Intrepid Izzy Reaches Kickstarter Funding Goal
It looks like there'll be at least one new game coming to the Dreamcast in 2018, as Senile Team's Intrepid Izzy hit its €35,000 Kickstarter funding goal with mere hours to go. The impressive 2D...
View ArticleThe Sega Dreamcast Software Creation Standards Guidebook
There are certain aspects of game development that, unless you're in the business, you probably wouldn't ever be aware of. Just like every industry, there are rules and procedures that must be...
View ArticleSpooky Happenings In Ready 2 Rumble
One of the most interesting and useful components of the Dreamcast's operating system is that it features an internal calendar and clock function. While this may seem pretty standard today, back in the...
View ArticleSonic Adventure Soundtracks Getting The Vinyl Treatment
I don't own any vinyl. Come to think of it, I only own a few CDs (the last one I bought was Liam Gallagher's new album, you should check it out). Instead, like most digital whores I buy most of my...
View ArticleDreamPod - Episode 53
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View ArticleSLaVE Developers Seeking Assistance With Bug Squashing
The release of Jay Townsend's SLaVE appears to be tantalisingly close, and I for one am very much looking forward to getting to grips with the neon-hued retro-futuristic world presented by this...
View ArticleFlashback For Dreamcast Will Ship With Even More Bonus Content
We recently reviewed the upcoming Dreamcast port of Delphine Software's incredible science fiction adventure title Flashback, and we found that it was most excellent. A sort of amalgamation of the best...
View ArticleNew Subway Commercial Features A Dreamcast
Never let it be said that we here at the Junkyard let any hint of a Dreamcast - no matter how slight - go undocumented. The latest appearance in media approaching 'mainstream' of our beloved console...
View ArticleThat Time An Inmate Tried To Sue The Prison System Over A Broken Dreamcast
A while back we looked at the veritable treasure trove of Dreamcast-related stories that the BBC News archive represents. There are a multitude of contemporary news articles on the birth and death of...
View ArticleIntroducing VMU-boy - A RetroPie Powered Console In A VMU Case
Technology continues to get ever more powerful and ever smaller, but sometimes the ingenuity of the modding community serves up a project that beggars belief. This is one of those occasions. Allow us...
View ArticleBuggy Heat: The Arcade Racer That's Matured Like Fine Wine
The Dreamcast's stable of racing games is bursting with thoroughbred stallions, with classics like Le Mans and Metropolis Street Racer proudly held aloft as the pinnacles of the genre on the system....
View ArticleDreamPod - Episode 54 Featuring Retro Gamer Editor Darran Jones
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View ArticleDream Library: The Dreamcast Foreunner To Nintendo Virtual Console
Being able to download games to your chosen platform is a pretty standard feature these days, and one we've all come to expect from our gaming devices, mobile phones and computers. Where would we be...
View ArticleA Quick Look At SnoCross Championship Racing
Snow. Everybody loves Snow. His 1992 hit Informer sat pretty at the top of the US billboard charts for seven weeks, for example, proving that yes - everybody loves Snow. Of course, I jest. I am of...
View ArticleIs The Dreamcast Controller Really That Bad?
One of the recurring criticisms I see levelled at the Dreamcast is that the standard controller is rubbish. It's almost become the de facto response when people discuss the Dreamcast - it's a great...
View ArticleWhy Sturmwind Is Still Incredible
Sturmwind is one of those Dreamcast games that really needs no introduction. Duranik's sci-fi shoot 'em up was initially released by RedSpotGames back in 2014 and we covered the launch here at the...
View ArticleThe Shenmue Yokosuka Sacred Spot Guide Book
The Shenmue Chapter One Yokosuka Sacred Spot Guide MapSo Shenmue III didn't make it's scheduled launch window of December 2017, but all's not lost...because according to the website of the respected...
View ArticleDVD Support Heading To Dreamcast
Artist's impression. Um.DVD is the one that got away when it comes to discussing the Dreamcast and the age-old reasons for its failure to go stratospheric. One of the many reasons people held out for a...
View ArticleA Quick Look At Gunbird 2
Whenever there's a discussion about the best shmups on the Dreamcast, the usual names get bandied about. Ikaruga, Mars Matrix, Sturmwind, Under Defeat, Castle Shikigami 2, Dux. Well, maybe not that...
View ArticleGet Festive With These Dreamcast Christmas Jumpers
Looking for something to wear to the office Christmas party that belies your affection for the greatest console ever created? Want to effortlessly exude a level of festive swagger and style that...
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