In other console news... Dreamcast. The New Amiga?

Submitted by kebernet on Tue, 05/06/2003 - 09:14

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Antigames.com has a good story on the (re)birth of the Dreamcast as a hobbist platform. This was the first console I have owned since the Atari 2600, not counting having a roomate with a Sega Genesis/SegaCD in college. It's still a great little box. With the KB, mouse and Ethernet card it makes for a great linux box for the living room, and they were dirt cheap.

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Re: In other console news... Dreamcast. The New Amiga?

Submitted by Andy (not verified) on Tue, 05/06/2003 - 09:31.

Wow, thats cool to read. Dreamcast kicked ass despite its poor reception. Soul Calibur is still an amazing game. I want to put linux on mine now :)

Re: In other console news... Dreamcast. The New Amiga?

Submitted by cooper (not verified) on Tue, 05/06/2003 - 10:03.

Yeah. I think the only things that kept the DC from owning the market was that (a) they opted for CD-ROM rather than DVD to keep the price down at the time, which was seen as a "negative" and (b) everyone say the PS2 and XBox as being "better", which is a matter of perspective. One thing the DCs PVR2 chip did REALLY well was antialiasing. I remember seeing DOA2 on both platforms and the DC version had less "stuff" by nature of the medium, but it looked *better* because of the AA. I think the real lession from the PS2 and the XBox, though, is that the gaming crowd has "grown up" and really doesn't mind a console breaking that $250 mark, especially if there is a perceived value there.