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I didn't get a Dreamcast at launch. We had gotten the PS2 for Christmas that year, and I'm guessing our parents had already planned on that-- it wasn't unusual for us to get a new console at Christmas when we were kids, so we just never thought to bother anyone about it.

We then tried saving up our allowance for a Dreamcast, after getting some PS2 games out of the way, but no dice-- Walmart never had them, and Kmart never stocked them here.

We managed to get one-- finally-- at the end of the console's life, price slashed to 80 bucks. It was a late production run, but it could still read CD-R's.

So, I can't wax nostalgic like some about it's launch, or even about most of it's life. But I can say I had a lot of fun on it-- one of my good friends, who had just moved back to Japan (his dad was in the Navy), told me all about how awesome Sonic Adventure was, and I decided to give it a shot.

It may not be the best game out there, but when you were like 14 and a friend tells you it awesome...

I can see its flaws now, but I always loved the music, and the level aesthetics. Lost World and Red Mountain are some of my favorite Sonic levels to date.

We even got Sonic Adventure 2, though we had previously gotten Battle for the Gamecube. Completions sakes?

We got PSO at the same time as Adventure, though we never got any online play out of it. Go figure. Single player was fun enough.

Sadly, we didn't get that many more games for it. I think we got Jet Grind Radio at some point, when Game Crazy was still in town, and they sold classic games. I found NiGHTs in the same pile, so it wasn't a terrible day. But, at this point, the Dreamcast was more my sister's console and I couldn't touch it, so I never got a chance to play it, same with Chu Chu Rocket.

At least I had a Saturn, all my very own, with NiGHTs. I was quite happy for that.

Anyways, a belated happy 15th, Dreamcast.

GerbilSoft, on 10 September 2014 - 06:42 PM, said:

I meant the It Doesn't Matter remix. I already got the songs off Amazon and listened to them in my post.

Loving the videos. Just got through watching an unrelated Family Feud one, what happened to Part 2? :<

I had a Genesis with a Base Station, gotten after I graduated middle school (so, just into the 5th generation), and managed to get Sonic 1 and 2 from Sega-Parts.

I touched them rarely, though they were fun to play when I did. I got Meka to play them again, because I was just too lazy to find Genesis parts after we moved, and made runs to get all the Chaos Emeralds, just a couple of weeks ago.

Sonic 1 was unbelievably fun, and I think Jungle Zone and Bridge Zone were pretty ace levels. Labyrinth Zone, which was a pretty okay level on the Genesis game, gave me fits here.

Sonic 2... I remember never playing past Underground Zone when I was younger. Something deep inside of me told me that if this was the opening level, how much worse can the game get?

Then I was at the point of collecting the emerald in Emerald Hills Zone... yikes. Just yeah, that was maybe a little too difficult SEGA.

Off topic: We had a choice between the NES and the SMS when we were little. Now, later in my life, I wish we went with the SMS instead. Phantasy Star is one of my favorite RPGs, and the 8 Bit Sonic games, and I just like the Outrun port. Plus, I just love my MSX's.

Already bought and listened to the whole thing, like the squeeing Adventure fangirl with nostalgia colored glasses I am.

Overall, the remastering was pretty good, and seemed to fix the muddiness in some of the original songs; namely, E-102's Theme, My Sweet Passion, Lazy Days, and Throw It All Away.

The Electric Pianos and drums are the real winners in the remasters, in my honest opinion. Unknown from ME, SA1, sounds so gorgeous, and it makes the SA2 one listenable.

Also great remix, I wish it was on Amazon already. No iTunes for me, thanks.

Tanks, on 24 August 2014 - 10:51 AM, said:

https://www.youtube....h?v=5kvenmWEhFE