[Essentials] Dreamcast

[iamwhoiam]

You know how it goes

There are threads for DS, GBA, Wii, Xbox 360, PSP, SNES(!), heck even Genesis/Megadrive ... this is the Dreamcast one

Since the explosion of this thread here, someone requested a dreamcast thread... well here it is

State your recommended games and they'll be put into four categories in this thread..

Three categories: 10+ Essentials List, 5+ Recommended List, 3+Noteworthy and Others

NB

: You can add more games in future posts but don't mention a game that you've recommended previously. Also add more games by adding posts, not editing old ones. And yes Arcade Live games count too

Essentials, 10+

[24] Soul Calibur
[22] Jet Set Radio (J/EU) / Jet Grind Radio (USA)
[22] Shenmue
[19] Crazy Taxi
[18] Ikaruga
[18] Skies of Arcadia
[18] Sonic Adventure 2
[17] Sonic Adventure
[16] Rez
[16] Shenmue 2
[15] Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroesshen
[12] Virtua Tennis
[11] Power Stone
[11] Street Fighter III: Third Strike
[11] Virtua Tennis 2
[10] Chu Chu Rocket




Recommended, 5+

[13] Power Stone 2
[11] Grandia 2
[10] Resident Evil Code: Veronica
[9] Phantasy Star Online
[8] Crazy Taxi 2
[8] Metropolis Street Racer
[8] Project Justice - Rival Schools 2
[8] Space Channel 5
[7] Samba de Amigo
[6] Bangai-O
[6] Headhunter
[5] Don't Panic Seaman / Caution Seaman
[5] House Of The Dead 2
[5] MDK2
[5] Quake III Arena
[5] Record of Lodoss War
[5] Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
[5] Typing of the Dead




Noteworthy, 3+

[4] Dead Or Alive 2
[4] Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
[4] Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
[4] Space Channel 5 Part 2
[4] Street Fighter Alpha 3
[3] Capcom vs SNK 2 Millionaire Fighting 2001 (Capcom?Vs?SNK?2)
[3] Confidential Mission
[3] Psyvariar 2: The Will to Fabricate
[3] Puyo Pop Fever
[3] Rayman 2: The Great Escape
[3] Tech Romancer
[3] Toy Commander
[3] Unreal Tournament




Others,

 

[iamwhoiam]

Ermm kick starting this with Soul Calibur, cos it's the best fucking beat em up on any console ever. At the time, and present. Double period.

 

[Akoji]

Hm... Power Stone would be a good choice, Nice Fighter (And Soul Calibur is a Fighting game , not a beat them up, Beat Them Up = Final Fights or Street of Rage) Marvel vs Capcom 2 awsome Fighter too , I heard a lot about Samba de Amigo, which i never played but it always in the top 10 Dreamcast game.

Oh and for Manga/Anime games i would have to say the fighting game of JoJo Bizzare Adventures. Ikuraga should be a must play too.

 

[pikirika]

18 wheeler
Bomberman
Crazy taxi 1 & 2
Deadly Skies
Densha de go 2
Dynamite cop
Grandia 2
GTA 2
Headhunter
Ikaruga
Jet grind radio/ jet set radio
NBA 2k2
Rayman 2
Resident Evil Code Veronica
Rez
Shenmue 1 & 2 ( where the heck are the other chapters?)
Skies of Arcadia
Sword of the Berserk
Virtua Tennis 1 & 2
Zombie Revenge

 

[crafton48]

head hunter
house of the dead 2
armada
Rez
crazy taxi 1 & 2
half life
marvel vs capcom 2
capcom vs snk
shenmue 1 & 2
silver
silent scope
sonic adventure 1 & 2
sonic shuffle
soul calibur
typing of the dead
vitural tennis 1 & 2
MDK 2
space channel 5
power stone 1 & 2

 

[shaffaaf27]

soul calibre, power stone, crazy taxi, chu chu rocket.


and the greatest game: shenumue (inc shemumue 2)

 

[dice]

chu chu rocket
skies of arcadia
sonic adventure 1/2
powerstone
rival schools 2 (project justice)
marvel vs capcom 2
ikuraga
soul caliber
shenmue
metropolis street racer
jet set radio

 

[Master Mo]

Shenmue I & II

There is no game, that should be mentioned in one sentence with Shenmue.....

nuff said

 

[Jon eBegood]

Under Defeat
Border Down
Gigawing 2
Radilgy
Shikigami No Shiro II
Mars Matrix

Space Channel 5
Cool cool toon (SNK dance game)

The sequel to radilgy, KAROUS must be released this year (probably the last game of the dreamcast since sega does not manufacture GD-Rom anymore...)

 

[FAST6191]

A lot of games got remade or sequels on other consoles (soul calibur, phantasy star, shenmue, resident evil code veronica, skies of arcadia to name but a few)

I quite enjoyed that list of mine above as well as jet set radio, head hunter gets an honourable mention.

 

[Mar]

battletoads

 

[ih8crouch]

Wacky Races deserves a mention it was the best multiplayer on the dcast in my opinion! was quality!

 

[jimmy j]

Should probably be filed under other

 

[iza]

wasnt night's on the dc? havent played it, but heard alot about it

 

[Darkforce]

wasnt night's on the dc? havent played it, but heard alot about it

It was on the Saturn

 

[iza]

ahh..... fking gay again!!!

 

[Darkforce]

Crazy Taxi 1/2
Street Fighter 3 Third Strike
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Capcom vs SNK 2
Chu Chu Rocket
Jet Set/Grind Radio
Sonic Adventure 1/2
Powerstone 1/2
Shenmue 1/2
Metropolis Street Racer
Border Down
Zero Gunner 2
Ikaruga
Space Channel 5
Soul Calibur
Rez
Typing of the Dead
Quake 3 Arena
Puyo Pop Fever
Psyvariar 2
Samba De Amigo
Skies Of Arcadia
Phantasy Star Online 1/2
Sega Rally 2
House of the Dead 2
Confidential Mission
Virtua Tennis 1/2
Dead or Alive 2

I've also heard awesome things about:
MDK2, Bangai-O, Mars Matrix, GigaWing, Propeller Arena, Half Life, Ecco and Seaman but I havn't gotten round to playing these yet!

 

[sekhu]

that's a mighty fine list of games for the dreamcast, some memorable and fun games like Bangi-O from Treasure as well unique Sega titles like Rez. Fortunately I have pretty much all those titles and more. Suprised no one mentioned Street Fighter III, which is only available on the DC at the moment, iirc

 

[goomba]

Suprised no one mentioned Street Fighter III, which is only available on the DC at the moment, iirc

Well, New Generation and Second Impact are only available on Dreamcast. But Third Strike is playable on PS2 and Xbox in the Street Fighter Anniversary Collection. I've never played the Dreamcast version of 3S, but from what I hear the Anniversary Collection port is more arcade-accurate.

 

[shaffaaf27]

sonic adventure was great aswell.


but as i sais before, nothing beats shenumue greatest RPG/action-adventure EVER!