Mathius' "You're Favorite Sega Dreamcast Imports" Thread

[Mathius]

I am soon to be an owner of a Dreamcast that can play imports. Barring the obvious choices of the post-mortem Dreamcast shooter line-up like Border Down, and Last Hope, which import games would you recommend? I have one that I am keeping an eye on, but it's going to be expensive. Until then...

[TR0N]

Under Defeat
Last Blade 2
KOF99
Super Puzzle Fighter II
Trigger Heart Exelica
Sakura Wars 3&4:Only if your a fan of the serise.
Ikaruga

Though there is this homebrew dc title on the way gunlord.

[Mathius]

Hmm, GunLord kinda reminds me of Turrican.

[TR0N]

Hmm, GunLord kinda reminds me of Turrican.

It is made by the NGdev team same people behind lasthope and fast striker,since there based in europe i bet they were influence by turrican.

[Mishran]

If you like racers, Daytona USA is a must! One of only three games I imported for mine. Phantasy Star Online, Daytona, and Shenmu 2. All three are fantastic games! I used one of those utopia boot disks (think that's what they are called) to play mine though. Haven't touch my poor dreamcast in a while though. Been too consumed in Turbob gaming.

[Samurai Ghost]

Ikaruga is essential.

[Mishran]

Ikaruga is essential.

Played the xbox arcade demo version, which I'm sure does the game no justice. Game was still sweet though.

[Samurai Ghost]

Ikaruga is essential.

Played the xbox arcade demo version, which I'm sure does the game no justice. Game was still sweet though.

It was probably a decent port, but it's a game that pushes the Dreamcast to it's limits. It's one of the few DC games I've played that actually can cause some slowdown on the system. I have a ton of other suggestions for the DC but most of my favorites have been release outside of Japan such as Bangai-O, Tech Romancer, Rez, Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, Bust a Move 4, Dynamite Cop, King of Fighters Dream Match 1999, etc.

[Mathius]

Thanks for the responses guys!

The key word in the title of this thread is "imports". If it was released in NA then I probably know about it. Let's keep it import only.

[Tatsujin]

SCHEN MUH!!

[futureman2000]

Shenmue 2 (PAL) would be an import, just not from the right place =) I haven't been really impressed with the Dreamcast since I picked one up last year. It's obviously a sweet console, but I find that I'm not very interested in the polygon/3d games (which seems to be the majority of the library). I've gotten much more mileage out of my Saturn.

[Mathius]

Ah yes. Shenmue II would be an import. And an expensive one at that if I get the PAL version. I played, beat, and loved the first Shenmue so Shenmue II is a definite once I get the $$.

[bartre]

I've had some crazy fun with frame gride and marionette handler, excelent mech games.
if you're looking for some shmuppage, try Karous and Radilgy, my two faves on the system

[futureman2000]

Oh yeah, Radilgy is a good one- especially if you are the type or person who will turn a tv sideways for a video game.

[bartre]

are there people who won't?
besides, DC is best when played on a VGA monitor, so even better.