Sega Dreamcast Advice Needed!

[JP]

I've been having a look on eBay and somebody is selling emu discs to play on the Dreamcast!

I had no idea about this at all!!! Is this possible with a bootdisc or do you need to get them chipped?

[sj33]

The Dreamcast can self-boot homebrew discs and 'the like'.

[JP]

Just been looking around at this. There seems to pretty much be all sorts of emulators for it. I'm really surprised, it seems that you can even play PS1 & Saturn games on the Dreamcast.

[jamesy]

I've had rr4 running on the dreamcast at 480p through vga. looks pretty nice, very sharp. Only time trial mode worked properly and alot of other games I tried didn't work at all.

[ShadowDancer]

Don't forget shikigami no shiro 2, I prefer the DC version, lovely LE pack too.

[RoughOutline]

If you are considering a 2nd hand DC, it's worth noting that eventually they all suffer from reseting due to power pin corrosion. It's a 2 minute job to unscrew the case, scrub the pins and be back up and running for the next 12 months. So if you get one and 30 mins into a game it resets, it's normally due to this.

This just started happening to mine, unfortunately. At least there's a temporary solution to it, but I'm scared I'd do something bad to it though.

[tom-nook]

It's expensive but Samba De Amigo is brill

Maraccas controller mind.....none of that joypad nonsense.

[rmoxon]

As good as Samba DeAmigo is I dont think its worth the money it goes for really.

[spinpug666]

I still have the Bleemcast discs for Gran Turismo 2, MGS and Tekken 3.

[Pavey]

Plus there is Half Life

[JP]

I'd forgotten about that one!!

How did Quake III & Unreal Tournament come out on it? I'd be tempted to get those as well if they were OK.

[fallenangle]

Half-Life was never officially released although the full code is, apparently, freely available online. It's supposed to have exceptionally long loading times/slowdown and you'd be much better off getting the PS2 version if you want to play it on console.

Bleemcast in it's final one game form was actually a bit pointless - I have the MGS disc. Smoother textures that's all.

Quake III A, Unreal and the oft forgotten (arguably for good reason) Out Trigger - nothing wrong with them on the DC but far from essential FPSs. However, all, I think, playable with DC keyboard/mouse which maybe an attraction.. But apart from the latter all or better FPS are available for PC or other platforms.

[RoughOutline]

I've actually got Half-Life.

Loading times are frequent, and are long-ish. Playing on the controller isn't the best way to play, and I'm sure using a keyboard would be much better.

From what I played of it, it seemed decent enough.

[jamesy]

Quake III A, Unreal and the oft forgotten (arguably for good reason) Out Trigger - nothing wrong with them on the DC but far from essential FPSs. However, all, I think, playable with DC keyboard/mouse which maybe an attraction.. But apart from the latter all or better FPS are available for PC or other platforms.

Outtrigger was a real disappointment for me. When I first played it i was waiting for the training missions to end so I could get into the real game. I soon realised that the training missions was the game. Much better to play with KBAM than the controller tho.

[anephric]

I haven't touched it in a while, but doesn't DC Half-life have diabolically big, unoptimised saves as well?