Dreamcast Games That'll Always Be Enjoyable - Retro Bird

In this video, I highlight some Dreamcast games that I feel will always be enjoyable in addition to the overall merit of the console.
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[@Simoss13]

Shaking maracas while dressed as a banana. The man always knows how to level up in life

[@TheUnleetGamer]

ikr? save some riz for the rest of us!

[@themailman3331]

The Dreamcast was such a beast of a console. It was so powerful at the time, the arcade ports were incredible. 2D graphics tend to age pretty well and the Dreamcast has some of the most beautiful 2D graphics I’ve ever seen.

[@KingC89]

Crazy Taxi is always fun

[@Dzztzt]

Friday's are always better with Retro Bird. You are the top banana!

[@nerdrage3626]

I only have so many Dreamcast Games, and havent played many of them, yet. But Sonic Adventure 1 & Skies Of Arcadia, ALONE, made me feel Justified in Owning a Dreamcast!!

[@livejay9062]

I was pretty depressed. Then I saw Retrobird just put a Dreamcast video up! My favorite system

[@nic0vide0]

“Any game with bananas is an A+ tier game” Retro Bird, probably

[@alanfike]

That's "nanners".

[@robt.v.8688]

I honestly can't think of any games with bananas in them that isn't at least an A+..... WTF

[@-PLAYER0NE-]

Dynamite cop was awesome. Right at the tail end of the era when multiple people would sit in the same room and play video games together.

[@Tom-jw7ii]

I don’t think that era is over, it’s just something that kids do more often than adults.

[@Wil_Dsense]

Was? You mean IS.

[@nickparsons337]

I'll forget waiting in line at a Babbages (yeah, remember Babbages?) with a best friend who had pre ordered his Dreamcast for the midnight release of 9/9/99. The anticipation was certainly palpable. It was a four hour round trip to St. Louis and back. We made it back to my friend's house around 2:30 in the morning and hooked it up immediately. We went back and forth on Soulcaliber for an hour before he ended up going to bed. Me, on the other hand stayed up until dawn; just mesmerized by the newfound graphical prowess. To think that I was just playing Castlevania 64 earlier that very day; and then playing the Dreamcast that following morning was just mind blowing. I'll never forget that.

[@MaxH0ward]

Why are you gonna forget that

[@nickparsons337]

@@MaxH0ward I'm not. It's called a clerical error. I sent the message without proofreading it properly.

[@neogohanamv]

People forget that the Dreamcast released the same day as FF8. Not FF9 but FF8. The PSX hadn't even hit its peak graphics and then the Dreamcast comes along, and the jump was incredible. That whale in Sonic Adventure, the arenas of Soulcalibur, everything looked incredible. I got mine on release day and traded in my boxed copy of Chrono Trigger to afford it. In hindsight, that stings, but I'm glad I did it. The Dreamcast was just that incredible at the time.

[@3dmarth]

@@neogohanamv On top of that, the Japanese launch was just days after Ocarina of Time!

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

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[@karimcheese7257]

I haven't even clicked the video before I knew Dynamite Cop was gonna be on this LOL

[@adamelcheikh3991]

anyone remember Sword of the Beserk :Guts Rage? It had awesome cape physics and a great story

[@BrandonTheAnimeGuy]

This makes me happy. I love the Dreamcast. I think it is my favorite of the 99-05 consoles.

[@Wil_Dsense]

Gen 5.5 … a generation in it’s own right.

[@LobsterPuncher]

I have my Dreamcast in my living room and love showing it off to my nephews. They thought the "crappy graphics" were lame at first but loved it once they gave it a chance.

[@Wil_Dsense]

‘Crappy graphics?’ Lol. ECCO Defender Of The Future with a HDMI cable is far from crappy. It looks stunningly beautiful and impressive even to this day. I’m glad they learned to appreciate it after playing it though. 🥳

[@FatNorthernBigot]

I started to think about how much fun I had on the Dreamcast, and now I feed sad. ☹ Imagine releasing a console that was better than anything else on the market, was just total fun to use, cheap, and still died on it's arse... This is why we don't deserve nice things.

[@davidmacias1270]

It was cheap too!🥰

[@thatonegeeksite5251]

Love the Dreamcast so much. Still play it every now and then. Skies of Arcadia, PSO, MVC2, Jet Grind Radio. The list of classics goes on and on.

[@brichan1851]

I loved the Dreamcast. What an incredible, far ahead of its time, console. Here’s a little list of some of my favorites that you didn’t already mention: Crazy Taxi Skies of Arcadia Grandia 2 Sonic Adventure 1 + 2 Jet Set Radio Soul Calibur Dead or Alive 2 Street Fighter III (Double Impact + 3rd Strike) Street Fighter Alpha 3 Power Stone 1 + 2 Project Justice Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo Daytona USA Record of Lodoss War Shenmue 1 + 2 Ecco the Dolphin Space Channel 5 1 + 2

[@jimsoczka9668]

We'll always remember the banana costume. And of course, the bread bag clip collection. Good job as always RB.

[@brodogg1313]

Armada was an amazing banger of an experience I don't hear people talk about when they mention the cast.

[@colin8802]

One game that I think has been unfairly forgotten is Fur Fighters. It was a third-person shooter/collectathon where you swap between 6 different characters with their own abilities. Granted, it's been a long time since I fully replayed it, but at the time it really reminded me of Rare's best games on the N64.

[@BlazeBops]

The amount of times Samba De Amigo comes up on this channel is great. I'm a huge fan of it as well!

[@hanleyforhire]

Marvel vs. Capcom was the reason I bought a Dreamcast. Kudos for also mentioning Tech Romancer. Probably one of the most creative rosters in a fighting game.

[@lonreed9743]

Such a great topic. My absolute favorites are Code Veronica, Virtua Tennis, Zombies Revenge, Blue Stinger, D2 and Ready 2 Rumble. I’ll fire these up time to time, I love them!

[@philosophyoftrucking]

Dynamite Cop is insane. So much fun.

[@itsdeonlol]

The shaking of the maracas was so funny lmao!

[@RTPJu]

Metropolis Street Racer, Test Drive LeMans, Tokio Xtreme Racer, 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker, Daytona USA, Sword of the Berserk, Grandia 2, Skies of Arcadia, Code Veronica, Capcom Vs SNK 2 and Soul Calibur are games that just don't get old. People can say I'm nostalgic, but can't say honestly that I'm lying about this console being the most underrated piece of entertainment ever released. Honestly, the only kind of game that I missed back in the day was a good calcio/fußball/futebol/fútbol/football game. Everything else that consoles usually did was well represented on Dreamcast

[@Wil_Dsense]

add in Hydro Thunder, MDK2, ECCO. There’s so many. Love these particular games for unique reasons. ECCO Defender Of The Future for Dreamcast is truly a delightful experience.

[@slamjackson2137]

Dynamite Cop with a friend is life changing. I’m pretty confident in saying that.

[@prefeitobear9209]

Waiting for your videos is like being super hungry and Waiting for the pizza delivery person to show up: the hesitation, the anxiety. Then once the pizza is here, I eat it so fast that I feel like my day is over, there's nothing else to do.. Or is there? Samba de Amigos!

[@BeephBigham]

Love this console! SA1, trickstyle, soul reaver 💯💪🏼♥️

[@alanfike]

Trickstyle!! I had that back in the day but forgot what it was called. That futuristic hoverboard racing game with the fly scenery. Trickstyle. That's the one.

[@nader91]

7:00 hilarious timing... made it sound like you were doing some play-by-play commentary for the on going action 🤣🤣

[@PowerSynopsis]

The Dreamcast gave us the Yakuza series. Let us never forget.

[@nazor1]

The antics are just getting more and more deranged 😂 also videos is apropos- my eBay ordered Dreamcast comes in tomorrow after my brother sold our old family console. Pretty sure Sonic Adventure 2 disc was left in the console 😢

[@dapperfan44]

Harsh! The Dreamcast I got from ebay in 2016 had Resident Evil Code Veronica disc 2 inside. The seller later contacted me and offered to sell me the first disc too, lol

[@realguitarthur]

Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Soul Calibur, Power Stone, Power Stone 2, Toy Commander. :)

[@danbauer3669]

Nice! I have Soul Calibur and Toy Commander! Them's good vidja games!

[@veightrwd8828]

Can’t forget hydro thunder.

[@QueenViolet8]

My cousin who passed thought enough of me to give me his Dreamcast I treasure it and still play it to this day Jet Grind Radio is always in rotation with Project Justice Thanks Scott miss you!

[@johndiggle4229]

Dreamcast is sick

[@edgemaverick2079]

Dynamite Cop is one of my favorite videos game and the best beat them up game ever

[@CasepbX]

Sega GT is one of my favorite DC games. Expendable is also a great Contra style game. I think it was on PS1 though. Oh Metropolis Street Racer is great.

[@jasonmark4460]

Need a part 2!....spent untold hours playing Soul Caliber

[@foxylover777]

Virtual-On or also known as (Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram) was such a cinematic and dynamic mech fighting game.

[@ParisiticPictures]

LOVE the channel man. Love the constancy. Love the consistency. Love the Humor. Love the Quality. Thanks.

[@dahubbzgaming]

Ive never played Dreamcast but i do enjoy watching the gameplay footage.

[@williamburrows6215]

Dynamite Cop was sooo good! Definitely makes me want a Dreamcast remembering it

[@tyraelhermosa]

1:53. lol I like the weird persona you play in these videos, it’s great 😂

[@drift180x]

So many good games in such a short time. Dreamcast was really a special machine. I still enjoy mine to this day.

[@mattb6522]

Good video! I loved Sega for the fact that they always made goofy, over-the-top arcade games that were just a joy to play! My college friends and I would play Power Stone 1 & 2 as well as Soulcalibur constantly at our dorm as they were just a lot of fun to pick up and throw down! On my personal list, Skies of Arcadia, Super Magnetic Neo, Hydro Thunder, and Ecco: Defender of the Future were games that I enjoyed long after the death of the Dreamcast.

[@dbzfanatic278]

Got a Dreamcast back in 1999 when it first came out. It was such a graphical leap compared to ps1 or nintendo64 at the time. Totally mind blowing. Just got one recently and sonic adventure holds up so well. It also looks amazing through s video on a CRT

[@rooty]

The N64 also has an excellent good to bad game ratio, mostly because it was too expensive to put shovelware on those cartridges lol

[@animemaster4861]

That's one peripheral I've never seen is the light gun for the Dreamcast and of course it looks pretty awesome it actually looks like a phaser. Not surprising the light gun for the Master system looked cooler than the one for the NES. It's like they actually modeled it after the gun from zillion

[@katskratchkustumz]

I love that you are who you are, awesome video as usual!

[@Ultrapub]

Whoa, someone actually mentioned - and praised - "Confidential Mission"?! I was already planning to make a post about my favorite DC games, and mention how no one ever brings that up, but then... YOU COVERED IT FIRST OUT THE GATE!!! By the way, speaking of other ways people can use their light-gun, "Sega Smash Pack: Volume 1" also includes a fully-compatible copy of "Virtua Cop 2". Anyways, my beloved Dreamcast experiences include: "Confidential Mission", "Crazy Taxi", "House of the Dead 2", "Jet Grind Radio", "Phantasy Star Online", "Resident Evil: Code Veronica," "Sega Smash Pack: Volume 1", "Shenmue", "Skies of Arcadia", and "Sword of the Berserk: Gut's Rage". Not included are any titles I either never enjoyed, or possibly never played for a significant duration (and thus lack an opinion). Sadly, as for the system itself, that would eventually die in a basement flooding incident.

[@danbauer3669]

I have Saturn and I have Dreamcast. I have a light gun for Dreamcast, but not Saturn, however, with Sega Smash Pack I can use my Dreamcast light gun to play a Saturn light gun game! I'm all confused after typing that.... I think I got that right... Sorry that you got flooded. I know what that's like. I didn't lose any game collection in my flood, though, so, my condolences, friend.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, Confidential Mission doesn't get brought up enough!

[@mallow2902]

6:13 Hey! You take that back, Amingo is one of the most underrated fighting game characters of all time! ...MvC1 is still really good though.

[@Dualblades47]

It always amazes me how you manage such consistent quality and humor. Love your videos Retro Bird!

[@eatthewoke5170]

I love your videos, bro. You won me over when you threw the banana at the fence.

[@nmnate]

These videos of yours are just getting more and more hilarious. Well done 😁

[@nmnate]

Amingo was part of my roommate's main team in mvc2 😅

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Thank you!

[@dahjord]

Subbed since u were only 10k followers works paying off pretty good

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

I have been playing Shenmue for the first time ever over the past week and I love it! It's definitely a must own for the Dreamcast, especially since it's quite cheap still. I'm excited to play the second game too, I picked up a European copy for Dreamcast since it was only released on Xbox in the US.

[@paul-wg4ts]

there’s a playable sega saturn under the tv in ryos front room . keep the noise down though , think of eni san

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

@@paul-wg4ts I need to try that out next time I boot the game now lol

[@paul-wg4ts]

@@NottJoeyOfficial i don’t wanna spoil the game for you but you can acquire games to play on it , that’s all i’m saying

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Dreamcast light zapper looks really good. Seeing it for the first time.

[@yellowskrub]

Man your videos are always awesome, keep it up!

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

There are far too many awesome Dreamcast games to just start naming them. I got so into that system that I imported one in advance just so I wouldn't have to wait to play Power Stone. It got me back into 2D shooters and fighters in a big way, and I own just about everything I ever wanted for it. I cleaned house at stores like EB Games around 2002, where you could get so many games for under $5, and spent the real money to import all of the shooters and fighters that didn't come out over here. Just so much of the library is pick up and play fun that nearly anyone can enjoy.

[@Diablokiller999]

Alone in the Dark - New Nightmare is also best on Dreamcast I think, pretty good survival horror that is often overlooked.

[@ReinMixTape]

That's awesome fun.

[@Riz2336]

That was one thing about the Dreamcast. So many good games. Imagine how many more there could have been had it not died so fast

[@sickturtle1901]

Soul Reaver & Code Veronica… NFL2k.. loved my Dreamcast

[@mr.serious9538]

Oh my God it's been another week. Well, at least Retro Bird is on!

[@robertdanker6193]

Great video!! I am a huge fan of Dynamite Cop!👍👍

[@jwill7998]

Samba De Amigo was the first game I purchased for my Dreamcast (ordered the same time as Seaman). It might be the greatest rhythm game ever.

[@JROBJAYCE]

"You don't deserve the Donkey Kong."

[@AMDRADEONRUBY]

Nice a new video just in time before bed about Dreamcast nice!

[@MaryTownsendRyokansDomain]

I just got through playing the Dreamcast on my projector last week

[@AnonimitySmith]

I love absolutely everything RB does

[@Monhamd1000]

The Dreamcast is still alive in our hearts.

[@almonster12]

0:25 this is the high-quality banana content I have come to expect from Retro Bird videos.

[@Albert-ru7ob]

Wow I got here early… don’t have a Dreamcast but I would love one

[@ShinSynZero]

Great vid, it's really hard to go wrong w/the Dreamcast. Your list was pretty solid too, especially Travh Romancer, I think a lot of people missed that. Games that I think are worth checking out include Crazy Taxi, Power Stone, Garou: MoW, Typing of the Dead, Jet Grind Radio, and Street Fighter Alpha 3.

[@EsThirt33n]

Zombie Revenge, Power Stone, and Tokyo Extreme Racer are some of my go to games for the Dreamcast, as well as Marvel VS Capcom 2and other fighting games.

[@Nightowl1981]

Buying a Dreamcast within Japan is not so expensive actually. After seeing this video it makes me want to pick one up! Thanks again for another amazing and humorous episode 😁

[@sc3ku]

Only one person I knew had one and we loved it…it somehow felt special to have this unusual console. Only wish I could’ve played online at higher speeds!

[@darthkreggles3798]

I had Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, House of the Dead 2 and Ready to Rumble Boxing. I loved all of those. Skies of Arcadia was a great title too, but I never owned the Dreamcast version. I ended up getting it on the GameCube later on.

[@ShonenJump121]

In terms of less talked about games I've been playing Record of Lodoss War and its pretty fun. Like Diablo in a way.

[@fritzthecat8158]

Seaman and Shenmue are not just my favorite dreamcast games but my favorite games of all time! Just picked up Heavy Metal Geomatrix and cant wait to check it out

[@davidrin3566]

That Banana suit with the maracas 😂

[@mythicdale8757]

Napple Tale is special. Probably the best OST I have heard in gaming! and also... wait for it... Frogger 2.

[@rafaelvieri2161]

Spider-man, Tony Hawk 1, Soul Calibur 1, Sonic Aventure 1 and Virtual Tennis 1 are the games I get back to. MVC 1 and SF 3 and CVS2 too, sometimes.

[@KarateEMouse]

Toy Commander was always one of my favorite Dreamcast games

[@mattsansom644]

Used to love virtua cop. Confidential mission looks awesome!

[@suetit]

The 1st time I knew about the dreamcast was at my neighbors. They were playing SF Rush 2049. I remember the graphics blew my mind! After a couple of years they sold the console to me with a vast library of games. I loved my N64 and PS2 but the DC stole my heart. I'd love so much to own one again... besides all the classics, these are a few of my personal favorites. Super Magnetic Neo Quake Arena 3 Soul Fighter Jo jo's bizarre adventure Spawn: in the demon's hand Absolut bangers for me: Grandia II Shenmue I & II Sonic Aventures II Virtua Tennis

[@valkiriforce]

Really wished I could have played Cannon Spike back then...it had Mega Man in it!

[@Christ_is_Lord_]

6:14 LOL

[@TheSuckoShow]

That's a good point about fighting games having too big of rosters. It starts to feel like they're just dumping assets into the game, like you're playing MUGEN or something, and it can start to lose its identity. MvC2 isn't the WORST example of that, but it did have 56 playable characters, and I don't think I could name more than a dozen of them.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, it was an especially massive roster back then too. The jump in # of characters from the last game was pretty staggering.

[@krono5el]

Its Thinking, love the Dreamcast and will never stop.

[@The_Badseed]

Great games, Great controller and internet capable, the Dreamcast was the complete package. I miss the days of Sega consoles

[@brendanroberts1310]

I don't know about the controller.

[@The_Badseed]

I worked great for me, plus the VMU was really cool

[@adamkahmann2937]

I never had a Dreamcast, but I did play Phantasy Star Online on the Gamecube. Man I loved that game

[@neetpride5919]

Dreamcast is really good for bringing arcade games home. I think I read somewhere that was also the Saturn's strategy. It was great for racing, fighting, and sports games. It also was really the first console to go all in on online play. There was an emphasis on innovation too, what with stuff like the VMUs or the game Seaman. Unfortunately, it's terrible for longer single player experiences that can only be played on console. Games like Sonic Adventure and Shenmue were ambitious for the time, but they weren't revered like Ocarina of Time or Metal Gear Solid and they certainly didn't hold up as well as the latter pair. Not to mention the almost complete lack of RPGs. I have tried so hard to enjoy Dreamcast games, including all the ones mentioned on this vid, but I've since given up trying to force it. It really makes a lot of sense why it failed.

[@austincrew9604]

Oh my gosh the banana head🤣

[@gorteous]

Power Stone 1 and 2, and Soul caliber are always a good time on the Dreamcast

[@MrMarrekkk]

Oh The Dreamcast, it's been just two years since I bought one and along Sega Mega Drive it's my favourite console.

[@billcook4768]

Doesn’t get a lot of love, it there’s more awesome gameplay in the Dreamcast Smash Pack than just about any other game.

[@Zahir658]

So many Dreamcast games that I really enjoy: Capcom vs SNK 2, Project Justice 2, Guilty Gear, etc.

[@tiredhero]

I wish I still had mine and skies of arcadia

[@sendingevac]

Archimedes is worth talking about today, more than a lot of other computers of the era! lol

[@Totavier]

The Dreamcast was an amazing console to me since it had a big library of good games on it, not counting also that was the first console in which I was introduced to the wonderful world of Sega and... yeah I arrived too late to the party, lol!. But anyway tons of good games I played on that console, either the popular ones like Shenmue, Phantasy Star Online, Daytona USA 2001, Soul Calibur, the Sonic Adventure games, the Crazy Taxi ones, a lot of the Capcom fighting games, etc..., but also I played other titles that were kind obscure and not much people talk about it nowdays like: Super Magnetic Neo, Zombie Revenge or AeroWings. Not counting also that I loved the small multiplayer competitive puzzle game: Swirl that was included in the web browser disc, still I'm kind sad that Sega never made a re-release of that game or at least some random studio made a clone game based on it.

[@GhibliNova]

Sega Rally 2, Daytona USA, Mars Matrix, Gunbird 2, Street Fighter 3 (all of them), and Giga Wing (both of them) are just a couple but there are so many that fit here easily 😁