Post here every time you get something new!

ok I thought there was a lot of sarcasm going on here but thats some price!

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yeah but can you even do anything with it now.

The network play on the DCs Phantasy Star games was restored because of fan efforts though there are several communities running servers with different rules. Some leave the economy broken and exploitable and others are very white hat boy scout about it all.

Not all games that originally had online content are restored to "just like back in the day" but there are some that were exclusive to DC that I'd love to play.

That said, there are some complicated workarounds using the provided modem, to achieve the same thing, but the prices of buying a particular dial tone generator that is proven to work, and was only sold in the states.

Additionally I read PAL region DCs were supplied with 33k modems instead of everywhere else's 56k.* Which I don't know for fact, and even if true may not affect real world performance, originally. If true though it may scupper my attempts at a work around.

* The specifics of this are contradicted in several places, including in an uncited line on the Wikipedia article, but the long and short of it is I don't know how to test or tell with certainty if I've a 33k/33.6k modem or a 56k modem, nor can I tell if this would affect performance without buying myself a rather expensive experiment. The DC BBAs are well overpriced but on the off-chance one can be found cheaper than the silly market rate they're desirable.

TL;DR I want one, I am possibly a crazy person, these may be connected. :pac:

Achilles wrote: »

You're right about us getting 33.3k modems and Japan / USA getting full 56k modems.

I remember there being alot of debate about this back in the day and alot of people bitching that people would have an advantage over the Europeans when playing the likes of Quake 3 etc.

There was also some talk about this in Official Dreamcast Magazine at one point if I remember correctly. The next time I'm up in my Mother's house I must leaf through my collection of mags to see if I can pull something for ya.

Thanks, but thats not necessary.

Claimed dial up/modem/broadband speeds and actual speeds have never had any meaningful connection with each other, since its only one variable in overall network speed. I'm no network engineer but I know other stuff matters too, and its outside my control.

Besides, if I start caring I'll have to quit taking the p*ss out of the fighting game obsessives who argue about the delay between their wireless pad and their console affecting their win/loss stats or the FPS obsessives bitching about lag when really its all PEBKAC.

Compared to other expensive retrogaming dodads the DC modem isn't that high up my list, but it is the sort of thing I keep an eye out for to see if I can get one for a pauperly sum.

I carry a severed Cat 5 connector on a keyring in case I come across a Dreamcast in a car boot sale or second hand shop. If it fits its poker face time. :cool:

"How much for this ole console? What do you mean I can't test it, sure how do I know its workin' then? Does it even have all the wires? Where's the one that plugs into this then?!"

Steve SI wrote: »

I'm actually on the look out for 1 or 2 bband adapters for the DC right now.
Very pricey little items they are all right but I think now is the time to get one before the become ultra rare and ultra expensive.

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One bundled with a rare enough Dreamcast itself for a reasonable enough price right now considering that the BBA itself usually goes for more than this.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Sega-Dreamcast-RARE-Dream-Direct-Black-version-COMPLETE-w-BBA-extras-/221020418649?pt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameConsoles_VideoGameConsoles&hash=item3375d7f259

You could sell on the Dreamcast itself and make a nice profit.

Achilles wrote: »

One bundled with a rare enough Dreamcast itself for a reasonable enough price right now considering that the BBA itself usually goes for more than this.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Sega-Dreamcast-RARE-Dream-Direct-Black-version-COMPLETE-w-BBA-extras-/221020418649?pt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameConsoles_VideoGameConsoles&hash=item3375d7f259

You could sell on the Dreamcast itself and make a nice profit.

Didn't bid on that myself but I was watching. The bids in the last few seconds was something else. :eek:

I think it's worth playing the first one beforehand though.

EnterNow wrote: »

The DC BB adapter is the only way to properly take content from a GD-ROM afaik. I think you can back up your own collection perfectly this way, without relying on dodgy cut/stripped uploaded versions.

I didn't know that. I suppose that'd be another reason for driving up demand.

EnterNow wrote: »

What I know of it may be well outdated, but thats how DC games used to be ripped. There's pc-side software that can take the contents of the DC disc, through the DC & its BB adapter. The process could also last hours from what I know of it.

Yes you can do it that way all right. You can also use the SD card adapter to do the same but the speed is very slow on that link it connects to.


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Had these printed up for me last week by an ebay seller. He forgot to do it the way I asked so is sending a reprint to me. Still, thought I'd share anyway(All in A3 size).
DoDonPachi came out the best I think.



Wider view to give an idea of size.


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johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Akai Katana arrived today, along with this bad boy.



Grasshopper Manufacture's unusual and unpronounceable (in English) Evangelion rhythm game. Special edition comes with the soundtrack.

I'm liking it so far, especially the fact that you can unlock high res images of Evangelion bento. Geek out!

Evangelion has depths to its writing like nothing else. I'll always remember that line Rei has:

"I am not a doll."