First Two Panzer Dragoon Games Coming To GameTap

Post by **racketboy** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:49 pm

Panzer Dragoon and PD Zwei are coming to GameTap
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=13472

Maybe this confirms the port/emulation theory since AFAIK, there was not a PC port of Zwei.

This trend could be interesting, but I'm guess it would be limited to games that Sega has full rights to.
NiGHTS and maybe Shining Force III could be a reality, but not sure about Treasure's games like Guardian Heroes and Radiant Silvergun.

Post by **Mozgus** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:43 pm

I'll believe it when I actually see footage of Zwei running on it. It's funny as hell. We all said they were just ganna go with PC ports of Saturn games, and what did they pick? Bug. Over half the guessers at Evil Avatar said it would be Bug. Have they ever released a Dreamcast game that didn't also have a PC port? I havent checked lately.

Post by **racketboy** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:56 pm

Mozgus wrote:I'll believe it when I actually see footage of Zwei running on it. It's funny as hell. We all said they were just ganna go with PC ports of Saturn games, and what did they pick? Bug. Over half the guessers at Evil Avatar said it would be Bug. Have they ever released a Dreamcast game that didn't also have a PC port? I havent checked lately.

I just check the list...
Here's the Dreamcast games:

GAME TITLE TYPE SYSTEM PUBLISHER
Chu Chu Rocket Puzzle Dreamcast SEGA Corporation
Crazy Taxi™ Racing Dreamcast SEGA Corporation
Hydro Thunder™ Racing Dreamcast Midway Home Entertainment, Inc.
Mr. Driller™ Puzzle Dreamcast Namco Limited
Prince of Persia®: Arabian Nights Action Dreamcast UbiSoft
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Sports Dreamcast Activision Publishing, Inc.
Toy Commander™ Action Dreamcast SEGA Corporation

Most of those don't have PC ports that I'm aware of.
Maybe they are going for the ones that emulate easiest...

Post by **Mozgus** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:15 am

racketboy wrote:
Mozgus wrote:I'll believe it when I actually see footage of Zwei running on it. It's funny as hell. We all said they were just ganna go with PC ports of Saturn games, and what did they pick? Bug. Over half the guessers at Evil Avatar said it would be Bug. Have they ever released a Dreamcast game that didn't also have a PC port? I havent checked lately.
I just check the list...
Here's the Dreamcast games:

GAME TITLE TYPE SYSTEM PUBLISHER
Chu Chu Rocket Puzzle Dreamcast SEGA Corporation
Crazy Taxi™ Racing Dreamcast SEGA Corporation
Hydro Thunder™ Racing Dreamcast Midway Home Entertainment, Inc.
Mr. Driller™ Puzzle Dreamcast Namco Limited
Prince of Persia®: Arabian Nights Action Dreamcast UbiSoft
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Sports Dreamcast Activision Publishing, Inc.
Toy Commander™ Action Dreamcast SEGA Corporation

Most of those don't have PC ports that I'm aware of.
Maybe they are going for the ones that emulate easiest...

Chu Chu, Mr Driller, Hydro Thunder, and Toy Commander are the only ones that aren't on PC. Amazing if it actually is emulating those two 3D games. I'd like to see it.

Post by **Espio 1919** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:12 pm

That's pretty impressive that a website can run 128-bit games, must take a lot of work to make that happen.

Post by **Mozgus** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:23 pm

Espio 1919 wrote:That's pretty impressive that a website can run 128-bit games, must take a lot of work to make that happen.

Say wha?

Post by **racketboy** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:26 pm

Espio 1919 wrote:That's pretty impressive that a website can run 128-bit games, must take a lot of work to make that happen.

You download client software that runs on Windows.