Sega to Cease GD-Rom Production in February

[jmood88]

Re: Sega to Cease GD-Rom Production in February

The DC is really what started the "nextgen" hysteria for many of us. Seeing commercials and videos for NFL2K was jaw-dropping. You throw titles like Shenmue, Phantasy Star Online, Soul Caliber, NBA2K and that console really gave us some phenomenal titles. The excitement that console's launch brought to the gaming world hadn't been seen before. I remember the lines at midnight and that hadn't been done before (at least I don't remember it for the PS1).

In so many our minds the DC was the first real nextgen system. The system that finally upped the ante and made us really want to upgrade NOW. The PS put us into a 3D world, but it was still a raw, unrefined world, where the DC finally put the beauty into it.

I miss my DC, but I miss the way it made me feel when it was around. I still feel excited about opening every single game, but not like I did then.

9/9/99

[videobastard]

Re: Sega to Cease GD-Rom Production in February

I had fun playing nfl 2k and soul calibur for the DC.

[Misfit]

Re: Sega to Cease GD-Rom Production in February

You need to work on your analogies. Comparing one of the ugliest recent tragedies to what happened to a game system is outright ignorant. And mentioning those two morons only adds insult to injury.

An analogy is an analogy. You're coming across as being overly sensitive, in this case. As far as the analogy itself was concerned, it makes perfect sense to me.

The Dreamcast is the biggest target of revisionist history. I'm not quite sure why, probably because it's life was so brief there wasn't much time for the glow of a new console to wear off. I still own my Dreamcast, I thought it was a nice system, but it's not as good as a lot of people try to make it out to be. The only truly great franchise to come from the Dreamcast was NFL 2k (Sonic was better in 2D, Soul Caliber was the sequel to a PSX game). I applauded Sega for their attempts at originality with Shenmue and Seamen, but neither title was really revolutionary (Hey You Pikachu came before Seamen, and Shenmue was that era's Fable). To me, the Dreamcast just ran out of steam. Sega had some great ideas, but the execution was just a little off in pretty much ever area. The VMU's didn't have enough storage space and were pricey, the controller bulky, no broadband, no DVD, unrealized games, etc. As I said earlier, I still have my Dreamcast though I haven't played it in ages. I don't plan on getting rid of it though and I'm sure there are some lazy days ahead of me where I dust it off for a few hours but I can't say I really miss it. Sega is still around making games (though I can't recall the last great, non-sports title they produced) so it's not like much has really changed.

[DaveDQ]

Re: Sega to Cease GD-Rom Production in February

The DC is really what started the "nextgen" hysteria for many of us. Seeing commercials and videos for NFL2K was jaw-dropping. You throw titles like Shenmue, Phantasy Star Online, Soul Caliber, NBA2K and that console really gave us some phenomenal titles. The excitement that console's launch brought to the gaming world hadn't been seen before. I remember the lines at midnight and that hadn't been done before (at least I don't remember it for the PS1).

In so many our minds the DC was the first real nextgen system. The system that finally upped the ante and made us really want to upgrade NOW. The PS put us into a 3D world, but it was still a raw, unrefined world, where the DC finally put the beauty into it.

I miss my DC, but I miss the way it made me feel when it was around. I still feel excited about opening every single game, but not like I did then.

Very well said. The Dreamcast placed us in next-gen gaming like not other system. It was the total package. I remember feeling like gaming had stepped up in so many ways, and then thinking that it would only get better. quite honestly, I don't think we've come that far since then.

I enjoy my 360 and all the periphials, but in terms of gaming, the only difference would be voice chat in games.

[daflyboys]

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An analogy is an analogy. You're coming across as being overly sensitive, in this case. As far as the analogy itself was concerned, it makes perfect sense to me.

Well then you worry me, too. And btw, he's a big boy.....so if he has an issue how I responded to him, then he can speak for himself.