Dreamcast's best games!

[The Notic]

I'm geting a Dreamcast with a custom built arcade stick in a week and I was wondering what would be some great games to burn, so far I have:

Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Capcom vs. Snk 2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Street Fighter III
Jojo's Bizzare Adventure
Power Stone
Power Stone 2
Cannon Spike
Unreal Tournament

Any other great titles I can burn!?

[.Batzarro.]

I always loved playing Jet Grind Radio.

[The Notic]

I always loved playing Jet Grind Radio.

I'ma check that out!

[The Notic]

Are there any good shooters, anyone!?!?!?

[TÐZ]

I always loved playing Jet Grind Radio.

I'ma check that out!

me too

[Spidercide]

Although burning Dreamcast games will save you a lot of hassle I always thought the original games that sold for retail will always be the best and most valued. It's ashame the DC died, but one of many reasons it did was because their games were so easy to pirate.

After the Dreamcast demise I had no choice but to make burned backup games and ISO's of my original copies myself, because the games were becoming too rare so I kinda see your logic. The games are hard to come by thus burning them could be your best bet.

As for recommendations.

1. Dead or Alive 2: Limited Edition (Japanese version of DOA2)
2. King of Fighters '99 Evolution
3. King of Fighters '99 Dream Match
4. Capcom Vs. SNK PRO
5. Marvel Vs. Capcom Clash of Super Heroes
6. Virtua Fighter 3 Team Battle
7. Plasma Sword (sequel to Star Gladiator)
8. Fatal Fury Mark of The Wolves (deepest Dreamcast fighter ever)
9. Street Fighter III Double Impact
10. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
11. Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 1
12. Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2
13. Daytona USA
14. San Francisco Rush 2049
15. Looney Tunes Space Race
16. Half Life (RARE)
17. Ikaruga (shooter)
18. Giga Wing (shooter)
19. Giga Wing 2 (shooter, 4-players)
20. WWF Royal Rumble Arcade
21. Super Street Fighter 2 X
22. Spawn
23. House of The Dead 2 (more fun with light gun)
24. Virtua Cop 2
25. Sega Smash Pack (with VC2 bundled)
26. Spider-Man (one of my personal faves)
27. Nightmare Creatures 2
28. Crazy Taxi
29. Crazy Taxi 2
30. Shenmue (best action-RPG in my opinion)
31. Shenmue 2 (read above)
32. Mortal Kombat GOLD (best one out of the MK4's)
33. Sonic Adventure (HELLZ YEAH)
34. Sonic Adventure 2
35. Dynamite Cop
36. Rainbow Cotton
37. Vigilante 8 2nd Offense
38. Fighting Vipers 2
39. Guilty Gear X (this is a must have)
40. Project Justice (Burning Justice Academy - Rival Schools 2)
41. Soul Calibur
42. Tech Romancer
43. Mars Matrix (shooter)
44. Border Down (shooter)
45. Castle of Shikigami 2 (shooter)
46. Psyvariar II (shooter)
47. Bangai O (shooter)
48. Trizeal (shooter)
49. Chaos Field (shooter)
50. Gunbird 2 (shooter)
51. Zero Gunner 2 (shooter)
52. Twinkle Star Sprites (shooter)
53. Radilgy (aka Radirgy/Rajirugi *shooter)
54. Under Defeat (shooter)
55. Drill (shooter)
56. Last Hope (shooter)
57. NBA 2K
58. NFL 2K
59. NBA 2K1
60. NFL 2K1
61. NBA on NBC Showtime!
62. NBA Hoopz
63. NFL Blitz
64. ECW Hardcore Revolution
65. ECW Anarchy Rulz
66. WWF Attitude
67. Super Puzzle Fighter 2 X
68. Heavy Metal Geo Matrix
69. Skies of Arcadia
70. Silent Scope
71. Resident Evil: Code Veronica
72. Resident Evil 2
73. Resident Evil 3 Nemesis
74. Dino Crisis

You want good games you got them 74 titles recommended. Here are some homebrews you might like.

1. The Simpsons Arcade
2. TMNT Arcade
3. Battletoads & Sketch Turner Homebrew
4. Final Fight Homebrews (there are lost of them)
5. Streets of Rage Homebrews (alotta these too)

If I might make a suggestion if you can afford to buy the original game off of Ebay or Amazon then by all means do so if you can afford it. Ink nothing like having the book and case with original artwork included, sometimes the CD's have cool designs on them too. Some cases there may even be a bonus package give it some thought.

Well my work here is done. May these titles keep your interest.

Like my friend there up above said... Jet Grind Radio rocks! XD

Later.

[The Notic]

Although burning Dreamcast games will save you a lot of hassle I always thought the original games that sold for retail will always be the best and most valued. It's ashame the DC died, but one of many reasons it did was because their games were so easy to pirate.

After the Dreamcast demise I had no choice but to make burned backup games and ISO's of my original copies myself, because the games were becoming too rare so I kinda see your logic. The games are hard to come by thus burning them could be your best bet.

As for recommendations.

1. Dead or Alive 2: Limited Edition (Japanese version of DOA2)
2. King of Fighters '99 Evolution
3. King of Fighters '99 Dream Match
4. Capcom Vs. SNK PRO
5. Marvel Vs. Capcom Clash of Super Heroes
6. Virtua Fighter 3 Team Battle
7. Plasma Sword (sequel to Star Gladiator)
8. Fatal Fury Mark of The Wolves (deepest Dreamcast fighter ever)
9. Street Fighter III Double Impact
10. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
11. Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 1
12. Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2
13. Daytona USA
14. San Francisco Rush 2049
15. Looney Tunes Space Race
16. Half Life (RARE)
17. Ikaruga (shooter)
18. Giga Wing (shooter)
19. Giga Wing 2 (shooter, 4-players)
20. WWF Royal Rumble Arcade
21. Super Street Fighter 2 X
22. Spawn
23. House of The Dead 2 (more fun with light gun)
24. Virtua Cop 2
25. Sega Smash Pack (with VC2 bundled)
26. Spider-Man (one of my personal faves)
27. Nightmare Creatures 2
28. Crazy Taxi
29. Crazy Taxi 2
30. Shenmue (best action-RPG in my opinion)
31. Shenmue 2 (read above)
32. Mortal Kombat GOLD (best one out of the MK4's)
33. Sonic Adventure (HELLZ YEAH)
34. Sonic Adventure 2
35. Dynamite Cop
36. Rainbow Cotton
37. Vigilante 8 2nd Offense
38. Fighting Vipers 2
39. Guilty Gear X (this is a must have)
40. Project Justice (Burning Justice Academy - Rival Schools 2)
41. Soul Calibur
42. Tech Romancer
43. Mars Matrix (shooter)
44. Border Down (shooter)
45. Castle of Shikigami 2 (shooter)
46. Psyvariar II (shooter)
47. Bangai O (shooter)
48. Trizeal (shooter)
49. Chaos Field (shooter)
50. Gunbird 2 (shooter)
51. Zero Gunner 2 (shooter)
52. Twinkle Star Sprites (shooter)
53. Radilgy (aka Radirgy/Rajirugi *shooter)
54. Under Defeat (shooter)
55. Drill (shooter)
56. Last Hope (shooter)
57. NBA 2K
58. NFL 2K
59. NBA 2K1
60. NFL 2K1
61. NBA on NBC Showtime!
62. NBA Hoopz
63. NFL Blitz
64. ECW Hardcore Revolution
65. ECW Anarchy Rulz
66. WWF Attitude
67. Super Puzzle Fighter 2 X
68. Heavy Metal Geo Matrix
69. Skies of Arcadia
70. Silent Scope
71. Resident Evil: Code Veronica
72. Resident Evil 2
73. Resident Evil 3 Nemesis
74. Dino Crisis

You want good games you got them 74 titles recommended. Here are some homebrews you might like.

1. The Simpsons Arcade
2. TMNT Arcade
3. Battletoads & Sketch Turner Homebrew
4. Final Fight Homebrews (there are lost of them)
5. Streets of Rage Homebrews (alotta these too)

If I might make a suggestion if you can afford to buy the original game off of Ebay or Amazon then by all means do so if you can afford it. Ink nothing like having the book and case with original artwork included, sometimes the CD's have cool designs on them too. Some cases there may even be a bonus package give it some thought.

Well my work here is done. May these titles keep your interest.

Like my friend there up above said... Jet Grind Radio rocks! XD

Later.

Good list, but Garu aint the deepest fighter on Dreamcast, MVC2 is! 

I remember these games, can't beleive I forgot them!

Project Justice
Plasma Sword
Fighting Vipers 2
Mortal Kombat GOLD
Guilty Gear X

I think GGXX is better than the first one though, hey does Super Street Fighter 2 X play like Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo?

What are the best top 3 shooters?

[EPA villian]

fur fighters and grandia 2 are also a couple of good games on the dreamcast

[MaverickZr0]

Ikaruga is pretty cool, I like the song in the first level : )

[Spidercide]

Good list, but Garu aint the deepest fighter on Dreamcast, MVC2 is! 

I remember these games, can't beleive I forgot them!

Project Justice
Plasma Sword
Fighting Vipers 2
Mortal Kombat GOLD
Guilty Gear X

I think GGXX is better than the first one though, hey does Super Street Fighter 2 X play like Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo?

What are the best top 3 shooters?

Sorry bro but I have to disagree with you on that one.

Pros

-56 characters
-Marvel heroes and Capcom fighters
-Hyper fighting
-Easy to pick up and play

Cons

-Lack of story
-Broken combo system
-Missing the flash effect. I missed the flash I thought it was cool
-Too many X-Men. Not that there is anything wrong with that the X-Men is Marvel's most known group, I guess I would rather see someone like the Thing or Punisher rather then a busted X-Men COTA Colossus again, you know?
-Character in-balances. An example is Cable vs. Roll, Sentinel vs. Zangief, Storm vs. Dan. Some characters are heavily overpowered and some are near useless.

All things considered MvC2 is a great fighting game but because of these im-perfections; it's certainly not the best, not to me anyway. My favorites are Street Fighter III and Fatal Fury MOTW. These games are more serious and MOTW doesn't have any infinite combo's that I know of. Allowing beginners not to become overwhelmed.

Top 3 DC shooters of all time are the 2 Giga Wings (4-player mayhem) and Ikaruga. So, have fun with them.

[Spidercide]

Oh and Street Fighter 'II X is SF2T. It's a refined version of the original, faster with lots of goodies in it.

[The Notic]

Good list, but Garu aint the deepest fighter on Dreamcast, MVC2 is! 

I remember these games, can't beleive I forgot them!

Project Justice
Plasma Sword
Fighting Vipers 2
Mortal Kombat GOLD
Guilty Gear X

I think GGXX is better than the first one though, hey does Super Street Fighter 2 X play like Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo?

What are the best top 3 shooters?

Sorry bro but I have to disagree with you on that one.

Pros

-56 characters
-Marvel heroes and Capcom fighters
-Hyper fighting
-Easy to pick up and play

Cons

-Lack of story
-Broken combo system
-Missing the flash effect. I missed the flash I thought it was cool
-Too many X-Men. Not that there is anything wrong with that the X-Men is Marvel's most known group, I guess I would rather see someone like the Thing or Punisher rather then a busted X-Men COTA Colossus again, you know?
-Character in-balances. An example is Cable vs. Roll, Sentinel vs. Zangief, Storm vs. Dan. Some characters are heavily overpowered and some are near useless.

All things considered MvC2 is a great fighting game but because of these im-perfections; it's certainly not the best, not to me anyway. My favorites are Street Fighter III and Fatal Fury MOTW. These games are more serious and MOTW doesn't have any infinite combo's that I know of. Allowing beginners not to become overwhelmed.

Top 3 DC shooters of all time are the 2 Giga Wings (4-player mayhem) and Ikaruga. So, have fun with them.

Actually, infinites make and break the game, but it is more popular than Garu, now just syaing, no need to ge tinto what game is better becouse it all comes down to opinions, ! One more thing, since when is MVC2 not a serious game?(No need to answer) , it's easy to where beginers can easily pick up, but to master it is a whole nother story, a long,, cruel story... it's one of the hardest fighting games to develope skills to the point you can hold your own against pros, anyways, where can i burn all these games, is there a tutorial out there?

[Spidercide]

Your right. It is more popular how ever popular doesn't always mean better. Just means more people know about it. XD Please do not get the wrong idea, I love the game and think it's awesome. Just don't think it's the best, but again opinion. I'm gonna shut-up about it now. *zips lips*

If you wanna good place to find Dreamcast ISO's try snesorama.

[Nutty-Da-Kid]

i got about 130 dreamcast games burned and there are so many good ones i dont know wat to reccomend but uhhh. u should try zombie revenge and rival school 2 is a must.

[Nutty-Da-Kid]

Are there any good shooters, anyone!?!?!?

i think out trigger takes the cake in shooting games for dreamcast its a good party game too. its a shooting game by sega it has a arcade time crisis type feeling wit great graphics.

[[Asian-Jesus]]

Samba De Amigo!

[DARKTALBAIN]

My favorite Dreamcast game ?

SPAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWN , In the Demon's Hand .

Go figure , huh ? 

I was actually playing it last night .

 

[Spidercide]

Are there any good shooters, anyone!?!?!?

i think out trigger takes the cake in shooting games for dreamcast its a good party game too. its a shooting game by sega it has a arcade time crisis type feeling wit great graphics.

TERRY BOGARD OK!

Terry is the great one.

And I will look into Out Trigger myself. I heard of it before but haven't played it yet.

Talbain if Spawn had Dreamcast Live I'd game with you on that all day man.

[Violent Ken Masters]

My favorites are
MvC2 (that's a given)
CvS
Dynamite Cop 2 (it's a sequel to Die Hard Arcade/Dynamite Cop, fans of arcade beatem ups HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME!)
House of the dead 2
Shenmue 1 and 2 (I wish they would make 3 already)
Virtua Fighter 3
Fighting Vipers 2 (I can't believe I missed this game until last year when I tried it for the first time)
DOA2 (first DOA game I played)
Zombie Revenge (It's similar to Dynamite Cop2, but it's more shooting then fighting and the difficulty is a bit hard)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Story (this game is a great simulation of real mech fighting)
Sega Smash Pack
Spawn: In the Demons Hand (at first I didn't like the game, but I realized, it's ok, they should have just added a online option though since the game is meant to be played in multiplayer

[b.easy]

Ikaruga is pretty cool, I like the song in the first level : )

best shooter game ever, i was gonna recommend it.

Rez is also great, if you want something completely different and weird.

[Spidercide]

My favorites are
MvC2 (that's a given)
CvS
Dynamite Cop 2 (it's a sequel to Die Hard Arcade/Dynamite Cop, fans of arcade beatem ups HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME!)
House of the dead 2
Shenmue 1 and 2 (I wish they would make 3 already)
Virtua Fighter 3
Fighting Vipers 2 (I can't believe I missed this game until last year when I tried it for the first time)
DOA2 (first DOA game I played)
Zombie Revenge (It's similar to Dynamite Cop2, but it's more shooting then fighting and the difficulty is a bit hard)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Story (this game is a great simulation of real mech fighting)
Sega Smash Pack
Spawn: In the Demons Hand (at first I didn't like the game, but I realized, it's ok, they should have just added a online option though since the game is meant to be played in multiplayer

Here is a important question to me.

Dynamite Cop 2 was actually a reality??? O_______________O I thought they quited after part one. Screenshots please?

I agree Spawn should have had online and DOA2 was the first one I played and it blew my mind! I got into Fighting Vipers 2 late too, about 2 years ago. I still have a Saturn.

[Jelux Da Casual]

Where's Rez?! Why isn't Rez on this list?! This game is so awesome, it's in the Smithsonian Museum for it's extreme awesomeness!

So yeah, Rez FTW!

Also, I have to promote the 4-1 shooter pack. It's an ISO that has Ikaruga, Psyvariar 2, Zero Gunner 2, and my personal favorite, Border Down packed together on one convient disc. I like Border Down because I can't beat it.

[Spidercide]

Where's Rez?! Why isn't Rez on this list?! This game is so awesome, it's in the Smithsonian Museum for it's extreme awesomeness!

So yeah, Rez FTW!

Also, I have to promote the 4-1 shooter pack. It's an ISO that has Ikaruga, Psyvariar 2, Zero Gunner 2, and my personal favorite, Border Down packed together on one convient disc. I like Border Down because I can't beat it.

Hmm this Rez interests me. I shall go download it.

I have the shooter pack.

[[Asian-Jesus]]

Ikaruga is pretty cool, I like the song in the first level : )

best shooter game ever, i was gonna recommend it.

Rez is also great, if you want something completely different and weird.

Ikaruga isn't the best, there are WAY better doujin-soft shmups out there.

[Nutty-Da-Kid]

dam i thought i was the only one wit spawn in the demons hand i use to play that wit a lot of ppl but i havent played it in a lil while i still got to unlock some characters.