![]() ![]() Of course, by industry standards, this assessment was bang on the money. Flicking through the pages of the multitude of gaming magazines that were vying for market share at the time, readers were presented with a journalistic consensus that the Dreamcast was well and truly dead (note: for younger members of the audience, magazines were bounded sheets of paper with writing and artwork printed on them). When Sega pulled the plug on the Dreamcast in 2001, few would have predicted that our beloved little white box would still be pushing out new titles 20 years later. ![]() Here, Laurence Goodchild (aka Lozzdude) takes a look at the burgeoning commercial indie scene that has furnished the Sega Dreamcast with some of the finest examples of independently developed games on any system. We love to feature guest articles here at the Junkyard, and are always keen to hear from readers who would like to submit something for publication. It's a true to the era racer which rewards forward thinking and careful driving - something sim racers will appreciate. The sad truth is that 99% of people won't play it long enough to experience where its strengths really are. Spirit Of Speed 1937 is the Dark Souls of racing games. A true Midway game that doesn't take itself too seriously, Rush 2049 is easily one of the best racers on the platform. It looks great, the tracks are full of inventive shortcuts and hidden nooks and crannies, and the actual racing is tight and exciting. Rush 2049 embodies everything an arcade racer on Dreamcast should be. Blue Stinger is Shinya Nishigaki and Climax Graphics' endearing homage/parody of Hollywood action and sci-fi cinema, and it plays wonderfully as a B-movie beat-em-up today. In the decades since, it has emerged a cult classic in its own right. Upon its release, Blue Stinger was widely misunderstood and critically dismissed under the umbrella of its survival horror contemporaries. Let's hear what some of the team had to say about these games. Blue Stinger takes place in the year 2000, so each represents a very different era, though released within a short space of each other in reality. One thing they all have in common? A commitment to a particular time. Blue Stinger, San Francisco Rush 2049 & Spirit of Speed 1937 (Joint)Ī trio of titles start us off, a couple of which often split the opinion of fans. Our first entry is the only joint entry, seeing three games share 19th place.ġ9. I'll link you to the spreadsheet itself at the end of this article so you can see the full list of games and how everyone voted, for your agreement or ridicule, but first let us count down these games from last to first. The end result is very interesting! We think there's something here for everyone, and if these were the only games in your collection most people would be pretty happy! There are some surprises, and a few things that, if you've ever listened to the DreamPod, you will not at all be surprised about. ![]() I then employed some magic formulas to tally up the totals to give us a definitive top 21 games, using the number of times a game was voted for as a tie-breaker where necessary. I took these and did what I seemingly love to do now as I approach my forties - I made a spreadsheet! Everyone's top picks received a score of 10, 2nd place got 9, and so on. What did WE vote as our top ten Dreamcast games, and how does that look when compiled into a list? Well, let's find out shall we?Īlong with myself, I asked Tom, Mike, Brian, Lewis, Kev, James H, James J, Mark and Rich to list their ten favourite Dreamcast titles in order. With our 2022 Top 200 Dreamcast Games poll coming to a close at the end of March, coinciding with the 21st anniversary of our beloved console’s discontinuation (I would say RIP but she is very much still alive and kicking, if you've been paying attention to anything we've been reporting on in the last few years!), I thought it was time for a peek into the minds of the staff here at The Dreamcast Junkyard.
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