Old Games Reborn on the Sega Dreamcast
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Let's take a look at some classic series that got a new look and feel on Sega's final console.
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Opening "Sega" jingle is from Astal for the Sega Saturn.
Ending Music during the credits is from Batman for the Sega Genesis.
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Episode Notes:
1. Most footage captured on real Dreamcast hardware(Redream used for Bomberman Online and the Tetris games).
2. Many of these games appeared on other platforms like the PC, Playstation, and N64. If you liked the look of something but don't own a DC, look at the other platforms of the era.
3. This is one area that I really wish Sega had focused on their own IP's. A Dreamcast Outrun, a Dreamcast Shinobi, and a Dreamcast Streets of Rage could have had so much potential. 
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The lighting effects in Alone in the Dark were absolutely amazing and provided a wonderfully creepy atmosphere. They still hold up today, very impressive.
The fact that game is not been released anywhere besides PC (I believe) original PlayStation and Dreamcast is a tragedy. I'd rather have that game remastered or re-released than any new attempt at alone in the dark at this point.
Always wondered how good the replay value of the game is
@@AmbientMess
Once you play through both campaigns not much I would say.
But of course that's always subjective.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu there was a PS2 version as well. Interestingly the cool lighting effect does not look nice on the PS2 version.
It sucks the Dreamcast wasn’t more popular. It really had something for everyone but never got the exposure it should have. It’s one of my favorite consoles and one I go back to most often (after the Genesis that is lol)
Stolar's mismanagement of SOA built the coffin no DVD nailed it shut
RIP to the legend
@@benjiroberts4434 It wasn't that. There is a documentary about the falling of Sega. The SOJ didn't like America's success and fast tracked the Saturn and didn't care about how it wasn't ready. Same thing happened with Dreamcast. Blame Japan for the failings.
Nobody bought games because you can just burn em from friends
Such a shame the the dreamcast wasn't a major success it was a splendid console with some belter games
Hooray for more Dreamcast content!
What do we need to do to get Sega to realize we all want a Dreamcast Mini!?
Oh I would say Sega knows.
I really do think they're trying to make something that can actually run either Saturn or Dreamcast games decently and be able to put it in a console that doesn't cost $250 or more. I really would be shocked if something besides the supply issues with parts were to blame why we're getting another Genesis/Mega drive mini and not one of the things that everyone wants.
SEGA made official comment that they know fans want a Dreamcast mini badly. They nearly made it. But the chip shortage... So they had no choice to go with a Genesis for now. I think the new NEO GEO console got delayed due to the chip shortage also.
Gauntlet Legends on the DC was THE definitive version. Played it through many times with friends. And it was basically a "set aside a night" kind of experience as we needed to do it in 1 run.
Arcade > DC
and then at the bottom there is the PS1 version
why is Gauntlet Legends on the Nintendo 64 not the definitive version?
@@jasonlee7816 DC had 12 characters, added stages, and you could not simply buy health and spells
I remember playing that for the first time and I was hooked, and I fucking hated the original gauntlets
Alone in the Dark The New Nightmare was honestly one of my favs on the system.
And I think it's the best version of the game as well. I forget if there was a PC release (though that probably wouldn't work great these days anyway if there was) and otherwise I remember there being an original PlayStation game. No PS2 port or any other modern HD re-release of any kind. It's certainly the best game in the alone in the dark franchise up to this point, it really deserves a re-release on a consoles released in the last decade has been ones from 20 plus years ago.
Men, I played Gauntlet A LOT with friends! Good times!
Its really crazy to think that these remakes of older games are now older than the originals where when they came out at this time i did not even consider anything made after 1985 as retro yet because they where still putting out 8 bit games on handhelds like the game boy colour but now i see even dreamcast and ps1 games as retro.
Things feel more retro everyday because technology has moved so far and so fast in the last two decades. Also Dreamcast and original PlayStation games feel incredibly old archaic now because so many things have changed on a basic level with games. Dreamcast games are in that awkward time right before everything was going to change. So some stuff was amazing and has held up well and some stuff looks and plays horrible like an old PlayStation game.
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is easily the best of the series IMO, it reminded me quite a bit of Resident Evil 2, with the two characters having their own different stories but having to communicate with each other throughout it.
It's definitely under rated
The fact it's never been ported to anything is an absolute tragedy.
As far as I know it released on PC original PlayStation and Dreamcast.
The idea that again like that is stuck forever on older consoles is a real bummer.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu You can get it on steam though I think you need a community patch to make it run well on modern systems
@@Saberwaisen
Yep, that sounds right.
Especially needing a patch to play well on modern systems.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu It's on PS2 as well.
Dreamcast! Such fond memories of a few of these
I actually loved playing those types of games on my Playstation & Dreamcast in addition to playing the original arcade compliations like Namcom Muesum. Gauntlet Legends was my absolute favorite when it was out in the arcades and I actually bought a Dreamcast to play it on.
These games not only improve the graphics of course but expand upon the gameplay that was already great to begin with. I feel sorry for any purists who instantly hate on these remakes for not being pixelated enough...
I'm more sad that Warner Bros owns the rights to most of midway's games including gauntlet and have shown no signs of doing anything with it. Not even a cheap cash grab HD re-release of the two 3D arcade ones. What a tragedy.
Centipede and Frogger 2 were also released on PS1 and PC, and those versions actually did get a release in PAL regions.
Gauntlet Legends is so addictive!
Often watch your videos twice, once in preview with subtitles reading them to myself in your voice, then again with the sound on and subs to see if I guessed right how you’d saying it. Another great video, loved Dreamcast 🎮 ❤️
Gauntlet Legends (and Dark Legacy) is one of my favorite arcade games of all-time. I would absolutely kill for an HD remake with online co-op.
i probably spent hundreds of dollars (or close to it at least) in the arcade on gauntlet legends. i too would really love a hd remake with online coop
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The problem is it's locked behind the gates of WB. They bought the franchise along with a bunch of old Midway game stuff and haven't shown any interest in reviving it or anything involved with it at all.
It's really tragic, who knows though maybe with the current shake ups at Warner Bros we might see some movement there.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Yeah, they basically own Atari's post 1985 backlog along with Midway's library and the only thing they work on is Mortal Kombat.
I would love to see a new Rampage, Gauntlet, Primal Rage, Smash TV, Marble Madness.... The list honestly goes on and on
@@caryslan5890
It's a complete tragedy what they've done to the back catalog and the fact that they won't do anything with it. If there was justice in the world the new owners of Warner Bros would make them actually do something with all that. A basic collection or new game or something would net them so much money so easily.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu WB is currently hemorrhaging money thanks to its poor movie studio output. Maybe they'll get desperate and start digging into those old IPs, or they'll start selling properties off? You never know. It really is a shame how Midway's legacy is completely forgotten/ignored in today's game market.
that was a pretty neat video idea! I always enjoy learning about some janky/obscure games I'll will never have the willpower to play myself
Some good stuff. I always though that Alone in the Dark title didn't make sense, because it was never dark, but with that version, it finally makes sense.
Haha now I see why you don't like 3d isometric games, it's true that some of them require you to "remap" the directions in your head, like up could mean up-right, and right could mean bottom-right, and it's game specific.
I have a soft spot for these nostalgia retread games. Your round-ups are consistently amazing. Great job!
Wish we got more reborn games on the DC
🙌 my dude
Alone in the dark and track and field show how beautiful old school games could be made on the dreamcast hardware as well I would like to see a list of the most beautiful dreamcast games, and best rpgs on the system I still remember playing record of lodoss war at my babysitters after Watching the anime at their house
Your videos have always been my favorites. Another stellar video.
My Qbert also never went where I thought it was gonna go, "Okay, I'm in a rhythm, I got this, I just got one more block aaaaand, I jumped to my death....of course", damnit.
Bomberman Online is still one of my favorite Party games! Powerstone 2 as well
Gauntlet Legends is a great time.
14:09 You just broke Usain Bolt's world record for the 100 meter dash.
That's totally badass.
New Nightmare is a true hidden gem. Probably the best game of the entire Alone in the Dark series.
True, the fact we haven't gotten any re-release HD or otherwise is a complete tragedy/travesty I feel.
GAUNTLET LEGEND IS IN MY TOP 5 GAMES ALL TIME!
I wish the Dreamcast never failed in the console wars, it really was a great arcade type console.
Watching that Centipede gameplay makes my head spin. Might be different if I were the one playing it. I've heard the N64 version of Gauntlet Legends is the best. Huge fan of the Q*Bert arcade. I haven't played the DC version but I think the camera should gently slide back and forth a bit so you could more easily see the height and depth of the blocks.
The camera in Centipede can definitely take its toll on you. It's something you need to get use to. Some of the stages in Qbert could really use a more cinematic view. The further you appear away from the camera the harder it is to navigate the playfield.
It definitely has the remnants of the late PlayStation the days which I feel like is an issue with a lot of games from the Dreamcast. More far ahead of their time and still hold up amazingly. And some felt archaic then and have absolutely falling apart in the modern age.
The early 2000's and late 90's were a weird time to be rebooting very simple Arcade Classics. The rebooted Atari, which would be absorbed into Infogrames also made things like a reboot of Pong and Break Out... kinda weird.
On the topic of Frogger: Swampy's Revenge, it had a Wendy's Kid's Meal Tie in.
I distinctly remember the pong remake on PlayStation at the time and I sort of remember breakout.
I definitely remember how the frogger games from the PlayStation era also transitioned into those weird anthropomorphic frog frogger games. That was weird.
NBA showtime is by far the best basketball game ever. I had it on dreamcast for years until the mame ROM was finally able to work with mame, which was just recently.
Always good to shout out older hidden gems
I always enjoy watching old dreamcast games. Thanks for hard word buddy always well spoken and fair opinions about games
I never would have played Ms. Pacman if I didnt get a burned copy. I'm glad I did. This game had me hooked. I would have gladly played Alone In The Dark if it came my way back then.
I've stumbled across copies of all three games over the last couple decades. Complete versions of Ms Pac-Man for both N64 and Dreamcast and an ex rental copy of the Dreamcast version of alone in the dark. Which I believe was on two discs but I can't remember now. But I do know the games were covered in that awesome top disc layer sticker that basically ruins it if you try to pull it off.
Great Video, gives me some games to start looking for.
There was a good comeback NBA Jam on Wii that flew under the radar.
what is (was) good about it?
I had no idea there were 3 different Tetris games on Dreamcast. I'll have to check them out.
I love the way you express yourself
That version of Alone in the Dark has been on my bucket list for a while. Have you seen the trailer for the reboot? Absolute sacrilege my friend.
I haven't heard about a new trailer but it wouldn't surprise me they've ruined it again. I feel like the new nightmare was the best version of alone in the dark we've gotten.
The reboot looks great, they've remade the very first one with some elements from the 2nd. But I hope they'll remake The New Nightmare after.
Gauntlet was on of the reborn arcades that my friends and I had a blast with in the arcade and N64! On a side note Ms Pac-Man is definitely a blast. I argue that Jr Pac-Man was the arcade best! Sadly it has either been forgotten or disassociated by Namco (maybe copyright issues) as it never appeared on any classic collections. It can only be played in emulation.
What we really need is Baby Pacman with a re-created pinball machine
There's an ownership issue with AtGames which is probably why Ms. Pac-Man has been neglected.
I missed Ms. Pac-Man: Maze Madness, it felt more closer to the arcade original then Pac-Man World did. Shame we'll never see a Re-Pac version due to AtGames' legal shenanigans... :P
Two words: "PAC mom"
@@x-crisis yeah MS Pac-Man too but Jr Pac-Man hasn’t officially appeared in any collections other than the contemporary ports on the like of Atari 2600. But hasn’t appeared in any namco Collections
I definitely need to pick up Frogger and Centipede. Alone in The Dark is such an amazing game for the DC. The console has so many great games that are hidden away.
My Dad being a gamer of the 80's (and perhaps earlier) meant that I got to play a lot of the classics, and a lot of these "re-imaginings" on the Dreamcast. I think I've played every one of these!
Thanks for the nostalgia trip yet again!
This is awesome! I have to hold of some...all, of these games for my Dreamcast!
Great video!! I Love seeing the Dreamcast get some love!
I own an original of Gauntlet Legends, I still go back to it now and then. Thankfully I still have some of my character saves!!
I played the heck out of Frogger 2 at my grandparents house on PC growing up thanks for the memory
Nice to see Swampy's Revenge get some coverage in this video. It's my favorite Frogger game, and one of my favorite games of all time. They just nailed the gameplay in that one. I love all the different challenges and obstacles you encounter during the course of the game. There's even a level where Frogger hops around on a flying space ship! And the extra content is solid too.
What did the trick for me with Qbert on home consoles was holding the controller on a 45 degree angle so my thumb movement was 1:1 with qbert's jump direction. to this day it's the only way I can last more than a minute in any version of the game. Great video, as always!
I wish we'd get a rerelease of Gauntlet Legends or Dark Legacy. That game is still awesome & fun to play.
Love your dreamcast content!
Good call on the hearing Gauntlet in the arcade before you were right in front of it; same effect with Dragons Lair back then. Nothing like 1980's arcades and into the early 90's.
Daaaaaaaytonaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
Most of these look pretty damn good I might pick up some of these
Gauntlet IV for the Sega Genesis is my favourite Gauntlet, the 4 modes are fantastic
Some nice picks man!
Bomberman Online is a Work In Progress game on Dreamcast live, so there's still hope to play it again in all its glory.
Alone in the Dark was a real hidden gem of game. If you like old school resident evil its a must play.
I prefer the dreamcast version of Gauntlet Legends over the N64 version
why do you prefer the Dreamcast port (version)?
Thank you for this video. It got me all excited to play my Dreamcast again! Alone in the Dark is my favorite Survival Horror game next to Eternal Darkness. Now I gotta track down the Ms. Pac-Man and NBA games for my collection.
Love dreamcast! Doing series comparing all games that released for both ps2 and dreamcast. Just played virtua fighter 3 before watching this💪
I loved the frogger games on pc which what was released on Dreamcast. My favorite game as a kid. ❤
I've never had a chance to experience online part in Bomberman Online since the servers were already dead at the time, but I had so much fun with a short solo campaign, it was incredible and cemented my love for the series. Collecting different panels and costume parts was great.
The game really is underrated, wish it could get a modern port to Steam.
Very cool video, great idea!
I loved alone in the dark back in the day on the Dreamcast
It's a good game and it still looks good. I honestly forgot how good it looked on the Dreamcast until SLX showed that footage of it and I was like wow, that game really did hold up.
Dreamcast Mini please. Come on Sega. Take my money. 😃
I have a gdemu. Frogger, gauntlet and ms pacman looks pretty fun, thank you for the video now I know more hidden gems to play
Looking back, I had just graduated HS in 2000, I was a problem gamer that was the core audience for all the new game companies. I craved so many new experiences and graphics, I pumped all my money into PC and console gaming. I wish I would have played more of the classics back then too. There is still tons of fun to be had in these games and I still feel bad that I haven't beaten them too.
I loved playing Gauntlet in arcades as a kid
Thanks
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Ack! Track & Field.... I was immediately flooded by images of me and my cousins running like mad men on an NES Power Pad.... aaaaaaannnnd now I feel old :S
Gauntlet legends was one of the reasons I wanted a DC in the early 2000s. About a year ago, I was finally able to play through the game completely and finish it. The DC was such a good system that was just a victim of the times and competition.
The Dreamcast came out in an interesting time some of it stuff is absolutely ahead of the curve and holds up incredibly well some better than modern games in some cases.
And some games were definitely during that growing pains period when games were changing and evolving and it was in an awkward phase that they came out of during the PS2, Xbox and GameCube era.
It's fun to look back on but some of it is incredibly difficult to play again just because how archaic it feels compared to modern games.
yeah, a lot of multiplatform titles that ended up on the Dreamcast look like shoddy ports from the original Playstation. I think that's partly the reason why people considered the Dreamcast "underpowered" compared to the PS2 and other sixth generation consoles.
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The problem was the Dreamcast barely had a chance to really spread it's wings. The PS2 got plenty of time to fully tap every bit of potential whereas the Dreamcast was given I think it was about 2 years at most on the market before being dropped.
But yeah as has been mentioned by SLX in the past one of the worst things they did with a lot of ports to the Dreamcast was simply take a PlayStation game and do minor improvements to either frame rate or usually just the graphics themselves and then plop them out at full price.
A real disservice for a console that deserved better.
This is incredible!
The Retro.Fighters DC controller is much more comfortable to use than the original. My only issue is that all their controllers feel the same no matter what you're playing on though
Thumb stick and triggers on that thing suck nothing beats the standard controller or official arcades stick not even close
@@STAXONDECK1 the blade grip things on the underside of the DC controller have always made my hands cramp and after long play sessions my hands would be damn near injured. I love the DC but the controller only LOOKS cool. My green MadCatz got way more use unless I had a friend come over to get beat up in MvC2, then they used the normal one
@@greenkoopa I don’t see how the madcats thumb stick is even worse and the dpad is terrible the only game I would play with it was Toy story 2 for some reason it would fix the jerkiness of movement when using the analog thumb stick but other than I would never use it
The only plus of those controllers is wider grips and can feel better when holding them but functionally I would never pick those it makes the games less accurate and less fun to play
What I really like about this channel is that I always find some hidden gem out there; Alone in the Dark, for example, I only knew the Playstation version. Now, I´ll try an improved version that I didn't know it existed!
*always* a click on the LIKE button for DC game coverage 👍🥰
Red warrior needs food... badly! Me and my 2 buddies loved playing Gauntlet together. Qbert - I agree. I could never get the hang of it. I never even got squashed, I usually just fell off the field like a klutz.
Awesome video, didn't even know Dreamcast got a 3D Prince of Persia ‼️🤘🔥💯
Nba Showtime is way fun! Hoopz is decent, but Showtime was a blast.
I bought NBA showtime when it came out and it enjoyed it. It was really fun with 4 players
lord of Sega is back
Alone in the Dark had amazing graphics
My parents loved to play Gauntlet Legends on the Dreamcast.
My mother plays Tetris until today. Around 4 years ago I made her a backlight Gameboy for that.
Thanks. It could be nice to have chapters btw
man i loved centipede on ps1. one of few games i've 100% that generation. never knew it was that panned
I remember some of my relatives got hooked into NBA when we played NBA Showtime :)
And I also remember how some friendships got temporarily broken when we played Bomberman Online 😅
Dc Bomberman is my favorite one. I love all the new cool rulesets I don't think any other game has brought them back which is weird.
I'm always amazed at how many of these games came from the UK.
The Saturn was so weird.
I play all of them.. alone in the dark Is one of the best ganes in dc. Graphics are inctedible, (such like gameplay) the lights fx are supreme, and made you think what games ports like resident evil remakes, could happen in dc. Good video.
Sega Lord , can you please make a video about what you would like to see included with a Dreamcast Mini. I think must have features are updated VMU's to include color screen, lithium battery and wifi / bluetooth. Have the Dreamcast sit on top of a HDD like it was designed to do . And have it come with Lan Port. So gamers can connect to a Sega Online Storefront. To buy and download new games to the consoles internal hard drive. Have different bundles like the black sports model. But also have a Phantasy Star themed one also. Or a fishing bundle with that comes with the Rod.
I'm always here for Dreamcast content
You know I've been watching your videos for years, but I don't think I ever commented.
I really enjoy your content. I did PC gaming for the longest time. Then the Dreamcast came out. I really feel that this was the first 3D console that didn't bug my eyes out. Keep in mind I didn't play anything from the Saturn. It was less money than a Voodoo card, and it looked equal or better. I really wish there was a world which would allow the PS2 and the Dreamcast to exist together.
I still have my DC, and I still play it. I'd really like to mod it so I can use an SD or hard drive. I bought one of the newer controllers for it, and it's easier to play. My nostalgia goggles still see some of the games graphics to have held up well with time.
Keep making them cuz I'll keep watching them!
I can't say I've played a single one of these games, none of them really piqued my interest. Though I did get a burned copy of Gauntlet in one of my garage sale pickup bundles years ago, and put in quite a few hours on the PS2 remake cause my friend was obsessed with it.
I think the only one here I might be interested in is the Alone in the Dark remake.
The new nightmare is an amazing game. I had forgotten how well the Dreamcast graphics held up, wow.
The only other console release of it I believe was the original PlayStation and it definitely looks better than that by quite a bit.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu I'll probably grab it for my gdemu rig to check it out. I'm not really using my discs at the moment since I just built this thing from the ground up, and this game is a little pricey.
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Hey no judgment here, to quote the SNES drunk you gotta play games anyway you can. I would honestly be more surprised if you were playing it on original hardware at this point.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu I prefer original hardware when possible. With the DC, I've got close to 10 systems and about 30+ games, a lot of them heavy hitters. Unfortunately, much of the titles I'm looking for I'd consider myself priced out of at this point unless i get lucky in the wild. Take Cannon Spike as one example, I'm not paying $400 for that even though I really want it. By comparison New Nightmare averages like $75 right now which is still a bit much until I know I like it.
So that said, when my first ever original DC gdrom died, I went with a no expense spared build on it. The only original component is the Naomi motherboard, and I guess the controller board but I did the battery & cap mod to that. I even went the extra mile and got the Dreamport psu with built-in bluetooth, Dreamconn BT controllers, and backlit VMU. Might as well go balls to the wall right?
Either way, I have one Sega Sports that plays every game I own and the rest of my consoles all read about 80% of my games, and it's always the same games that have trouble despite looking like new.
😶😮😳🤩 Centipede's water is... AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL though!!!
Worth of note is the fact that prior to Frogger 2 there actually was Frogger 3D (aka Returns) in 1997. Its way harder than the sequel. I like how it does dare to throw at you quite a challenge: are you BAD enough to save the President? 🤔 errrr, I meant to say: are you up to rescuing those kidnapped froggies of yours?
A little bit of trivia: right after the second Frogger game, its devs - Blitz Games Studio - created another frogger-like hopper - Zapper the cricket, which unlike its inspirator, could defend itself quite well
I mentioned it was a sequel to the 1997 remake.
@@SegaLordX my bad, I missed it somehow. 😇
I thought you'd mention Pac in Time, which is from the 2000 as well, but I'm unsure if it was also for the DC or not.....
Played a lot of Ms. PAC-MAN and Q*BERT both in the arcade and then later on the Dreamcast. Loved them both and I think they did a good job of updating these classics.
I have PsVita. Its a amazing machine. Flycast, Game gear, Master System and the great megadrive! All in one. Viva la Vita! Viva Sega!🇦🇷
what is amazing about the PS Vita an 8th generation 2011 handheld console? why is it still amazing in the year 2022?
@@jasonlee7816 if You don't have it and not love Sega, You don't understand
great video 👍
Good idea for a video theme.