Gun Lord Test Footage and First Impressions
Long time no see Dreamcast fans.I finally got my hands on a copy of Gun Lord. It was a bit of a hassle to find a seller that wasn't just a random ebay or amazon store. I was very eager to test it...
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Circuit Breakers - The Dreamcast's Best Race Tracks
Regular visitors to the 'Yard will probably be familiar with my love of the racing genre, and I've covered quite a few of the Dreamcast's finest examples over the past few months. From examining the...
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Southend Museums - Where Dreams Are Cast?
Thanks to DCJY Facebook follower Andrew Runagall for alerting us to this - it looks as though Southend Museums in the UK have a secret obsession with the Dreamcast from the look of their corporate...
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Comparing Speed Devils Online
Several weeks ago we had a quick look at Racing Simulation: Monaco Grand Prix and it's later online-enabled re-release, Monaco Online. As we know, Sega's online component wasn't really working as...
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A Dreamcast-themed PS4 Controller
This type of thing would normally be reserved for an Alanis Morrisette song, but hey - we're all about forgiving and forgetting here at the Junkyard. While it's probably true that the Dreamcast would...
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A Tribute To Pen Pen - The Dreamcast's Forgotten Launch Title
Pen Pen TriIcelon is a divisive game if ever there was one. The blend of colourful graphics, quirky controls and sickly sweet character designs is something of an acquired taste...but if you're...
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Living with a Lack of Love
How can you live the good life?Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates believed that knowledge was the key. Study hard in the natural sciences and the knowledge it would bestow upon you would free you from...
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Sports Jam: The Devil's Playground
That odd title will become clear soon enough, but first let's get down to business. Sports Jam is a conversation of an arcade game that is really little more than a collection of short and sweet...
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Strafing, Not Stirred
I make no secret of my love for the Doom franchise - as I've stated here and on other sites many, many times previously, Doom is one of my all-time favourite games and it's sequels and spin-offs are...
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500 Likes!
Just a little update to say thank you to everyone who has clicked the 'like' button on our Facebook page (it's here incase you're interested). There's not been much activity here at the 'Yard in the...
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Having A Blast With Cosmic Smash
There are some games on the Dreamcast that I'm pretty sure would not have translated well from their original Japanese to the West. Only recently we looked at a dating sim from the land of the rising...
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Indie Review: Powder
I'm going to level with you: I don't particularly like RPGs. While I can totally appreciate why a lot of people love them, I've just never got on with sprawling story arcs, random battles, item...
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The Rarest Dreamcast Hardware On Earth?
Allow me to be presumptuous, but I'm going to guess that if you're here at the Junkyard reading articles about a console that has been out of production for well over a decade, you're either a) a...
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Abandoned Dreamcast Needs A Home
Once upon a time, a guy out walking in the woods finds an abandoned Dreamcast amongst the grass and bushes covered in mud, leaves and - quite possibly - dog excrement. What happens next is just pure...
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Respect
We're not ones to jump on a bandwagon here at the Junkyard. We pride ourselves on reporting on the lesser-known stories surrounding our favourite over-looked system. But the passing of Leonard Nimoy is...
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Gauntlet Giveaway Pewter Miniatures
I recently acquired a copy of the NTSC-U version of Gauntlet Legends. We have featured Midway's multi-player fantasy roaming beat 'em up here at the 'Yard in recent times, but I wanted to investigate...
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Crouching Music, Hidden Tracks
Video game systems with CD players - weird, right? No?I suppose not. In a world where most consoles can stream Netflix and cell phones are used to play games, non-game functions are increasingly a...
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The Stars My Destination
Space. The final frontier. The immortal words of many a commanding officer of the Starship Enterprise. As a species, we have pretty much conquered the surface of our homeworld so why not cast our eyes...
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Guest Article: Why I Hate The Dreamcast
The Dreamcast Junkyard is, as the name suggests, all about the Dreamcast. While we do tend to focus on some fairly obscure and largely forgotten aspects of the console's criminally brief lifespan, one...
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Throwing Sticks In Rivers
Why did the Sega Dreamcast fail? It's an interesting and popular question that, in light of Sega's current existence as a sort of undead shadow of its former glory, is never too far removed from the...
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