[Essentials] Dreamcast

[BiscuitCookie]

Post your essential (favourite) Sega Dreamcast games in this topic and they'll be added to the list, for others to refer to when deciding which game to play.

If there is a game already on the list that you think should not be there let me know and it'll have a point removed (so if there are more negative than positive votes then the game will be removed entirely off the list).

You may also recommend some more games in a future post but: (1) you must not repeat any game you have already mentioned and (2) you must make a new post, do NOT edit your previous post as it may not be seen.

The three categories are: 10+ Essentials List, 5+ Recommended List, 3+ Noteworthy and Others

 

[dice]

thread pinned, and thank you for choosing to help out with the list dj-biscuit

 

[c2ironfist]

Project Justice
Shnemue
Shenmue II
Ikaruga
Gunbird 2
Garou: Mark of the wolves
Street Fighter III Third Strike
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Guilty Gear X
Virtual On Oratorio Tengram (linkable)
Bangaio
Marvel Vs Capcom
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Virtua Fighter 3 TB
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
F355
Jet Grind Radio
Skies of Arcadia
Head Hunter
Zero Gunner 2
Boarder Down

 

[CorruptJon]

Ultimate Fighting Championship

 

[xist]

Grandia II
Head Hunter
Jet Set (or Grind) Radio
MDK2
Metropolis Street Racer (MSR)
Record Of Lodoss War
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Shenmue
Shenmue 2
Soul Calibur
Skies of Arcadia
Toy Commander

 

[Holaitsme]

+1 for chicken run

 

[kai445]

All the 2K2 Sports games (NBA 2K2, NFL 2K2, NHL 2K2, Tennis 2K2)
Crazy Taxi 1, Crazy Taxi 2
Half-Life: Blue Shift (Unreleased... but available!)
Ikaruga (J)
Jet Grind Radio
Metropolis Street Racer
Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3 Nemesis, Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Rez (E)
Skies of Arcadia
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Soul Calibur
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Unreal Tournament

I absolutely love the Dreamcast, glad to see an essentials list starting.

 

[knoxvillz]

shenmue 1, 2
Soul Calibur
Project Justice
Sonic Adventure, 2
Skies of Arcadia
Jet Set/Grind Radio
Crazy Taxi, 2
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Marvel VS Capcom, 2
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Grandia II
Phantasy Star Online (Can't believe no one has mentioned this yet!)
Metropolis Street Racer
Power Stone, 2
Capcom VS SNK, 2
Garou:Mark of the Wolves
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

 

[Arm73]

I love shot'em ups and fighters and the DC is full of it thankfully !
My all time favorites ( I will play them for ever! )

Under Defeat
Mars Matrix
Trizeal
Ikaruga
Giga Wings 1/2
Street Fighter III double impact
Cappom vs SNK2

and I also loved
RE Code Veronica
Shenmue
Metropolis Street Racer
Soul Reaver: Legacy of Kahn 2
Rayman 2

P.S. What happened to the list at the top of the page ?

 

[dice]

I've sent a message, hopefully he'll be able to correct it soon.

In the meantime the old list can be found here

 

[saxamo]

Seaman
Soul Calibur
Power stone 2
Chu Chu Rocket!
Jet Grind Radiiioooo
MvC2
Crazy Taxi 2
Sonic Adventure (only the first

)

 

[Beast]

Capcom vs. SNK 2
Gauntlet Legends
Grandia 2
Ikaruga
Jet Set Radio
NFL2K2
Power Stone 2
Project Justice
Shenmue
Shenmue 2
Sonic Adventure
Virtua Tennis

 

[Vidboy10]

Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Virtua Tennis
Power Stone 2
Ikaruga
Chu Chu Rocket!
Soul Caliber
Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Street Fighter 3 Third Bout
Street Fighter Alpha 3
King of Fighters Dream Match '99
King of Fighters '99: Evolution
Skies of Arcadia
Confidential Mission
SEGA Smash Pack
Garou: Mark Of The Wolves
Power Stone
Sega Rally 2

 

[Teelow]

Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive 2
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
King of Fighters '99: Evolution
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Marvel vs. Capcom2- New Age of Heroes
NBA 2k2
NBA showtime [ NA im just kidding this game is terrible]
Worms World Party

 

[Crass]

Lack Of Love:

 

[emupaul]

Powerstone

 

[chriso]

Phantasy Star Online (V1 or 2)
Metropolis Street Racer
Toy Commander
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Unreal Tournament
Quake III Arena
Outtrigger
MDK 2
House of the Dead 2
Tony Hawks Pro Skater

Top 10

Edit - Sonic Adventure

 

[toguro_max]

Ahhh, Dreamcast...

Here's my list (the ones I remeber... When I return home, I'll probably add more):

Platform:
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Jet Grind Radio (M.U.S.T. .P.L.A.Y.)
Flooigan Brothers (it's a pity it never got a sequel)

Action:
Headhunter
Resident Evli: Code Veronica (X, if you can read japanese)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Sword of The Berserk: Guts' Rage

Racing:
Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi 2
San Francisco Rush 2049
Metropolis Street Racer
Tokyo Xtreme Race

Shooter:
Bangai-Oh
Border Down
Ikaruga
Rez

Fighting:
Power Stone
Power Stone 2
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Guilty Gear X
Capcom vs SNK Pro
Capcom vs SNK 2
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Rival Schools 2: Project Justice
Tech Romancer
Dead or Alive 2
Vampire Chronicle For Matching Service
Last Blade 2: Final Edition

RPG:
Grandia II
Skies of Arcadia
Phantasy Star Online v2 (if you're going to start playing this, start with the corrected version)
Time Stalkers
Shenmue
Shenmue 2

FPS:
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Maken X: Deus Ex Machina

Sports:
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Cosmic Smash

Others:
Worms World Party
Bomber Hehehe (Thet's the name... Buildings Imploding simulation)
Ooga Booga
Typing of the Dead
Space Channel 5
Space Channel 5 Part 2
Puyo Puyo Fever

That's it for now.

 

[WhySoSerious70]

Grandia 2!

 

[codezer0]

My list, in no particular order:

Any capcom fighter on the Dreamcast was *expletive* brilliant.
Sonic Adventure 1 & 2
Soul Calibur
Space Channel 5
Quake 3 Arena
Unreal Tournament
Rez
Pretty much any of the Sega sports games were good to play
RE: Code Veronica
House of the Dead 2
Confidential Mission
Ready 2 Rumble 1 & 2

But let's not forget essential hardware.

VGA box is almost a must... especially if you can find a CRT monitor to connect to. But even then, you needed that VGA box to see the Dreamcast in its absolute best. A proper box-type one is best, because most games supported the VGA box even w/o explicit listing on the back of the game case. And if you run into the rare odd one that won't boot on VGA mode, you then have standard S-Video out to retain most of the picture quality.

Keyboard & Mouse - good not only for the internet browser, but a few games did support it.

Light Gun - though Sega did not release an official light gun of their own in the states, there were plenty of good, licensed third-party ones. The only problem now is that they won't work on anything but a CRT or rear-projection display, which would be pretty hard to get one nowadays. Nevertheless, if you happen to have one, it's a "killer app" for the light-gun games.

And if you win the lotto, add the broadband adapter, too. Especially since ebay wants to charge like $200 before you can even SEE it