Like most people, I picked up mine at gamestop for 39.99 when they announced it was being discontinued. And it was the best purchase I had ever made. Like Andy, I was able to get the games offline for relativly cheap and amassed a huge library. Im gonna have to digg that bad boy out of the "Games of Yore" plastic tub and fire it up again. I kinda miss playing Marvel v Capcom 2 and Zombie Revenge.

I definitely agree with the smoothness of the controller.  It's by far the best format for a game controller I've ever held in my hand.  The VMU was innovative, and if it didn't suck watch batteries all day long, probably could've been a great idea since digital pets were very popular back in the day.  I didn't think the graphics were honestly that bad, and the fact that it used CDs instead of DVDs didn't really bother me too much.  The big downfalls were that games were easily pirated and copied, and the really amazing games, at least the ones that I loved, didn't even come out in this country, or were underprinted and rare.  You talked about owning Rival Schools?  Holy crap, I'd hang on to that.  It was also annoying that Shenmue II never got printed for the American Dreamcast library, but only for the European one.  I grabbed it later on the Xbox for 10 bucks, so I didn't really care, but it was rather annoying.

Long live the Dreamcast, but it still sits with my Wii, PS2, and 360 on my entertainment cabinet.

Resident Evil 3:Nemesis, Powerstone 2, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, San Francisco Rush: 2049, Chu Chu Rocket, Daytona USA 2001, Ecco the Dolphin, Sonic Adventure 2, Godzilla, Virtua Striker 2, Quake 3 Arena, Incoming (which sadly is where I probably spent most of my dreamcast days), Last Blade 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Bangai-Oh!, Puyo Puyo 4, Guilty Gear x, Hydro Thunder, Starlancer, Sonic Adventure, Zombie Revenge, Outtrigger, Psychic Force 2012, Dead or Alive 2, AIR, Virtual On: Ontario Tangram, Maken X, Tokyo Extreme Racer, and Tomb Raider: the Last Revelation (who I have never known anyone who was able to get past the tutorial in the beginning, making it a actually possibility that they never made the whole game, just left the tutorial broken so no one would ever know...)

...and that does not include the stack which i traded in for Dead Rising when I got my Xbox 360...

Oh and the CD - X (the disc that allows you to play international region games), Gameshark (game cheats disc, sorry no level select for tomb raider...), and the boot disc which allows the play of game copy discs....

There was one disc that probably came with, or maybe I purchased it later after I was used to the games and how they worked, the Dreamcast and it was this disc of all different games; one of those demo discs. It had some really nice Arcade classics that you would probably still find in an Arcade somewhere. Just your basic first-person shoot 'em up game. Nothing all too special, but it was definitely “it” back in its days.

Hehe... You should host a gathering. What games would be available for play at this event?

I remember first seeing the box for the Dreamcast. My eyes melted and my mouth flodded with... Well, you can guess what. And there was this strange radiance in my soul; such puzzling emotions for just a box containing something that probably inspired the next box including a controller or two. Really, it was Sonic that set me off. First time I had ever seen Shadow, kudos to SEGA for creating him, in a Sonic game. Moreover, it was the first system I ever played a real violence game on. That is "Fur Fighters" which led me to playing "Conker." What was your first reaction in seeing that "little, grey paperweight?"

Also, wasn't the Dreamcast the first system to introduce the Online Play feature? I remember watching G4 and seeing a special of Gamer Makers on this, but I'm a tad foggy on the details.

I think the Dreamcast was the first real system I ever put together myself and really spent three-fourths of my day playing. Mostly, it was the Sonic Adventure games because those were popular time. Then came Fur Fighters. That game lit up my world to Conker today! My playing formula was always: Kangaroo + AK-47 = Happy Me.

The Dreamcast overall was the greatest thing that ever happened to me for about 1 year or more. I do agree with your thoughts on its controller being remarkable similar to the Xbox one. When I first saw it, I remember saying, "How in the world does anyone play with this thing?"

Wasn't the Dreamcast the system that SEGA wanted to keep secret until it had a final release date?

Time to start a rant over Super Mario World.

Cheerful, beautiful, and enjoyable all describe Super Mario World in all its vast area of play. In my part, this is the most catchiest Mario games out there and what I mean by "catchiest" is that it just makes you want to play more. The Yoshi addition was an excellent one for quite a few reasons. Examples being: Faster level travel, swifter movements, an extra strike before going back to regular Mario, and, let's face it, it's funny to watch Yoshi run off in fear after getting hit.

Being aware of the tandems of updates for this game, there are strange differences in each of the updates. As I recall, the GameBoy Advance version of this game had some strange.... Strangenesses about it. Not too sure what it was, a little too hard to identify, but I do know that it wasn't the real one. The real Super Mario World had visions of pixels whenever Mario died, it had very pleasing music (Quite frankly, all is at peace when the Ghost Mansion song plays.) It even made a pretty decent T.V. show to make a YouTube Poop out of.

Back on track, this game is the only game that I have multiple copies of for whatever reason. I can tell which one has all the good files because it has some kind of lipstick smuthered all over the back of it... Surprised it can still run... Anyway, the bosses in this game were a real challenge compaired to the other Mario games, in my blunt opinion. Strange representations, nice surroundings, and amusing levels.

I seriously have a problem. What are your thoughts on this game?

God bless,

- Dead/Cypher +

Another thing I never really quite understood about this game was the whole "Potion" action. I mean, you pull up a Potion. You throw it. Poof! A door. You go through it, and ONLY IF YOU ARE NEAR OTHER PLANTS you will be able to pluck out some coins that, from what I could see, did almost nothing.

In spite of the fact that Super Mario Bros. 2 was not the next 1-Up from the first game, Super Mario Bros. 3 definitely made up for many miles of lost ground. Something about the Tanooki and Hammer Bros. Suit makes me so happy to have witnessed Mario at his cuddliest and deadliest. Although, the Game Genie was my #1 go-to accessory whenever I felt like some more thrills throughout my ingame experience. Something about the "SKYWALKER" cheat made me so glad I didn't have to run back a few inches and then forward even fewer inches just to get 3 seconds of flight. The 3 seconds are pretty much all you really need, but to me, it's not enough. Good ol' days, indeed...

You say you had races over speaker phone? Who received the most victories, I wonder?

God bless,

- Dead/Cypher +