How Genuine is the Henshin Engine Kickstarter?
Here at The Dreamcast Junkyard, we've always been one of the first to support funding for indie Dreamcast developers, with both our own hard earned cash and publicity via our website, Twitter account,...
View ArticleA Closer Look At The Dreamcast MP3 Player
By now, it's common knowledge (well, in the Dreamcast community - probably not down the local pub) that Sega was planning some kind of Dreamcast MP3 player. The device would likely have connected to...
View ArticleTime for some Grandia II...ness
To say I've been putting off playing Grandia II would be an understatement - the game's sat on my shelf for upward of a year now, with only a few plays on it so far. The idea of playing a JRPG on the...
View ArticleNew Dreamcast Game Revealed: In The Line Of Fire
A few months ago we showed off some images of a brand new first person shooter that didn't actually have a name. If you don't know what I'm talking about, cast your mind back to those pictures of the...
View ArticleSomeone is turning the Dreamcast version of Re-Volt into Mario Kart
There's not really much more to add. There's a guy, and he's modding the Dreamcast version of Acclaim's radio controlled racer Re-Volt to look and play like Nintendo's flagship kart 'em up. It's early...
View ArticleThe DCJY Top 200 Games 2016: Your Vote Counts!
It's that time again folks. As the DCJY family has grown in the past few years, with listeners to the DreamPod, members of a Facebook group and new Twitter followers coming onboard to enjoy the tripe...
View ArticlePlay Expo Manchester 2016 Show Report
The weekend of the 8th and 9th of October 2016 saw Replay Events' huge Play Expo gaming event return to the north west of England, with Play Expo Manchester. The event has been a staple of the gaming...
View ArticleHankyAlienDC: A New Homebrew Space Invaders Clone
This one kinda came out of nowhere, but there's a new Space Invaders clone available for the Dreamcast and it can be downloaded for free. The work of a lone hobbyist coder known as ant512 on the DC...
View ArticleA Quick Look At Former Managing Director Yukawa's Treasure Hunt
Mr Yukawa. The man, the myth, the legend. But who was he, really? Well, Hidekazu Yukawa was the senior managing director of Sega Japan during the early part of the Dreamcast's reign, and he was used...
View ArticleDreamPod - Episode 40
[iTunes][Stitcher][Buzzsprout][UK Podcast Directory][YouTube] You can find all of our previous episodes of DreamPod here, and there's more information regarding our exploits at Play Expo Manchester...
View ArticleResurrecting DcVD: Dreamcast Video Disc
What if DVDs never existed? Maybe Sega would have followed through with their speculated plans for a Dreamcast Video Disc (DcVD) - an alternative video format similar to Video CD, but one which...
View ArticleA Closer Look At The Dreamcast Memory Card 4X
There are tonnes of third party memory cards for the Dreamcast, almost all of which don't feature the same monochrome LCD display and internal wizardry of the official VMU. There are also a plethora of...
View ArticleClassic Gaming Volume 2 Features The Dreamcast
The latest instalment of Future Publishing's retro gaming bookazine has hit the shops, and this time it features our beloved Dreamcast. Gamesradar Classic Gaming Volume 2 is 144 pages of retro...
View ArticleTop 200 Dreamcast Games 2016 Voting Is Now Closed!
Just a short info post this. We're updating our Top 200 Dreamcast Games list and we asked for votes from you, the readers of this fine blog to help us compile the definitive list. Well, you answered...
View ArticleThe Lost Content Of Soul Calibur (Now Found!)
Man, I love the Internet Archive's Way Back Machine. It's literally a real-life version of the chronoscope as described in Isaac Asimov's short story, The Dead Past. Well, not quite...but you get the...
View ArticleA Quick Look At What's Shenmue
What's Shenmue? A good question. What is Shenmue? Is it a game? Is it an interactive movie? Is it a cultural phenomenon that has built up so much of a frenzied mythical status that nobody even...
View ArticleTop 10 Indie Dreamcast Games 2016 - As Voted By You!
The votes are in, and whilst we work feverishly away at putting the final touches to the Top 200 Dreamcast Games 2016 results, we thought it was about time to bring you the other half of our 2016...
View ArticleRetro Gaming: Crossing Over To The Dark Side
Hate collectors who don’t play the retro video games they own? Then read this...The cellular makeup of a human being, not counting neurons in the cerebral cortex, is constantly in flux, with cells...
View ArticleThe Top 200 Dreamcast Games 2016 - As Voted By You!
We asked. You voted. And boy...did you vote! The Top 200 Dreamcast Games ballot has been counted and compiled, and laid out with with a tonne of stats and interesting insights. I would like to thank...
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