I'm always surprised at how people mod old hardware. This one doesn't seem necessarily too impressive though.

In before death threats after telling people to "get over the Dreamcast"...

Someone seems a bit cranky today :/

I dunno dale about the localization....Sega DID make the Nomad....*shudder*

So that's where my toilet seat went.

That looks like the best home pregnancy test ever.

Looks like it was modded from a weight scale, but pretty awesome that it exists. You could still get one of the new and pretty JP models of the ps3 for the same price, though

@Wakatashi
.....
Please die?

Wow you're really not liking this huh

@CAPTAlN N
Ha, that's what I got from it too.

That does not look comfortable to hold at all. Technically impressive, but it looks like they put no thought into the design. I've seen nicer looking educational toys for three-year-olds.

Yeah guys, stop having fun however you want. MOVE ON.

*fires up Heavy Metal Geomatrix*

@Dale
Finally someone who speaks the truth! The system has been dead for10 years get over it people.

@Wakatashi
I don't know if that's a Doc Holliday reference, but I love you either way.

I'll get it in poundstretcher.

I think it might be wiser to just wait for a DC emulator for android. You know it will eventually happen.

We didn't all like the Dreamcast, FYI. It wasn't really that good of a console. It had a few games that I suppose could be classics, but overall, it was pretty mediocre.

You seem a little irritable, Dale. You got some sand in your vagina?

Man, every trendy game goes in this cycle now, huh? First it's trendy to love the Dreamcast when it first comes out, then everyone turns their eyes toward the PS2. Then when the Dreamcast dies everyone laments its departure and blames each other for it. Once we hit the ten year anniversary and it becomes the trendiest of trends to be one of few who actually owned a Dreamcast, it's only a matter of time before people decide to be non-conformists and tell everyone to get over it already. "In fact, I NEVER liked it!"

I will never back down on the DC. I'm not gonna climb down anyone's throats for disliking it, but all my kingdom for some consistency. I just can't keep up anymore.

@SpunkyLoveChild

Have you actually got some examples of the same people changing their minds? I always hate that argument that "OMG THE TRENDS CHANGE" when they're in fact different people with different opinions so people aren't in fact part of some giant hive-mind.

"No, Sega would never green light anything this chunky and knoby."

um...

I'm pretty sure every A, B, and even C list good game for the Dreamcast has either been revived (psn, xbla, wiiware, etc.) already or has had a sequel (if not several) at this point.

I liked the saturn design, not so the games.

I've been playing Saturn and N64 the last few days and they really suck now.... Old systems like Dreamcast and the aformentioned were replaced for a reason... while they were great back in the day, the age really shows, especially when you've been playing L.A. Noire all night and then you flip on super mario 64 the next morning....

Don't get me wrong though, they are classics.... I skipped the Dreamcast personally, in favor of Xbox and PS2, but I loved my master system, Genesis and Saturn just as much as the next old school gamer out there.

$470? Hell, you can buy an actual Dreamcast console for less. Not sure why someone would pay for this.

I gave my old Dreamcast and games away last year (to another Dtoider). As you've said, mine sat in a closet and was never used. I plugged it in and played on the Dreamcast's anniversary and realized that I didn't want to sit through load screens and play old games. I would rather spend my time with the more current offerings.

Original MvC on my shitter? Sold. Wait, how much?

for a website that's so hot for games with "retro" sensibilities this kind of shocks me
it's just fun, seriously
I've been thinking about purchasing my own dreamcast for a while because it'd be cheap and a really nice thing to have around for me since I enjoy the only dreamcast games I've had
I dont think that makes me someone who can't "get over the past" or whatever, just a fan

This thing gets way too much accolade. It put Sega out of business, more or less.

It's not a bad console, but I hate it when people froth at the mouth over it.

Well, I still use my Dreamcast. I'd think any arcade gamer (which would include shmup and 2D Fighter players) should still use their Dreamcast. There's still tons of games that haven't been ported, and likely never will be.

Also, I've already seen some portable Dreamcasts that were a lot more eye-pleasing than this. I'd never buy one, because what's the point of a Dreamcast if you can't hook an arcade stick to it? Jet Grind Radio, that's about it.

@the7k

Which dreamcast games haven't been ported or haven't gotten a sequel that were actually great?

@MasterBalls
The Dreamcast would have saved Sega - the problem is that Bernie Stolar's massive mishandling of everything post-Genesis caused WAY too much financial problems. They didn't have a chance in hell.

Bernie went out of his way to prevent RPGs from getting on the Saturn, for instance, because he was convinced Americans wouldn't play them. And this was AFTER Final Fantasy VII came out. It's because of this that when the Dreamcast came out, a lot of Third-Parties (like EA) refused to join because of how much the corporate heads fucked up the Saturn's lifespan.

THAT'S why Sega went under. The Dreamcast was their last chance - they just didn't stand a chance because three generations of fuckups can't be fixed by a console that was on par with the PS2 even before the PS2 came out.

@Malik
Marvel vs Capcom 1 (If you say "Just play MvC2", you obviously haven't played MvC1.)
Jet Grind Radio (If you say "Just play JSRF", you obviously haven't played JGR.)
Power Stone & Power Stone 2 (They may have technically been ported to the PSP, but I'd like to see 4 people gathered around a PSP screen and having nearly the amount of fun they'd have on a big screen TV with Power Stone 2.)
Vampire Chronicle (Again, may have technically been ported to the PSP, but what good is a 6-button fighter without the ability to use a fight pad or arcade stick? Answer: None.)
Cannon Spike (It's like a top-down beat 'em up mixed with a shmup. Pure Awesome.)
Cosmic Smash (It's like Virtua Tennis mixed with Arkanoid. It's fun as hell.)
Giga Wing, Giga Wing 2 (Any shmup fun should know of these.)
Project Justice - Rival Schools 2 (Before SF4, this series was proof that you could do a 2D fighter in 3D space - and make it fun. Hell, I prefer this series over SF4 leaps and bounds.)
Shenmue. (Seriously, do I need to explain this?)
Tech Romancer (A strange 3D fighter that would make any anime fan nerdgasm.)
Street Fighter III: Double Impact (It's still the only way to experience New Generations and Second Impact at home. Legally, anyway.)

@PhilK3nS3bb3n

You can already do that with a PSP.

"Look, we all liked the Dreamcast."

I didn't. It definitely was a step up from the Saturn, but still... I stopped caring about Sega after the Genesis.

Looks like something that Ben Heck has hacked up.

@the7k

So basically a bunch of fighting games that were either ported, on the PS1 or have several other versions of the series? Outside of Jet Grind Radio, I can't really sympathize.

@Malik
Again, did you play those ports? Obviously not, if you think the PS1 port of MvC1 is even 25% as good as the Dreamcast port.

Also, NO, NOT JUST A BUNCH OF FIGHTING GAMES! Cosmic Smash, Cannon Spike, Giga Wing, Shenmue and several others on that list were obvious not fighting games.

Bah. If you aren't going to pay attention, why bother.

@Master Snake
Honestly, I consider the Saturn the best Sega system, Dreamcast a close second, with the Genesis only slightly better than the Master System.

@BoneClaw: True and I can get my bloody roar on as well, but some bag of dicks stole my psp. Don't cry for me though. Rocking a 3DS now. I gets my ssf4 and my valkyrie on while I shit these days.

@The7k
Babeh I luv you.

With the7k all the way on that. I've seen better Dreamcast portables, but I've also seen far worse. I personally don't want one, but come on Dale, it could be MUCH worse. Most portables on BenHeck sell for like $600+. Now if they gave it an Atrix-like fighting stick dock...

I refuse to get over that shit. I still play my dreamcast more than most modern consoles

I agree with Dale, nobody denies the Dreamcast didn't have its good share of nice games, but it's a ten year old console that people are asking almost 500 for, when you can get an original for a whole lot less.

I loved my green-screen brick Game Boy of four AA batteries, but it's time to move on. MOVE ON PEOPLE.

SHUDDUP DALE D=! give me 10 of those!

Dreamcast emulator will probably be available for iOS next gen, and owning a dc and several games, that'll be my portable dc

Apparently I shouldn't play any of the hundreds of games I missed out on just because there is something newer. In my mind it's still the PS2 era, you know that time when there was a constant stream of good games coming out and people could make a creative game that would still sell well?

I would look so cool pulling that out in the train.

@PhilK3nS3bb3n

I hope it wasn't snatched from you while you were on the shitter. That's just trauma.

Also, I was shitter-gaming Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition on a TurboExpress before shitter-gaming was hot.

There's something American Standard about this design. You know, the toilet company?

"...and there's that nifty DC collection that was recently released on Xbox 360."

That was a very limited Collection. No Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue, Sonic Adventure 2, Rez or Jet Grind Radio? Sega's Bass Fishing over any of those games? Or even the odd send-off Segagaga?

Even great DC third-part games like Mars Matrix, Record of Lodoss War, Grandia 2, Capcom vs. SNK are missing from PSN/XBL/Whatever.

Street Fighter III: Third Strike is getting an online version so that's something less out of the ol' DC strack.

One thing that I like the Dreamcast that because many of the games are somewhat more arcade and hardcore they tend to stand repeated plays even if some of the game's graphics don't hold up to modern games.

Yeah... I think I'll wait for the PS Vitamin Water

Re-master Shenmue and Sega Bass Fishing (Best Drinking Game Ever) in HD and then "may be" I'll consider getting rid of my Dreamcast..
If not it's here to stay.

It's ugly, but I don't consider playing old video games as not being able to "get over the past". Dreamcast had some amazing games and got a lot more play than my PS2 for the first couple years I had my PS2.