You all win. (I'm finally getting a Dreamcast)

[pakopako]

Typing of the Dead is just like HotD 2 player. Both on the same screen. No split.

Right, that's what I was supposed to say.
But was there an option to play the game with 2 DCs on 2 TVs?

[YoshiEgg25]

Noise, you NEED to get Jet Grind Radio. I think it's your kind of game.

[Anthony817]

Also, VGA is your bestest friend ever when it comes to Dreamcast video quality. It looks leaps and bounds better than a composite connection. You'll barley see any pixels at all.

Couple that with the fact that the Dreamcast does Anti-Aliasing, and you can see why you see no jaggies at all. The Dreamcast really is more PC like than Console, when you take into consideration it does VGA and had official Mouse and Keyboard, it really is the most hardcore gaming console on this planet!

PS2 don't even do AA or "HD" 480P VGA resolution, so the games it has Dreamcast ports of, like RE:Code Veronica, or DOA2, really shine more-so on Dreamcast than they ever did on PS2!

Not to mention, the Dreamcast has better texture compression than PS2, The DC has something like 8MB texture resolution, whilst the PS2 chip really only does 4MB. so even though the PS2 has slightly more polygons, the Dreamcast ups the PS2 in that area as well.

Again, no doubt the PS2 had better polygon count, but textures go a very long way in that respect.

Noise, you NEED to get Jet Grind Radio. I think it's your kind of game.

Scratch that! Get De La Jet Set Radio! It is a patched version of the first game with American and European music and levels, with MUCH better control over our western versions, so it is the best you will ever get!

http://www.theisozone.com/downloads/dre ... --repack-/

Also, it uses you consoles localization, so no matter what language you have your system set to, it will display subtitles and menus to your region!

You won't get a better version of that game anywhere else if you tried, Don't get the Ntsc-U or PAL versions, they are absolutely subpar to this Japan only release.

[Original_Name]

You won't get a better version of that game anywhere else if you tried, Don't get the Ntsc-U or PAL versions, they are absolutely subpar to this Japan only release.

Wait, are you absolutely sure, Ant? I was under the impression that the original Japanese version was buggier and had less content than the western releases, and De La Jet Set Radio was essentially a re-packed version of the western releases to the Japanese audience. Sort of like Sonic Adventure International. Can you give me documentation that De La's control scheme works differently than the NTSC-U Jet Grind Radio?

[noiseredux]

I love this PDF: http://www.lunchwithgeorge.com/dc_checklist.pdf

[Balasubbie]

PS2 don't even do AA or "HD" 480P VGA resolution, so the games it has Dreamcast ports of, like RE:Code Veronica, or DOA2, really shine more-so on Dreamcast than they ever did on PS2!

Not to mention, the Dreamcast has better texture compression than PS2, The DC has something like 8MB texture resolution, whilst the PS2 chip really only does 4MB. so even though the PS2 has slightly more polygons, the Dreamcast ups the PS2 in that area as well.

Again, no doubt the PS2 had better polygon count, but textures go a very long way in that respect.
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It's a shame no one noticed these absolutely crucial, infinitesimal details whilst they were buying enough PS2s to put Sega comfortably out of business.

[noiseredux]

so what do I want to use for an import boot disc, BTW?

[mjmjr25]

so what do I want to use for an import boot disc, BTW?

I play 50% JP releases, 45% US releases, and 5% PAL releases.

You don't want to using a boot disc, contact Jinn, I think he is still modding DC's for very reasonable cost - the chip is like $15-20 and then the cost of install (and ship of course).

I may have a spare too, I can look.

[noiseredux]

so what do I want to use for an import boot disc, BTW?

I play 50% JP releases, 45% US releases, and 5% PAL releases.

You don't want to using a boot disc, contact Jinn, I think he is still modding DC's for very reasonable cost - the chip is like $15-20 and then the cost of install (and ship of course).

I may have a spare too, I can look.

for now I can't spend $. I'm either going to nab a bootdisc (it's one of those Code discs or whatever) from the store I have credit at (it's $11) or burn my own. I know it's free to burn my own, but I like having something "official".

[mjmjr25]

so what do I want to use for an import boot disc, BTW?

I play 50% JP releases, 45% US releases, and 5% PAL releases.

You don't want to using a boot disc, contact Jinn, I think he is still modding DC's for very reasonable cost - the chip is like $15-20 and then the cost of install (and ship of course).

I may have a spare too, I can look.

for now I can't spend $. I'm either going to nab a bootdisc (it's one of those Code discs or whatever) from the store I have credit at (it's $11) or burn my own. I know it's free to burn my own, but I like having something "official".

$^ I get it - maybe you can trade something for a chipped system, or since you a have US system maybe make a play on someones JP system, I just know from my experience, the having to swap a disc in and out can get annoying. As someone who really appreciates Nintendo enormously, the truth is I play SAT/DC for 90% of my retro needs.