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Keep in mind, 15 plus years ago, 3D action adventure titles were all the rage. This was caused by a little plumber who launched a memorable console in 1996. A decade prior, Mario did the same thing for 2D side scrolling action games. Mario has a tendency to do that. This article, though, is not […]
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Kao the Kangaroo Jumps onto Sega Dreamcast – February 13th, 2001 – Today in Video Game History
February 12th, 2016 
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Typing of the Dead Replaces Guns with Keyboards on Sega Dreamcast – January 23rd, 2001 – Today in Video Game History
January 22nd, 2016 Carl Williams Edutainment titles are a staple of gaming. Going all the way back the early days of both console and personal computer gaming. The problem edutainment has always faced is that it was OBVIOUSLY edutainment. Much like licensed titles, but worse, edutainment titles not only miss the mark in gameplay but content too. This is why […]
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Today in Japan Retro Gaming: D no Shokutaku 2 (Dreamcast)
December 23rd, 2015 Michael Crisman If Die Hard taught us nothing else, terrorists and Christmas make for an instantly-compelling story. It’s no surprise then that Warp’s sequel to their previous two games, Enemy Zero and D no Shokutaku, takes this concept and Japan-ifies it until you can’t help but ask yourself, “What the hell did I just play?” Love him […]
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Donald Duck Goin Quackers Makes Getting Mad Fun on Sega Dreamcast – December 13th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
December 12th, 2015 Carl Williams Donald Duck Goin Quackers brings Disney’s lesser popular character, Donald Duck, to the forefront. The Sega Dreamcast fell on some hard times when it came to 3rd party support. At least Sega had Ubi Soft showing support for their last console. Donald Duck Goin Quackers is a 2.5D/3D style action platform title that features the popular […]
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Namco Triumphs Valiantly Over Sega Dreamcast Launch Competition with Soul Calibur- Today in History- September 9th, 1999
September 8th, 2014 Carl Williams When the original Soul Edge (arcade)/Soul Blade (PSOne) game hit it was so unique and different over the competition. Here was this 3D one on one fighting game with phenomenal graphics and characters fighting with weapons. The announcer was equipped with more than a couple of words in his vocabulary also. Now, take all of […]
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Alien Front Online was Multiplayer Before it was Cool – August 9th, 2001 – Today in Video Game History
August 9th, 2014 Carl Williams Alien Front Online was the gamification of yet another Sega screw up. This game was probably one of the worst launches in history. The Dreamcast has been discontinued about half a year prior to this being released. It did offer free to play on on-line servers which meant crappy options. Sega didn’t help the matter […]
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Zombie Revenge Infects Sega Dreamcast – December 31st, 1999 – Today in History
December 31st, 2013 Carl Williams Zombie titles and Sega, at one time, were synonymous with each other. Sega was quite prolific in releasing games with zombies in them at a regular clip. That was when they were hungry though. This was a golden age for gamers as Sega was being innovative and interesting with releases. Zombies have taught typing, shot […]
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