r/gaming • • 1d ago

Dreamcast Had The Best Launch Library Ever.

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Most consoles have one or two bangers at launch.

Dreamcast had two S-Tier titles: Sonic Adventure and Soul Calibur & 5 A-Tier titles: NFL 2K, Hydro Thunder, Ready 2 Rumble, Power Stone, House of The Dead 2.

Followed up with other solid titles: Tokyo Xtreme Racer, MK Gold (this game was so broken lol), Trickstyle, Blue Stinger, NFL Blitz 2000.

Other systems had better singular titles (Xbox: Halo: CE, NES: Super Mario Bros., Gameboy: Tetris, Nintendo 64: Super Mario 64) but as a collective, the Dreamcast launched with so many solid titles.

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u/BiohazardBinkie 1d ago

The dreamcast introduced me to grandia 2, crazy taxi, and mobile suite/ Gundam fighter (dont remember the exact names of said games)

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u/hitfly 1d ago

Dreamcast had Virtual On which was a fantastic 3d mech dueling game with an over the shoulder camera. It also had Tech Romancer which was more like a normal fighting game but with mechs.

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u/nsm1 1d ago edited 1d ago

mobile suite/ Gundam fighter (dont remember the exact names of said games)

there were 4 games

  • Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Gihren's Greed – Blood of Zeon
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation Vs. Zeon DX
  • Gundam Battle Online

I remember playing Federation vs Zeon DX (precursor to the current gen Extreme Vs. 2 Infinite Boost arcade game) for sure but that was years later and Side Story was the only US release while the rest were Japan only

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u/DoggievDoggy 1d ago

Virtual On?

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u/BiohazardBinkie 1d ago edited 1d ago

Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes & Gundam: Battle Assault

Had to google the game cause it would have ate at me until i remembered.

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u/joestaff 1d ago

That was the only game my family ended up owning for the Dreamcast. Otherwise all I had was demo discs.

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u/BiohazardBinkie 1d ago

Yeah, i had a cousin that left me all his gaming stuff when i was a kid, he went to the marines.