Party like it's 1999: The Dreamcast Thread
Sept 9, 2019 19:56:01 GMT -5
Post by anayo on Sept 9, 2019 19:56:01 GMT -5
-AeroWings
-AirForce Delta
-Blue Stinger
-CART Flag to Flag
-Expendable
-Hydro Thunder
-House of The Dead 2
-Monaco Grand Prix
-Mortal Kombat Gold
-NFL 2K
-NFL Blitz 2000
-Pen Pen TriIcelon
-Power Stone
-Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
-Sonic Adventure
-Soulcalibur
-TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat
-Tokyo Xtreme Racer
-TrickStyle
-Marvel vs Capcom
-Jet Set Radio
I got around to playing Power Stone on the PSP version. I think I was 18 years old. I took it to community college and played multi-player mode with a guy there. It was colorful, loud, stupid fun. But it's one of those games where playing with a friend is a blast and playing alone is pointless, kinda like Guardian Heroes for the Sega Saturn. So I wonder why they put it on a handheld system where you'd need multiple systems and copies of the game to play it the "right" way? Wouldn't it have been more at home on the PS2? Still can't figure that one out...
Sonic Adventure 2 was my very first Gamecube game. I originally saw it at my cousin's house, cause he was "that guy" whose parents got him every console on the market. The game looked truly next-gen back when I was used to N64 graphics. The soundtrack also impressed me for reasons similar to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. I didn't realize SA2 was originally a Dreamcast game until much later, which only deepened my respect for the Dreamcast.
My time with Sonic Adventure 1 wasn't as great. I loved the demo on my Dreamcast. Then later (guess who) my cousin got Sonic Adventure Deluxe for the Gamecube and when I tried it at his place I wasn't thrilled with the exploration stages. I kept getting lost, which frustrated me. Finally in 2016 I got an Nvidia Shield Portable in a Racketboy trade. When I learned the Shield could do Dreamcast emulation I played Sonic Adventure on it. The game has smile-inducing moments, like the casino with its NiGHTS into Dreams fanservice pinball table, or the soundtrack to Windy Valley which pays homage to Sonic 3D blast's Green Grove Zone. It's also full of janky broken crap, like floors with no collision, a sewer that's almost impossible to climb out of due to a glitch, and panzer-dragoon inspired stages where you can avoid all incoming projectiles by parking your aircraft in the lower right corner. I have so many mixed feelings about this game. It fails at basic things, excels at others, is ambitious as hell, and in the midst of it all, I wanted Sonic to make a comeback so badly. Not sure I can even grade it.
I played Soul Calibur 2 on Gamecube, does that count? I did always thing screenshots for Soul Calibur 1 on the Dreamcast looked really attractive... Definitely had that "next gen" sheen.