Sega Dreamcast: Must Play Games

[@joelofsteel6713]

Skies of arcadia is one of my all time favorite Rpgs ever

[@The_Bearded_Warrior]

Looking into getting a dreamcast to add to my retro collection, definitely a memory I'd like to relive again! 💯

[@barrytownsend6371]

Made it to the end! Well done! Missed a few, as referenced below.

[@digitalchameleon1884]

Nice video mate cheers, I had a Japanese DC back in the day on release and my friend and I hammered HOD2 was difficult like code veronica in Japanese but we still did it. Such good memories with is console.

[@KennytheHedgehog619]

you won me over with Tails on the thumbnail

[@DarkWorldQ8]

Great list. I would like to recommend Dynamite Cop, Zombie Revenge, and Gauntlet Legends, especially if you find them at reasonable prices.

[@alterbr33d]

4:18 Another bad decision with the Dreamcast was not including second stick on the controller. I had Quake III and that kept me with the Goldeneye controls, then with Halo, I chose Legacy, and now my brain is stuck like that and half the games these days don't support legacy controls anymore.

[@Filmblanc]

Great video with articulate and succinct explanations of why you enjoyed each game! The video capturing was well done too. Subscribed.

[@michaeldrumgold1995]

Excellent video! Loved that you showed Skies Of Arcadia!

[@bens3767]

Found a deamcast yesterdayband having fun revisiting a lot of old games.

[@thedogjuicettv]

I got my first dreamcast about two years ago, but it was untested. After trying and failing to fix it multiple times, I finally got it working yesterday. Definitely looking forward to checking out Ikaruga, Grandia and Soul Calibur.

[@turismofoegaming8806]

Finally!! A KZbinr out there that recognizes just how good Metropolis Street racer is and was at the time, for the Sega DreamCast!!! Absolutely the best racing game on the system in my opinion and it was my favorite as well- Metropolis Street racer Sega rally championship 4 x 4 evo Just to name a few really good ones

[@kma4835]

Made it to the end and gotta say great taste in games Powerstone especially needs a port that game could be HUGE in the fight game scene

[@brandonholsather2171]

I honestly would say PlayStation Nintendo and Sega all have a place. I love them all.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

Tokyo Extreme Racer 2 and Cool Boarders Burn were some of my favorites.

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

Cool Boarders was on the Playstation. Maybe you are thinking of Rippin Riders?

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

@@thedigitaldivide3958 I had it on the Japanese DC, maybe it had a different name locally?

[@timaustin2000]

The thing to remember about the PS2 was that Sony talked up the hardware to high heaven pre-launch but were later forced to concede that the system was nowhere near as powerful as initially claimed. Performance wise, the PS2 and Dreamcast were far closer than people thought at the time, with the Dreamcast having some distinct advantages in anti-ailising and lighting abilities.

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

They were both great consoles. I think Sega wanted to give the Dreamcast a head start, and they did that along side a really impressive launch library. I still don’t get why the console failed as hard as it did.

[@multiplefutures8206]

@@thedigitaldivide3958 piracy. And third party support was lacking outside of Capcom. Because of piracy

[@AbeStephan]

The Dreamcast had problems with the Half Life game .

[@48hourrecordsteam45]

Hey where but the ps2 edged it out Dreamcast could do something ps2 look like it would have a hard time doing. But Sony used nes old trick . Blurry low poly & textures in the right places and ramped up colors. .

[@48hourrecordsteam45]

1.launch price was too low.! Even 19.99 more would have met them profits 2. The controller wasn’t well thought out or comfortable. They lost the 3 button in a. Row dna & their perfect dpad was replaced… they didn’t include two shoulder buttons and two analogs .. built in rumble would have cut on some of the clunkyness. 3.gd rom not holding as much data as dvd . 4.PIRACY .!! 5.no dvd movie playback

[@toycoma98]

I had a dreamcast, thought it broke within a week, wouldn't turn on. Turns out the power plug wasn't inserted all the way. I was just a kid, i didn't know any better.

[@TheFLOMAN76]

Draconus, Cult of the Wyrm.... Loved that game.

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

I absolutely loved Die By The Sword, which was the original

[@robert5235]

I Agree wish we got a Dreamcast, two.and 3

[@Therealcovault]

My favorite Dreamcast game is Evolution 2. Takes place after Evolution (1), which I didn't think was near as good, but worth playing for the adventure. Power Stone 1 and 2 are SOLID games that would hold up today probably better than most games from that age. Every Sonic title (SA 1+2, and Shuffle) Skies of Arcadia was super fun but playing it after Evolution 2 was a bad idea haha still, it was a good time.

[@Johnnyhardcore4ever]

So expensive

[@Cinetiste]

Evolution: The World of Sacred Device !? ☺ A pretty game !

[@Nick-ij2zm]

Please make more videos on games on other consoles. Retro sega and Nintendo consoles if you can. Great video 😊

[@animeaddict5301]

I still have my Dreamcast from 2000. It's such a shame it didn't have a longer life, we might have seen more games of Soul Calibur, caliber.

[@LoneWolfAudio0524]

The only game I vastly regret not getting to play was D2. The gameplay was part survival horror, part first person on rails shooter, part hunting sim and part Metal Gear Solid cutscene fest. Seriously very interesting story, despite an oddly silent protagonist. To this day I'm disappointed it was never released on any other console. Also yes, I did make it to the end.

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

I missed that one as well

[@TheEarthRealm]

I'm guessing there's not that many copies that got made. :-/

[@Undergrounddweller_1030]

I grabbed power stone 1 & 2, off the vita like a year ago now...along with so many great psp games, ps1, vita, and mini games, I got the vita when it first dropped play it on the vita tv now it's great

[@philipboey5844]

I'm going to purchase sega dreamcast japanese version console tmrw. even though it's a commercial failure , it;s still great for collection. i can still enjoy daytona use 2001, shenmue 1 and 2, snk vs capcom and etc.

[@dimviesel]

Shenmue, Spawn and Jet Set Radio. Top 3👍🏾

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

We have very different taste in games :)

[@basedzoe]

Kind of surprised you didn’t put any sports game but good video btw!

[@multiplefutures8206]

Unreal Tournament on Dreamcast had online multiplayer. The PS2 version did not.

[@shenmuebaloff]

The list was great, but Really not Shenmue? I get that is your personal list, but if the title says "Must Play Games" Shenmue 1 and 2 are a must, so it would be cool mentioned them at least, also some of my favorite games were Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, Resident Evil Code Veronica, Zombie Revenge, Jet Set Radio, Tech Romancer, Capcom vs SNK 1 and 2, both Crazy Taxi 1 and 2, Skies of Arcadia, Grandia 2, Project Justice and Marvel vs Capcom 1 and 2

[@shenmuebaloff]

@@centro8894 is awesome I played it on Dreamcast and PS1 is a must play too, but you don't lose very much for playing it in PS1 instead of Dreamcast, just the better models and 60 fps instead of 30

[@dreday12]

The nostalgia is just perfect

[@chinodigitalbath]

"Headhunter", "Zombie Revenge" and "F355 Challenge" are great Titles for the Dreamcast as well...

[@volvoguy804]

Wow, love this list! Thanks!

[@Memememe-is1yn]

Good list. A few that were missed though: Air Force Delta (one of the best flight battle games ever made for any system) Starlancer (one of the best space fighter sims on a console) E.G.G. (an incredible and unique ARPG) Berserk: Gut's Rage (great action/adventure game in the Berserk anime universe) Gauntlet Legends (3D Gauntlet game) Record of Lodoss War (Diablo style RPG in ROLW anime universe) Armada (above view space fighter strategy, not SHMUP, game) Sonic Adventure 2 (not as good as the original, but still really good) Virtual Tennis (amazing even for people who don't play sports games) Shenmue (why was this missing?) ***WARNING: DO NOT BUY BLUE STINGER, IT IS PROBABLY THE ONLY BAD DC GAME***

[@teliakos]

rayman 2 bes5 fame when played it back in the day on pc and after i saw it also for n64 on a store got it and got a controller also

[@maine8375]

Unreal tournament did have online multiple player 👍

[@jeffyp2483]

Grandia 2 is one of my favorite DC games. i loved the graphics. to me it often invoked a sense of looking at mobiles. the way the objects and characters appeared on the screen made it feel like i could reach in and pick things up like scale models. played Q3A and UT99. played Q3A the most, i played it online some.

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

Completely agree

[@leejones2113]

But what games that are on dreamcast that is still only on dreamcast?

[@KabukiKid]

Ikaruga was the last game I got for my Dreamcast. Annoyingly, it was never properly released in the U.S., so it was only available as an import. Amazing game!

[@darkgray1]

DC had the best fighting games of all time

[@Flipstar1]

I always wanted a DreamCast, never got one from my parents, had only the Sega Mega Drive 2 and a Game Gear, loved them both.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Had, and still have and use mine. I have an early model that will play burned games, but I plan to install an optical drive Emulator at some point.

[@CyberBully100]

Not too late to buy one. I always wanted one too and now I bought one

[@tacklefatkids]

Never had a dreamcast either. Started emulating it just today. The variety of games you got was truly amazing. Wish there was somehow a way to still make games for dreamcast it has such an interesting design to it.

[@Cinetiste]

It seems they did well already, since they were two excellent consoles ! ☺ (A new console has almost always been pricey, unfortunately, so we may have to wait after the wave somrtimes.)

[@davidme00]

Going to try Ikaruga

[@BzzzOne]

You're the first human being I hear sayin that you think Sonic Adventure 1 is better than Sonic Adventure 2. I finally found a soul brother when it comes to this. Thanks for not feeling quite like an alien anymore 😂

[@calebfielding6352]

Its way better and sonic should have stuck with an open world

[@BzzzOne]

@@calebfielding6352 🙏🏻

[@Bill-cs2ql]

don't even remember saying sonic adventures but it said I did you said it correctly lmao sonic adventure 2 is better in my eyes but clearly I think sonic adventure 1 has better gameplay

[@CasperEgas]

You can still play most of the games online. Quake 3 or PSO for example.

[@STP.83]

What Super Mario 64 was for the N64 was Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast in my opinion. Super Mario 64 blew my mind in 1997, and Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast impressed me in the same way in 1999. It was one of my first Dreamcast games.

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

Mario 64 was so much more impressive to me, but yeah I agree

[@EndaRochford]

Thank you. Emulation has opened my mind to the possibilities of playing these awesome games again speaking as a very old gamer

[@amit_patel654]

You should definitely check out the Steam Deck then. That thing can play almost everything lol. I've got all the old consoles from SNES, N64, to Dreamcast, PS2, and even some PS3 on there.

[@kerbrainbrain9174]

Yes. I'm here all the way to the end. But tell you what. Do a review of the Dreamcast football/soccer games, please.

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

I appreciate it

[@starpier]

When you talked about fighting games you left out two japanese exclusive that, in my humble opinion, are both better than Marvel vs Capcom2. I am talking about Capcom vs SNK 2 and Guilty Gear X. The last one has the most beautiful 2D graphics of any Dreamcast game and it really shows how Arc System Works had the edge over Capcom.

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

Have not played either of those games but Capcom VS SNK sounds awesome. I’ll need to check it out

[@SoyAntonioGaming]

IT THIS LIST MANDATORY OR CAN I REFRAIN FROM PLAYING SOME?!

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

Mandatory :)

[@sega-re-trop-vieux]

Where is the most important one : Sefagaga ! This game is for the fans of Sega and you should play it , so much fun. Another one is phantasy star online and the online is the key to that game ( I play it everyday online). Last but not least atomiswave ports, not official and came only 2 years ago but a fantastic refreshing new games for the system

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

Sefagaga? Never heard of it. Will check it out

[@emulation2369]

Headhunter Soldier of Fortune Half-Life Resident evil Code Veronica Shenmue 1-2

[@brandonholsather2171]

I think this list of games he did was good list.

[@yeolemillinial8295]

i'm still hoping someone translates DeSPIRIA. that dreamcast RPG looks really good and dark

[@SouthernOregonReps]

Made it to the end Thx

[@V.is.for.Vae.Victus]

You forgot: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Shenmue 2 MDK 2 SEGA GT Phantasy Star Online Gauntlet Legends

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

This is a list of my personal favorites on the system. Those are not my personal favorites. I did enjoy Soul Reaver- but I played that on the PS1

[@centro8894]

finally someone comment about legacy of kain soul reaver

[@brianlawl1]

all about blood omen 2@@centro8894

[@BasedDoomSlayer]

Here are my personal top 9 Dreamcast games of all time (in no particular order): 1. HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 2. CONFIDENTIAL MISSION 3. VIRTUA COP 2 4. SILENT SCOPE 5. DEATH CRIMSON 2 6. DEATH CRIMSON OX 7. QUAKE 3 ARENA 8. UNREAL TOURNAMENT 9. SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

[@DreamcastQ]

Good stuff

[@voigthkampff3595]

Thx 4 Ikaruga 💥

[@brianlawl1]

the fixed angle is what made the old RE games. When we were kids some of us wanted it to be more like an FPS but boy were those kids WRONG. so much better with fixed angle

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

The fixed angle was simply a limitation of the hardware at the time. They were just getting into polygonally based rendering back then. I think games like the excellent RE2 remake proved that that fixed camera angle was not necessary to facilitate a sense of controlled “dread”.

[@mdog23453]

Add virtua tennis and wacky races 😊

[@dogeymon83]

I love the GDEMU. I can play anything anytime. No more eBay scalpers ❤

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

I can kind of understand that perspective. Scalpers are a poison to the collectors market and developers are not getting money from second hand sales.

[@48hourrecordsteam45]

1.shenmue 1&2 2 jet grind radio 3.skies of Arcadia 4.grandia 2 5.resident evil code Veronica 6.2k2-sports line up 7.marvel capcom 2 8.unreal tournament 9.sonic adventure 1&2 10 test drive Le Mans

[@yeolemillinial8295]

honestly i always felt the two things that killed the dreamcast was, first the controller. no one wanted a single analog controller with so few buttons going into the 2000s, not many like the 3d controller on the saturn so i don't know what they were thinking there. secondly and most important was early piracy made it difficult to get developers on board for the dreamcast

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

I completely agree with the piracy part. Their security was defeated so fast and so easily that you could literally burn off the shelf CDW’s from Dreamcast ISO’s soon after launch

[@BASHERSKINZ]

the Saturn and Playstation killed the Dreamcast :( the Dreamcast is my favorite ever console

[@ThoughtformsOfTheSubconsciousM]

I have literally never once heard anyone say anything other than glowing praise for the Saturn 3D pad. It has the most accurate analog stick by far for the time utilizing magnetic sensors that blow everything else out of the water, and it's very comfortable.

[@leebrooke7082]

Resident evil??

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

Code Veronica is on the list

[@leebrooke7082]

@@thedigitaldivide3958 OMG how did i miss that!!!, its was actually the only reason i bought the dreamcast

[@kiwivagui7541]

The 32x has a powerfull to homevrew productions

[@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung]

And all five people who own one are probably very happy with that.

[@j.goggels9115]

Where's Shenmue? Giga Wing 2 is equally beautiful and a lot more fun than Ikaruga and Outtrigger has more colours and fun than Quake III.

[@Chaogardenx]

The reason why I watch this kind of videos is to discover new things. Shenmue is very well known so I don’t mind the omission

[@OriginalName90]

I don't disagree from a finding-games perspective, but OP is justified in calling this out from a title-versus-content expectations perspective. Especially considering the list leads in with the best-selling game on the console.

[@ricslick]

Outtrigger was fantastic. I’d do anything to play it online again.

[@STAXONDECK1]

Giga wing 2 is top tier forsure

[@coffmanlove2020]

Shenmue

[@dogeymon83]

I don’t know why people say Sonic adventure 2 looks better than Sonic Adventure 1. It doesn’t. Sonic Adventure 1 is the better looking game. Much higher resolution textures, and that’s why it has a lower frame rate. Sonic 2 simplified textures more to achieve better frame rate and it’s a mixed bag.

[@jeffyp2483]

i think at least in some respects, sonic adv 2 has a more going on graphically. technically improved visuals. however, i like the aesthetic of the first game better. i think many agree. some of that appeal i believe comes from the greater number of open areas. sonic adv2 tends to be more cramped and crowded.

[@NX6.2]

I can't believe how much better Sonic Adventure 2 looks, compared to Sonic Adventure 1.

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

Because it runs at double the frame rate and has better textures and animations. I personally like SA1 better than SA2 as I stated in this video, but thats for game play and story reasons.

[@jeffyp2483]

@@NX6.2 id bet they increased the number of polys overall, and any resources taken from the 'visuals' budget could have and likely did goto more than framerate

[@keymo9480]

Um. Shenmue…..???? It was so great back then.

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

I never got into the series, I owned it- just never grabbed me. My biggest interest in it was the never released Saturn build. That would have been impressive

[@ehsanghazavi470]

Shenmue is shit

[@derekbuckler9888]

Let me tell you something divide, Sony isn't any better. As a matter of fact, they may be worse. The Saturn easily should have won that console war, mistakes made, or not. Many times I witnessed either bias, or corruption from the game magazines reviewing Saturn games. Purposefully giving very good games (like SFA3) a lower score, or saying that "the super shadows didn't look quite right" which means either Sony was paying them off. Or they just hated it, and despite all that I supported them after putting Sega out of business. I gave them thousands of hours of my time, and money the last 25 years. And if you look at how bad they are now, a corrupt company that's literally destroying the game industry with their new "diversity" company hiring practices. They've always been corrupt, but no one ever says anything bad about them. God forbid they do, but that's exactly what they deserve. As to me the Sega Saturn is the best system ever made, period. Sounds biased? Sounds a lot like the way fans fanatically support Sony, who can apparently do no wrong.

[@robert5235]

I think the Dreamcast is the best game console ever

[@ThoughtformsOfTheSubconsciousM]

I fully agree with everything you said here man, 100%!. The Saturn absolutely is the best console ever made, and the biased hate against it was real. $oyny basically ruined the gaming industry, and look at it now. I've sworn off modern games and just play my old Sega consoles anymore, pretending gaming died after the Dreamcast.

[@novalover5033]

🤔I loved the video but you made a few trip ups in your info. You are a bit uninformed on a few things. Not posting this to be a snarky elitist. Posting to enlighten and educate. 1.) The way you stated this confused me. So I’ll say this. Bizarre Creations did not end with PGR 1. They made 3 games. The game that ended the studio was BLUR and that game really kicked ass. It needs more love. It also has Arcade dna. 2.) A developer once said writing code for the Dreamcast was like using a pen. Writing code for the ps2 was like trying to use a brush. Ps2 may have had more power on paper but the ps2 was hard to develop for. I collect and love ps2. But it’s not the place to go for multiplat. I ALWAYS had a far more superior stable experience on Game cube, Xbox and Dreamcast in direct comparison. Also Dreamcast has so many games running in 480p resolution at 60 fps with VGA support a great deal of the time. Ps2 was ok but 480i 30fps aged like milk. Especially when their 30fps is an unstable one. It WAS NOT the best performance for third party. And Dreamcast was just better because of that fact. 3.) Just throwing this in there. The reason why games especially arcade ports run flawlessly is because Dreamcast was built very similar to the Naomi Arcade architecture sega had. Back in the mid 90’s Arcades were the pc experience. You weren’t getting mind blowing visuals on your home computer. Daytona USA for example came out in 1994. That wasn’t happening at home of unless you were like super rich. So Dreamcast is actually more of an Arcade machine vs a computer based layout. Even the inside guts look like an arcade cabinet on the surface. You mentioned it was an at home arcade box. That is why. Cuz sega was all about arcade so it quite literally IS. And in my opinion it’s a cut above the rest because of that fact. Please consider this. We have many new fans of retro gaming. I think you are well spoken and very articulate with your presentation. I just wish you would teach more. I really think you should do a history lesson on the Dreamcast (other consoles too) and why things are not only designed the way they are but WHY. And if you do you gotta mention segas history with arcades and who they are. It is widely forgotten. And is extremely important to the story of Dreamcast. Just saying. Still love the vid. Didn’t post this with hate in my heart. I just want some of the info delivered correctly. Especially cuz new fans just don’t know of the world that came before them. THANK YOU 🙏

[@thedigitaldivide3958]

It sounds like you have a lot to say about the video game industry. Any interest in doing a collaborative video with me so you can put your thoughts out there?

[@atemporalmusic6622]

Excelente Observação!

[@greggrsham-ri8sh]

Found resident evil at a HUGE OLD ATLANTA AREA completely desolate near huge TRAIN YARD 8 tracks across but no longer used but RE1 was AMAZING for 3 or 4 days DAY and NIGHT because the blockbuster guy didn't tell me about the battery that couldn't be replaced so you could save the game's progress