I recently found out that today is the Dreamcast's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREAMCAST! It sits around on crowded shelves at the ripe old age of 9. Oh how those years fly but not everyone was able to enjoy it in its prime. I am one of those sad individuals which had to experience it late in its life. In its decline from greatness. A sad story, but with the sadness there is happiness which I do have.

Amazingly enough, my first time playing this game was right after I got my GameCube. I had a journalism class in high school where we didn't do any work. It got to the point where we would play emulators on the computers, watch movies (American History X but later got in trouble for), and I eventually brought in my GameCube for some Smash Bros. action. Yes, I whooped them daily.

But one day, someone brought in a fancy white console. It wasn't thin like a PSOne, but it was still revelant to my interests. The first game I remember him putting in was Powerstone. Pretty sure it was the first one, but regardless, it was fun. We didn't play it much cause class was about to end. With the following weeks, we played more titles on that console including quite a few burned copies including Street Fighter Alpha Rage Zero Omega Super Spectacular 3 and I was disappointed by the character line up. Who were these strangers? Do not want!

Now that was my first experience, but not my last and certainly not my most memorable. Senoir Panda or the Harassment variety offered to me his extra Dreamcast which I gladdly took. The only catch was that there was no av cables. But a working Dreamcast with a controller and a...different contoller, for free is right up my alley. Scowering eBay I got myself a cable, two additional controllers with a VMU (Visual Memory Unit for those uninformed), and a game to round it out. And what game would any self-respecting zombie lover get to get out the cob webs? You guessed it...





Typing of the Dead! Not only did I get a great deal on the game with a keyboard, I got TWO keyboards! Plug all the controllers in and get that memory card and it was amazing. Probably the best part about this all is something I heard about earlier. I did not expect the VMU to be that attractive. Just seeing their visual representation of the game couldn't stop me from smiling. It makes you want to try new games just to see what will happen there.

But this game is so memorable for being awesome. How can a fault a game where you have to type the most insane phrases EVER?! I remember going up against the second boss and had to tackle something that wasn't even a word. I swear it said, "Nymnsgnmmynsn." No lie. And I believe SEGA can see into the future because I had to type out "Grandma's Boy" at least twice.

Some of you might be saying, "but BlindsideDork, what about Resident Evil: Code Veronica?" I actually do have it for the GameCube and the Dreamcast (friend at Blockbuster long time ago hooked me up) But I needed instant, quick zombie killing and the Typing was the best place to go. It's instant win.




I can now never forget this beloved system and I think I need to go home and type some more zombies to death. Have you played your Dreamcast lately? If you haven't, what better day to do so than today?!