Another friendly reminder!
Leave it up to The Beatles to upstage a very, very important anniversary that that we should all be celebrating. On 9/9/09 -- sure, a certain music-rhythm game is due out. But it's also the Dreamcast's 10-year anniversary.
Did that reminder just fill your little body with shivers of nerd glee? Good -- you're the right person for the job.
We need Bitmob community members to write about the Dreamcast...however they want. Lists of great games? Personal anecdotes? Reviews? Retrospectives? Cartoons? Poems? Tales of dead VMUs? R-rated fan fiction about your forbidden love for the hardware? (Sorry, we have this on the mind....)
Post it and we'll promote the best stuff to a special Bitmob Spotlight: Dreamcast Edition or to the front page itself. Or at the very least, you'll have your article up in the Mobfeed for everyone to read.
Get your stories up before Sunday, September 6 to make it in time for our week-long celebration. And don't forget to tag them "Dreamcast" (without the quotes)!
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I posted a Dreamcast Retrospective about a week ago. I had such a great time writing about it. I can't wait to re-hook it to celebrate the 10th ani!
Man, the Dreamcast was my first true love when it comes to game consoles. No system before it gave me so many enjoyable hours of awesomeness. I'll see what I can crank up before the deadline!
Dreamcast, what a ride that was. I still have a serious DC collection and I also have a good ideaq for a blog to celebrate the big 10 year anniversary!
Oh man. The mighty DC. It ruined my last year in high school. I may have to write something about that, haha.
I played my dreamcast for 8 years until it finally gave up on me last year. During the 8 years, i used this trick to keep it alive.
I downloaded all the rare dreamcast games off torrents and tried to finish every one of them on easy mode. I miss the old SEGA games and Yu Suzuki.
I downloaded all the rare dreamcast games off torrents and tried to finish every one of them on easy mode. I miss the old SEGA games and Yu Suzuki.
..I really wish i didn't leave my Dreamcast in Canada, now that i'm working in Singapore. Still, good times.......
The Dreamcast to me was one of the last gaming consoles. Unlike today's consoles that are more geared as an entertainment system, the DC was all gaming and nothing else. Between the great DC magazine that I remember reading to the downloading of games, I felt the DC was a gem. Seeing Japan to pump out games is a true testament to how many people loved the console. I feel today though the console is dead and the company only a shell of what it once was, being able to download the games and burn them now opens a whole new door for people who couldn't enjoy them before. I still crank up my system once and a while. I'll never sell mine.
I'm a member here and I would really like to contribute to the DC remembrance stuff.
Question: I run a video game newsletter in my spare time and one of my early issues completely focused on the Dreamcast. Is it cool to repost that here for consideration?
I have no problems re-posting my own work and I would be more than happy to give Bitmob permission. After all, it's for the Dreamcast, one of the best systems ever made.
Question: I run a video game newsletter in my spare time and one of my early issues completely focused on the Dreamcast. Is it cool to repost that here for consideration?
I have no problems re-posting my own work and I would be more than happy to give Bitmob permission. After all, it's for the Dreamcast, one of the best systems ever made.
I had one, I can hardly remember any game I played on it I'm afraid. Sonic maybe? but I remember it being quite rubbish,
I remember the stupid little memory units with tiny crappy pictures on them. I would love to hear what people hold dear about this system and what I missed out on. I just hope it isn't enough to make me buy another one! That has happened with with the SNES, the Megadrive and the PS2 so far... we shall see, I'll check Ebay before reading these articles..
I remember the stupid little memory units with tiny crappy pictures on them. I would love to hear what people hold dear about this system and what I missed out on. I just hope it isn't enough to make me buy another one! That has happened with with the SNES, the Megadrive and the PS2 so far... we shall see, I'll check Ebay before reading these articles..
@Lyndsey: Sorry for the late reply! But generally speaking, that's OK as long as you have the complete rights to repost the story (i.e., the work belongs to you).
The only thing is, we don't like to encourage reposting if the story's available elsewhere *online*. Reason: We get dinged by search engines if they see us running duplicate content. But we have no policy against this otherwise.
Thanks! Looking forward to your stuff. And everyone's stuff.
The only thing is, we don't like to encourage reposting if the story's available elsewhere *online*. Reason: We get dinged by search engines if they see us running duplicate content. But we have no policy against this otherwise.
Thanks! Looking forward to your stuff. And everyone's stuff.
@Dan: Thanks for the reply. I will probably write something new instead. I liked my stuff the first time around but it can always be said differently.
I wonder, are the Area 5 guys going to do something on the Dreamcast as well? I watch them every week and just saw the Super Metroid discussion so this would be the perfect time for ya'll to get together again and talk DC. Well, when they get back from PAX, that is.
I wonder, are the Area 5 guys going to do something on the Dreamcast as well? I watch them every week and just saw the Super Metroid discussion so this would be the perfect time for ya'll to get together again and talk DC. Well, when they get back from PAX, that is.
Shoe, can you clarify when exactly the deadline is? The article says before Sunday, September 6 - so does that mean the deadline is 11:59 PM on Saturday night?
I'm asking because I just got an idea that I'd be hard-pressed to finish on Saturday, but could probably post on Sunday.
I'm asking because I just got an idea that I'd be hard-pressed to finish on Saturday, but could probably post on Sunday.
This machine was half dream and half cast,
But who knew it would be Sega's last,
For with fighting games being all the rage,
The DreamCast should have taken center stage,
After all, how could you fail with Street Fighter III,
It was the finest of all brawlers, and done in 2D,
Blame it on Sony, with their damn PlayStation 2,
Why thanks to them, Sega couldn't make it to 2002,
I do say thanks for the memories as I lay my VMU to rest,
For now Sega purely does software, and that's their best,
And with that, Sonic and gang look forward to their next unveil,
Now all consoles are fair game, which is good for Paul Gale.
But who knew it would be Sega's last,
For with fighting games being all the rage,
The DreamCast should have taken center stage,
After all, how could you fail with Street Fighter III,
It was the finest of all brawlers, and done in 2D,
Blame it on Sony, with their damn PlayStation 2,
Why thanks to them, Sega couldn't make it to 2002,
I do say thanks for the memories as I lay my VMU to rest,
For now Sega purely does software, and that's their best,
And with that, Sonic and gang look forward to their next unveil,
Now all consoles are fair game, which is good for Paul Gale.
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