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[[Dash]]

Well first off I have a few questions which I would like to have adressed
1.Can you mod a dreamcast? If so how much storage does it have..

2.Are there good rpgs for it, or just plain good games?

3.How does the online work? Is it free and do people still play?

4.Overall is it a good purchase?

Thanks for your time..

[thewickedjester]

1) I'm pretty sure you can mod it, to what extents though I'm not sure. I do know it would let you play backups and imports... I think, I may be thinking of another system
4) I saw some at my local GameStop a long time ago for $19 used, cables, controller, everything. I was going to get it for nothing more than the novelty of saying I had one but I was broke, really really BROKE.

[Himura]

I recommend Power Stone  

[LostIt]

I had a Dreamcast when they first came out. I thought it was a pretty nice system... then about 3 months later Sega discontinued it. Pretty crappy for those of us who shelled out a few hundred bucks for that thing. I liked Soul Calibur and Quake 3 Arena the best. The Dreamcast does not have any internal storage (hard drive.) The memory units ( AKA VMU, monochrome LCD @ 48x32 pixels w/ 128KB memory) were pretty cool. In Sonic 3D you could keep little virtual pets on them... You could even connect 2 VMUs together to battle your pets (pretty sure... correct me if I'm wrong... been a while.) Anyways, the DD-CDs (Double Density CDs developed by Sony) could store about 1.3GB of data. Sony thought the DD-CDs would catch on but they never made it beyond the Dreamcast that I know of. I also use to surf the web a little using a web browser supplied by Sega (not made by though) and the included 56k modem.

Interesting system. I doubt the one you're thinking of buying will cost much so go for it if you can still find games! (Especially Quake 3 Arena!)

[XBL_SUCKS]

2 good games to get Marvel vs Capcom 2, House of the Dead 2 with the light guns also a great impot is Fire Pro Wresling D one of the best westling games in my opion. I have a Sega Sports Dreamcast I am aint getting rid of it

[ronetone]

dreamcast have quite a few good games and you can get a used system from eb games for $20. not to mention there is no modchip required to play backups  

[XBL_SUCKS]

QUOTE(ronetone @ Sep 19 2005, 05:18 AM)

dreamcast have quite a few good games and you can get a used system from eb games for $20. not to mention there is no modchip required to play backups 

[EverestX]

Dreamcast used GD-roms....
Dreamcast is the shit
You can run most any burn cd off of it.
If you like HOmebrew get Dr Xlax from sbiffy.com and find a few people to play with. Amanda the witch is bad ass also.

Burning games is hella simple, you can run linux on your dc (if you want)
I recommend the ethernet adapter for it over the shitty modem.  
I have the dreamcast keyboard I love it.

And most games that are burnt can be made into self boots no boot disc needed.  The boot disc is called utopia though.

Um get crazy taxi1&2 Powerstone, shenmue (one of my 3 decent rpgs of all time), Sega Bass fishing.. NO bullshit that is the best game ever.  I would still be playing it if my ex didn't take it.

Oh and the must have for your Dreamcast,  BLEEM.

Edit::  Also you should check oout the mp3 players etc on the dc, there is a svcd player, you can overclock them rediculously easy, There are plent of forums around about DC modding and alsowhatnot.

 But yes to answer your overall question, every die hard homebrew junkie/modder should have a dreamcast.

[buttface96]

dream cast rocked, my DC broke about 2 yrs ago tho, and i think im gonna lookn at my local game crazy, or gamestop and see if they have some. But the best games were PowerStone 2 and Toy Commander, and Jet Grind Radio

[Videogamebuyer14]

I have one I'm trying to get rid of.

I let it go for 30.

[EverestX]

Man i have a friend that plays toy commander every other day.  that shit is pretty rockin.. the games jsut go on forever thouhg.. Jet Grind  was bad ass.  I love that game.. Or was it jet set?   I dont know.. too many drugs since I fist played Soul Calibur on Mushrooms.. "But the Soul Still Burns"

[XBL_SUCKS]

Legecy of Kain was awsome I remember paying 500 CDN for my Dreamcast back in May 2000 I was so happy. The system kicks ass. The visuals are still great even for todays standerds and Spiderman 1 was awsome on the DC. Get power stone 2

[shavedrat]

Skies of arcadia, grandia 2, record of lodoss war, shenmue1/2, sonic2 + lots of other great games.
Get a freakin dc

[geeky2003]

Man, the Dreamcast was so awsome. Just by reading this makes wish I still had mine. I wouldn't mind buying one again but I hate haveing a big console clutter with tuns of wires and stuff.

[twistedsymphony]

There were only about 400 games released for it in the US but I wouldn't be surprised if it had the highest average game rating of any console ever built. Basically there werne't many games but the few that it did have were amazing.

What games you get really depends on your tastes

The Dreamcast was pretty much my only console between the PS1 and the Xbox so it got a lot of play. I still play it all the friggin time   If I had to pick one console for the rest of my life it would probably be the Dreamcast.

Here are some of my favorites from various genres...


RPG:
Armada
Grandia II
Phantasy Star Online
Phantasy Star Online Version 2
Record of Lodoss War
Shenmue
Shenmue II (only released in europe and japan)
Skies of Arcadia

FPS:
Halflife
Outtrigger
Quake III Arena
Unreal Tournament

Shooters:
Bangai-O
Cannon Spike
Gunbird 2
Mars Matrix
Silent Scope

Action:
Alien Front Online
Gauntlet Legends
Headhunter
Jet Grind Radio (prequel to Jet Set Radio Future)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (the best game of the series)
MDK2
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil Code Veronica


3D fighters:
Soul Calibur
Dead or Alive 2 (There's a slightly better Japanese LE version)
Fire Pro Wrestling D
Project Justice
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (cartoony 3D boxing but very fun)
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Virtua Fighter 3tb

2d fighter:
Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000
Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves
Guilty Gear X
JoJo's Bizarre Adventures
King of Fighters '99: Evolution
King of Fighters Dream Match '99
Last Blade 2: Heat of the Samurai
Last Blade 2: Final Edition
Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
Marvel Vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Street Fighter III: Double Impact

Action/Fighters:
Ooga Booga (kind of like Smash Bros)
Power Stone
Power Stone 2
Tech Romancer
Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram

Racing:
Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi 2
Daytona USA 2001
Ferrari F355 Challenge (one of the most realistic racing sims ever)
Hydro Thunder
Metropolis Street Racer (prequel to Project Gotham Racing)
Re-Volt
San Francisco Rush 2049 (the multiplayer battle and stunt modes are fun as hell)
Sega GT
Sega Rally 2: Sega Rally Championship
Test Drive Le-mans
Test Drive V-Rally
Tokyo Xtreme Racer
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2
Vanishing Point

Platformers
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2


Puzzle Games:
Bomberman Online
Bust-A-Move 4
Chu Chu Rocket
Wetrix+
Worms Armageddon
Worms World Party

Music Games:
DDR 2
DDR House Edition
Samba De Amigo (think DDR or jungle beat but with maracas)
Space Channel 5
Space Channel 5 Part 2 (Japanese only release)
Rez (One of the coolest games ever made, Japanese/Europe only release)

Other:
Confidential Mission (gun game)
House of the Dead 2 (gun game)
Jet Coaster Dream 2 (design and ride your own rolercoasters)
Seaman (uh... you'd have to play it)
Toy Commander
Typing of the Dead (House of the dead 2... teaches typing)
Sega Bass Fishing


All Dreamcasts made before December of 2000 can play backups with the Utopia Boot disc, or with the boot disc built into the game disc to make a "self boot" game.  Consoles made after December of 2000 need a modchip (they're hard to find but they only go for about $10 and it's 4 easy wires). Despite that I've never EVER found a Dreamcast made after Dec of 2000 in the US. I think only the last round of Special Edition Japanese consoles were... Though if you go with the modchip you wont need a boot disc or self boot games at all.


EDIT: Almost forgot

The DC also had a number of really cool controllers and add ons

-VMUs: instead of memory cards it had "VMU"s which looked like a miniture gameboy and lots of games had mini games you could download to it, you could also transfer save games from VMU to VMU without a console... In game the screen would be used to do things like show your health in Resident Evil or in a card game it would show your hand, or a your Football play etc... it was very useful and I whish newer consoles had something like this.

-Shaker Packs: like the N64 the rumble feature came in the forum of a plug in Shaker pack. (the DC controller had 2 slots so you could hold a shaker and a VMU in one controller)

-Lightguns: there were 4 light gun games for the DC, House of the Dead 2, and Confidential Mission, were the best, there were 2 more Japanese games that were ok. The Lightguns had a port on the back for a shaker pack that would kick the controller when you fired, or you could use a VMU and it would display your ammo

-Fishing controller: Motion sensors for casting and pulling, just like the Revolution commercial... it's even got an analog reel.  Not just good for fishing, it also works well as a one handed RPG controller...

-Arcade Joystick: the Dreamcast controler had a 4 button diamond layout and 2 triggers, not too good for fighting games that required 6 buttons (triggers suck for fighters), Sega had an official Joystick made by Agetech with 6 arcade quality buttons, and most fighters recognized the stick and would relable the controller configs accordingly! I had 2 of them and loved them to death (sold them both though).

-Twin sticks: the only way to play Virtual On (if you've ever seen virtual on, cyber sled, or WAR in the arcade... those are twin sticks)

-Maracas: a pair of analog maracas for playing Samba De Amigo

-Keyboard and Mouse: 2 separate controllers actually but AFAIK all FPS games supported them. The keyboard could be used for games like typing of the dead or Phantasy star online or just entering text for most games that supported it. The DC also had a web browser so you could use these for that too. A few other games also supported the mouse (Rez is the only one I can think of but there are more)

-Dance Pads: because every console needs dance pads

- Broadband adapter: from the factory the DC had a modem adapter, but there was also a broadband adapter... if you can find one BUY IT, I don't care if you don't even own a DC, they're worth upwards of $100 if it's working.

-Microphone: the main method of control in Seaman, also used for voice commands in games like Alien Front Online.

-Racing wheel: The only thing better than Analog triggers

I'm sure I'm missing something to...