Do You Own a Dreamcast? What Game Drew You In?

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stealthrush:
Yes, actually stood in line 9/9/99 official US release date to purchase it, it came with a large t-shirt with the logo on it. Still have my original system from back then today, although the laser is weaker.

What made me interested in the system and wanting to buy one was the fact I was a regular at the arcade venue where I live. I remember playing games such as Power Stone, Street Fighter 3, and Marvel vs Capcom being in awe how awesome these three fighters were. A few weeks before the launch also played demos of Sonic Adventure, Marvel vs Capcom at Toy's R Us retail store.

This was really the next-generation system having the specs and graphics to push all the boundaries at the time for a home-console. I became a SEGA fan (from being a NINTENDO fan owning a NES, GB, SNES) since owning a SAT first, playing AM2 arcade classics, and reading video-game magazines upon the upcoming 128-bit powerhouse.

Sega Dreamcast is one of my top five favorite consoles of all-time, with a strong library of arcade ports that converted smoothly thanks to Naomi board. Other arcade games I've played were; Spawn in the demon's hand, Tech Romancer, Soulcalibur, Dead or Alive 2, The House of the Dead 2 that were to come home on the system.

Years later when PS2 was released my friend gave me all of his controllers, VMUs, and a few games. I would discover the Japanese imported games that were never released here and would enjoy the system even more.

bfbeam:
I feel like the hardware drew me in first and then the games. I really liked the look of the console, the weird controller/memory card, and was sucked into the hype people had when talking about it. The first games I deliberately set out to get for it were Crazy Taxi and Shenmue just so I had two really solid staples of the game library. The game that really got me excited though was The Typing of the Dead. It was a quirky concept that I couldn't pass up! Just wish I had a better keyboard for it that the keys don't get stuck on.

hoshichiri:
Several years ago, I had a co-worker as k me if I owned a Dreamcast. I said no. He said oh, that he'd found a bunch of old Dreamcast games he didn't want anymore & was going to offer them to me, but if I didn't have the system... I said for free games I'd go buy a system. So I did! I don't remember all of what I got- it was around 10-15 games. I know there was Record of Lodoss War, Shenmue, and a European Shenmue 2 with a boot disc.

I know it was right around when Gamestop discontinued Dreamcast games, becuase I stopped in to buy some more VMUs and got a copy of Evolution 2- I didn't have the first one, but it was a good deal and looked like my kind of game. I got home, took off the tape holding the case closed... and an extra disc fell out. There was a copy of Evolution in the case with the Evolution 2 disc. All in all, I got a good start when I got my Dreamcast.

shfan:
Yeah, it was probably Code Veronica that grabbed my interest too, along with Zombie Revenge.

kashell:
The Dreamcast is quite lovely. I don't play mine as much as I should. The game that drew me in initially was Skies of Arcadia.

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