Good DreamCast Games For A Nine Year Old Boy?

[BioMotor_Unitron]

A friend of mine is getting his son a DC for Christmas, and I am trying to figure out what games he ought to get to go with it. He does not do much with consoles, although he does have a SEGA Genesis, with stuff like Streets Of Rage II, Phantasy Star IV, the Sonic games, Golden Axe, etc. He is not really into head-to-head fighters like Street Fighter II S.C.E., although he does have that one.

On PC, his tastes run more to Diablo II, TRIBES, Counter-Strike, StarCraft, Unreal Tournament 2003, Angband, etc.

For starters I was thinking perhaps Gauntlet Legends, Zombie's Revenge, Grandia II, and Jet Grind Radio, as well as Crazy Taxi. Perhaps HydroThunder and Rush 2049, as well. I thought about adding Skies Of Arcadia to the list, but I think the frequent random encounters would frustrate him a bit.

[Andy]

Well I was going to walk in here and throw around some names like Sonic Adventure, Super Magnetic Neo, Chu Chu Rocket, and Toy Commander, and Evolution, but then I read what he likes. Uh... Record of Lodoss War? And uh... *draws blank*

[EightBit]

Games my nephews enjoy playing are, Crazy Taxi, Ecco, Sonic Adventure 1&2, Jet Grind Radio and Soul Calibur.


Though I would also recomend Rayman 2.... perhaps he might not like it if his tastes skew tword Diablo... whatever. MDK2 might frustrate him, but its worth a go too. Might want to give Silver a go too. Seaman or Shenmue perhaps? I dunno.. for a nine year old he seems to have "diffrent" tastes.

Z-roe

[Viper]

I'd recommend he check out Chu Chu Rocket, Test Drive: Le Mans, Record of Lodoss War, Quake III: Arena (assuming he can handle the violence, and I think he can), Sonic Adventure 1 & 2 and Soul Calibur. They cover a fairly broad range of genres, are easy to get into, and are all top notch stuff with plenty of depth and longevity.

[OmegaFlareX]

Originally posted by BioMotor_Unitron
On PC, his tastes run more to Diablo II, TRIBES, Counter-Strike, StarCraft, Unreal Tournament 2003, Angband, etc.

Wow! That's just a knock-down, kick-ass, awesome parenting job. I weep for the future.

Tell your vastly responsible friend to buy his 9-year-old some DC games that DON'T have the big "M" on them. That should do fine.

[Wildkat]

Owning a DC without owning Soul Calibur is wrong, just simply wrong.

That 9-year old seems to be on the violent side... Kids these days..

[Dolemite]

Illbleed. Children love Illbleed.

[Flatline Affair]

Originally posted by Dolemite
Illbleed. Children love Illbleed.

And all this time I was under the impression that nobody liked it.

[Korian]

Seaman is fun for the whole family, really it is!

[Dolemite]

Yes, Seamen shot out of Sega and the gaming world was happy to swallow it's goodness. Sega certainly had a salty development team working on this game, and they deserve a pearl necklace for their efforts.