Whats some good Dreamcast games that didn't make it to theUS

Calavera · Post by **Calavera** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:12 am

What are the games worth playing that didn't see a US release?

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:42 am

Seriously?

...SERIOUSLY?

You SERIOUSLY don't know this yet, and you've been here five years???

...Well, then.
Rez.
Headhunter.
Evil Twin.
Guilty Gear X.
Capcom vs. SNK 2.
Shenmue 2.
Cosmic Smash.
Ikaruga.
Border Down.
Under Defeat.
Capcom games for Matchmaking Service (Streetfighter 2, Vampire Chronicle, Puzzle Fighter 2, etc.)
SeGaGaGa (must be fluent in Japanese).
Puyo Puyo Fever.

...Most of those are available in the US on other platforms, but those are the really big ones.

Calavera · Post by **Calavera** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:49 am

yes seriously, Well obviously I knew about Rez, Headhunter, Shenmue 2, and a few other you posted. I thought there was more cool Jap games.

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:14 pm

Calavera wrote:yes seriously, Well obviously I knew about Rez, Headhunter, Shenmue 2, and a few other you posted. I thought there was more cool Jap games.

I tried to list all the big ones you don't need to know a foreign language to play. There are other interesting titles, but you need to know Japanese to take advantage of them.

Calavera · Post by **Calavera** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:46 pm

DaMadFiddler wrote:
Calavera wrote:yes seriously, Well obviously I knew about Rez, Headhunter, Shenmue 2, and a few other you posted. I thought there was more cool Jap games.
I tried to list all the big ones you don't need to know a foreign language to play. There are other interesting titles, but you need to know Japanese to take advantage of them.

Ah, I see. Also Taxi 2 (french) looks like a decent game. I remembering seeing Tokyo Bus Guide a long time ago. That could be fun.

Juan · Post by **Juan** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:34 pm

Headhunter.
Evil Twin. NO FUCKING WAY
Guilty Gear X.
Capcom vs. SNK 2.
Shenmue 2.
Cosmic Smash.
Ikaruga.
Border Down. NO
Under Defeat. MEH
Capcom games for Matchmaking Service (Streetfighter 2, Vampire Chronicle, Puzzle Fighter 2, etc.) (If you haven't played them - straight ports, no extras)
SeGaGaGa (must be fluent in Japanese). (Who's actually played it?)
Puyo Puyo Fever. NO

For more obvious, well known titles:

Space Channel 5 part 2
Samba de Amigo 2000

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:42 pm

I gotta admit. I'm a shump fan and Border down just isn't enhhh fun. Another shump I'd recomend is psyvaria 2 really a lot of fun.

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:33 pm

Juan wrote:
Under Defeat. MEH

I bought it during Play Asia's sale earlier this year, and I'm pretty happy with it. The visual design is surprisingly crisp, the game is difficult but not impossibly insane, there's quite a bit of variation, and I like the control mechanics. It's no Ikaruga (that game sets the standard for the genre, in my opinion), but it's a very good sh'mup nonetheless.

For more obvious, well known titles:

Space Channel 5 part 2
Samba de Amigo 2000

Whoops--forgot about those.

Zealous zerotype wrote:I gotta admit. I'm a shump fan and Border down just isn't enhhh fun. Another shump I'd recomend is psyvaria 2 really a lot of fun.

Haven't tried that one. I did play the 'Cube port of Chaos Field, though, and it was incredibly dull.

I'd love to see another game like Raptor: Call of the Shadows. I spent a lot of time playing that back in the day...it was one of the few shareware apps that I enjoyed enough to buy the full version. (The others were the Duke Nukem games, and a Windows notation program called Noteworthy Composer).

Juan · Post by **Juan** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:41 pm

I'll change that Under Defeat to ZERO GUNNER 2. So great it makes me cum.

Calavera · Post by **Calavera** » Fri May 18, 2007 8:22 pm

I tryed Taxi 2, not what I was expecting at all. N64 graphics and bad controls, I didn't really play it all that long to give it a change though.

Post by **melancholy** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:52 pm

Ugh, don't even remind me of Evil Twin. I was sooooooo disappointed in that game. Starting into that game, it had this incredibly twisted vibe to it that really had me interested. The graphics were a bit underwhelming, but the atmosphere was great. After the intro, I was totally ready for an amazing game. But a half hour of actually playing the game was enough to make me throw the disc out in anger. I think I stopped playing at a point where the horrible collision detection and crappy controls caused me to get stuck in a pile of junk and was forced to reset my Dreamcast. So much potential wasted on bad gameplay.

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » Sat May 19, 2007 5:11 am

melancholy wrote:Ugh, don't even remind me of Evil Twin. I was sooooooo disappointed in that game.

I really liked that game, in spite of the bugs... I enjoyed it more than platformers like Rayman 3 or Mario Sunshine.

JKKDARK · Post by **JKKDARK** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:20 am

Segagaga
Sakura Taisen games
Culdcept 2
Rune Jade
Black Matrix A/D
Puyo Puyo Fever
Shenmue 2
Evil Twin
Rez
Space Channel 5 Part 2
Angel Wish

Post by **Christuserloeser** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:58 am

DaMadFiddler wrote:
Zealous zerotype wrote:I gotta admit. I'm a shump fan and Border down just isn't enhhh fun. Another shump I'd recomend is psyvaria 2 really a lot of fun.
Haven't tried that one. I did play the 'Cube port of Chaos Field, though, and it was incredibly dull.

Hm, you can't really compare those two...

This is Psyvariar 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrpZOAsfWDY

and this is Chaos Field: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW5kGJDPYyI

There are sooo many games released in Japan but not in the US/EU. Anyway, to add to that list:

- Lack of Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pARffij0KaA

- Shikigami No Shiro II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1ZYGz8u9ts

- Tigger Heart Exelica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7hRAIxsVyM

- Napple Tale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGk3Le8OwKQ & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHozg8OCwOU

Juan · Post by **Juan** » Sat May 19, 2007 4:20 pm

Remember he asked for good games.
Psyvariar 2 is actually pretty nice.

RMD · Post by **RMD** » Sun May 20, 2007 1:09 am

Am I the only person in the world that thinks Border Down was really good?

cube_b3 · Post by **cube_b3** » Sun May 20, 2007 6:46 am

We should seriously make this into a sticky, along with the thread "where can I buy dreamcast games online and offline", as well as the thread "what is your favourite dreamcast game?".

Calavera · Post by **Calavera** » Sun May 20, 2007 1:02 pm

BILAL_XIA wrote:We should seriously make this into a sticky, along with the thread "where can I buy dreamcast games online and offline", as well as the thread "what is your favourite dreamcast game?".

But then nobody would ever create any new topics here.

Post by **Christuserloeser** » Sun May 20, 2007 1:06 pm

RMD wrote:Am I the only person in the world that thinks Border Down was really good?

No.

Juan wrote:Remember he asked for good games.

Yeah ? Somehow must have missed that when I dug out all the links for bad games. =P

Some more:

Puyo Puyo 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT_XuA76d2M

Puyo Puyo Fever - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivwYn2bnRBg

Hundred Swords - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUgpq_-zMvA

Bomber Hehhe - http://www.ntsc-uk.com/review.php?platf ... omberHehhe

Guilty Gear X - http://www.ntsc-uk.com/review.php?platf ... uiltyGearX

Cosmic Smash - http://www.ntsc-uk.com/review.php?platf ... osmicSmash

Fire Pro Wrestling D - http://www.ntsc-uk.com/review.php?platf ... e=FireProD

Dancing Blade - http://www.ntsc-uk.com/review.php?platf ... ncingBlade

The Lost Golem (Golem No Maigo) - http://gogamego.blogspot.com/2007/01/dr ... zzler.html

Communication Logic Battle Daisassen - http://dreamcast.ign.com/articles/163/163699p1.html

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Sun May 20, 2007 2:45 pm

Christuserloeser wrote:- Lack of Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pARffij0KaA

I have never heard of this game before.

I don't know how I'd never come across it before; the Dreamcast catalogue is small enough that I'd thought I had at least a basic understanding of every game that came out for the system.

But this is the first I've ever heard of this game.

And I MUST have it.