Neapolitan Ice Cream
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Released 9/9/99! Still going strong, with new controllers, new games, new ports and a vibrant online community 

The bolded point was actually one of the contributing factors as to why the Dreamcast failed. The game discs had ZERO copy protection against piracy (the PS1 and N64 did) so games were dumped online within a day or two of them being released. I remember watching a video where a Target employee at the time the Dreamcast was for sale was talking about how people would buy Dreamcast games and return them within 24 hours as they ripped the game files and no longer needed the disc.Two and a half decades...
Interestingly, you can download an emulator called "ReDream" which runs game live off your hard disk in 4K resolution at 60fps. And the games are dead easy to get, in large quantities. For free. AND you can use, wirelessly, your Xbox or PS pads to control the games.
I'd tell you where to just download them all from… but I suspect that the DIS mods may not thank me for championing piracy!The bolded point was actually one of the contributing factors as to why the Dreamcast failed. The game discs had ZERO copy protection against piracy (the PS1 and N64 did) so games were dumped online within a day or two of them being released. I remember watching a video where a Target employee at the time the Dreamcast was for sale talking about how people would buy Dreamcast games and return them within 24 hours as they ripped the game files and no longer needed the disc.
Dreamcast games today are stupidly expensive so at least they're easy to find online if you know where to look.
Two and a half decades...
Interestingly, you can download an emulator called "ReDream" which runs game live off your hard disk in 4K resolution at 60fps. And the games are dead easy to get, in large quantities. For free. AND you can use, wirelessly, your Xbox or PS pads to control the games.
I definitely feel that. I know with Dolphin you can hook up an original Wii and Gamecube controller but I don't think it's possible for Dreamcast (referring to redream in particular).Emulation is cool, but it's not the same without the DC controller. I love to play with the original controllers whenever possible.
-glances over at my "totally legit" collection of Gamecube games on my PC-I'd tell you where to just download them all from… but I suspect that the DIS mods may not thank me for championing piracy!
There is an adaptor out there that allows you to connect a Dreamcast controller to a PC via USB...I definitely feel that. I know with Dolphin you can hook up an original Wii and Gamecube controller but I don't think it's possible for Dreamcast (referring to redream in particular).
Heh, I'm guilty of that too!-glances over at my "totally legit" collection of Gamecube games on my PC-
There is an adaptor out there that allows you to connect a Dreamcast controller to a PC via USB...
Both Nintendo systems and Sega systems are great, in their own waysOkay, that's not bad. I always want to collect Sega systems the way I have with Nintendo, but I also know that they would collect dust most of the time. Still though.
Nearly all of my nintendo collection was bought new at or near when it came out, so it's a little different. I just never had Sega stuff - though my friends did and we would sometimes trade for a week. I do now have a Genesis, but that's it.