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I’m looking for bloggers to write short reviews for Sega Dreamcast games on my site. Here are the requirements:

-Must be a dedicated Sega Dreamcast  fanboy/girl

-Experience playing Dreamcast games

- Poses at least one Sega Dreamcast console

-Hatred for Playstation 2

My site does not make any money yet. I will negotiate price per review based on your first submission. I will not accept plagiarism of other peoples reviews.  Post a comment if you’re interested.

 

The greatest console of all time will be playable on the greatest device ever. Null DC is being ported Android by Raziel. Check out his blog

 

 

Fast Striker for Dreamcast

Preorders are being taken for release on Dec 21, 2010. The game costs $40 for regular edition and $69 for limited edition.

Buy Regular Edition @Play-Asia

Buy Limited Edition @Play-Asia

FAST STRIKER is a 2D arcade shooting game with emphasis on scoring. You can choose between 3 game modes with different scoring systems. This game features six stages of excellent 2D arcade game play with over 40 unique enemy types, super smooth 3D scrolling backgrounds, huge CGI bosses and it features the biggest Megabit count ever since the beginning of NEO·GEO™ games. Comes for Dreamcast™ in Winter 2010

Game
  • 6 Stages
  • 3 Game Modes: Original/Maniac/Novice
  • Elaborate Scoring System
  • Up to 180 Enemy Bullets Simultaneously on Screen
  • 40+ Fully Animated CGI Enemies
  • 6+ Huge Fully Animated Boss Enemies
  • 3D Scrolling CGI Backgrounds
  • Constant 60 fps
  • Difficulty Rank System
  • Internet Ranking via Code
Accessories (DC)
  • VMU
  • VGA
  • Original Pad
  • Acade Stick

Sega forum member Captain Dreamcast has made  a challenge to the rest of Dreamcast community. Here are the rules:


It is indeed very similar to the tournament, since it exists to determine earth’s greatest Dreamcast gamer in the year 2010. Maybe multiple DC and SEGA boards are participating! But maybe I’ll get banned if I name them! So let’s just hypotheorize that multiple boards might be attending.
Every week, a new game from a certain genre is picked (by you), and will be played for, you guessed it, a week. So all in all, 10 games from 10 different genres will be played.

The way games are chosen has changed drastically :
Originally, every game was supposed to have it’s own thread, but let’s be fair, flooding forums with eleven almost identical threads is just not cool. Also, if we keep on using polls, there will only be 10 choosable games.
As such, here’s the new voting:
Every week, next week’s genre is announced, for example, next week, it’s racing time. Then, you’ll choose the game by replying to this thread. So when you post you Soul Calibur score, just say which racer you want. This way, we can use this thread for ten weeks straight and I don’t have to limit the choosable games. It’s a win-win situation.

A refresher on the scoring (Nothing new, copypasta from the voting thread):
It’s pretty straightforward: Whoever ranks in first in a game gets 10 points, second place gets nine points, blablabla, so finally 11 and below score a whooping zero points. Whoever has the biggest score after the 10th game is played has the right to call himself the “Very best Dreamcast gamer”.
I’m currently working on a dedicated ranking to keep track of all participants from all boards. It’s still in the works.

The original voting took place here as well, just in case you remember.
So let’s get down to the rules for this week’s (03.10.-10.10.) game:
Soul Calibur

We’ll be playing Survival mode. Whoever survives the most enemies wins! Make sure to take a picture, video, [insert proof here] of your score, else I can’t let it count, sorry. Region of the game doesn’t matter. Just use a legit copy, because this Tournament does NOT approve of piracy. That’s about it already, good luck!

Next week’s (10.10.-17.10.) genre is:
Racers

Vote for whatever game you wanna play, there are no more limitations (except the genre)

You can post your pictures here or at Sega Forums. Please make any suggestions on genre.

One of Ben Hecks forum members has built a custom Sega Dreamcast with A/C power. Specs:

Features:

  • Built-in VMU (Memory Card)
  • 2P Controller Port
  • SVideo Output Port
  • Audio (EarPhone) Port

Box Content:

  • 1 x Sega Dreamcast Portable System
    Japan Version
  • 1 x AC Power Cord
    100-240V Works Worldwide
  • 1 x Sega Rally II
    Original GDRom Game

Its currently on Ebay for $360 with $15 s/h

Amazon has reduced their price on the best  console of all time to $75.


This game is currently in stock at Play-Asia $14.10 + $3.10 s/h . Its not as rare as SGGG but it’s must have for dreamcast collectors.

From GiantBomb Wiki:

“In the game Yukawa Motosenmu no Otakara Sagashi (Former Managing Director Yukawa’s Treasure Hunt), you play the role of Yukawa and you need to look for Sega branded items that were buried underground on an island. This was a game that was used as a promotional item for the Dreamcast and for its online capabilities. This game was only released in Japan. So, equipped with only a shovel, Yukawa will scour the land in an attempt to find and dig up items such as backpacks, VMUs, and posters. Each item is segmented into six pieces. Once you’ve collected all six pieces for the item, it will be stored in your inventory so you can view the final trinket as whole. The online portion of this allowed the player to register the item and have the opportunity to win it. This event was active between March 20, 1999 and April 11, 1999.”

Sonic Adventure

Sonic Adventure was recently released for PSN and XBL for a low price of $10. This is a port of Dreamcat release with all the bugs that were on dreamcast. The Gamecube DX version is $5 extra which includes Metal Sonic and other stuff.

Buy Adventures on Dreamcast

Buy Sonic Adventure DX

Sonic Adventure Xbox360

With the recent dreamcast games on XBLA rumors come to be true, Joystiq.com posted their prediction for this years E3. My predictionare still are : Dreamcast 1080i and Sonic Adventures in 3d.

via joystiq.com

This is a limited chance for all hardcore fans to buy Segagaga for a cheap price of $70. I saw people selling this game on Ebay for over $100. This game is all in Japanese , but there is a fan translation somewhere on the interwebs. Gameplay is a mix of strategy and RPG and if you a super dreamcast fan like me then the language barrier is not a problem. Use your imagination.

Buy Segagaga here

Game Faq

Segagaga WIKI

From Wikipedia:

“Segagaga is a console role-playing game developed by Tez Okano of Sega and released solely in Japan for the Sega Dreamcast on March 29, 2001, towards the end of the console lifespan. Segagaga’s storyline parodies the commercially unsuccessful Dreamcast console – the player is recruited by Sega in a last-ditch effort to stop the evil DOGMA company from taking over the console market. The game, interspersed with animated cut scenes, features numerous cameos by Sega characters and games, as well as a variety of gameplay styles.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segagaga

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