Streets of Rage: Video of Cancelled Proto by Ruffian Games

Also, I was watching some footage of the Jap-exclusive Dynamite Deka 3 and holy shit they turned up the weird factor to the extreme for that game. Dynamite Cop is goofy already, but goddamn, they lost their mind making the third game. No wonder it never came to the USA.

The PS2 Sega Ages Die Hard Arcade remake really should've hit US soil, though. I guess SEGA just didn't want to pay licensing fees for the movie/actor rights.

A lot of those Ages releases should have hit the US. It's a shame only the early, kinda iffy ones did.

Just think of what could have been done with the Ages series- unified trade dress, numbered spines, and a regular release schedule would have driven collectors nuts. In a good way. We could have made fun of anyone having the whole set while wishing deep in the pit of our souls that we could have somehow justified it. *sigh*

So anyway, yeah, same lesson as always- Sega hates money.

James

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Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me

THE WARRIORS is where beat 'em ups were going and where beat' em ups stopped.

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Fixed that for you.

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Originally Posted by kedawa

You might find the VMU save on one of the homebrew utility discs that are out there.

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Thanks for the tip. I downloaded Dream Explorer, burned it, and found a shit-ton of saves preloaded on the program. I don't think I'll ever need to connect my Dreamcast to the Internet again!

Cindy is back in Dynamite Cop where she belongs! I see the DLC also added some extra weapons to the game. Dreamcast was even ahead of its time when it comes to downloadable content.

Are there any other cool Dreamcast apps out there? I haven't really kept up with the scene in years. What program do people use for booting up imports these days? I used to have a Gameshark Lite but I sold it and fuck paying for one of those again.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

A lot of those Ages releases should have hit the US. It's a shame only the early, kinda iffy ones did.

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Alien Syndrome isn't that good. Your player just doesn't cover ground as fast, so it becomes impossible to save all hostages in the time limit. The Out Run remake is OK.

The later ones like Quartet/SDI, Galaxy Force, Gunstar Heroes (with Alien Soldier & Dynamite Headdy), & Space Harrier Complete Collection all begged to be put on some compilation for the US. The first Ages pack for the NA PS2 unfortunately skips After Burner & Gain Ground, which look reasonably good. Hokuto no Ken & Puyo Puyo being cut don't come as a shock, since I think SoA were too cheap to pay the license cost.

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Originally Posted by jyoung

Thanks for the tip. I downloaded Dream Explorer, burned it, and found a shit-ton of saves preloaded on the program. I don't think I'll ever need to connect my Dreamcast to the Internet again!

Cindy is back in Dynamite Cop where she belongs! I see the DLC also added some extra weapons to the game. Dreamcast was even ahead of its time when it comes to downloadable content.

Are there any other cool Dreamcast apps out there? I haven't really kept up with the scene in years. What program do people use for booting up imports these days? I used to have a Gameshark Lite but I sold it and fuck paying for one of those again.

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The one I use is just called Dreamcast CD Loader, but it's often referred to as Utopia Boot CD. There's a VGA version as well that attempts to put every game in VGA mode, so that you don't need to do any cable swapping tricks to force VGA.
Beyond that I don't know what you would even need. NTSC Enforcer might came in handy if you have PAL games, and there are special start up discs for the SD card adapter if you have one of those.