Dreamcast: IT'S ALIIIIIIVE!

Raiden · 11-30-2010, 06:50 PM

Alright, so, things have been HELLA STRESSFUL lately with projects in grad school and stuff like that. So I figured I needed a de-stressing project. Thinking of what I could do, I decided I could try and fix my old Dreamcast. I had loved the system and spent WAY too much time playing the damn thing, but then it started doing what all Dreamcasts do and refused to play discs. And I'm not saying it stopped playing and I gave up. Nosiree, I was doing all kinds of voodoo to that thing, like playing with the system upside down or spinning the discs backwards before quickly closing it and starting it up, and that extended the life for a while, but the Dreamcast was just a poorly built system.

ANYWHO, I found about two other systems on eBay for $5 a pop, and ordered them, and spent my Thanksgiving weekend scavenging parts from the three systems to make one frankenstein working system. And now that I have a working system again, I'm thinking of searching for some new games I had always wanted to play but never had the budget for when I was younger. Any recommendations or tales of favorite Dreamcast games?

My library currently is:
- Grandia 2 (only game that refuses to play, which is upsetting since it's one of my top two favorite games)
- Skies of Arcadia (my other favorite game)
- Jet Grind Radio
- Tech Romancer
- Phantasy Star Online ver. 2 (it's lonely playing that game now without a server)
- Sonic Adventure
- Evolution 1 & 2
- Chicken Run
- Floigan Brothers
- Power Stone

11-30-2010, 06:50 PM	#1
Raiden Just a passing through veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On your couch. Yes? Posts: 5,327	Dreamcast: IT'S ALIIIIIIVE! Alright, so, things have been HELLA STRESSFUL lately with projects in grad school and stuff like that. So I figured I needed a de-stressing project. Thinking of what I could do, I decided I could try and fix my old Dreamcast. I had loved the system and spent WAY too much time playing the damn thing, but then it started doing what all Dreamcasts do and refused to play discs. And I'm not saying it stopped playing and I gave up. Nosiree, I was doing all kinds of voodoo to that thing, like playing with the system upside down or spinning the discs backwards before quickly closing it and starting it up, and that extended the life for a while, but the Dreamcast was just a poorly built system. ANYWHO, I found about two other systems on eBay for $5 a pop, and ordered them, and spent my Thanksgiving weekend scavenging parts from the three systems to make one frankenstein working system. And now that I have a working system again, I'm thinking of searching for some new games I had always wanted to play but never had the budget for when I was younger. Any recommendations or tales of favorite Dreamcast games? My library currently is: - Grandia 2 (only game that refuses to play, which is upsetting since it's one of my top two favorite games) - Skies of Arcadia (my other favorite game) - Jet Grind Radio - Tech Romancer - Phantasy Star Online ver. 2 (it's lonely playing that game now without a server) - Sonic Adventure - Evolution 1 & 2 - Chicken Run - Floigan Brothers - Power Stone __________________ I have a signature. It's a really cool one, too. It's so awesome, you'd pull your eyes out and punch your mother. Sadly, these rules state that my signature is just too darned big. Too much awesome for such a small space. Oh well. You can still punch your mother...if you want... Fifth and Krylo made me do it. http://www.animecubed.com/billy/user...sigs/60266.jpg Be the Ultimate Ninja! Play Billy Vs. SNAKEMAN today!