Developed by fan-favorite, Treasure, Guardian Heroes is another late-blooming Saturn title that many people still haven’t discovered. Guardian Heroes is a beatemup with strong RPG elements. In this masterpiece, Treasure combined great 2D animation, a unique control scheme, and killer gameplay with the ability to level up and focus the skills that you choose. Graphics/Presentation: […]
As one of the best games that defined the Dreamcast, Samba De Amigo is one of the premier rhythm games of all time. Unfortunately not that many people have actually played it. While I have greatly enjoyed this unique game, I have not been privileged enough to possess the full Samba De Amigo box set […]
As many of the Forum members are aware of, I have been selling Dreamcast VGA video cables (similar to a VGA Box). These cables take the place of a standard video cable like and Composite or S-Video cable and instead let you connect your Dreamcast to any VGA monitor or VGA-compatible video display/HDTV. With a […]
If you recently bought a used Sega Saturn, chances are that when you boot the machine up, you will be asked to set the time and date. You probably don’t think much of it the first time, but you will probably become frustrated when you have to reset the date and time EVERY time you […]
In the first of my rants (How The Internet Changed The Hobby) about the lessons I learned from collecting hobby-related items, I discussed how the Internet has changed the way we collect and how are collections are perceived by others. This time around I want to show you how buying “valuable”� and “rare”� games isn’t […]
While VGA mode is supported by most every Dreamcast games, there are a few that do not support it. Some of the non-VGA games can be patched to be used with a Dreamcast VGA cable by making some quick modifications to the ripped game’s CDI file. You can also get a full-featured Dreamcast VGA Box […]
Shining Force III was one of the crowning jewels for the Sega Saturn and is one of the best strategy RPGs ever from the folks at Sega. However, there was a Scenario 2 and 3 in addition to a Premium Disc that never made it outside of Japan. KnightOfDragon has released his patch for Shining […]
Dreamcast Fan Mod I kind of wish I got a resistor with more ohms though, because I can’t quite slow it down as much as I want to. It’s quite noisy even on the slowest, but it sure doesn’t let the Dreamcast even get warm at all, anywhere, after any amount of time. A great […]
As a follow-up to my Games That Actually NEED A Sequel and further inspired by this post at Siliconera, I wanted to discuss a few classic game franchises, that while they did have at least one sequel, they haven’t surfaced in quite a while. And even though there are a small handful of older franchises […]
In today’s extremely competitive gaming marketplace, publishers have been shying away from taking risks in developing new characters and franchises. However, there are a number of older franchises that have been absent for quite a while, but are just now starting to show signs of pleasing fans one more time. Here are a handful of […]
Could Sega be getting back into the hardware business? It is a little too late for this to be an April Fools joke, so I quess we’ll have to wait and see. Anyway, supposedly Sega France (French source) has leaked some news regarding a new Sega handheld that will be able to, among other things, […]
Radiligy is one of the two new Naomi-to-Dreamcast shooter ports to come out in 2006 and it will offer shmup fans a slightly different shooting experience for their Dreamcast. Radiligy does borrow many elements from its sibling, Chaos Field, but does have some unique features and a fresh graphical style. Overall, it does not seem […]
The Sega Dreamcast obviously was not a strong commerical success. However, that was not because of a lack of quality games. Sega excelled at having games that were unique, addictive, and just plain fun. (Watch G4’s Coverage of Dreamcast history) The Dreamcast also had some strong support from a number of big publishers such as […]
There are a number of people who are looking for an ultra-cheap method that will allow you to play burned copies of Saturn games or homebrew games without having to install a modchip. Your only other option is what is known as the swap trick. This guide is based off of an anonymous writing from […]
One of my good friends, Rockin’B is at it again with another software package to make life easier for Sega Saturn enthusiasts. His latest project is the Atlas Game Pack. In a nutshell, it is the Saturn equivellent to the Self-Boot Inducer for the Dreamcast. According to Rockin’B on his website: “An AGP contains a […]
