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Gaming => General Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Randroid on September 08, 2012, 01:40:41 pm
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Alright everyone, September 9th almost here. Let's recommend some of the more obscure Dreamcast titles to play on DC's birthday. I'll start:
1. I-Spy -- a very unique, anime-based, tactical RPG
2. Cosmic Smash -- Rez meets Squash?? Tonnes of fun though.
3, Outtrigger -- Yeah, Ok, it's not obscure, but I'll definitely be playing it. Such an underrated game that would glow if it got a steam re-release.
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SEGA Tetris: Japan-only hardcorest of hardcore tetris game with monkeys and shit
Mars Matrix: Great MVS shmup in the vein of GigaWing, but better. Go play Mars Matrix.
Silent Scope: Not quite obscure, but sniper fun fo sure.
Tokyo Highway Challenge 2: Many people disregard it as a copycat pointless racer, but it is in fact of of the deepest arcade racing games of all time. All cars are licensed, very fun.
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Looking at my shelf behind me:
BOMBER hehhe!! - A Japanese exclusive, but very import friendly. Basically you are tasked with blowing up buildings. You place the charges and then stand back and watch the destruction. There is also a mini game section where you either destory with tanks or arial bombers or cannons in real time.
ROOMMANIA#203 - Another Japanese exclusive, and again very import friendly. Just need to print out a walkthrough. You're basically this Japanese guy's guardian angel (or a ghost or something) and you use ping pong balls to get him to do things. You can also move stuff and turn things on/off to freak him out. My favorite is locking him out of his apartment and watching him climb in through the window.
Expendable - A fun 3D shoot em up for two players. Not the most amazing graphics, but great two player fun and lots of power ups.
Floigan Bros - Sad this never got a second episode. It's part platformer, part virtual pet (in that you're big dumb brother is the virtual pet). You play games with him and be good/bad towards him to complete tasks. Short game, but a lot of fun and great Looney Tunes style animation.
Tech Romancer - One of the more obscure Capcom fighters. It's done in the style of Japanese giant robot tv shows, with each fighter being from a different style of show.
Wacky Racers - The BEST kart racer for the Dreamcast. Great graphics, great gameplay, a cool "story" mode with a 3D hub you drive about in. Since it's based on an old Hannah-Barbera show, the characters are recognizable. Just an all around awesome game. Same goes for Looney Tunes Space Race.
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Sakura Wars 3. Gamefaqs should have a translation guide and Fighting Vipers 2.
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Super Magnetic Neo. Fun, gorgeous, hard as fuck platformer that is built for speed runs. This is probably the most difficult platformer you'll ever play.
Might also want to take a look at some of my weekly fives for a few other games I'd mention here: http://segabits.com/blog/2012/09/08/weekly-five-5-dreamcast-games-that-are-still-relevant/
http://segabits.com/blog/2011/09/09/weekly-five-best-unknown-dreamcast-games/
Oh, and another handy punch of games from nSEGA
http://segabits.com/blog/2011/09/09/editorial-great-dc-games-that-most-people-hated/
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Illbleed
E.G.G.
Record of Lodoss War
Stupid Invaders (wish I owned it!)
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ROOMMANIA#203 - Another Japanese exclusive, and again very import friendly. Just need to print out a walkthrough. You're basically this Japanese guy's guardian angel (or a ghost or something) and you use ping pong balls to get him to do things. You can also move stuff and turn things on/off to freak him out. My favorite is locking him out of his apartment and watching him climb in through the window.
Sold. Gotta see this one for myself.
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Napple Tale: Arsia In Daydream (Import) - An RPG/platformer with a cool atmosphere and some really great music.
Confidential Mission - Really fun lightgun shooter from SEGA. Think Virtua Cop meets James Bond.
Giant Gram 2000: All Japan Pro Wrestling 3 (Import) - A SEGA developed wrestling game featuring the likes of Vader, Johnny Ace and Wolf from Virtua Fighter.
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness - A fun puzzle-ish game where you go around maps collecting pellets, and fruit, but the maps are pretty interactive, and there are lots of enemies to avoid.
Cannon Spike - A top down shooter where you can play as Mega Man and Cammy.
Under Defeat: Limited Edition (Import) - A late Dreamcast shooter (there are tons) where you pilot a helicopter. The graphics are pretty wild.
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I don't see this mentioned anywhere, so I'll go with it:
CARRIER
This game came out in the US around the same time Code Veronica hit stores. The PAL version was released a year later.
I'll let CGR do all the talkin':
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1ZcLovBYr0[/youtube]
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Nuckles, you poopie head! You didn't share my article from ages ago: http://segabits.com/blog/2011/07/22/the-weekly-five-lesser-known-dreamcast-exclusives/
Great selection of games, whoever wrote that knows their shit.
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Zerogunner 2 is a great Shmup which I still play every now and then. I don't know if there are many shmups like it but you can turn 360 degrees in it which is something I haven't seen before.
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Stupid Invaders ;D ;) ;) ;)
Spawn In The Demon's Hand
Power Stone 1 & 2
Physic Force 2012
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Stupid Invaders ;D ;) ;) ;)
Spawn In The Demon's Hand
Power Stone 1 & 2
Physic Force 2012
Is this game good?? I remember this game from when I was a kid, but never got to play it.
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Stupid Invaders is decent. It is one of the few point and click adventures for the DC. It's pretty difficult, but worth checking out if you like the genre and can get it for a fair price. Heres the old IGN review: http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/29/stupid-invaders
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Nobody mentioned Speed Devils? Still one of my all time favourite racing games. It had so many cool concepts that never were repeated in other games. Great arcade racing action.
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Speed Devils is a good one! Also, San Francisco Rush 2049 is awesome. Though I noted that the US copy I have will not run on a Japanese Dreamcast even with it having a mod chip and using a boot disc. :P Still, I have a US Dreamcast in my back room and it plays the game perfectly.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt1EonWK0RI[/youtube]
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Is this game good?? I remember this game from when I was a kid, but never got to play it.
What game are you talking about?? Lol ^.^
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What game are you talking about?? Lol ^.^
Stupid Invaders! Is it fun?
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Maken X - One of the best and most original FPS ever made
Toyko Bus Driver
D2 - Just playing the hunting sections alone is brilliant
Pen Pen Tri - A overlooked and underrated classic Japanese madness
Alone In the Dark IV - Why so many people overlook this is beyond me. Not only is it one of the best looking DC games, its also one of the most scary and jumpy horror games you can play .
Godzilla Generations - Just like the movies pure crap, but in a good fun sort of way
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Well I mean I never beat it but it's kinda funny, and yea I guess I can say I had fun playing it tho!!
Here what it kinda looks like:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZlgfJGAMg4[/youtube]
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Maken X - One of the best and most original FPS ever made
Toyko Bus Driver
D2 - Just playing the hunting sections alone is brilliant
Pen Pen Tri - A overlooked and underrated classic Japanese madness
Alone In the Dark IV - Why so many people overlook this is beyond me. Not only is it one of the best looking DC games, its also one of the most scary and jumpy horror games you can play .
Godzilla Generations - Just like the movies pure crap, but in a good fun sort of way
Pen Pen Is one of the best how could I leave that out lol xD!!! "Your the fasts Pen Pen in the world!" lol loved this game ^.^
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elemental gimmick gear
this is a zelda like game. a very good game
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elemental gimmick gear
this is a zelda like game. a very good game
This man knows what he is talking about!! The game had great art direction and was hard as fawk
If you missed rpg's on the DC, this is the game you should get.
http://www.postitgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/elemental-gear-screenshot-1.jpg
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Rez, really awesome.