Some Metropolis Street Racer Details You May Have Missed
Yes, I'm writing another post about Metropolis Street Racer. I simply refuse to apologise for it, and that's because this is a game I adore. The world of MSR just feels so tangible, so credible and so...
View ArticleThe Great MSR Missing Persons Poster Hunt
Once again, I start this post with an apology. Mere days ago I wrote about the hidden delights in Bizarre Creations' fantastic Dreamcast-exclusive racing game Metropolis Street Racer; but I thought...
View ArticleHardware Review: GD-ROM & Compact Flash Modded Dreamcast
Technology fails. It's as simple as that. With the passage of time, and daily wear and tear, eventually even the most robust equipment will suffer a breakdown. We can do plenty to prevent this atrophy,...
View ArticleOnline Gaming On The Dreamcast Is As Easy As Pi
I'm going to start this post with a confession. I never played online with the Dreamcast during the console's natural lifespan. The main reason was that we only had one phone line in the house and I...
View ArticleSenile Team Launches Intrepid Izzy Kickstarter Campaign
Intrepid Izzy is the latest title from Senile Team, creators of the excellent Rush Rush Rally Racing franchise and Beats of Rage engine. We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Roel van Mastbergen...
View ArticleWhen Love For The Dreamcast Dies...
We’ve all got our Dreamcast back story. Some of us bought it at launch, having bought every Sega console since the Master System, including the 32X and Mega CD. Some of us were beguiled by the...
View ArticleA Metropolis Street Racer Treasure Trove
OK, this is the third Metropolis Street Racer related article I've posted here in the space of a fortnight, but this time I think you'll thank me for it, rather than shake your head in disgust before...
View ArticleDreamcastnoid Gets Mini CD Retail Release
Back in 2016, DCJAM invited homebrew coders to let their imaginations run wild and create a host of new and original games for the Dreamcast. One of these was Dreamcastnoid: 128 Bit Wars from Alfonso...
View ArticleA Quick Look At Centipede
Centipede for the Dreamcast is a curious title for a couple of reasons. It's part of what is, for all intents and purposes, a sort of trilogy of retro reboots that includes two other properties with...
View ArticleThe Awesome Dreamcast Kiosks & Display Cases We Never Saw
Kiosks were - and still are - a major part of any console's armoury when trying to woo potential buyers. Go into any game store these days and you'll undoubtedly see a PlayStation 4 or an Xbox One set...
View ArticlePreview: Intrepid Izzy
Recently we reported on the new Kickstarter campaign from Senile Team, the same studio behind one of the Dreamcast's greatest indie titles - Rush Rush Rally Racing. The new project, Intrepid Izzy is a...
View ArticleFalling In Love Again...
Where my Dreamcast collection was headed..If you read my last post here at the Junkyard, you'll know that I had transitioned from an obsessive Dreamcast collector/hoarder of extreme proportions, to...
View ArticlePOD 2 Is Back Online
Hey there. Just me again. Erm...there's another online Dreamcast game back online and this time it's POD 2 (you'll know it as POD: Speedzone if you're from the colonies). Personally I've only ever...
View ArticleThe Mr Yukawa Dreamcast TV Commercials Have Been Translated
You. You there, reading this nonsense right now. Yes you! Do you know who Mr Yukawa is? Of course you do - he's the total legend of a bloke who not only ran Sega Japan back in the day (or something),...
View ArticleCave Story: The Dreamcast's Subterranean Gem
What's in a name? Quite a bit, actually. While some games available for the Dreamcast have pretty descriptive titles - Crazy Taxi, for example - others are sure to leave uninitiated gamers scratching...
View ArticleA Strange Bizarre Creations CD Appears...
We've covered Metropolis Street Racer with alarming regularity in the recent past, looking at some cool locations and trackside details you may have missed; the mystery of the hidden missing persons...
View ArticleThe Email That Signalled The End Of The Dreamcast
We recently looked at the steady trickle of press releases that were delivered to media outlets, in which Sega's plans to reposition itself as a third party developer and publisher were revealed. As...
View ArticleArtist Owns Inktober With Series Of Shenmue Watercolours
Inktober is an online initiative which challenges the more artistic among us to pick up a pen (or a pencil/brush/pile of elephant dung) and create a new work for every day of the month of October. It...
View ArticlePOD 2 / POD Speedzone Online Multiplayer Highlights
As I'm sure you're aware, POD 2 (aka POD Speedzone) is the latest Dreamcast title to be restored with its full compliment of online functions. Thanks to the stellar work of programmer Shuouma and the...
View ArticleAtomiswave Dev Kit 'SystemX' Discovered, Contains Fragments Of Unreleased...
Ah, the Atomiswave. A beloved arcade system developed by Sammy that has its roots firmly planted in the fertile foothills of the NAOMI system heartlands, the Atomiswave is viewed by many as something...
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