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Dreamcast Development Still Profitable (Apparently!)
Posted by Brian Ashcraft at 4:00 PM on August 14, 2008
Just because SEGA gave up on the Dreamcast that doesn't mean everyone has! Take the Costa Rica-based Yuan Works, a two man development team. It's releasing a Dreamcast version of puzzle title Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles later this month/early next. This is a new version of the puzzle game it released for the GP2X handheld. Why the hell are they releasing it on the DC? Why not! Says developer Yuan-Hsi:
Well, it's a nice console with a dedicated fanbase. When I was younger, I would be extremely grateful when a Super Famicom (SNES) title arrived very late in its life, as it felt more like a tribute than a big commercial project. Many Dreamcast users around the world are really excited about this release! And the market, especially in Japan, is big enough to make it very profitable, which doesn't hurt one bit!On a more techie side, the DC is very robust, and supports true 240p RGB, which provides the definite 2D arcade experience. The controller suits the game perfectly, and there are practically no load times. There is also VGA and Arcade Stick support, so you can truly play this game any way you want on DC!
Those are good reasons. Damn, good reasons. Nice to see developers keeping the Dreamcast dream alive.
Interview with Yuan-Hsi Chiang: Developer of the World's Next Dreamcast Game [Siliconera]
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dowingba
Posted 4:33 PM 14/8/08
Didn't SEGA stop manufacturing the GD disks?
dowingba
arazzor
Posted 4:27 PM 14/8/08
@liberty0x: They made an Indy game for the Dreamcast? Dang, I never heard of it, I need to do some digging around now! Always wanted to fight Nazis as a badass archaeologist on one of my favorite systems!
arazzor
Pornosaur
Posted 4:17 PM 14/8/08
@Dao2SKP: Yeah silly me, just noticed that on ebay. I think I knew about that too but it slipped my mind. I still have my broken DC copy laying about too. Might have to do a little digging and pick up that game cube version.
Pornosaur
DrAndonuts2k
Posted 4:16 PM 14/8/08
Yeah, I just read up on that.
If you go to the site, you can order a sprite of yourself to be in the game. I just did it myself. Pretty cool.
DrAndonuts2k
Bandicoot
Posted 4:16 PM 14/8/08
A friend and me made a Dreamcast game last week and made like 40 bucks for beer money.
Bandicoot
Dao2SKP
Posted 4:13 PM 14/8/08
@Pornosaur: The game was re-released for the gamecube :| U can play it on a wii if you like ;p
Dao2SKP
Pornosaur
Posted 4:10 PM 14/8/08
Dreamcast had so many great fun games all the capcom fighters, Crazy Taxi, Samba De Amigo. It's too bad Sega couldn't hold out for one more run at hardware with some broadband multiplayer.
I wish for a skies of arcadia re-release on any system. My game was bugged and on the second disc the screen went to black after I tried to enter a certain town to continue the story. Didn't have the time or the patience back then to start over my game to get back to that point. I was really enjoying the game overall like I did the Snes Final Fantasy's up to that point.
Pornosaur
jelloman581
Posted 4:10 PM 14/8/08
@[ZTF]: Don't tell that to the people that still make Atari 2600 and Coleco cartridges, among others.
jelloman581
shrek187
Posted 4:09 PM 14/8/08
Sega WAKE THE F*** UP AND READ THIS!!!!!!
Does this article not give you one F***ING DAMN HINT?!?!
Another friggin Sega console, possibly a DreamCast 2.
SEGA..... WAKE THE F*** UP DAMNIT!!!!!!!!
shrek187
zkotaku
Posted 4:09 PM 14/8/08
Go make Shenmue 3 anyone up for that.
zkotaku
pashaveliki
Posted 4:08 PM 14/8/08
shenmue iii k thx
pashaveliki
lifeinthefridge
Posted 4:06 PM 14/8/08
I'm guessing game stop isn't taking reserves for this one?
lifeinthefridge
Laughin_Caulk
Posted 4:06 PM 14/8/08
Also, I still can't find a LAN adapter under $150.
Laughin_Caulk
NeoAkira
Posted 4:05 PM 14/8/08
God I miss the Dreamcast. It beat the hell out of the xbox, gamecube and ps2 for sure.
NeoAkira
Laughin_Caulk
Posted 4:05 PM 14/8/08
How are they publishing though? Late games aren't nonexistent, but making profit is not a reality. Which is what it sounds like they are trying to do.
Laughin_Caulk
liberty0x
Posted 4:04 PM 14/8/08
I still to this day play my dreamcast daily. It always brings a smile to my face when I read about indy games for it.
liberty0x
jihadjoe343
Posted 4:04 PM 14/8/08
Hey...more power to them if they want to develop games for it.
jihadjoe343
TheRubin
Posted 4:04 PM 14/8/08
I may have to go get the old DC outta the basement this is making me nostalgic.
TheRubin
Suda51
Posted 4:04 PM 14/8/08
Maybe some prayers do get answered...
Suda51
[ZTF]
Posted 4:04 PM 14/8/08
Seriously? I loved the DC too but... let it rest in peace, man.
[ZTF]
Erinaceus
Posted 4:04 PM 14/8/08
Are you reading this, Sega? Are you reading this, Sega?! You cannot kill it. No matter how hard you try...
Erinaceus
alb1221
Posted 4:04 PM 14/8/08
Viva la Dreamcast. One of my favorite systems, by far. VMUs, internet capabilities and AAA titles like Powerstone, Skies of Arcadia and my addiction; Phantasy Star Online.
Oh how I miss the glorious days of Dreamcast...
alb1221
Metal_Slug_Solid
Posted 4:46 PM 14/8/08
I'd be more excited if that game looked fun.
Metal_Slug_Solid
Sustenance
Posted 4:43 PM 14/8/08
How I love the Dreamcast! Ahh, such simpler times. Lots of my favorite gaming memories arise out of that cranking, grinding, noisy-ass cheese wedge of a console. It seemed to hit the scene with a bunch of great colorful racing, platform, and adventure RPG titles just before Sony and Microsoft really started unleashing their Hollywood-style "event game" crap on the world.
Sustenance
Aparanoidandroi
Posted 5:13 PM 14/8/08
Dreamcast was so underrated, i loved mine and used it so much more then i ever did with my PS2.
Long live the Dreamcast!!!
Aparanoidandroi
Tietsu
Posted 5:50 PM 14/8/08
I actually thought about this while I was working at games**p. I figured that if I ever made a game I would release it on the dreamcast because...why the hell not?
It wasn't a bad system. Sega just got stupid and didn't bother placing ANY anti-piracy software on the damned thing.
Now...can we get Lumines on dreamcast too? That would make me smile.
Tietsu
manicfoot
Posted 5:46 PM 14/8/08
@ausroller:
You're correct. All you have to do to pirate dreamcast games is burn them to CD-R. That's it... and unfortunately its one of the reasons why the system failed :( Still, it's alright if you pirate DC games now ;)
manicfoot
Ionan
Posted 5:45 PM 14/8/08
Man, I just finished plowing through Skies of Arcadia again the other day. Interesting that people are still developing for the system.
I actually sold almost all my games and hardware a couple years ago, but kept my Dreamcast. I asked my best friend what that said about me, and he told me it says I'm a good person.
Ionan
ausroller
Posted 5:35 PM 14/8/08
@dowingba: Don't quote me, because I know absolutely nothing, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that Dreamcasts can read CD-Rs without any chip or mod. I could be wrong. It has been known to happen.
ausroller
YuniYoshi
Posted 5:30 PM 14/8/08
Where were all the Dreamcast fans when I was trying to get people to buy it and they were replying "I'm waiting for PS2." People got into more when pirating became simple but that didn't help SEGA one bit. :( Dreamcast was amazing. I'd play it all the time if some ass didn't rob my whole game collection.
YuniYoshi
kagebutsu
Posted 5:16 PM 14/8/08
Awesome, the DC was probably my favorite system of the previous generation.
kagebutsu
Does Not Equal
Posted 5:16 PM 14/8/08
It'd be nice if these occasional releases were region-free. Japan still gets DC games now and again, but I'll bet they're region-coded. Why bother at this point?
Does Not Equal
TheIrishNinja
Posted 5:16 PM 14/8/08
@DrAndonuts2k: shit, that's cool.
good to hear, too. last new game id played were beats of rage mods, and the timing's good, i just landed a new-ish sega sports edition dreamcast offa ebay for $30 the other day. this is really cool to see.
TheIrishNinja
Bitten_Dead
Posted 6:18 PM 14/8/08
@LemmingX: Whoa whoa whoa. No one said the game is good. The game seems like it'll suck, but the dreamcast is (YES PRESENT TENSE) good.
Bitten_Dead
LemmingX
Posted 6:13 PM 14/8/08
Well pardon me if I'm not jumping up and down with excitement over a multiplayer Mahjong.
LemmingX
Bitten_Dead
Posted 6:11 PM 14/8/08
Dreamcast=Greatest System...Greatest Content.
No one can kill the dream that is dreamcast! Not even sega themselves!
Bitten_Dead
Radiogaga
Posted 6:08 PM 14/8/08
@Laughin_Caulk:
This isn't a sudden idea out of the blue. There's been a few Dreamcast releases over the last few years published in this way and they've achieved modest success.
Play-asia.com is a good place to find these titles.
@arazzor:
He didn't mean an Indiana game he meant Indy as in Independant game. eg: not made by one of the big companies.
Sorry to disappoint but I didn't want you searching for a game that doesn't exist.
Radiogaga
londonlad
Posted 6:31 PM 14/8/08
Most underrated console of all time.
londonlad
xzentrico
Posted 6:22 PM 14/8/08
Too bad I don't have a Dreamcast anymore :(
One of the very best consoles of all times.
xzentrico
GodKiller1
Posted 6:51 PM 14/8/08
Dreamcast is the only sega console I ever liked, there was a lot of good games and it wasn't really weaker then the ps2...too bad everyone could survive on ps1 too good.
Suuure you had to put it upside down to work sometimes!
Nothing in life's perfect lol.
It's really cool some still make games for it, it's an easy system to work with and the machine is plenty capable of making good games
GodKiller1
Mr.Monkey
Posted 7:17 PM 14/8/08
Still got my dreamcast hooked up, looks great on my HD tv via VGA. "The soul still burns"
Mr.Monkey
Posted 7:59 PM 14/8/08
EA Killed the Dreamcast. And they'd kill another Sega system in the same way. This is why Sony and Microsoft don't have first party sports titles.
Posted 7:49 PM 14/8/08
@Pornosaur: Samba de Amigo just got re-released for the Wii.
Posted 7:47 PM 14/8/08
Weird... I'm costarican and I've never heard from them in here. We are a 4.5 million ppl country, you usually hear about that stuff.
Voltron
Posted 8:37 PM 14/8/08
1. Ongoing development on DC1, freaks rejoice in basements
2. ???? *
3. Sega rises, Dreamcast 2 confirmed !!
* Segata Sanshiro's ashes fall from outer space, bring evil plagues to Sony and MS headquarters.
Voltron
Posted 10:06 PM 14/8/08
I think Sega should revive the original Dreamcast... and remarket it, and sell the original console for 49.99, and introduce a new one with DVD playback for $79.99, and get a whole new string of titles for it, more developers. Why let Dreamcast rest when it's always alive.
peacefuloutrage
Posted 10:40 PM 14/8/08
@TheRubin: I still have a DC hooked up, but I wouldn't be able to play this game. I had a launch unit I bought on 9/9/99 with Soul Calibur that I loaned to someone and didn't get back. The replacement I bought from Gamestop won't play Mil-CDs, or game CDs that aren't Sega's GD-ROMs. Since Sega stopped making the discs, I will assume these are burned cds and not official.
peacefuloutrage
Posted 11:14 PM 14/8/08
agreed, late life releases are a tribute, than a way to sell big numbers. clinging to my systems of old until long after the dying day, i was proud to go to the store and get games for dead systems!
BlackdogGT
Posted 11:03 PM 14/8/08
If this title is released anywhere in the States, I'll buy it on principle alone.
Dreamcast FTW.
BlackdogGT
mfwahwah
Posted 12:32 AM 15/8/08
Games for DC have been released last year, and before that. There's also more coming out this year than just this one too.
mfwahwah
Posted 12:31 AM 15/8/08
I still have my Dreamcast. :') I need to get her up and running again.
Mikey
Posted 12:15 AM 15/8/08
Give me Power Stone 3 for the Dreamcast and I will build them a fucking statue!
Mikey
katsujinken
Posted 1:19 AM 15/8/08
Now if only Yuan Works would localize Segagaga. That game looked crazy.
katsujinken
Posted 1:16 AM 15/8/08
looks like dreamcast outlived gamecube and xbox
fuchikoma
Posted 1:09 AM 15/8/08
Someone please make one of those 3rd party knockoff consoles of it! The hardware's starting to dry up and get more expensive... That thing was like the ultimate console though, the games were so original, wacky, and uh... vibrant I guess.
Much love for the ol' Dreamcast...
fuchikoma
DorkimusPrime
Posted 1:34 AM 15/8/08
@dowingba:There's no copy protection on the Dreamcast - it'll read CD-R's
DorkimusPrime
Knoxximus (360/PSN)
Posted 3:16 AM 15/8/08
@LemmingX: This game is NOTHING like Mahjong at ALL. It plays more like, geez...here man, just watch the you tube of it....
+ Watch video
Knoxximus (360/PSN)
Knoxximus (360/PSN)
Posted 3:13 AM 15/8/08
This game is great. I actually correspond with Yuan Works, and almost got them a XBLA/PSN/WiiWare deal through the connects I had at Midway last year for this game. Unfortunately, as we all know, those idiots couldn't tell a good game from. Glad to see they are still making waves.
Seriously though, this game NEEDS to be made into downloadable content for the consoles STAT!!
Knoxximus (360/PSN)
.em.
Posted 4:44 AM 15/8/08
That's cool.
I never had a Dreamcast, so I don't really know much about it, but the games it has sound cool.
.em.
maniacmayhem
Posted 4:25 AM 15/8/08
This just confirmed...
SATURN 2 with the new 32xxx add on, making it the most powerful system on this planet!
maniacmayhem
Daisuash
Posted 5:00 AM 15/8/08
@.em.: If you can, get one, you won´t regret it...
Daisuash
relic1980
Posted 5:00 AM 15/8/08
@Knoxximus (360/PSN): Reminds me of Sega Swirl (a freebie game that was often on the Dreamcast magazine demo discs) or Hexic, except with tiles and SD avatars...looks fun though...
relic1980
Daisuash
Posted 4:59 AM 15/8/08
It would be really awesome to have a new dreamcast, at least that would make those assholes at ukresistance get over the "dreamcast died because of sony" thing at last, Maybe that way they would stop being such stupid trolls...
Daisuash
Guizzy
Posted 6:58 AM 15/8/08
Wind and Water is GREAT fun. It's pretty much a killer app for the GP2X.
Guizzy
arazzor
Posted 8:48 AM 15/8/08
@: I know what he meant, I was being sarcastic ;)
arazzor
Knoxximus (360/PSN)
Posted 11:47 AM 15/8/08
@relic1980: Yes Hexic...that's what it's kinda like....but way more fast paced, fun, and the two player battle mode rivals even Super Puzzle Fighter for tension.
Knoxximus (360/PSN)
Vargas
Posted 3:01 PM 15/8/08
Costa Rican Software kicks ass!!!
Costa Rican Software kicks ass!!!
Costa Rican Software kicks ass!!!
Vargas
Posted 7:25 PM 15/8/08
Now if only Sega would take the view of Yuan Works. How fucking awesome would it be if Sega brought back the Dreamcast and gave people a reason to go buy a console?