08-13-2004, 11:13 PM
I'm glad to see someone agrees, since the Dreamcast got a lot of flak from skeptics in every stage of its life on the market.
Just as a testament to how well it worked, I bought my DC second-hand from a friend of mine, who I know treats his games and systems in a not-so-friendly manner. This was about 3 years ago, and his system was the first version that was available on the market. To this day, the system still works like the day I bought it home. Fast, smooth, and awesome. I remember playing Grandia II on that system, as well as Skies of Arcadia. There may not have been a LOT of RPGs on the DC, but the many of ones that were made were damned good. Who would forget about Shenmue and Shenmue II? And Quake III was awesome, with textures, frame rate, and poly count, that rivaled even those found on higher-end systems today, thanks to texture compression. Which reminds me, I should continue playing Shenmue II sometime.
Another great thing about the DC was the fact that you didn't need a modchip or other hardware peripherals to play imports or back-ups. A boot-disc was all that was needed.
Just as a testament to how well it worked, I bought my DC second-hand from a friend of mine, who I know treats his games and systems in a not-so-friendly manner. This was about 3 years ago, and his system was the first version that was available on the market. To this day, the system still works like the day I bought it home. Fast, smooth, and awesome. I remember playing Grandia II on that system, as well as Skies of Arcadia. There may not have been a LOT of RPGs on the DC, but the many of ones that were made were damned good. Who would forget about Shenmue and Shenmue II? And Quake III was awesome, with textures, frame rate, and poly count, that rivaled even those found on higher-end systems today, thanks to texture compression. Which reminds me, I should continue playing Shenmue II sometime.
Another great thing about the DC was the fact that you didn't need a modchip or other hardware peripherals to play imports or back-ups. A boot-disc was all that was needed.