Recently, I have been considering buying a Dreamcast. Its pretty cheap to buy, and I've heard good things about it. But I've also heard bad things, plus it was the last system sega made before leaving hardware behind. What do you think?

------------------
Eventually, we will all die. Until that time, most people find it comforting to beleive they'll live forever......
Only from the deepest, darkest pits of our despair can we hope to find joy. Would you be happy, not knowing the alternatives?

As a die-hard Sega loyalist, I believe the main reason the Dreamcast didn't go anywhere is because Sega had lost its estabished user base to Sony by that time. Had the Saturn been released before the original PlayStation (or been a 64-bit system, as was originally planned), it might have had a better chance to keep Sega in the hardware business until the Dreamcast inaugurated the 128-bit era. The DC's hardware is indeed inferior to that of the PS2, Gamecube, or Xbox, but considering that it came out over a year before the former, and two years before the latter two, it's not surprising. Generally, however, it is the first console released that dominates a given generation. NES beat the later and more advanced Master System, Genesis beat the SNES (although the SNES had more advanced graphical capabilities, Genesis was actually capable of faster gameplay), the the two incarnations of the PlayStation have and are ruling the 32/64 and 128-bit eras, respectively. Having finally gotten around to my point after that rant, it would be not to judge the Dreamcast by the fact that it was the last Sega console. If the games are as good as I've heard, it should still be well worth it, especiallt given the price.

------------------
Just Games • The Devil's Dictionary • ev-nova.net

yeah what he said ......
Dreamcast is great. I so wish it wouldn't have died.....

------------------
.

I love my Dreamcast. I play Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Jet Grind Radio more than I have any of my PS2 games. It's too bad my Dreamcast is so far away...

[edit]Can't forget Soul Calibur. It's still the greatest fighting game ever made.[/edit]

------------------
I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.

[This message has been edited by Myriad (edited 05-20-2002).]

Yes, definetlly get a Dreamcast. Look on Ebay, I got mine with an extra controller and six games for $55. It has low-cost, quality games that I find more entertaining than any of my PS2 games.
Get one!

------------------
Behind every great fortune, there is a crime.

I think a Dreamcast is certainly well worth it. It has quite a selection of games (Soul Calibur, Crazy Taxi ( ), etc.), and it's still quite a powerful console especially for its price.

------------------
Visit my EVO web site at http://www.evoverride.com!
"What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?" -- Hamlet, Hamlet, II.ii

I got mine for $150 which came with two controllers, two memory thangs, ten games, a steering wheel, and something else I can't remember......

------------------
.

Had they kept their price low and their stocks high, I think Sega would have won out. They did really crappy about releasing it and getting loads of games out and they showed when PS2 came out. Im pulling for Nintendo, but I dont think Gamecube will bring Nintendo back to the golden age just yet. It may take another system before we see that happening. Of course, with the fans its winning over with several games, GC might come out and surprise me in the end. A lot of my friends swore by the PS2 and GTA3 at the beginning of the year, but since then there really has been no big releases and theyve been left hanging, waiting for something new. Gamecube has a few titles to look forward too, such as another resident evil and several games from 64 being refurbished. buffed, and readied for the 'cube. Im awaiting the Episode II game LucasArts says they have coming.

------------------
"What were those czarzs thinking when they glued all these diamonds onto the world's ugliest hat?"

On a semi-related topic, has anybody noticed how badly Microsoft's Xbox ripped off the Dreamcast controller? MS made it worse in almost every way to Sega's one, except the addition of two more buttons on the front.

------------------
"The wise Sir Bedevere was the first to join King Arthur's knights, but other illustrious names were soon to follow: Sir Launcelot the Brave; Sir Galahad the Pure; and Sir Robin the Not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Launcelot who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor,who had nearly stood up to the viscious Chicken of Bristol and who had personally wet himself at the Battle of Badon Hill."

Heh, its a bit more interesting than that. I like the GC's controller cause it doesnt cramp my hands after a while like the XBox controller does. Also the XBox controller is just too big for its own good. Dont like it at all. And yes, it is a complete rip-off of the Dreamcast's. A sidenote for you, the Dreamcast was a joint operation by Sega and Microsoft. After a while of seeing what went into the system and everything about it, Microsoft pulled out and started the XBox. So therefore the controller was gonna undoubtably look the same and the XBox itself is a huge system, stocked with all kinds of stuff in it to actually make it superior to the Dreamcast. Microsoft dumped Dreamcast and Sega to watch it fail, then used the designs to create its own. Perhaps thats why I dont think Sega will come back to making consules and just make PS2 and Gamecube games.

------------------
"What were those czarzs thinking when they glued all these diamonds onto the world's ugliest hat?"

i liked dreamcast when i played it, and i like it better than playstation. just my opinion, though.

------------------
i pledge a grievance to the flag.
Battlenet: ev3-antihero
http://antihero.sourcecod.com -- sourcecod with a twist.

Thanks for your feedback. I am now waiting for my dreamcast, having gotten one with 2 controllers, 2 vmus, and 5 games for $52 off ebay. Thanks again.

------------------
Eventually, we will all die. Until that time, most people find it comforting to beleive they'll live forever......
Only from the deepest, darkest pits of our despair can we hope to find joy. Would you be happy, not knowing the alternatives?

Now, any tips on good games?

------------------
Eventually, we will all die. Until that time, most people find it comforting to beleive they'll live forever......
Only from the deepest, darkest pits of our despair can we hope to find joy. Would you be happy, not knowing the alternatives?

Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles and Phantasy Star Online (something like that, looked cool but was underadvertised)

------------------
"What were those czarzs thinking when they glued all these diamonds onto the world's ugliest hat?"

Try Soul Caliber, Jet Grind Radio, Skies of Arcadia, and Shenmue. Besides these, the Dreamcast has a wealth of fighting games(2D and 3D) and 2K sports games that are excellent.

------------------
Behind every great fortune, there is a crime.

DOA, get one of those games. DOA2 Hardcore was fun, if not a little short. More people alleviate the shortness though.

------------------

We were the first political party to advocate renaming the Washington Monument the Big Stone U.S. Penis and putting big, orange foam testicles at the bottom.