We reported late last year that a Dreamcast Collection was being released for the Xbox 360, PC and digital download, but we now have a proper release date – and a list of the games making up the collection.
The Dreamcast Collection will be making its way to Australia on February 25, and the games in the package are…
- Sonic Adventure
- Crazy Taxi
- SEGA Bass Fishing
- Space Channel 5: Part 2
While every single game on the list is solid in its own right, I can’t help but think that SEGA has chosen… poorly on this occasion – to the extent that I would guess that SEGA has many more Collections on the way. The Dreamcast has a pretty much unrivalled back catalog of incredible cult hits, so we figure SEGA could squeeze out as many of these packages as they like.
What four games would you choose for the ideal Dreamcast Collection? Let us know in the comments below.
Luke
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 1:57 PMWow… i love Sega Bass Fishing. I have it on the wii and i find really fun and really good graphics considering its over 10 years old.
Scared
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 1:58 PMSonic Adventure 2 was the shit! (good)
Ross Moir
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:09 PMSonic Adventure not so much
BlueMaxima
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:20 PMSonic Adventure 2 Battle was the best…I’d buy that for the Chao Garden alone.
NegativeZero
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:25 PMFunny, I picked up my Dreamcast mainly for Sonic Adventure and really liked it. Sonic Adventure 2 was an enormous disappointment. The two or so levels where they let you play as Sonic were cool. The rest of the game absolutely wasn’t. Plus it somehow got more buggy.
Dutch
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:07 PMThat has to be the most disappointing revelation of 2011. Four games, including two that already available via the PSN and XBLM.
For shame, SEGA!!!!
Braaains
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:13 PMMost disappointing revelation of 2011? That’s a pretty big call to be making on January 14 :P
But yeah, it’s pretty poor – having never owned a Dreamcast, I’d have expected to see Shenmue in there?
And why only 4 games, anyway? There were a hell of a lot more in the Megadrive collection.
Dutch
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 4:52 PMIf you had ever played Jet Set Radio, then you would know what a low blow this announcement is. Who would want to raise children in a world where SEGA releases collections like these?
My collection would be (MORE THAN 4 GAMES), but if it had to be a meagre amount of titles I would include:
Jet Set Radio
Crazy Taxi 2
Soul Calibur
Dead or Alive 2 / Marvel VS Capcom 2
Alinos
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 8:49 PMyeah gotta have jet set radio
now i kinda want to play it
guess ill have to go with jet set radio future
Adam Grabda
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:27 PMYeah, it’s pretty poor form on SEGA’s behalf.
If they are going to release a collection of Dreamcast games they should have done it right the first time.
Release it with all the classics such as Chu Chu Rocket, Crazy Taxi 1 & 2, Daytona, Dynamite Cop 1 & 2, Ecco, Jet Grind Radio, Power Stone 1 & 2, SEGA Rally, Shenmue 1 & 2, Sonic Adventure 1 & 2, House of The Dead, Toy Commander, Virtua Fighter and more!
Would put the previously released Mega-Drive collection to shame.
Ross Moir
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:10 PMI don’t understand why Sega would deliver this sort of sack slap if they were planning on releasing more later… Why destroy people’s confidence at the first stage?
Aliasalpha
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:14 PMHow is a fishing game good? What made it special?
Mr Waffle
Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 9:12 AMWell, I seem to recall it was bundled with a fishing rod controller…
Jamesmacusedmyhandle
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:19 PMAll of them would be nice, but anything Capcom or SNK will do fine. Oh and…..
SHENMUE!!!!!!
Jimu Hsien
Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 12:51 AMWhat a pisspoor collection.
Chuloopa
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:22 PMWow.. why not just kick us in the face, sega?
Andrew Leong
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:34 PMSPACE CHANNEL 55555555555555
SHE’S BACK! ULALA IS BACK!
Batguy
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:44 PMI really hope that Space Channel 5: Part 2 is going to be released separately on XBLA like the others have been… I’ve known it was coming for a while and am really looking forward to it. Loved the first, never played the second.
Left, chu, right, chu – chu, chu, chu!
Wynstyn
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:50 PMChu-Chu rocket! Absolute multiplayer gold.
WiseHacker
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 3:00 PMDarn, no Skies of Arcadia.
Stuart Skene
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 3:05 PMCalifornia Games, nothing better.
Corey Lee
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 3:13 PMPiss off. I just spent $85 on a copy of Space Channel 5: Part 2 for PS2 a few months ago.
Err… No Timestalkers, Power Stone or Soul Calibur on this occasion?
Michael Barnes
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 3:16 PMWow only 4 games? I’d love to see how much wasted space is on a Blu-Ray because of this. Poor choice (for the consumers anyway), Sega. Real Sega/Dreamcast fans would get out the real thing anyway ;)
M.Garling
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 4:42 PMThere’s no wasted Blu-ray space – a PS3 release is not planned at this time.
Strange
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 3:23 PMVolume 1: Powerstone, RE:Code Veronica, Shenmue and Omikron.
Jimu Hsien
Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 12:53 AMInfinite points for you!
nightFlarer
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 8:12 PMWhere’s my Jet Set Radio and Shenmue!!!
oggob
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 8:47 PMWill not buy… needs to have more games, and not some that were already released as downloadable.
Ty
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 9:57 PMOkay, wow, that includes none of the games that I would have wanted. It doesn’t really look much like a “collection”. It’s only just hit beyond the “couple” status.
Jason Oliver
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 10:03 PMThis whole endeavour by Sega to release Dreamcast games on XBLA has been completely pointless, the Sonic Adventure port is in 4:3, Crazy Taxi feels wrong with the music and advertising stripped out and I haven’t even heard of those other two games.
Where’s Jet Set Radio or Shenmue or Chu Chu Rocket? What about that Boxing Game (the name has totally escaped me)