Like many Sega fans, we have fond memories of the Dreamcast, from shaking plastic maracas in Samba de Amigo to importing hard to find games from Japan. Much of this appreciation is purely nostalgia (most of these titles haven’t aged well), but this special system had, pound for pound, one of the most impressive lineups in history.
That said, we had high hopes for Sega’s Dreamcast Collection. At first, this appeared to be the company’s follow up to the outstanding Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, a wonderful compilation that includes well over 40 16-bit classics. Clearly, the publisher would use this opportunity to pay homage to one of the most beloved systems of all time.
So much for that idea.
Chris Buffa (RunDLC)
Right now you can save big on retro classics and retro-inspired indie hits. It’s all part of Humble Store’s Retro Paradise Sale, which is running for the next week.
Some of the top deals include Sonic Mania for $6.79, Cuphead for $16.99, Dreamcast Collection for $7.49, Mega Man Legacy Collection for $5.99, and Hotline Miami for $1.99.
BNR: If you know me, you might know that I'm a big fan of the Sega Dreamcast- I don't remember what I was doing when it came out seeing as I was five years old and had more pressing matters on my mind, but no matter- I came to appreciate the ahead-of-its-time brilliance that was the Dreamcast when I grew older. Today (the date system on our site's broken but this article went live on September 9, 2015) marks the 16th anniversary of the US launch of the Sega Dreamcast- it was a unique machine that was home to some awesome games- in memory of it is the latest episode of the Blackman 'N Robin Irregular Game Show, embedded below for your viewing pleasure.
Posted by Colm Ahern
For Your Amusement is a video series in which I, Colm Ahern, play a video game for a considerable amount of time, chop up the video into something easily digestible for the lovely YouTube audience and then share it with the entire world, every Friday.
Next week is the beginning of E3 and as the video game playing public get excited about the forthcoming announcements from the big 3, it felt right to reflect on Sega’s final hurrah in the console market; Dreamcast. For part one, it’s Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi.
sega has been wasting gamers time for so long
... I don't know what moron is calling all the shots over there, but he really needs to get fired, and Sega needs to put someone in charge who DOES know what their fans want!
No Skies of Arcadia or Armada? Pfft. What a piece of dog poo.
I wouldn't say complete wates it's allways good to get the old games!!
But as of this generation It seems they are so stuck on trying to make sonic as good as mario!! Just give me Shenmue 3!! But now I can't trust them not to make it a bad game..
I rather see Naughty Dog make Shenmue 3! Square Enix seems they want to go down hill also making FF14online & now FF13 2! wtf!!
Space Channel 5 Part 2, but not 1... It's the little things that get me.