Sega is reintroducing the world to the delights of its classic 128bit console, one game at a time...
It is, apparently, the machine that will not die. A decade after Sega pulled the plug on Dreamcast, the 128bit, web-enabled beauty that opened the door to the connected console gaming era, is slowly creeping back into the public consciousness ? although by 'public' I mean 'overly nostalgic veteran gamers'. Crazy Taxi and Sonic Adventure are already available on XBLA and PSN, and earlier this week, it was revealed that groovy music game Space Channel 5 part 2 would soon be joining the DLC fun, accompanied by Sega Bass Fishing. Although the latter won't have its custom fishing rod controller, you'll still get to howl with laughter when the commentator screams, 'Oooh a tiddler' when you haul in a spectacularly small fish.
And now we have a trailer of Chu Chu Rocket, an iPad/iPhone remake of the brilliantly hectic four-player puzzler, due to hit the iTunes store next week. Dreamcast fanatics will no doubt recall the fun of changing arrow directions on the game's grid-like mazes in order to direct your chu chus away from the big cats and into their escape chutes. The iPad version will feature four-player fun on the same screen, while iPhone gets a Wi-Fi mode. Joystiq reckons multiplayer is a bit sluggish, but maybe that'll be sorted later.
Elsewhere, Marvel vs Capcom ? which made its home console debut on Dreamcast ? has been successfully reborn, while House of the Dead, Phantasy Star Online and Soul Calibre continue to lurk about on the periphery. So, what's next? We've already dreamed about Shenmue, but how about Sega's epic RPG Skies of Arcadia? I'd also go for Mars Matrix, Headhunter and Cosmic Smash ? all offbeat interesting titles. I might get bored of this subject one day. Today is not the day.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/oct/22/revenge-of-dreamcast
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