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Goat Games Available at Play-Asia

Posted by BILAL_XIA on Feb 07, 2010 at 6:20am - 0 Comments

I was recently informed that Goat Publishing has managed to get their entire inventory available at Play-Asia, the only advantage is that if you buy more then one Goat Game you get a dollar off (2$ on Irides).

Also free shipping if your purchase exceeds 10US$ (which is possible by buying a single item). Even better than what Goat Store is currently offerring.

The first release from GOAT Store Publishing is here! Can you dance your way to the top? If you have the guts and the Feet of Fury, you will love this new dance game! Also, check out Typing of Fury with the keyboards!
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http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-h0- ... -3p1x.html

The classic game of Mahjong has arrive on your Dreamcast(tm)! Now you can play the same game that has been enjoyed by Emperors and scoundrels, kings and vagabonds for centuries with Maqiupai. Will you be able to remove all of the tiles in each challenging puzzle before time runs out? The challenge of Maqiupai awaits!
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http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-h0- ... -3p1y.html

Put your skills to the test as you work your way through level after level of tile-clearing action. S F Software brings you Inhabitants, where you and up to three of your friends can compete for the highest score. Or, play by yourself, unlocking new modes of play along the way!
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http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-h0- ... -3p74.html

Cool Herders is an addictive 2D multiplayer game that pits you against up to three friends in a game that can only be described as "Cool." Your goal is to collect the most sheep in a round, either by herding them yourself or by bashing your opponent and stealing his or her sheep! On top of the multiplayer fun, story mode will put you in the shoes of Zeus as he makes his way through level after level of challenges to get his herd back from the evil clutches of Iskur. The going won't be easy ? Zeus will have to travel far away from his homeland of New Zealand to complete challenges and compete against herders in various locations before taking on Iskur himself in a battle to restore peace in the pasture! Will you and Zeus with the day, or will Iskur horde the herd for himself?
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http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-h0- ... -3p1z.html

Irides: Master of Blocks is an incredible puzzler game where the player has to match blocks of similar colors together to eliminate them, score points and create combos. The faster that the blocks are connected and the more blocks there are, the better the score when they are eliminated! Just like all of the great classic puzzle games, Irides: Master of Blocks is an easy concept, but one that is tough to master!

Irides features a single-player Campaign mode with four difficulty levels, Co-Op Campaign mode to play with a friend, multi-player versus modes to face off against up to four players, more than 30 levels including unlockable bonus levels and over 15 awesome music tracks. It is a region free title, supporting NTSC, PAL and VGA displays. Irides also supports all licensed Dreamcast controllers, rumble pack accessories and the VMU.

Don't delay, start on your path to becoming the Master of Blocks today!
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http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-h0- ... -3n8r.html

Also here is a link to the top selling Dreamcast items
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-14-71-h0-49-en.html

Irides: Master of Blocks Video Review by SegaShiro.com

Posted by Christuserloeser on Jan 20, 2010 at 2:22am - 1 Comments
The good folks at SegaShiro.com (one of the better Sega fan sites and a good one to have on your favourites) made a video review of Irides: Master of Blocks



-Feature List-

  • Single-player Campaign mode with four difficulty levels
  • Co-Op Campaign mode to play with a friend
  • Multi-player versus modes to face off against up to four players
  • More than 30 levels including unlockable bonus levels
  • Over 15 awesome music tracks
  • Region free title, supports NTSC, PAL and VGA displays
  • Supports all licensed Dreamcast controllers
  • Supports rumble pack accessories
  • Worldwide online high score tracking
  • Standard and Limited Edition versions release same day


-Links-



thanks to BILAL_XIA & BoneyCork for the news!

NesterDC SE: Master Library locally mirrored

Posted by Stryfe on Jan 17, 2010 at 9:20am - 1 Comments
Just thought I should let everyone know that the master library for NesterDC SE by Scherzo has been mirrored here at Dcemulation.org.

The Master Library is a collection of NES box art, screenshots, game manuals, NSFs, and more for the excellent NesterDC SE.

Code:
http://nesterdcse.dcemulation.org/master_library/

The wiki page has been updated with this info as well.



- Thanks to |darc| for helping me get this up.

Rush Rush Rally Racing Video Reviews // R4 Deluxe Edition

Posted by Christuserloeser on Jan 13, 2010 at 12:47pm - 12 Comments
Let's catch up with the latest Rush Rush Rally Racing news:

Benzaie of That Guy With The Glasses made a hard rockin' video review of R4 for his "Hard Corner" series of extremely manly reviews:



As did Darran Jones of Retro Gamer magazine who uploaded a more serious approach of an in-depth R4 review to his Youtube channel:



And redspotgames published some nice photos of the R4 Deluxe Edition:

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-Features-
  • Single-player grand prix mode with four difficulty levels
  • Three multi-player modes to enjoy with up to four players
  • Five race cars to choose from
  • 10 Grand Prix race tracks
  • 9 additional multi-player race tracks
  • Awesome soundtrack by Black Device
  • Autosave to VMU (any port, file uses just 2 blocks)
  • Region free
  • Rumble pack support
  • Compatible with original Dreamcast pads, arcade stick, and third party controllers
  • Supports PAL (50/60 Hz), NTSC and VGA displays
  • Configurable controls and many other options
  • Animated cut scenes
  • Plus even more unlockable content!
  • New: Online Highscore!

-Deluxe Edition Features-
  • Limited quantity
  • Spinecard
  • Double Jewel case
  • Soundtrack CD
  • Manual in full color
  • Sercet artworks and deleted scenes
  • Huge stickers!

-Links-

Segagaga Localization Help Request

Posted by Christuserloeser on Jan 13, 2010 at 11:50am - 0 Comments
We might be a bit late on this, but better late than never: James Howell aka Adilegian is looking for help on the .MRG texture compression that the game uses:

http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=9519.0

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I'm heading the effort to localize Tez Okano's Dreamcast game Segagaga, and I've run into a bit of a snag. Any help will be appreciated.

We're trying to localize enough, for now, that would make the first R&D Lab area of Segagaga playable. However, to fully localize the material, we need access to the texture image files since several of the textures (such as background images) feature Japanese writing and could be amended to make the English language experience more comprehensive.

The problem is that I am unsure how to access these texture images. My research has pointed to .PVR as the usual format for texture images, and I've downloaded the appropriate utilities to convert .PVR files into more standard formats. However, the .PVR files that exist do not contain any meaningful image data, and I'm not sure where else to look to extract these images.

Can anyone direct me to a DC development utility that would enable me to extract these images for localization editing?

If anyone could offer direct support in this problem, I'd be triply grateful. My strengths lie in linguistics rather than in coding or programming.



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Primitive Nightmare released!

Posted by Juan on Jan 10, 2010 at 1:44pm - 0 Comments

Fuseki has let us know in our forums that his first Dreamcast game is out.

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Three years of creation and many concept and gameplay changes later, Primitive Nightmare is finally ready to be unleashed! The game incorporates many elements of classic coin-op shooters with some strategic elements added for a challenge that will keep players coming back for more.




Go to Fuseki Games for the download!

DreamShell gets a sd card module update

Posted by Juan on Jan 04, 2010 at 4:17pm - 3 Comments

SWAT wrote:
No sooner was the new year, but still:)
The new version (0.1.2) sdiso module for DreamShell 4.0 allows you to run most part of (and perhaps all) homebrew games and programs, and downloading has become much faster, as well as slightly increased the speed of the emulated gd-rom.
The same module was much more stable work, not those pesky missions at startup. Unfortunately the launch commercial for the game is still not possible, but I will try to solve this problem, if possible.
Special thanks alex for beta testing!


Get the files at the news source, DC-SWAT

Giana's Return and Gens4All preview 2

Posted by Juan on Jan 01, 2010 at 10:29am - 4 Comments

2010 came with a couple of anticipated releases as the folks at Dreamcast.es let us know:

Giana's Return finally arrived to Dreamcast with v0.997, thanks to Indiket's port. This release has save support (using just 4 locks) and featuring a VMU display exclusive to Dreamcast.

You can get it with all the other ports at Giana's Return official site.


Gens4All also saw a new release, it's second on Dreamcast - preview 2 - after almost a year, and while it's said to be a work in progress and not quite full speed, it shows improvements in compatibility.

To try fox68k and chui's work, go here

And happy new year!

Hidden Cosmos: A Four Player Space Shooter Game

Posted by EnigmaticCoder on Dec 18, 2009 at 3:32pm - 6 Comments

I finished the Dreamcast game I've been working on for the past month called, Hidden Cosmos. It's similar to Galaga but with a story and four player multiplayer. And by the way, it's open source:

You can get the game and the code here: http://sites.google.com/site/enigmaticcoder/games

Thanks to everyone who's helped me the past few weeks! I'm very grateful.

Irides: Master of Blocks set for release on 12/12

Posted by Christuserloeser on Nov 24, 2009 at 12:09pm - 13 Comments
via GOAT Store: http://www.goatstore.com/News_Irides_Release/

Dreamcast Title Irides: Master of Blocks set for release on 12/12

Irides: Master of Blocks is an incredible puzzler game where the player has to match blocks of similar colors together to eliminate them, score points and create combos. The faster that the blocks are connected and the more blocks there are, the better the score when they are eliminated! Just like all of the great classic puzzle games, Irides: Master of Blocks is an easy concept, but one that is tough to master!





Irides: Master of Blocks contains over 30 levels of content, challenging players with different Power Blocks to either assist or hamper your progression through the game. Players can also attempt to become the Master of Blocks with a friend in Co-Op mode, progressing through the game with both players playing in the same playfield. A two-to-four player multiplayer mode allows players to face off against friends or foes to see who is the true Master of Blocks! Friends not around to play? Submit scores online to see who the best in the universe at smashing blocks is!

Want something extra special? To celebrate the 12/12 release of Irides: Master of Blocks, the GOAT Store, LLC is creating 122 (144) special limited edition copies of the game which will be sold only through the GOAT Store, LLC's online web site.


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Feature List for Irides: Master of Blocks

  • Single-player Campaign mode with four difficulty levels
  • Co-Op Campaign mode to play with a friend
  • Multi-player versus modes to face off against up to four players
  • More than 30 levels including unlockable bonus levels
  • Over 15 awesome music tracks
  • Region free title, supports NTSC, PAL and VGA displays
  • Supports all licensed Dreamcast controllers
  • Supports rumble pack accessories
  • Worldwide online high score tracking
  • Standard and Limited Edition versions release same day


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Feature List for the Limited Edition

  • New cover art
  • Full-color expanded instruction booklet
  • Disc art denoting the game as a Limited Edition copy
  • Mini-Poster for the game individually numbered and signed by the game developer
  • Two inch diameter Irides: Master of Blocks collector's coin, also individually numbered


goatdan also notified me that 1/3rd of the 144 copies of the Limited Edition are already sold!


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