Dreamcast online??

[dreamcast4ever83]

Hi so I love my dreamcast it is my Favorite system period! I would love to play it online i know there are private servers with tons of people playing pstar online and I would love to join is there an affordable way to do this? A broadband adapter that's not 300 dollers or another way that does not evolve haveing windows 98 lol. help help help

[noiseredux]

I struggled with this for a bit with zero success. Here's my thread: http://racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... =dreamcast ...I lost interest pretty quick, but maybe some of my research will help you out?

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Also, there aren't huge numbers of people playing it. I don't know where you got that impression, but it's certainly false.

[Flake]

I think more people are playing PSO on the 'cube online than DC. But even then...the two services I knew for that are both gone, last I checked.

[ExedExes]

Love that name original poster! I wonder how popular the Dreamcast online services and games were at the height of its popularity. I look at the games I have that say Online Multiplayer and I can only wonder what if.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Love that name original poster! I wonder how popular the Dreamcast online services and games were at the height of its popularity. I look at the games I have that say Online Multiplayer and I can only wonder what if.

Quake 3 was fake-popular.

Why do I say fake?

It was cross-platform with PC, so, there was actually a lot of people playing, but they were all using M&K and wiping the floor with the DC users.

[ExedExes]

Love that name original poster! I wonder how popular the Dreamcast online services and games were at the height of its popularity. I look at the games I have that say Online Multiplayer and I can only wonder what if.

Quake 3 was fake-popular.

Why do I say fake?

It was cross-platform with PC, so, there was actually a lot of people playing, but they were all using M&K and wiping the floor with the DC users.

I'm sure Unreal Tournament was done the same way. Oh how I would have loved to play that one with DC and PC users

[Duane Dibbley]

I think more people are playing PSO on the 'cube online than DC. But even then...the two services I knew for that are both gone, last I checked.

As far as I know this server is still up. I registered last year for GameCube PSO, but I haven't tried to get on since.

The OP should check out this site for more info on getting online: http://onlineconsoles.com/

[jay_red]

There are a few games still online with the DC, I was very much into keeping this alive and actively playing games online about 6 years ago, when on any night you could find people playing Q3 arena on the private servers.

The site posted onlineconsoles.com was one of my first forums ever and has a ton of good DC info, they also host a private PSO server for legit play only, with some entry requirements (not any one can gain access to it)

I have thought about ways to get my DC back online (no land line phone service, as it would just be a waste of money in my house) and looked into faking a dialup connection with a PC and it was very complicated. Of course you could get the BBA, but that will set you back about $150.

[Anapan]

I spent several hours making a dialup adapter and setting up the software on an old laptop to interface the LAN with the dialup software. I never got it to work, and ended up playing PSO on my PC instead.