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4 unusual facts about Dreamcast


Gamestation

They also sell, and accept as part exchange, games and consoles from older generations, such as the Sega Master System, Mega Drive, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, NES, Super NES, Nintendo 64 and PlayStation, although this practice looks set to cease due to Game disposing of old "retro" stock.

Omake

The term Omake has use also in video games; the Sega game Shenmue II for the Dreamcast had a hidden folder on the game disc labelled "Omake", found by placing the disc into a computer, containing exclusive wallpapers and conception art.

Quick time event

Die Hard Arcade (Sega, 1996) and most notably Shenmue (Sega, 1999) for the Dreamcast introduced QTEs in the modern form of cut scene interludes in an otherwise more interactive game.

Shoichiro Irimajiri

He became president of Sega in 1998, where he laid an ambitious plan using the Dreamcast to restore Sega's lost market share and prestige which took a severe downfall following the flawed launch of the Sega Saturn as well as the Sega 32X.


Analog stick

The analog pad used magnet-based Hall effect sensors, which was a unique implementation of the technology that was carried forward into the design of the Dreamcast controller as well.

Bleem!

Bleem! (styled as bleem!) was a commercial PlayStation emulator released by the Bleem Company in 1999 for IBM-compatible PCs and Dreamcast.

Blue Submarine No. 6

The OVA had also received two video games for the PlayStation and Dreamcast.

Border Down

Border Down was G.rev's second independent game (though they did subcontracted work on other titles, most notably Ikaruga and Gradius V), released after Sega's official discontinuation of the Dreamcast console.

DcVD

DcVD (Dreamcast Video Disc) is the proprietary video format based on the MPEG SOFDEC exclusively for the Sega Dreamcast.

Doesn't Really Matter

Also, behind her and her dancers screens show various scenes from the Dreamcast games Jet Grind Radio and Shenmue.

Dōjin soft

They are almost always exclusive to Windows-based PCs, but a few notable exceptions also exist for the Dreamcast, a console on which homebrew development was popular.

Donk!

In 2006 Cryptic Allusion and The GOAT Store are working with the original creators of Donk! to update the game for the Dreamcast.

Ephemeral Fantasia

The Dreamcast version of Ephemeral Fantasia was to feature cameos by Sega characters including Sonic the Hedgehog, Ulala, Ryo Hazuki, and, oddly enough, notable Sega developers Yu Suzuki and Yuji Naka.

Gashapon

The machines also appear in the Dreamcast game Shenmue, in which the main character Ryo Hazuki could spend yen to collect various figurines, including series of characters from the Virtua Fighter and Sonic the Hedgehog series of games as well as those of other known and lesser known Sega franchises (i.e. Fantasy Zone, Space Harrier, Hang-On etc.).

Hooked! Real Motion Fishing

This game was developed by SIMS, the developer of several fishing games including Sega Marine Fishing, the Dreamcast version of Sega Bass Fishing, and Top Angler: Real Bass Fishing.

Kaga Create

It later released titles for a wide array of gaming systems, including the Game Boy, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Dreamcast, the 3DO, the PlayStation, the Sega Saturn, and the PC-FX.

Mario's Tennis

The Rome News-Tribune referred to Mario's Tennis as "the only...decent stab at tennis" prior to the release of Sega's 2000 Dreamcast game Virtua Tennis.

Mechagodzilla

The Shōwa Mechagodzilla appears in the video games Godzilla: Monster of Monsters for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Godzilla for the Game Boy, The American version of Super Godzilla for the Super Nintendo, Godzilla: Battle Legends for TurboDuo, Godzilla Generations for the Dreamcast and Godzilla Generations: Maximum Impact for the Dreamcast.

Millennium Soldier: Expendable

Millennium Soldier: Expendable (known as Expendable in the U.S.A. and Seitai Heiki Expendable in Japan) is the title of a shoot 'em up video game that was released by British developer Rage Software for Microsoft Windows in 1998, the Sega Dreamcast in 1999, and the PlayStation in 2000. The remake of the game for Android based devices was released in late 2012 as Expendable: Rearmed.

Nihao Teahouse

Nihao Teahouse is also the name of a teahouse in the Dreamcast game Shenmue.

Oh My Goddess!

A Dreamcast quiz game titled Quiz: Ah! My Goddess - Stay With Fighting Wings was released in August 1998 for the Sega Dreamcast.

Otocky

Otocky is a precursor of Rez, Tetsuya Mizuguchi's 2002 Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 game exploring similar themes of player action and musical evolution.

PVD Disc

DcVD – A non-standard MPEG-1 format for the Sega Dreamcast video game console

Sega Smash Pack ROM Loader

The Sega Smash Pack ROM Loader is a front-end loader program released by the warez group Echelon, allowing a user to load their own ROMs into the Sega Genesis emulator built into Sega's Sega Smash Pack Volume 1 game for the Dreamcast.

Sonic Adventure: Songs With Attitude Vocal Mini-Album

Sonic Adventure Songs With Attitude ~ Vocal Mini-Album ~ is the video game music album from the 3D platformer Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast video game console developed and produced by Sega.

Soulcalibur

The Dreamcast port of Soulcalibur was released in Japan on August 5, 1999; and in North America as a launch title, on September 9, 1999.

Strategy guide

In January 2001, Prima published a guide (ISBN 0-7615-3125-4) for the Dreamcast version of Half-Life, which was canceled late in development when Sega discontinued the console.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo

In 2008, Capcom released a downloadable online version titled Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade, featuring 1080 pixel high definition graphics (compared with the original 224 pixel) and a rebalanced roster, based on the source code from Super Street Fighter II X for Matching Service for Dreamcast.

Capcom released Super Street Fighter II X for Matching Service for the Dreamcast in Japan as an exclusive mail-order release via the online Dreamcast Direct store (later known as Sega Direct) on December 22, 2000.

TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat

TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat (バギーヒート Buggy Heat in Japan and Europe) is an off-road racing video game for the Dreamcast, developed by CRI and published in the USA by ASC Games.

Ultimate Soccer

While similar in name, it has no relations with the Ultimate Soccer Manager series, but was followed by Striker still for the Mega Drive/Genesis, Striker '96, released for DOS, Sega Saturn and the PlayStation, and Striker Pro 2000, released for PlayStation and the Dreamcast.


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