10 Hidden Gems For The Sega Dreamcast

[@jordanprice172]

Spent plenty of time playing Shenmue 1&2, virtua tennis and Seaman on dreamcast. Good times.

[@drgonzo123]

I remember when it came out. My friend was one of those kids whose parents bought them everything under the sun. The games looked amazing at the time and they actually still look good. The antialiasing what the big deal that gen and the Dreamcast looked buttery smooth. Great console. Too bad sega made some bad financial decisions. That was the first console that looked better than the arcades. That was a defining moment for gaming

[@pancakebreakfast3188]

The death of the DC marked the end of the video game era and the beginning of the interactive movie/simulation era (which we are still in).

[@wirewizard5760]

@@pancakebreakfast3188 that and the era of subscription based battle pass cosmetic nonsense 🙄

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

The games still look great running on an emulator in 1080p+ If you want to try out Dreamcast emulation ReDream is an excellent emulator.

[@gordonm6108]

'The first console that looked better than the arcades' That is so true. I still play Shenmue.

[@drunkensailor112]

I was massive pc gamer and it looked better than anything on pc. Unheard of.

[@SapienAnamoly]

Dreamcast was ahead of it's time man. shenmue, soul calibur, good shit man.

[@yotaruvegeta]

I still dream about what wild world we would be in if Sega could stay in the console business

[@thochaos13]

Dreamcast is the only old console I still use semi-regularly. Love it.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Getting ready to do a gdemu soon

[@costumeninja1914]

@@RemoWilliams1227what is the best place to download games for that as I am thinking about t getting one too

[@Cyan_Orange]

​@@RemoWilliams1227I use the hell outta mine

[@RemoWilliams1227]

@@Cyan_Orange man I can't wait. Had expenses come up lately but soon as I can. I also want to get the atomiswave games working.

[@MononokeMoro]

Love the Jet Set Radio series. Really hoping for a new game.

[@MrMetalman419]

the dreamcast is my all time favourite console with some great exclusives so thank you for releasing this video

[@BuzzaB77]

You thanking them for making a video telling people to seek out blue stinger?

[@twi11y_]

I cannot believe you guys put Ooga Booga on the list! I was waiting through the video to come here and mention it myself. I guess instead I will cosign this. Ooga Booga was a fantastic and super fun game. I have such fond memories playing that with my younger brother back in the day. We still bring it up to this day. Play it with a friend if you ever get the chance!!

[@PharaohDom]

My all time favorite console. It was so ahead of its time.

[@xxxxxJCBxxxxx]

Toy commander was one of the best games on Dreamcast. Needs a remake.

[@Audioremedy0785]

God I love the Dreamcast. Have just got the cables require to link mine up to a modern tv.

[@stefanosiclari]

I remember playing Blue Stinger on the Dreamcast with my dad. We had the Japanese version, but sadly the game always failed to load at some point. We never finished it

[@Valkian24]

I'm so glad that someone knows Tech Romancer as it was one of my favourite gems on the DC. Great video overall with a few games that I wasn't aware about!

[@CamaroWarrior]

@6:05 I wonder if that had to do with the amount of video ram that the ps2 had at 4MB vs the Dreamscast 8MB video ram.

[@jeremywyeth7163]

I would very much love to see lists of 10 average games for every console.

[@gordonm6108]

You should make one. These guys must start somewhere, and people would watch it. I know I would.

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

But why

[@paulzander5192]

​@@user-vi4xy1jw7ewhy not?

[@jasonblalock4429]

A couple other obscure ones I remember enjoying: Maken-X, a first person *slasher* from Atlus about a guy possessed by a demon sword, which is interesting by itself, and it has a very SMTish vibe due to shared production staff. Also, Evil Twin, a third person platformer through a Tim Burton-esque dark dream world, kind of like if Psychonauts and American McGee's Alice had a deformed baby.

[@timothylewis2527]

Slick looking game at the time. I got that and Sword of the Berzerk for $9 each at Circuit City when Sega announced they were leaving the console market.

[@MrBeardsley]

And let’s not forget The Ring: Terror’s Realm, which isn’t very good at all but has one of the most unintentionally hilarious opening cutscenes in video game history. Seriously, look it up. The voice acting and animation are something to be savored.

[@RenegadePandaZ]

Props for Maken X, I never see anyone mention that game and it makes me sad.

[@jasonblalock4429]

@@timothylewis2527 Oh yeah, the Berserk game for Dreamcast was also pretty good, iirc. Above average for an anime tie-in game for the time, anyway.

[@sebastianboehm8483]

Maken X is part of the SMT Universe

[@jesserogalski1402]

EGG was this random game I bought from the local game store when I was still in HS for $3. Never touched it until a few years ago, and there was so much more to it than I was expecting. Great game. Wish I actually played it back in the day.

[@Mistahhuntah]

Bitch. I've been looking for that off and on for 10 years and i rarely see it listed under $80.

[@jesserogalski1402]

@@Mistahhuntah I'll cut you a deal at 79.99 lol

[@pancakebreakfast3188]

Cannon Spike is easily the best game on the DC, and one of the best action games of all time. I didn't discover it until many years after the death of the console, thanks to the media ignoring it at the time, due it being a challenging arcade game with an over-head camera view, and not having a first-person view or behind-the-back camera view. Back then, if a game wasn't pushing 3D graphics, then the media considered it garbage. The media back then also wasn't interested in promoting games that required skill, and Cannon Spike demands a lot of it.

[@claytonweaver7335]

Its good but probably closer to being the 25th best game on the system.

[@pancakebreakfast3188]

@@claytonweaver7335 I can't even think of 25 games I'd want to play on the DC. Most games of that era haven't aged well due to relying too much on the novelty of 3D graphics for their entertainment value.

[@thochaos13]

I forgot all about that game. It was pretty good.

[@claytonweaver7335]

@@pancakebreakfast3188 Cannon Spike was a game I used to play inbetween games of Third Strike, CvS2, and/or MvC2 back in the day. I think most Capcom games on the Dreamcast aged well, tbh, except for Code Veronica imo. You also have games like Ikaruga and Mars Matrix and less conventional shooters like Rez and Armada. I could probably get to about 40 games Id still play on the Dreamcast

[@pancakebreakfast3188]

@@claytonweaver7335 I can think of 8 games I'd play on the DC: Cannon Spike, Gunbird 2, Zero Gunner 2, Under Defeat, Border Down, Triggerheart Excelica, Ikaruga, and Mr Driller. Fighting games probably still hold up well (if you're into them), but I just never cared much for them, and the rest of the shooters for the DC are mediocre at best.

[@Katie-hj5eb]

2:50 actually there is a PS1 japanese exclusive game called Egg which is about rolling a egg around an isometric grid to form big futuristic cities. Its actually decently fun.

[@251TheMechanizedSingfantry]

Nice list - props for including a couple of games I'd actually never heard of

[@ThoseLittleVoicesSEVRUN]

This was the last console I was ever excited for. When it came out I was so blown away. My dad bought blue stinger with it and I was absolutely hooked. Grinding just to get that plasma sword. So good.

[@Nbflowers1989]

Hoping this "hidden gems" will turn into a new series!

[@deckofcards87]

A surprisingly underappreciated game is VIRTUA FIGHTER 3tb. It's lots of fun, especially if you can get your hands on the ASCii fighting pad (2D controller)

[@RKNELIAS]

Incredibly good and underrated game even by the FGC. Every VF is pretty good!

[@panthakurai5267]

KAGE MARU ⬅️A+B, ⬆️A+B (A 'chefs kiss' throw)

[@jgrangervikings1]

Musapey’s Choco Marker is a FANTASTIC action puzzle game, but good luck finding it. Also, Cannon Spike is underrated-you can play as Mega Man! The Giga Wing games are great, and so is Mars Matrix. MDK 2 is a great game if you can master the clunky controls. An awesome mech battle game is Gundam Renpou vs Zeon. Even if you don’t like mech games, give this one a try. And, of course, for those wanting a laidback experience, Hoyle Casino is the go-to game! Easy interface, fun characters, good reproductions of casino games-imho, it’s STILL better than any casino game on PS3, PS4, PS5, or Vita (and likely other systems, too, but those are the systems I have and play and can verify). As a side note, if I remember right, EGG has literally 20 minutes of dialogue/story before you can do anything, and I don’t think you can skip it or speed it up. Besides that, have at it, Hoss! Finally, everyone loves to talk about how Half Life 2 is so damn awesome, and it is…but what about the first one? Half Life on DC is glorious. Controls are slightly wonky at first because you’re usingDC controller, but graphics still look crisp and sharp and ahead of their time.

[@azoz273]

10:05 bizarre how Sega is okay with having their public images involving their own employees shooting each other with guns

[@andrzejrobertendriu]

I love you for putting D2 in the second spot. I love that game.

[@aortaplatinum]

I LOVE Blue Stinger, it's so campy and dumb, but unlike Illbleed, that's not on purpose. It adds sort of an innocent appeal to it, and plus as a Sonic fan, hearing Lani Minella and Deem Bristow always makes me smile. Minella specifically is in so many localized SEGA games from around this time, it's always a great surprise hearing Sex Bat voicing a new character lol

[@terrystokes7893]

I still play my Dreamcast every day 😊.. Seaman... Code Veronica... Bass Fishing......"A big one is coming near!" 🤣

[@princegroove]

I absolutely love the Dreamcast; and its memorable and legendary titles, of course. In fact, I’ve 4 complete and in-box Dreamcast consoles in my collection. SEGAAA! ❤️

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

Why so many? Lol

[@princegroove]

@@user-vi4xy1jw7e Just in case one stops working, of course. 😂

[@gregwilliams4926]

Once I saw Blue Stinger on the thumbnail, I instantly liked it, super under appreciated. Wish there was a remake.

[@bigjoedefo5163]

Such a great game .my favorite dreamcast game .

[@chumorgan443]

A beautiful , head scratching mess of excellence.

[@championman7992]

Who asked you Williams? You are a nobody.

[@yuri-0019]

Same! It was my first 3d horror game when I was 12. It's my treasure of a game. Lol, I remember grinding so much at the Hello Market so I can stack up as much as possible before continuing.

[@pafoneto1275]

Have you actually play it? Is mediocre at best.

[@jonasolofsson4128]

I cheated so damn much in Blue Stinger. There was this place where the enemy respawned. And everytime the monster died, it dropped some coins. Repeat for an hour or so and you could by the beast weapons in the game!

[@frankbrodie5168]

"that's why they're called livers.." took me a good 5 seconds to get. A massively underappreciated effort sir!

[@CordiDaChemist]

I remember getting mine as a teen when it released 😩take me back please!!!!! Greatest console that never got it’s chance to shine!!!!!! And I always bring up Blue Stinger in many conversations about hidden gems, that game was insane to me and it was one of the first games I owned with the system.

[@bigemugamer]

I bought Blue Stinger like half a dozen times from pawn shops and video rental places in 2001 and NONE of them ever boot up. I'm currently bombing my way through EGG now while stationed at an oil refinery as there is a lot of down time, I've just gone through south fogna with the level 2 access key after completing Metal Heaven level. D2 was one of the few games I actually completed on the Dreamcast. The hunting and snowmobiling and horror element was a great game.

[@joshcharter4689]

Ooga Booga #1 and it warms my heart! Played the hell out of it in the early 2000's. I was under the impression that my buddy and I were the only 2 people that have ever played it because out of the millions of KZbin game videos I watch I don't think it's ever been brought up. :-P ❤❤

[@Ronaldomartinsapc]

Memory Lane. Got a shock when remembering Headhunter. Hours of fun

[@MrBeardsley]

Blue Stinger is an aggressively weird game, one might even go so far as to call it one of the Weirdest Games Ever.

[@lazarushernandez5827]

Seaman exists on the DC. Everything else has to cue up behind it for weirdest. 😁

[@thatguyontheinternet8320]

For me it's one of those games that's so bad it's good, like Deadly Premonition.

[@allviolet]

@@lazarushernandez5827 that was a gimmick video game

[@Max-zv8hm]

Yes I agree. Ever notice how similar blue stinger looks to resident evil 3 backgrounds?

[@ramrodbldm9876]

@@Max-zv8hm Kid the comment was made 7 months ago. Go find a friend, And no, anyone who has played resident evil 3 that isn't blind would completely disagree that's not even a "bad take" it's not a take at all cause it isn't comparable 🤡

[@hububus2740]

I was hoping SF Rush 2049 was on this list. Good shout 👍

[@wingman-1977]

Blue Stinger was the game I bought along with the Dreamcast back in 1999 (two weeks after the console launched).

[@britishwordplay4335]

Midnight release with Sonic Adventure for me :). The memories

[@johnhawthorne4716]

Im glad Dreamcast came along Had the best years with PSO online Crazy taxi Quake 3 Skies Of Arcadia Head Hunter Ferrari 355 Powerstone So many more

[@RetroEmpireDefend]

Much Respect for including D2. All Time favorite of mine.

[@AJ_hwd954]

Mentioning Sonic Adventure as a Dreamcast title and then preceding to use DX footage may be one of my biggest pet peeves on KZbin

[@deeplaysgaming4754]

no zombies revenge? definite hidden gem

[@sonicguyver7445]

Great, time to go to eBay and get some of these. I actually got Blue Stinger but never really played it. And E.G.G. looks like a real gem. Also does anyone think Segataro looks like Chris Thorndyke? Wouldn't surprise me if there was a reference there.

[@sonicguyver7445]

@Amidamaru I got a copy off eBay. Cost me $150 and that was the cheapest way to get a complete with disc, jewel case, and manual.

[@DannyDorito504]

I loved the dreamcast. My mom, my brother and me spent so much time in the chat rooms, it was so much fun and revelutionary at the time

[@RPKGameVids]

I think that 14 inch CRT in the background is the exact same TV as mine that I use for playing standard def video games on. Matsui?

[@Classixish]

Funny fact (and POTENTIAL SPOILER) In Sonic and All-stars Racing Transformed, a character you unlock is Sega Ages, and their Watercraft Racer, is a Dreamcast Controller! (Imo) That alone made it worth the headache of unlocking the racer xD

[@therunawaykid6523]

One of my favourite racing games love the cool transforming vehicles and creative tracks

[@retronova_official]

Any video that lists and praises Napple Tale is one worth watching!

[@zdp-189]

I have so many Egg games...Eggmania Madness on GC, Dizzy Collection GG, Dragon Egg PCE, Billy Hatcher and this E.G.G. on Dreamcast, and then yes, another title called EGG! To be fair, its an obscure Japanese PS1 puzzler that I only heard of from PeteDorr, which I then scoured ebay to find (Think Builder's Block mixed w Qix). Eggs are behind slimes and bats as the most seen things in video games!

[@FatNorthernBigot]

My favourite console of all-time, and Sega would've got away with it if it was for the murky, sequel-machine hype-wagon that was the PS2.

[@Underpar26]

Blue stinger was amazing! It was clunky, weird, and RPG like! I loved it

[@douglascarter2078]

Where is Illbleed!!? That should be #1. Best damn game nobody played on the Dreamcast. It even has an in-game connection to Blue Stinger.

[@johnsloss9672]

Would love most if not all these and more dreamcast games remade or remastered would be great!

[@cool3865]

did you know that SF Rush 2049 for the dreamcast is the only version that has no loading times? the PS1 and N64 versions have loading times

[@coreymartin6363]

I'm already subscribed and I love Dreamcast, but seeing Blue Stinger on the thumbnail made me instantly tap on the video. I remember it being an awesome game, but I'd imagine the grinding and slow pace (especially to get enough money to get good weapons) would try my patience nowadays, but man was the dialogue hilarious.

[@britishwordplay4335]

I finally clocked it a few months ago on my super console x after getting the game on launch decades ago. You'll enjoy it and the nostalgia 😀

[@eddiehimself]

I now demand a "10 average games for the PS2" video!

[@Thoushaltplaymore]

Id love a D2 remake

[@ATthemusician]

My cousin had rush 2049 when we were growing up. I finally got a new dreamcast today, and to my surprise I still have our save data for that and sonic adventure dates back to 2005.

[@Dandoskyballer]

Blue Stinger was badass. I miss that game.

[@bradleymcavoy3432]

I praise your inclusion of a few games on this List but, Maken X, Confidential Mission and StarLancer are Awesome! 😎

[@terrystokes7893]

Oh. And of course Power Stone

[@britneyspearsvillarosa]

Sega Dreamcast lasted for 9 years in Japan 1998-2007

[@MsSmellybob]

Body harvest was amazing for the time. I thought it would be garbage, considering the protagonist is wearing a weird orange body thong but wow what an amazing experience for the time. The next time I experienced this time-jumping gameplay that I appreciated so much wasn't until the early 2000s with Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption.

[@brodogg1313]

I played Ooga Booga when it came out back then.

[@thecooldude7151]

here is another fun fact on msr, it is developed by the same developers project gotham racing for the xbox consoles, but the former members of Bizarre Creations would fund Playground Games and would develop an open world forza game called Forza horizon which was a successes that spawned sequels of it, even though horizon 5 is weird that didn't stop them from making a sequel, please reunite with Ralph Fulton so horizon can be that it once was

[@xx7secondsxx]

@ 5:25 "NAPPLES" are a CINCO product!! Ur supposed to read the box and be safe with those things!😯😱 That's what I'd head from Tim and Eric's channel service show. Its Awesome! And do a Great Job! Lmado! 🤣

[@BLasherman]

I own Ooga Booga, how dare you say I haven't played it. It's amazing.

[@fearanarchy]

One of the most patriotic experiences as Abe Lincoln fights wild boars, voodoo Shamans, and sharks!

[@lordhighwind6230]

Jet Grind Radio as it was called in the west was absolutely incredible

[@ThePreciseClimber]

Kinda curious how D2 has nothing to do with D1 story-wise. Just that it was made by the same people and the protagonist had the same "Laura" character model. The initial version of D2 for the 3DO M2 would've featured Laura's son as the protagonist and would've actually tied to the story of D1.

[@hopefullyhigh]

Sees thumbnail THEY MADE A CHEECH AND CHONG VIDYA GAME

[@DaemionBlackFire]

Blue Stinger and Headhunter were a lot of fun! I forgot all about those games until this video. This is one of the best videos I watched by you, and made me realize it's time to subscribe. Sigh, time to go revisit my past again!

[@RKNELIAS]

You can play Tech Romancer on Fightcade 2 if you want to! The Arcade version that is.

[@kelseydaniels7283]

Wow! Several of these are new to me. Ooga Booga and Segagaga look (and sound when spoken) especially interesting. Another game that I think deserves more praise is Alone in the Dark 4. Though not a DC exclusive, this game was scary as all hell! One could argue that the Dreamcast version is the one to get. I feel like it was unfairly maligned and deserves to be revisited. I would give it a slight edge over D2, which I never quite got into, but after watching this I’m tempted to go back and give it another try.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Dreamcast had the best versions of a lot of games, actually, considering it was bridging the gap between the 5th and 6th generations so received ports of previous generation games that were still coming out for other platforms. It had the definitive versions of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and Shadow Man for one thing, and it was where I played Resident Evil 2 (although I ended up playing RE3 on the Gamecube). Also, it was the best platform to play Grandia II on, although in that case it was because the PS2 and PC ports of it were _terrible._

[@mcbaby]

Instead of San Francisco Rush 2049, you should have mentioned Super Runabout San Francisco. Not only is it a way better game in both graphics and story, it's exclusive to the Dreamcast (making it an actual hidden gem) with tons of driving events that makes it an early predecessor to the Burnout series.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Exactly I was going to say that game as well still plan to play runabout 3 on the ps2 soon

[@HoroJoga]

I knew TLOU was sleeping-inducing, but epilepsy is a new thing to me

[@timothylewis2527]

I was expecting Illbleed to make the list.

[@ZeroPC1]

Tech Romancer was one of my favorite games back in the day. Fucking fantastic game. I wish capcom would bring it back somehow

[@Nanomasa00]

Nice video, but I must ask: Where's Illbleed?

[@MrDeathwish94]

Super magnetic neo was the best game ever. Took me til playing it as a teenagers to beat it. I think because my hands were to small lol

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah first time I’ve heard of it but it looks intriguing I will definitely emulate it as I love 3d platformers the magnet based gameplay looks really clever

[@theastrovert]

oh man, E.G.G. rules. so happy to see this one get attention.

[@ps2reed]

I found Maken X from an old MetalJesusRocks episode it’s been really fun.

[@dylanogg347]

Maybe the Tech Romancer cast will get their due in a Super Robot Wars Game.

[@barryklinedinst6233]

Hydro thunder was a game I played alot

[@PixelsNcreatureS]

I only have TechRomancer and Rush2049 from this list.. oh, and the mentioned Chicken for Atari.. 😂

[@Megaspartan23]

Jim Sterling will have something to say, after learning about Sega Gaga

[@yogibear2k220]

Good list, but I wish you could of given the list of games in the description. It makes it a lot easier to copy and paste the titles into the website I want to pirate them from.

[@therunawaykid6523]

😏😏

[@pessie83]

But wasn't there also a Dreamcast game with a trio as protagonists, one of them being a dog? They were wearing all three of those futuristic outfits. Does anyone know its title?

[@freddiejohnson6137]

MDK 2

[@furiousapplesack]

Pretty sure it was MDK like Freddie said. I only played the demo, but it was a lot of fun.

[@pessie83]

@@freddiejohnson6137 No, the dog was wearing also a helmet with a cyan-coloured visor.

[@Zack29810]

are you thinking of Jet Force Gemini for the N64?

[@pessie83]

@@Zack29810 Yes, thanks. That's the one.

[@phychmasher]

I think the Tech Romancer announcer voice is the same dude who did Street Fighter Alpha 3. Teeeeeeeeeeeeeech Romancer!

[@charlesgoudreau5732]

Suggestion: Popular/successful games with religious aspects/features or something like that

[@ijkdenem]

i had EGG and SMN. i still have SKIES OF ARCADIA.

[@dextersbeard3472]

I have all of these except for Blue Stinger, Ooga Booga, and Rush 2049. I plan on picking up Blue Stinger still.

[@RetroGaming2.0]

Thanks i subscribed and like posed

[@subrussian]

my god I wish they did a port of ooga booga, it still plays amazing!

[@DenZEL_Vertigo]

Headhunter? Hidden Gem? SRSLY?))) It's a MUSTOWN for any DC fan!

[@Mito383]

I will never know how a game like Segagaga ever got the go ahead.

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

gonna put my 2 cents here: the dreamcast had amazing games, RIVAL SCHOOLS 2 being one of them. but 2 games are stuck in my head : 1- MAKEN-X had the best looking graphics i ever saw, the ps2 port was horrible. 2- THE RING and that game was really one of the best times i had, the tanky control, the horror, the mood, and that nice twist in the story was great, miss that game, shame no port was made.

[@northcliffe4lyfe]

Sega were so good at innovating; they were just so bad at marketing and timing

[@Mistahhuntah]

Oh God I've been looking for EGG for years.

[@Nbflowers1989]

GREAT list!

[@pbonfanti]

I had D2, sadly my i was cheated, i unknowingly buyed a refurbished Dreamcast which failed a lot, so i had to release him after a few months, i still remember a game were you didn't hit the enemies, they challenged you to dance , had a futurist style and was fun, but i can't remember the name..

[@boomboomsavage4454]

Space Channel 5 and it's sequel Space Channel 5: Part 2.