Projectiles and enemies are either dark or light, and you are able to flip your craft and align with either side. The legendary developer doubled down on the themes of light and shadow seen in Silhouette Mirage and transferred the mechanic to a mesmerising vertical shoot ‘em up which allows you to reverse the polarity of your craft to negotiate your way through a unique two-tone bullet hell. It’s a true work of art that still blows me away every time I revisit it. Treasure’s spiritual sequel to STV/Saturn classic Radiant Silvergun is a videogame that transcends the medium. Still standing the test of time to this day, this two-disc wonder is an essential get for the discerning ‘Cast buff. Skies was Sega’s ode to classic role-playing tropes with a wonderful stylised crew of unforgettable characters, terrific English localisation, and a genuine spirit of sky faring adventure. It is the very best the platform has to offer. However, you simply cannot look past Skies of Arcadia when it comes to the genre. There aren’t many JRPGs on the DC, and it feels bad not to mention the ground-breaking Phantasy Star Online. It is a crime that Capcom have not revisited this franchise. It has a zillion different weapons and environmental modifiers to discover. Best of all the gameplay is a never-boring riot. It’s utterly bonkers stages, some of which have multiple phases, have to be seen to be believed and still surprise and delight as much as they ever did. With a rich and diverse roster of sumptuously designed and resolutely Capcom-AF characters, Power Stone 2 is an absolutely astonishing piece of work. In an ideal world I would have included both Power Stone games in this list, but the sophomore Naomi arcade port is the Godfather Part II of 3D multiplayer fighters. All these years on it is still smooth as silk and a landmark fighter. It took an already wonderful game and improved it aesthetically and in terms of content and playability. Any list of essential games for the system has to have this perched on top of the pile. It looked mind blowing in its ultra-polished DC form. The PlayStation may have had a fabulous port of Soul Edge, but its Namco System 12 sequel upped the ante in just about every department. Soulcalibur (Namco, 1999)įor most people, this was the one that even from attract sequence alone, made them want to own a Dreamcast. I am going to lay out what I think are the top 10 best Dreamcast games released for the system.ĬHECK THIS OUT: Metroid Dread features a beautiful world with tight controls | Our review The top 10 best Dreamcast games: 10. I find myself returning to its catalogue of exceptional titles again and again. Those who did own or play one, and particularly those who, like me, grew up in and around amusement arcades dominated by Sega, found the Dreamcast an unforgettable machine. Many UK folk’s interactions with the Dreamcast brand would have been watching Thierry Henry parade the logo on his shirt in his debut season at Highbury. The sad thing about all this is that many gamers didn’t get to experience what a wonderful machine the Dreamcast was. Therefore, they decided to bow out of the console game forever, in order to live on. Sega knew that the PS2 would destroy them if they backed themselves in that bout. Particularly in the case of the latter, couldn’t stack up against the PlayStation. There was a mistrust of this new hardware, which followed Sega CD, 32X, and Saturn with their libraries. A lack of support from big hitters like EA a poorly executed advertising budget and of course consumers who perhaps understandably felt that the console was snake-bit. The reality was a perfect storm of trouble for Sega. Much has been written about the Dreamcast, in terms of what could have been, its decline, and why it failed.
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