Dreamcast: IT'S ALIIIIIIVE! - Page 2

Hatake Kakashi · 12-01-2010, 06:47 AM

Duly noted. Since my post was already edited, I won't go out of my way to adjust it. If people wanna know, well, that's what contacting in private is for, ne?

Raiden · 12-01-2010, 12:00 PM

I think the edits made it even better. The Nope Project sounds like something someone would do.

Anyway, for the power problem? There's a way to fix that through the readjusting of the power prongs, but that's an electrocution risk so I wouldn't recommend it unless you really know what you're doing.

And if all else fails, you can buy still-working Dreamcasts on eBay.

Really, the Dreamcast was a super awesome system that had two things going wrong with it. One was the hardware, which let's be honest was a piece of shit. They used a GD-Rom that almost no one makes anymore, the console itself was lazily put together, and it's just made to fall apart. But Sega has never had a good track record with the hardware of their consoles.

The other downside was just the software itself. Making ports of these games are really hard because of the programming not meshing well with other types. I point to the PS2 version of Grandia II for evidence.

Hatake Kakashi · 12-01-2010, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Raiden

Really, the Dreamcast was a super awesome system that had two things going wrong with it. One was the hardware, which let's be honest was a piece of shit. They used a GD-Rom that almost no one makes anymore, the console itself was lazily put together, and it's just made to fall apart. But Sega has never had a good track record with the hardware of their consoles.

The other downside was just the software itself. Making ports of these games are really hard because of the programming not meshing well with other types. I point to the PS2 version of Grandia II for evidence.

Given the kind of hardware that was actually available at the time, I'd say the DC was actually quite well done. While it is true that the techniques used to put it together were a bit sub-par, the quality of the actual components was excellent.

I still have two of the original consoles (released before Sega became aware of the modding projects on it) that are running strong, playing both DC games and other games with ease. Haven't had to do a thing to em except for blowing the dust out of them on occasion.

12-01-2010, 12:00 PM	#12
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