Dreamcast graphics have a very unique look. So crisp and sharp! Makes it timeless and transfers well to HD
@Longlostpuss
5 жыл бұрын
That DOA2 and Shenmue footage still gives me goosebumps. Awesome games for their time, haven't seen such technological jumps pound for pound since in my opinion.
@slerched
5 жыл бұрын
Actually first shot at true arcade perfection came many years before Dreamcast. You forgot the Neo Geo. Granted the price kept most people away, it was still arcade perfection at home first.
@aghayejalebian7364
5 жыл бұрын
He was specifically talking about Sega delivering on their promise. Didn't discuss non-Sega consoles.
@madmax2069
5 жыл бұрын
Well that's because the neo geo is arcade hardware.
@SpartanX360
5 жыл бұрын
Well Sega has lots of arcade perfect ports on the Dreamcast if you can’t afford a Neogeo console..
@dirtynewyorker4542
5 жыл бұрын
Dont forget the saturn and 3d0
@kendrakirai
5 жыл бұрын
But he specifically said the *first console*. Not first SEGA console.
@livewallberg
5 жыл бұрын
When the Dreamcast died gaming was not the same anymore. Greatest console of all time.
@MizfitZer0
5 жыл бұрын
Mario Wallberg when Sega left the console market, gaming as a whole died a little
@seebulll
5 жыл бұрын
definitely died too soon
@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube
4 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't say it was THE 'best console ever' but definitely 'one' of the best - the hardware and software SEGA made (specifically its Arcade heritage) was a major factor in mainstream gaming video console history right until DC production ended - the last big hurrah for Sega nowadays is probably the Yakuza series & OutRun2 was the most notable release prior to that.
@EruAnor
5 жыл бұрын
Honestly I'm still impressed by the visual fidelity of the Dreamcast especially for the time period it came out.
@shoutingmuteness3902
Жыл бұрын
True. Way ahead of its time. Not mentioning the introduction of online play and internet access.
@TheFreeToaster
5 жыл бұрын
Wait, it can't be 20 years old, I was almost 20 when it came out that would mean......oh....OH MY GOD.
@CRGR1997
5 жыл бұрын
Yo time hit me real fast too. I remember playing the Original Xbox like yesterday... My dad had bought it with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and now it's 18 years old and I'm 21.. What happened?
@HubertOuellet
4 жыл бұрын
I actually laughed out loud at that comment. Good job, sir!
@vileCR999
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha yeah
@ultramarine40k65
2 жыл бұрын
Time flies when you're having fun
@Estaran
5 жыл бұрын
12:25 LOL! The RetroRGB reference. Love it!
@kiker0909
5 жыл бұрын
Quake arena looked amazing and so did the sports games. I remember playing NFL and NBA 2k and being blown away.
@TboneTenEighties
5 жыл бұрын
Yep. Some of the best visuals at the time. Quake3 was awesome. Me and buddies would split screen for hours blowing each other into chunks with the RL lol and imo those 2K sports games were better than EA sports at the time.
@CanaldoZenny
5 жыл бұрын
Sega fan here since childhood, first console was a white Sega Saturn. Just installed Redream and discovering the Dreamcast's library (but i had played some of its games on PC ports over the years). Might be my new favorite system. I like arcade/pick-and-play games, and the console has a very 2000's feeling other 6th gen consoles don't have.
@Melkiah34
5 жыл бұрын
I remember when I got my DC, it was about 2 weeks after it released and I got sonic with it, I was so blown away by the graphical jump of previous consoles and I dont think that ever happened to me again until the original crisis was released on PC.
@rossoreilly05
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, from the Dreamcast Junkyard.
@LeoA2600
5 жыл бұрын
Much better than the other video out on KZitem about this. Shut it down when 20 minutes had passed and he hadn't even gotten to the mod yet.
@edurevelfood
5 жыл бұрын
Everybody is focused on improving image quality when the most important thing here is how to make these consoles last much longer
@bartsneezin
2 жыл бұрын
Bob from RetroRGB popping up in the bottom right corner at 12:24 when "Bob-deinterlacing" was brought up got a genuine laugh out of me.
@stevesmith1383
5 жыл бұрын
Cause the dreamcast is a generation apart from N64, it was the earliest released of the gamecube/ps2/xbox generation, not a late edition to the NG4/PS1 gen.
@sausagesausage
5 жыл бұрын
Eh, it was somewhere in between generations. It released closer to the N64 than it did to Gamecube and Xbox and about the same distance from the N64 as to the PS2.
@gc3k
5 жыл бұрын
Is DC's chip size and overall architecture closer to PS2 or to N64? Not the power/performance, but the parts. The insanely well made port of Virtual On OT would simply be unheard of on N64
@SonikJesus
4 жыл бұрын
sausagesausage DC was part of the 6th generation of consoles. That’s a fact.
@zerolullabiez
5 жыл бұрын
I've been using a Hanzo VGA Box +Atlona AT-HD500 upscaler for 5 years now. It was certainly pricey but totally worth it. Crystal clear 1080p output. Looks outstanding. Never experienced any "electrical noise" or "humming" in the audio as you say. Investing on better cables is a must here, the price indeed always gonna reflects quality.
@rayryngaert3769
5 жыл бұрын
Toro to Framemeister here... I also have dchdmi. The difference is so minimal. If you already have a quality upscaler like me for other systems... Just get the box... If not. Look into the dchdmi. Saved you 20 mins
@FaceTheStreets
3 жыл бұрын
NEO GEO AES was actually the first to bring the arcade directly to your home. But I LOVE the Dreamcast!!!
@christopherbaxter434
5 жыл бұрын
What an amazing machine, it was the closest thing to a AM3 board in the home, but it couldn’t produce sega’s spikeout which was a real shame, which was one sega’s best beat-n-up games, but we did dynamite cop. It also opened the floodgates, for nearly arcade perfect 2d fighting games from capcom and SNK alike. And let’s not forget shenmue.
@jenesuispasbavard
5 жыл бұрын
MDK 2! I love the nostalgia bombs in these DF Retro videos.
@gc3k
5 жыл бұрын
I remember I was in Yodobashi Camera, collecting brand new discounted games for the dead Dreamcast like candy. I just walked into the store, bought Border Down on release day, and left all in 10 minutes. Except it feels like 3 years ago instead of EIGHTEEN
@ThePhantomnaut
5 жыл бұрын
Shoutouts to Citrus3000psi and chriz2600!
@gamingwithdummies3960
5 жыл бұрын
Dreamcast is one of my favorite consoles of all time. I absolutely love it. Going to definitely look into this HDMI solution
@SuppleAloe64
5 жыл бұрын
Oh my god I’ve been looking forward to this thing for years!!! YES!!!
@nbdante
5 жыл бұрын
Episodes about old SEGA stuff are always awesome!
@tetsuo3k
5 жыл бұрын
Damn it man. I'm still waiting to order a GBA Consolizer, and now this pops up in my KZitem feed! I installed an internal VGA mod in my Dreamcast years ago, and it technically worked, but everything about it was a disaster. Hacky soldering, totally unplanned wire routing, and a case mounted connector that barely fit when I put it all together. I need the DCHDMI in my life now.
@spacegarnaal
5 жыл бұрын
Uhh, Neo Geo? This was definitely not the first true arcade experience for your home. Neo Geo is actually used in actual arcade machines. First affordable one? yes, but definitely not the first. In fact if you compare actual Neo Geo games to their dreamcast versions, only the graphics are better on DC. But they play exactly the same. Because they were made on the MVS system originally.
@gc3k
5 жыл бұрын
DC is the first time you saw a collection of arcade ports that were overall superior to the arcade (Soul Calibur and Virtual On OT among others). But you're correct. Saturn with rom/ram expansion produced near-perfect or exactly perfect 2d arcade ports (though they were JP only)
@spacegarnaal
5 жыл бұрын
Dreamcast definitely made it look much much better. And you didnt need a fortune to buy it. What did improve a whole lot were Sega's own arcade titles and Capcom too. The dreamcast/saturn are the absolute best systems to play those titles on.
@JunKurosu
5 жыл бұрын
That console just refuses to die and fade into obscurity
@dolbyprologicii
5 жыл бұрын
perhaps you dont know what obscurity means
@JunKurosu
5 жыл бұрын
I do know what it means
@Sandwich1414
5 жыл бұрын
Hey John, speaking of DF Retro I'd love to see an analysis of Sonic Adventure and its ports, particularly in regards to things like lighting, frame rate, etc.
@sinjonezp
5 жыл бұрын
Also also,The Dreamcast was love at first sight First booting up Sonics and the scene with the whale Booting up Soul Calibur and looking at how crisp it looks and the frame rate Booting NFL2K like this looks incredible Booting up Dead or Alive 2 like my eyes were watering Street Fighter Alpha 3 was god fast and fluid Marvel vs Capcom 2 left me speechless And a sleeper game QUAKE 3 ARENA!! Omg it was like playing Goldeneye on steroids online to boot. Playing 2k online at 56k was fluid The Vmu taking it anywhere and the screen while showing valuable data...ahead of its time Who can forget Resident Evil Code Veronica?? Shenmue? Phantasy Star online? Power stone 2? Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike? Project Justicr Rival Schools? Virtual Tennis 2? Crazy Taxi? Rainbow Six Rouge?? Sky’s of Arcadia?? We can go on forever which is sad the system failed. I think if they made an upgraded version with a dvd drive and played dvd movies, it could have went toe to toe with the ps2
@MrVolksbeetle
5 жыл бұрын
That’s genuinely cool. Maybe I’ve been holding on to my old DC just for this? The PS2 needs one of these... Although, if the rumors hold true, the PS5 may have legacy support.
@robbieburns3564
4 жыл бұрын
I always appreciated my VGA adapter back when I used to play it. Props for mentioning Blue Stinker.. lol. That game was so bad it was great.. like a Plan 9 From Outer Space kind of great.
@vulcan4d
5 жыл бұрын
Damn I feel old, loved playing that Dreamcast!
@CloudOmegaVII
5 жыл бұрын
OSSC > DCHDMI OSSC $165 Better high quality zero lag, filters etc and is for PS1/PS2/Saturn/NES/SNES/N64/Dreamcast DCHDMI $150 Great quality, lag, some filter and it is only for Dreamcast.
@NikhchansGaming
5 жыл бұрын
How do you know it has lag?
@chriz2600
5 жыл бұрын
First, OSSC is an amazing device! But what makes you believe DCHDMI introduces more lag than an OSSC is puzzling me. Largest “lag” of DCHDMI is in 1080p mode: 33 lines of the input signal are buffered, because in 1080p one pixel/line doubled input line is displayed faster than it’s coming from the Dreamcast. So technically the lag at the beginning of a frame is about 1ms. At the end of a frame the 1080p output catched up with the input, so at the bottom of the frame the lag is only a few microseconds long. So in my opinion it’s safe to say, that there is no additional lag introduced by DCHDMI. Let alone the fact, that there is no D/A and subsequent A/D conversion necessary like with the OSSC.
@rayryngaert3769
5 жыл бұрын
If you have an ossc or Framemeister.... Just get a damn vga to scart converter (Toro) no need to spend twice as much money for a very very minimal upgrade
@AllieRX
5 жыл бұрын
There's also the Gekko HDMI Box, made by the same people who made the Akura and Toro. It's basically a barebones version of the Akura HDMI Box, but it's cheaper.
@Jalapeno_sizzle
Жыл бұрын
In my experience, going from composite to the Pound cable, the image was actually way too bright. Maybe they over-corrected in a later revision. I've since moved back to S-Video on a CRT and the image is perfect, imo.
@mikejenkins4924
5 жыл бұрын
I lent my Dreamcast to an old friend...he still has it, wherever he may be.
@DanielLopez-up6os
5 жыл бұрын
Ooh Now this is what i needed, a dreamcast online and WITH Hdmi
@SonikJesus
4 жыл бұрын
only people who owned a DC understand why others say it’s the best console ever. I remember being blown away by the graphics jump compared to the ps1 and n64. I still don’t think there has been such a big leap between generations, at least to my eyes. There were so many good games on the console. I remember being devastated when I read how the console was being discontinued. I felt so betrayed. Moreover, I knew my parents weren’t going to be able to afford a new console for me for quite a while. Shenmue is still the greateat game ever made imo. I remember getting it for Christmas 2000.
@SaimesierP
5 жыл бұрын
I want a df retro on lightguns. I'll never forget house of the dead 2 on Dreamcast. And would love to know if there is anyway to play those games on modern TV's
@joshreynolds869
5 жыл бұрын
PatTheLogoGuy There are really expensive mods that basically integrate Wii motion sensor tech into old light guns. But it really is a tough scenario. Most just keep a CRT around just for lightguns.
@thoin1
3 жыл бұрын
check out sinden lightgun
@SEGAHEADDY
5 жыл бұрын
I hope DF Retro takes a look at the upcoming DC HDMI box from Retro-bit coming out soon-ish.
@revistinha1
5 жыл бұрын
DC The GOAT Google should've just funded the SEGAs comeback instead of wasting time with that Stadia BS Dreamcast 2 Revengeance
@XenonG
5 жыл бұрын
With Metal Gear Rising 2 as launch title? Sure.
@SpartanX360
5 жыл бұрын
Take my money!!
@Nihat86
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah please come back Sega ....
@TheXev
5 жыл бұрын
I'll be honest, Microsoft acquiring Sega back during the Xbox era was something I was expecting and praying for. The fact that it never happened still baffles me to this day.
@Abel-Alvarez
5 жыл бұрын
@@TheXev I'm glad they didn't. The OG Xbox was such an amazing device with tons of exclusives (something the 360 & one needs) and was awesome when xbox live hit & the fact that i had music stored on mines. 😏
@nico5179
5 жыл бұрын
I love the Dreamcast! SEGA forever!!
@mrchiledonut
5 жыл бұрын
I was nine when I got this system; the first game I beat was Sword of the Berserk.
@djm9937
2 жыл бұрын
The Pound cable does look bad. I had an alternative one that self centres the image and looks great. I got myself an Akura and surprisingly, couldn't see the difference between the two. The Akura soon failed so went back to the alternative :)
@Bemijaminji
5 жыл бұрын
The pound cable is better when you replace the inductors on the R, G, and B lines. Still the DC HDMI is clearly superior.
@ElricSowrd
5 жыл бұрын
HDMI DreamCast, huh? I want something like that. When DreamCast first came into the picture, I expect that all games would be 60 Frames Per Seconds... Until the release of Final Fantasy X which stuck to mostly 30 Frames PerSeconds.
@jrno93
5 жыл бұрын
Woah H2QX. Didn't know that could be applied to old consoles. Id like to see a box with H2QX support for ps2 xbox gamecube Ps1 N64 and all consoles before that
@OniousOne
5 жыл бұрын
The next console that's getting an HDMI mod from citrus3000psi and chriz2600 is the PS2; hopefully it'll be supported the same as the DCHDMI.
@H6rdc0re
5 жыл бұрын
Like the video John but am a little surprised by the positive spin on that awful HQ2X filter. That abysmal filter has been part of every Sega compilation. Never heard you say anything positive about those... and for good reason. HQ2X, HQ3X, 2x SuperSAI, 2x SAI and all those shit filters should be banned forever. You should have shown what that filter does for 2D content. Too bad from reading the comments people don’t seem to understand this is the only true digital-to-digital solution. The Akura, Pound cables etc are just RGB-to-HDMI or VGA-to-HDMI solutions. Same shitty crap as the cheap PS2 and WII HDMI plug and plays albeit higher quality.
@suketodara
5 жыл бұрын
And now I want to play Project Justice.
@LaskyLabs
5 жыл бұрын
Y'all gonna make a video about the DreamPi so you get more people to go online? The community really needs an adrenaline shot. :3
@Rainwarner
5 жыл бұрын
Great review. Considering getting a unit soon. Can it play games that dont compat with vga like PAL skies of arcadia?. Right now. I have a vga box that goes into an 1080p upscaler
@maweibezahn
2 жыл бұрын
What is this game with the "virtual squash player" at the beginning? Looked like a body tracking skeleton, but the DC had no camera or similar peripherals, right?
@rexthesheep
5 жыл бұрын
Shout-out to Gunbird 2!
@StephanieHua
5 жыл бұрын
Sad... I bought 2 Behar Bros VGA boxes... and a year later... this mod is released. THe amazing thing would be the ability to play 240p games. This is a must buy for those with SOldering skills
@butch7279
5 жыл бұрын
Great video love this retro dedication the one system I never owned and regret it 😵 lol and somehow I ended up with a Atari Jaguar
@cosmosofinfinity
5 жыл бұрын
You gotta list the names of the games you showed off here, man, they look awesome...
@nightowl3582
5 жыл бұрын
Man, it kinda makes me wish Sega could have remained in the console business.
@sudacagamer
5 жыл бұрын
kinda?
@JimmyTheBear
5 жыл бұрын
It's called the Xbox
@fortitude9932
5 жыл бұрын
Genesis mini...new controllers...sega coming
@TheXev
5 жыл бұрын
@jvalex18 I literally gave up on console gaming when Sega went 3rd party. I have a Nintendo Switch now, but for years I had no interest in current gen consoles after the Dreamcast.
@danielt.8573
5 жыл бұрын
@@TheXev After the end of the Dreamcast it's like the console market fell entirely. Suddenly it felt so much poor and unisteresting. I went to pc gaming definitively and haven't bought another console since. The Switch is appealing though.
@Marc28031984
5 жыл бұрын
Back in the day I was the only kid in school with an dreamcast and a VGA Box. I hooked it up to my CRT Monitor and all of my friends said: wow, it looks so sharp and smooth.😅 When 480p @ 60Hz was the shit. 😂
@hkoizumi3134
5 жыл бұрын
Me too! I had that see thru orange box that allowed VGA to my monitor. I remember when I saw skies of arcadia for the first time on it, I couldn't believe how sharp the image looked.
@fortitude9932
5 жыл бұрын
Vga can do 1080
@fortitude9932
5 жыл бұрын
@jvalex18 exactly. The best analog cable ever and 40 years almost right? I have both bag and HDMI going into my tv from pc...i prefer warm analog colors bit HDMI is clear af...however for analog vs digital both are great. But getting 1080 html instead 480 vga better why can't dreamcasr do vga 1080?
@fortitude9932
5 жыл бұрын
@jvalex18 I would suggest hooking up your vga and hdmi to your tv ... I have mine at 1200 x 700 or something and it looks near HDMI 1080...basically a 40 year old analog cable can look close to a 8 year old hdmi digi signal basically...which is impressive besides ever hear or supervga or ultravgano cutting at 1080 or 2k still analong 😲 right
@fortitude9932
5 жыл бұрын
@jvalex18 I didnt exactly say it was 1200 x 700 it was less than 1080 but still looked good coukd have been 1800x900. Think your missing my point of 4 decade old tech vs 1 decade old and analog vs digital tech. Vga is still pretty damn good.
@EposVox
5 жыл бұрын
Great review, John! I'm kinda frustrated that all of these new HDMI options popped up after I invested in the upscalers, VGA boxes, GC component cables, etc. but still looks like this stuff is the way to go!
@TheXev
5 жыл бұрын
I literally had the DCHDMI ordered before I was done watching this video. After investing in an Analogue Super NT and Mega SG, I want quality video out of the last remaining console I truly give a damn about from the composite era (now only waiting for 'hopefully' a cheaper Analogue NT). Also, love your channel as well! I've used several of your OBS videos to get my setup right!
@EposVox
5 жыл бұрын
@@TheXev :D
@GeminiJay654
5 жыл бұрын
Cool new intro! Blue skies never die! LOVE the Dreamcast.
@l.r.7505
5 жыл бұрын
Beat that game so many times I lost count! What was up with that dude's crotch 🤣😱
@MrStephantch
5 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest consoles every made. I remember when I was eighteen and 1st came back from Italy. All I could think about at the time while on vacation was about buying one. I had never anticipated a gaming console so much, and let me remind you how amazing the launch lineup was. Unfortunately, Sega killed this beloved machine to the detriment of us former Dreamcast owners. Even though I eventually bought a Playstation 2 I never loved that console as much as the DC
@TheXev
5 жыл бұрын
I screamed openly at 2:30am in the morning when I read about Sega going third party. It was a huge betrail I'll never get over. My parents thought I was crazy... and at that moment I was. I knew it was coming but I still hated it. I knew Sega would never be as good of a company as it was then, and I hate being right about that. I too eventually owned a PS2, only owned a handful of games then sold it for food money. I never understood the appeal.
@PatrickIngham21
5 жыл бұрын
as much as I hated it also the company would probably not exist at all to this day if they had not made that painful decision. it was annoying being a sega fan after that because the games were released on different platforms, I tried to stick to xbox (and some Nintendo) ever since, fuck sony
@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube
4 жыл бұрын
Lack of public enthusiasm for the Dreamcast killed it - hype for Playstation2 was in overdrive - and from a JP DC owner at the time of the PS2's JP release I felt the JP PS2 was a mess, with the launch games all underwhelming, especially considering Sony's pre-release hype around its hardware - it didn't even utilise simple anti-aliasing - causing many games to suffer from resolution 'jaggies'. TTT (best of the JP Launch games imo) got reprogrammed in the west and software smoothing is added to remove 'aliasing issues'. Eventually the PS2 became a great console - with a superb library - but on launch it was a mess especially compared to the already available and capable Dreamcast.
@MrStephantch
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheKayliedGamerChannel-KZitem I agree with you 100% that the Dreamcast was a breaktaking, and original game console; in many ways what the Sega Saturn should have been. Unfortunately, Sega had many years of mediocre/half-baked released under their belt which ruined their repertoire with gamer's. The original launch lineup for Dreamcast was utterly amazing with Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur, Powerstone, etc. What really killed the Sega Dreamcast was not only Playstation 2 hype, but a lack of support from Sega. The Playstation 2 was very mediocre at launch but did buildup one of the greatest libraries in gaming. In term's of it's graphics the GS accelerator wasn't particularly advanced, and in many ways shared IQ similar to a Voodoo 2 - that's why it's graphics didn't look sufficiently cleaner than Sega Dreamcast - also make note that it used lower resolution 8-bit palatalized textures.
@TheYoyo
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheKayliedGamerChannel-KZitem I love the DC and it was and still is my console of choice. I think what ultimately led to its demise was lack of 3rd party support. SEGA was very possessive of its GDRom technology and would not let 3rd parties manufacture and produce games unless it went through one of their factories and studios. It was their way of control and helping stop piracy (ironically though the DC became the easiest console to pirate later on) I think if SEGA went through a traditional copyright style system the same way the Playstation and XBox did with mod-chips and opened up its GDRom burners and tech to third parties they would have fared a whole lot better. So many of the great DC games were basically SEGA games. Its a shame because I always felt SEGA was always pushing the boundaries when it came to hardware innovation, but they always fell because their library of games as a result suffered.
@Call_MeJD
5 жыл бұрын
Keep on dreaming. Dreams become reality with the Dreamcast. Awesome
@budge1972
5 жыл бұрын
Long live the Dreamcast!
@bombjack1984
5 жыл бұрын
John: 'I could go on and on about the Dreamcast...' Please do, the Dreamcast was awesome.
@The-Fishkeeper
5 жыл бұрын
Dreamcast was so ahead of its time, incredible system with a surprisingly large and varied library considering it's short time on the market.
@sudacagamer
5 жыл бұрын
"varied library"', really? ... almost no RPGs, survival horror, shooters, platformers, beat em ups/ action games. The DC was all about fighting games, sport games and shoot em ups. I love the console btw but It`s library was far from varied even considering it`s short time on the market.
@sudacagamer
5 жыл бұрын
@@segamon yeah and El Dorado Gate that no one played and Elemental Gimmick Gear, but would you say that 10 RPG games are a solid RPG library VS the 80+ RPGs on PS1 and PS2?
@sudacagamer
5 жыл бұрын
@@segamon who said it wasn`t worth it? I`m just saying that the DC didn`t have a varied library.
@RetroGamesBoy78
5 жыл бұрын
Sudaca Gaming You're talking about a console that was on the market for 2 years and comparing it to 2 consoles that were on the market for 12 & 13 years. The libary is plenty varied enough for the time it was on the market, if you were to look at the first 2 years of PS1 or 2 i doubt there will be to much difference.
@sudacagamer
5 жыл бұрын
@@RetroGamesBoy78 The PS2 already had a more DIVERSE library by 2001, I`m not saying it was better, In fact, I bought a Dreamcast almost exclusively for fighting games and for the perfect arcade ports. I bought a PS2 on 2001, when FFX and SH2 came out. Again, the DC was a hell of a console but It didn`t have a varied library, period. It had more potential?, It was dead too soon?, yes, but the reason It failed wasn`t because it was an "underrated" console or whatever stupid theories DC fanboys have, It died because the PS2 was just a more powerful console and it was aimed both for casuals and hardcore gamers. Sega never understood (or didn`t want to) that the public was changing.
@rars0n
5 жыл бұрын
John, your content is quickly becoming some of my favorite on KZitem. DF Retro is awesome. I can't get enough of it. I also love that you included footage of Test Drive Le Mans in this, it's one of my favorite racing games ever. I'd like to see you do a comparison of some of the games that started on DC and got ported to PS2. As I remember it, the DC versions were actually usually superior at least in terms of graphical quality. I had a VGA box back when the DC was released (my console still works perfectly fine after all these years, too) and I remember how amazing Soul Calibur looked on my PC monitor. I'm very good at soldering, I've done component-level board repair and have a nice bit of equipment for those types of jobs, so I could easily do the necessary work to install this. I am definitely going to buy one of these for my DC.
@gabor-toth
5 жыл бұрын
I remember when 60 fps gaming felt more like the norm than the exception, I thought we will have it standard in the future. Instead we are still stuck with jerky 30 fps games most of the time on consoles. This also shows how ahead of its time the Dreamcast was. I wish Sega could've continued their way.
@DenkyManner
5 жыл бұрын
There wasn't a time in the 3d era when 60 was normal at home. N64 often ran at 20, Saturn the same (or lower). 60 isn't standard on Dreamcast either, it's mainly the arcade ports. Shenmue is 30, I think Sonic Adventure is 30. Sega Rally 2 and virtua fighter 3 ports were mishandled and had big slowdown. Consoles have always traded frames for detail and always will.
@snintendog
5 жыл бұрын
"gotta have 4K and 8K outputs now frame rate who cares 15 is good enough now" -Idiots
@gc3k
5 жыл бұрын
The glorious 6(0fps)th generation. wtf happened?
@hkoizumi3134
5 жыл бұрын
I am a PC gamers from the 90s and I can tell everyone that FPS did matter just as much as today. Thanks to affordable solutions from Voodoo, mainstream PC gaming were on It's way to high fidelity gaming that was reserved for enthusiasts couple years prior. Anyone saying we didn't care back then is simply wrong. Even DC was advertised as 60FPS gaming and it was one of the reason people got it.
@VexAcer
5 жыл бұрын
You could say that gen was when 60fps was becoming more common than before, especially in terms of AAA/Exclusive games. I remember most of the PS2 games I played back then being a steady 60: Ace Combat 4, Dark Cloud, Ratchet & Clank Going Commando, Sly Cooper, Jak & Daxter, Breath of Fire V, Burnout 3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, SpongeBob BFBB, SSX 3, Downhill Domination, Sky Odyssey, Pac-Man World 2, etc.
@perfectlyslicedegg3348
5 жыл бұрын
The Dreamcast is my favourite console! So many excellent games.
@TheXev
5 жыл бұрын
Still the only console I bought on launch day. Still has the best day-one launch titles of any console. How Sony got away with bullshitting their launch day sales numbers for PS2, I'll never know.
@AmbientMess
5 жыл бұрын
My personal faves: Jet Set Radio, Sonic Adventure 1&2, Dead or Alive 2: Resi: Code Veronica, the list goes on!!
@SonikJesus
4 жыл бұрын
Dave Atkins Toy commander, Crazy taxi, Powerstone, shenmue, skies of arcadia, dead or alive 2. the list goes on.
@crestofhonor2349
5 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I feel like 6th gen games have aged better than 7th gen games
@vladthemanpire5894
5 жыл бұрын
Are you sure
@fenix_tx_1342
5 жыл бұрын
To a degree it's true, 6th gen was colourful, while the first half of the 7th gen hated colour for some reason, it was plagued by brown and yellow games with a shit ton of bloom. You know, the piss filter look. If you look at Gears 1&2 and compair them to 3 is a night and day difference, it's like suddenly they remembered brown wasn't the only damn colour.
@poisonsnivy6439
5 жыл бұрын
6th gen games have a tendency to run at 60, not to mention 7th gen games started to have input lag
@Aristowi
5 жыл бұрын
@@fenix_tx_1342 It's just art design, it changes with each generation, trial and error, trying something new, overuse it then try something different. I like the grim atmosphere of Gears 1.
@Deliveredmean42
5 жыл бұрын
@@Aristowi Sure, having that for a few games is fine. It was a nice thing for that specific series for the time. But when the majority of the games are brown during the 7th gen consoles, it became a problem. Though it probably was as bad with everyone making their own mascot platformers during the late 80s to early 2000s.
@dnaglitchgaming6565
5 жыл бұрын
I remember getting it day one and getting a hotel at the beach with some friends and lots of beer. We had a blast that weekend. I was 16 maybe but I remember friends asking me if they could borrow it after the party and I said HELL NO. I ended up staying up all night playing Soul Caliber with my homey Sunday night. Going from Nintendo 64 to that was like literally going to arcade at the mall but at home. Wish it would of suceeded.
@morbid1.
5 жыл бұрын
I was PSX fanboy and when I saw Dreamcast's games I was pissed but I knew PS2 is comming... kinda shame DC died so fast, console landscape would be totally different now.
@Luetin09
5 жыл бұрын
Subbed off this vid, what a great overview enjoyed all of this.
@dan_loup
5 жыл бұрын
Hello, just passing by to warn you all that watching this video in anything other than 60 FPS is a sin.
@ermacgerd8895
5 жыл бұрын
The best console released up to date, together with og xbox, and they both live today, ~20 years after
@kevboard
5 жыл бұрын
og Xbox or as I call it: Dreamcast 2 😁
@retrom8442
5 жыл бұрын
I love all of the Digital Foundry videos. But I particularly like the DF Retro video's, can you please cover the 8-bit era, computers and consoles?
@extofer
5 жыл бұрын
Hey John, the Dreamcast was also the first console I preordered! **fistbump** 👊
@eagletrippin
5 жыл бұрын
Same here. Will never forget going to GameStop at 4 in the morning, no line, and picking up my system. While in college classes later that day, all I could think about was going back to playing NFL2K. It was all a game-changing experience; and my fondest as a lifelong gamer.
@acardenasjr1340
5 жыл бұрын
Really loved playing Skies of Arcadia.
@FdupTV
5 жыл бұрын
All these reviews ever tell me is I should just stick to using an old CRT for my retro gaming needs.
@cptnoremac
5 жыл бұрын
Sure, if you want to be stuck with interlaced video.
@marcianoacuerda
5 жыл бұрын
I do. And unless you have an OLED display the contrast is unmatchable.
@MisterCasket
5 жыл бұрын
All my retro consoles are connected to a crt (Bang&Olufsen MX8000). Amazing image quality, especially when connected with scart.
@sausagesausage
5 жыл бұрын
The Dreamcast was such a jump above the competition. I remember playing Powerstone and Sonic Adventure for the first time and being blown away by the graphics and framerate, I'd never seen anything like it. Out of the box online gameplay, game DLC (always free)... Holy shit it was a marvel. Then Shenmue came out and it took a whole generation for another console game to match it in graphics fidelity. Phantasy Star Online (PSO) is everything Anthem wishes it was, 2 decades later. It remains my favourite console of all time just for the feeling of sheer joy and the glimpse of the future of videogames it gave us, way back in 1998.
@CAPCOM784
5 жыл бұрын
I bought the japanese dc just to play Marvel vs Capcom,Soulcaliber, and Dead or Alive 2.
@gc3k
5 жыл бұрын
I remember playing Soul Calibur on launch night, and going to the section where each character looks at you while reciting their win quotes. My mind was blown it was so lifelike back then
@SonikJesus
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. The DC was so ahead of its time, it’s crazy.
@kenmys
5 жыл бұрын
The Dreamcast is my favorite aesthetically looking console. It's just so simple and compact but alluring. The feel of the power button or open tray button just have the best click. I am running my Dreamcast with a Akura box through a Framemeister. It was probably the best picture quality you could get from a Dreamcast before the DCHDMI showed up. If I don't run the Akura box through the FM, the picture on my 65" TV is a tiny square in the middle of the screen, less than a foot big in both height and width, making it unplayable without a upscaler solution. So really the DCHDMI is affordable when you take that into account. I would recommend a professional install as soldering those flex cables to a chip can be daunting, and if you mess it up you have to pray that the supplier has more in stock. I already purchased a DCHDMI kit a few months ago and my batch should be arriving soon. I am running a custom green case that were produced two decades ago by a third party and fetch a pretty penny on Ebay when they do show up. I did this to avoid cutting into the original shell as I believe in preservation of older consoles. I also have the GDEMU installed, and the Noctua fan mount making the system damn near silent and the ultimate way to play Dreamcast games. Sadly I refuse to play it until the Retro Fighters Dreamcast controllers arrive. My hands are much bigger than they were when I originally used that claw grip controller. It feels very uncomfortable to wield those controllers now.
@danmons7446
5 жыл бұрын
Lost it at "Bob deinterlace" :D
@justanotheryoutubechannel
5 жыл бұрын
I really have to wonder how this console failed so badly. I mean, this game console is incredible! It looks awesome, even to my eyes in 2019! Back in 1999, this must’ve looked like the future! It’s so beautiful... And the games were so good! If I was around in this era, I would’ve loved this, as this was honestly ahead of its time. I’m going to buy a Dreamcast and a VGA box for it as I now have a lovely CRT monitor.
@linkaran512
5 жыл бұрын
Sega's terrible management, unfortunately
@METR0lD
5 жыл бұрын
Man I love the Dreamcast so much. I was there on 9/9/99, and I still have my Dreamcast. But yeah, I don't have a good way to play it on my current TV, which is a shame. And modded options like this always scare me away. Anyway, thank you for showing the amazing Bangai-o! That game is a masterpiece!
@rodmunch69
5 жыл бұрын
Humm, my results with the Pound cable weren't nearly as bad as yours. The picture quality isn't great, but then again I always played the Dreamcast on a CRT TV so it looked how I thought it should look. But the big thing is I didn't notice an overly dark picture. Maybe there was some auto contrast/brightness setting on I didn't notice, but it certainly did not stand out as being a dark image. In my opinion the Pound cable is a good option if you just want to plug your old Dreamcast into a new TV. Will it be pixel perfect and give you a perfect image? No. But did you ever play the Dreamcast with a perfect image? No. In fact compared to what I was expecting it looked fantastic. Anywho I did dump the cable since I just dragged an old CRT TV out of storage - and hooked it up via composite video. I know, composite, what a savage I am. Anywho I really enjoy the channel and love these looks at retro hardware, but this review is a bit on the snobbish side - which I'm fine with, but I'm not sure discounting that Pound cable was in the best interest of those who just want a very low cost way to play their old Dreamcast. It works fine, there's no real lag I can detect, and for me at least the image wasn't dark.
@rodmunch69
5 жыл бұрын
@@oldgraphics I wouldn't say it's biased, he's just saying what his experience was. Perhaps he got a bad cable or something. But he normally does an excellent job on his videos, but on this one his experience isn't the same as mine, and I think his standards are a bit too high for someone that just wants to hook-up their system to their HDTV and play. For that setup the Pound cable works fine, at least for me. It wasn't dark like in this video and at a normal sitting distance it looked quite sharp - much better than I was expecting. But I'm not really into having crisp pixels on old systems as that's never how the games looked at the time and was never how they were supposed to look. With all that said I have seen others say the Pound cable is too dark so perhaps I just got lucky, or perhaps my TV is adjusting things without me realizing it, but in any case I think the Pound cable works just fine.
@samuelkibunda6960
5 жыл бұрын
John you are a true role model may God bless you
@toughmanrandysavage3077
5 жыл бұрын
I have my dreamcast hooked up to our 80 inch tv with rca cables and it looks like hot garbage.
@gibsonzak75
5 жыл бұрын
it should
@MedicMain9
5 жыл бұрын
Or I could just use a laptop/mobile phone with an emulator and play it at 4k if I feel like it. Jesus
@Caruniom
5 жыл бұрын
The only problem would be that dreamcast emulation is still terrible (at least for all the games i am interested in). Bad audio emulation, stuttering and graphical glitches.
@seebulll
5 жыл бұрын
play emulator it's like writing books on e reader,you can't do it ist work,but it's not the same feelings
@ronjon6760
5 жыл бұрын
I'm sick of MS and Sony I wish Sega would come back.
@grenadiadrian
5 жыл бұрын
Anxiously awaiting my pre-order DCHDMI kit to arrive! Excellent video which firmly justifies my impulse decision to by the unit!
@matilija
5 жыл бұрын
I'm in the same boat, can't wait for it.
@TheOuterhaven
5 жыл бұрын
For those wondering what the opening music game from, it's a game called "Border Down". A SHMUP for the Dreamcast and it's damned good.
@noobdebusca1757
5 жыл бұрын
I love that console, so underrated
@wingman-1977
5 жыл бұрын
Man, watching this makes me really hope Sega releases a Dreamcast classic (which I guess it might depend on how well the Genesis classic does).
@ashfury
5 жыл бұрын
Wingman1977 Saturn forever ignored ;_;
@theobserver4214
5 жыл бұрын
ashfury Too complex. It’d only work if M2 was brought on board, as they can find a way to make Saturn games run authentically on weaker machines.
@TheTrueBro
3 жыл бұрын
Sega and M2 have already stated that a DC Mini (or a Saturn Mini) wouldn't be possible in this moment due to technology and costs reasons. I imagine that, if they want to make it now, it'd cost way too much. Considering that Dreamcast emulation has matured quite quickly, I think that would be the closest possibility. Saturn? Unless M2 makes a miracle, I don't see that happening in a short term.
@dunggg
5 жыл бұрын
Dreamcast was and still is the most played console I ever owned. I played the Dreamcast from 2000 all the way to 2009, followed by the PS2. So much classics.
@Ostnizdasht206
Жыл бұрын
So many great memories with the Dreamcast. Everyone had already migrated to the PS2 when I was playing it, but I would honestly say I had a lot better time with the Dreamcast than the PS2.
@JustAnotherGamerUS
5 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally someone covers the best way to get highest quality visuals & sound out of a Dreamcast in the modern era
@radry100
5 жыл бұрын
The DC can natively output VGA, no need for a "box". The official VGA box just rerouted the connections.
@Ultranist
5 жыл бұрын
damn... pound just got POUNDED!!! XD
@CAPCOM784
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah it really shows how bad the cable really is.Its like comparing composite to component video.
@cikame
5 жыл бұрын
What if........ .... What if Sega re-released the Dreamcast?
@rayryngaert3769
5 жыл бұрын
They will.. Give it a few years and we'll have a "classic" version of the dreamcast
@arbiter-
5 жыл бұрын
I hope you talk about the Saturn soon, I love these videos.
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