 1+2, Resident Evil Code Veronica ) to name but a few.
Its specs were quite good for its time (Dead of Alive 2, Le Mans, Shenmue were visual showcases), the games were plenty, it came with online gaming, innovative games (Seaman, Jet Set Radio, Illbleed, Space channel 5 etc), four controller ports for Quake 3 4-player local split screen (good times), easy to program for and had a small form factor.
Having said that, the console had to face the best-selling video game console of all time PS2) which launched with DVD player integrated and the hype levels at maximum given the amazing PS1 release. It also released after Sega burned social currency with consumers and developers after Saturn's failure.
It didnt help either that may video game magazines (our source of information at that time), wrote articles dooming Dreamcast and setting the hype for PS2 long before the latter released.
Even EDGE magazine published an article that pretty much nailed the coffin for Dreamcast opting gamers to wait for PS2!
Its games library legacy passed to Xbox when it was released as an agreement to release many Sega IPs to MS console was reached (Sega GT, Panzer Dragoo Orta, Project Gotham Series, Phantasy Star online, House of the Deadm Crazy Taxi etc).
One of my favorites consoles of all time.
Was a cool system. Had some great games at launch but we all know the rest of the story. Not enough people bought it. Controllers were a little weird but overall a great system. I have the guns too.
While Im happy that there are still people developing games for classic systems, over $50,000 in kickstart pledges makes me laugh. This game could have been coded by a 6th grader for $20 and a case of Mountain Dew.
I still love to see games continuing to be made for these great systems of our past, though. Some of the games being made for the Atari 2600 are mind blowing and rival that of the more powerful NES. I applaud the effort to push old hardware, far past manufacturers specifications and expectations.
This game looks like R-Type re-skinned.