People were wondering why we were creating a game for the Dreamcast and Ouya. I think it was the most asked question we received when people first heard about the game,” Girgis explained when talking about the game’s Kickstarter. “Honestly, those platforms were what made the our Kickstarter so successful. Over $100,000 of the $180,000 we raised came from our Dreamcast reward tiers alone.”
That’s a huge chunk of money being given to the development of a game on what many believed to be a “dead console”, even during its original glory days. What’s even more impressive to think about is that most Kickstarters, even the successful ones, do not reach the $100,000 mark, yet a game that was being developed on a three generation old console was able to raise almost $200,000.
The Sega Dreamcast just turned 15 earlier this year and has seen the announcement of several new games coming to the console including Pier Solar HD, SLaVE, Elysian Shadows, and many more. The Dreamcast scene is in a boom right now with many developers joining the development community daily.
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