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I nonetheless bear in mind the day I discovered that SEGA had been going to discontinue the Dreamcast. It was early 2001 and the PlayStation journal I used to be studying (we used to really learn magazines again then) lined the demise of the Dreamcast earlier than swiftly shifting on to the successes of the PS2. Due to these successes and the large choice for PlayStation over the SEGA Saturn the era earlier, Sony had virtually single-handedly pushed SEGA out of the console enterprise leaving them to focus on software program solely from that day forth. With the Dreamcast topping out at a meagre 9 million and alter in gross sales and the PS2 hitting the dizzy heights of over 150 million models bought, the Dreamcast was destined to be little greater than a footnote within the pages of gaming history.
In case you’d stated to me on that day in 2001 that we might nonetheless be seeing new video games launched for the Dreamcast on a reasonably common foundation in 2016 I would have merely smiled and nodded whereas I backed away slowly. And but right here we’re fifteen years later and the SEGA Dreamcast has a surprisingly vibrant group of indie builders nonetheless releasing video games even if SEGA has had little to do with the console (aside from repairs) because the early ’00s. So in the event you’ve nonetheless bought a type of artful white containers tucked away within the attic someplace, and even in the event you’re simply stepping into retro gaming for the primary time, there’s in all probability one thing on the horizon that is price having a look at.
Though we’re solely a month into 2016, the Dreamcast has already seen one console unique recreation launch in Leona’s Tough Adventures. Impressed by the Amiga puzzle recreation Gem X, Leona’s duties the participant with more and more, erm, tough color primarily based puzzles just like that handheld Lights Out recreation of the mid-nineties that you simply may bear in mind. Leona’s Tough Adventures is on the market for buy as you are studying this on Steam, however the Dreamcast model comes with a full jewel case together with paintings. Which is clearly so significantly better.
Seeking to the longer term, the lengthy in improvement Elysian Shadows is slated to hit the streets sooner or later in 2016. After coming to the general public consciousness by way of a sequence of YouTube improvement movies in 2007, after which a profitable Kickstarter marketing campaign in 2014, Elysian Shadows is a job taking part in recreation that includes customisable characters, a dynamic day/evening cycle, and an attention-grabbing 2D/3D hybrid artwork fashion. Set in a fantasy world akin to the one seen in basic JRPG Closing Fantasy VI, Elysian Shadows tells a narrative of battle between non secular zealots handed magical powers from The Creator and atheists pressured to depend on futuristic know-how. Whereas there isn’t any stable launch date but and improvement of the sport has hit a few snags lately, developer GyroVorbis maintains that the title will see launch in 2016, and who’re we to argue?
Scheduled to return in June of this yr, Alice Desires Match is a 2D Bomber Man-like from French builders Alice Staff. Gamers should traverse the 2D mazes utilizing their bombs to clear paths and destroy the opposite gamers within the stage, whereas additionally searching for energy ups to extend the variety of bombs they will drop or the harm their bombs do upon detonation. The sport contains a sturdy multiplayer mode together with seven completely different recreation sorts starting from the usual loss of life matches to extra elaborate modes involving math puzzles.
Hypertension: Concord of Darkness is a horror first individual shooter that began life as an extension of the Blood franchise however morphed into it is personal story as improvement moved additional alongside. After some disputes with Atari as a consequence of belongings from Blood getting used within the manufacturing of Hypertension, in addition to a quick cancellation of the undertaking due to that, improvement of Concord of Darkness has progressed with the sport anticipated to see a launch sooner or later in 2016.
Hucast Video games wish to launch Redux 2, the sequel to their remake of the scrolling shoot-em-up DUX sooner or later in 2016. Pre-orders for the sport are already reside and there is a fancy collector’s version which features a soundtack CD and a DVD of extras in the event you’re inclined to pay up for that kind of factor. The vanilla recreation options seven model new phases and a two participant co-operative mode for the avid gamers that love to do their arcade capturing with a buddy in tow. In case you’re a fan of R-Kind or different ship shooters of that ilk then Redux 2 could be a recreation price keeping track of.
In case you’re searching for one thing somewhat extra out of the atypical, away from the 2D shooters and puzzle video games, then the Dreamcas t indie scene can cater to your wants with a title like SLaVE from Isotope and Jay Townsend. SLaVE makes an attempt to mesh the gaudy aesthetics of ’80s arcade video games with the addictive first individual gunplay of titles like Doom and Wolfenstein. If the mixture of eye-popping colors and punishing first individual capturing rubs you the appropriate means, then SLaVE may very properly be a recreation for you. In case you’re all in favour of it you may wish to transfer shortly although; the sport is deliberate to be ultra-limited version with not more than 484 copies of recreation destined for launch.
SEGA gave up on the Dreamcast within the face of ultra-stiff competitors from the Sony PlayStation 2 after a mere two years available on the market, however there is a group of devoted indie builders who simply refuse to maneuver on. It has a cult following which are nonetheless producing new content material fifteen years after the console’s business demise. Because the discontinuation of the console in 2001 there have been over thirty unbiased titles launched for it, together with Sturmwind, Rush Rush Rally Racing, Wind and Water, and Gunlord. So maybe subsequent time you are within the attic and you see your previous Dreamcast tucked between a Furby and a Spirograph, contemplate digging it out, dusting it off, and seeing what the previous lady can do in 2016.
