Superior Dreamcast ports

[Zombie_X]

I can recommend:

- House of The Dead 2
- Resident Evil 2
- Resident Evil 3
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Just to name a few...

[Anthony817]

Dreamcast version of Half-Life is superior to the PC version, and you can also play PC mods on Dreamcast very easily, only homebrews that take full advantage of the system are PC mod ports.

http://www.dcisozone.com/browse/dreamca ... age_1.html

Got 10 different versions of the game modded there for you to download.

[Hatta]

Dreamcast version of Half-Life is superior to the PC version, and you can also play PC mods on Dreamcast very easily, only homebrews that take full advantage of the system are PC mod ports.

In what way is HL on the dreamcast superior to even the original 1998 release?

[Hobie-wan]

In what way is HL on the dreamcast superior to even the original 1998 release?

It might have the high resolutions texture pack built in that came with the Blue Shift PC expansion. One might as well be playing all of the PC expansions anyway as they're good. I'm curious how else it might be regarded as superior since resolution, framerate, and input will all be better on a PC as well as ease of modding.

[Anthony817]

Well, for one, Gearbox software remodeled the game from the ground up and gave it much better textures than the 98 PC version. The Dreamcast version was slated for a release a full 2 years after the original game in 2000.

Also, I play my mods with official Sega mouse and keyboard on my Dreamcast. Just look at my link above, see for yourself. Plus, mods become full stand alone games with controller support and VGA resolution all in 1 package.

Blueshift was originally a Dreamcast only expansion, then when that version was canceled it was ported to PC with higher models and textures than even the original models.

Even the mod They Hunger uses a High Definition texture pack, and it is an official mod made by Neil Manke's Black Widow Games. These are all professional mods with new voice acting and story line.

The Dreamcast version of this mod is even posted at Moddb along with They Hunger.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/they-hunger/n ... cast-final

http://www.moddb.com/mods/paranoia/news ... t-paranoia

Anyway, Dreamcast version is better than PC version yes. Normally this isn't the case with PC and console games. but this came out 2 years later on the latest technology, which was the DC.

Also Quake 3 was a PC perfect port, it even has Dreamcast vs PC player servers still up for it.

[Xeogred]

I dunno, with Half-Life Source the resolution/framerates still seem a bit better, but I'm watching some videos on youtube right now and it definitely looks like the character models were improved. A similar case to the PS2 version of Deus Ex, that one had much better character models than the PC version... on the other hand there was loading screens galore, and that seems to be the case for the DC port of HL as well, haha... the intro train ride segment had like 4-5. Still looks worth checking out sometime though.

[isiolia]

Blue Shift added the better character models and such to the PC version. HL Source updated the game to run on the HL2 engine to boot.
It was enhanced as compared to the original PC release, but you're not exactly stuck playing that version on the PC now.


Quake 3 on the DC was -not- a perfect port. It supports only 4 players in online play, as opposed to 16 on the PC. It also runs modified maps - logical, since you don't really want particularly large maps for only four people, much less the huge maps from Team Arena.

It also needs specific servers, given the limitations.

It was a good port, don't get me wrong, but it's a slimmed down version of the game.

[fastbilly1]

Everything that can be done on Half Life DC can be done in Half Life PC, the reverse cannot be said, multiplayer for example. Multiplayer with bots does not count, it is not the same.

Typing of the Dead was superior to the PC port and I will go as far as to say the arcade original. The pc port has crappy netcode so it is really singleplayer, the arcade original had issues with the controls, the keyboard was not made to be an arcade device, and when I played it had weird stuttering before the boss fights.

[CRTGAMER]

Dreamcast Half Life offers console play on the HD vs a computer monitor of the PC, but the loading times as you go thru a level are real pain. The newest releases are quicker, but there is still that dreaded pause while a level loads. The PC version is all on the hard drive, so there is no delay. Still, its great that there are all the unique stand alone mods coming out for the Dreamcast such as They Hunger.

Now if PS2 Half Life could be opened up for Mods such as the PSM Demo Disc. Taken a step further, a compete stand alone conversion of the PS2 disc for HDAvance/HDLoader.

[BoringSupreez]

Dreamcast Half Life offers console play on the HD vs a computer monitor of the PC, but the loading times as you go thru a level are real pain. The newest releases are quicker, but there is still that dreaded pause while a level loads. The PC version is all on the hard drive, so there is no delay. Still, its great that there are all the unique stand alone mods coming out for the Dreamcast such as They Hunger.

Now if PS2 Half Life could be opened up for Mods such as the PSM Demo Disc. Taken a step further, a compete stand alone conversion of the PS2 disc for HDAvance/HDLoader.

Take it even farther, a port to 360 and PS3 with completely redone graphics and sound, in addition to that mod stuff.