Rare dreamcast games uk

And with the high likelihood of it remaining as a Dreamcast console exclusive, that value should hold up for a while longer as shmup fans build up their Dreamcast collections. Even though we have seen some great value appreciation of Dreamcast shooters over the last four years, Mars Matrix has merely doubled in value over the last five years and dropped just a bit in the rankings. Like its predecessor, Project Justice has a lot of quirky characters that cater to the anime crowd and is just a real pleasure to play.

Interestingly enough, Project Justice has decreased in value a bit since it topped the Dreamcast North American value charts in It had a spike in before calming down. This is all occurring while Project Justice remains a Dreamcast exclusive. This shmup from Psikyo and Capcom.

Gunbird 2 has always been a modest collectable on the Dreamcast as a solid shmup in a rather limited run. The Dreamcast version is currently the only physical release of the game.

While not quite a tricky to find as part two, it did not have high production numbers due to the the genre being rather niche. It helps that the game remains a console exclusive on the Shmup-heavy Dreamcast. Treasure is known for quirky action games, and Bangai-O is definitely on the higher part of that spectrum. This multi-directional shooter is all about explosions, chaos, and fun. It has since seen releases on more modern consoles, but the value of the Dreamcast game remains steady over the past decade.

Tech Romancer is a beautiful anime-impaired 3D fighting game by Capcom fought on a 2D plane. In this hidden gem, you fight as Mechs designed by established anime creators, Studio Nue and release power-ups by destroying the environment around you. The Dreamcast version also includes an unlockable version of the Tech Romancer anime.

The game remains as a Dreamcast console exclusive and has remained a hidden gem for fighting fans. Mint copies have only appreciated modestly, while disc-only copies have nearly doubled in value over the last decade.

Unfortunately this makes the game more funny than scary, though the large resource system is probably meant to make up for it. The complexity of the game system and the controls often leads to frustration.

However, many survival horror fans have found an appreciation of the game. Illbleed has remained a Dreamcast exclusive to this day. Capcom may not have had much success with 3D fighting games, but it really got it right with the Powerstone series. Both games are fun-filled arena fighters that allow full 3D movement and interactive environments. Power Stone 2 added 4-player support and is significantly harder to find than its predecessor.

Being a party classic and a console exclusive, this Capcom gem has consistently placed well on this list. If you wanted the biggest mashup of characters in your fighting games, Marvel vs Capcom 2 was the place to be. It may not be the most balanced game for tournaments, but it is still one of the hottest mainstream 2D fighters out there.

Most gamers may flock to the PS2 version, but the Dreamcast release still commands strong collectability. The more recent Marvel vs Capcom games have stolen some attention from part 2, but some fans still swear by this installment.

Check for Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on eBay Check for Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on Amazon. Since then, the game has slowly grown in popularity amongst 2D fighting fans and has seen a number of digital ports. The Dreamcast version still remains the only North American physical copy of the game outside of the Neo Geo.

Mint copies has gradually increased in value over the last decade, but loose discs has become a bit more affordable. This game also has some absurdly awesome super moves and great animation.

With an upbeat quest and some innovative and fun ideas, Skies of Arcadia lets you venture off to distant islands to uncover a number of secrets. Unlike other RPGs which wait until the mid-point to give you an airship, Skies of Arcadia does it right from the bat by bequeathing Vyse and crew with a ship of their own to sail the turn-based combat infested skies. The world is comprised of floating islands, and you use your air ship to travel among them while playing Robin Hood with other pirates.

There was also a tweaked version of the game released as Skies of Arcadia Legends on the Gamecube which has also maintained its value nicely. It's not incredibly unique, but it's still a polished experience that stresses out the gamer as they try to stay on top of the rain of bullets that come down. Capcom's Rival Schools fighting franchise known as Project Justice in North America never quite caught on as much as it should have.

However, Project Justice was released in North America after the Dreamcast's discontinuation had been announced, which wasn't much of a purchasing incentive. It's an exceptional and creative RPG that's one of the best titles on the entire console and has mostly remained a Dreamcast exclusive experience, aside from an enhanced GameCube release.

Before Super Smash Bros. The game is so creative and different for a fighting game. Power Stone 2 has turned into a very rare item over the past decade. I have a Marvel vs. Capcom 2 that has Midway's Greatest Hits pressed on it! I went looking for info to try to determine if it's valuable and all I've been able to find is this posting.

Post a Comment. Featured Article. I asked Sean for more information on the 'Townsend Centre,' but he wasn't totally sure. I think it's safe to say that the Dreamcast top was a massive success :. DCJY staff, pat yourself in the back, you did a great job. With the list, not with the fact that Soul Calibur wasn't voted the number 1 game. Great page - given me lots of ideas for games to go hunting for to boost my collection. Haha, I did rush out the article quite a bit so there are bound to be grammar errors here and there.

As for Sonic Shuffle: don't blame me, I didn't vote for it! Shooting games may seem violent but actually it enhances strategic concentration. A better way of venting without harming anyone but the computer screen. This poll is not just a wonderful tribute to the ultimate-gamer's-console but extremely useful too!

I thought I knew a lot about the Dreamcast's library but quite a few of the games were new to me. It's also very interesting to see the relative popularity of the games, and the fact that some 'obscure' titles are better known than I expected.

I wonder if the DC had dvd playback in addition to its headstart and vastly superior especially considering its short lifespan library of games, things would have been different. Sega should have been exalted above all console makers and game designers. Who knows how many of these games would have had legacies that far outshine those of our current generic FPS heavy gamescape. Nice list but can't believe 4 wheel thunder didn't make it.

My favorite game on the Dreamcast is obviously not a popular game but it is Suzuki Allstare Extreme Racing. I love the quest to place number 1 to get to the next set of 3 tracks and the physics are comical and can be very forgiving, allowing driving up walls for a short period period without wrecking. Also, the speed really does seem extreme. Post a Comment. Featured Article. It's that time! Here's the final Top as voted by you lot! Thanks to everyone who joined in on the voting! Also thanks go to Guardiana for the huge database of box art used here.

Stick on the kettle and unplug the phone, this will be a long article sorry in advance if some of it is a bit rushed! That or you could just scroll down to see what game got the number 1 spot, your choice!

Capcom does the manga comic book superb justice with this pair of arcade ports on one disc that let's you fight as a Chihuahua, drop steamrollers on peoples heads and shoot nipples darts.

I'm serious. Not only do the graphics and sound re-create the Hanna-Barbera classic in fantastic 3D, but there is loads of content to discover and unlock, providing tons of hours of game play.

Email This BlogThis! Tags: User Top Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. A fun cartoon racer from Infogrames.

The only game in this chart that was given away for free excluding the European release of a certain other puzzle game on demo disc and the Sega Smash Pack, Sega Swirl has all sorts of game modes of up to 4 players, and before you know it your evening has vanished.

The most recent game to reach the top , released in Japan in ! A scrolling shooter with a unique grab-things-and-chuck-them-back-at-them mechanic as some rather scantly clad anime girls attached to rockets.

D2 is a huge 4 disc adventure that has you struggling through the snowy hills facing off against deformed mutants. Check out Caleb's Rummage! The web slinger's first major 3D outing had many people's Spider senses tingling as it has made it in the chart. Developed by the Tony Hawk's team, this game has tons of un-lockable goodies such as the bag man costume! Type a swear word into the password screen and Spidey will give it a wee slap!

Tee hee! The only thing most people actually enjoyed about about the first Star Wars prequel is transformed into a equally enjoyable racing game. A shame it's a port from the N64 rather than the Sega arcade game, but what you gonna do.. Released in Japan as part of Capcom's 'Matching Service' series, this puzzle classic had an online mode added among other things.

Famous Street Fighter and Darkstalkers characters get shrunk into cartoon cuties that scrap with each other as you clear coloured gems to wipe the other player out.

This series needs no introduction, and this forth installment is one of the best in the series. Point your arrow and shoot bubbles to pop matching colours: it couldn't be simpler yet new game play features make battles vs the computer or another player an all out war that can turn at any moment in your favor or not.

A bit of a cult favorite this one. One of the most fun 4 player racing games on the system, Re-Volt has you steering radio controlled cars around streets, gardens and museums with weapons in toll. There are loads of cars to collect and a bizarre clockwork toy mode that has you racing 30 cars at once, and a stunt mode. AKA 'that game that got it's own poll because I forgot it'. A sudden flood of votes near the end meant this game didn't miss out on a place in the top A rather odd but enjoyable cartoon racer, check out my Rummage!

A survival horror that can be best described as 'so bad it's good'. With this in mind you can actually die from freight. This game has of the most bizarre scenes you will ever see, such as a Toy Story parody which has you facing a giant demon Sonic. A collection of Yu Suzuki's 's arcade classics all on one disc, sold with a book about his career as one of Sega's leading creative minds, a rare collectible now but clearly popular enough to reach the top The blue hog has his crack at a Mario Party style game, that is even developed by the same team as that series.

Replacing dice with cards, grabbing chaos emeralds scattered around the board, you need to battle monsters, collect rings and of course play mini games!

Sega's last first-party release on the Dreamcast in , Sonic Team took over the series originally designed by Compile and mixed things up with a new Fever mode and new Puyo blob shapes. The game has hardcore Puyo fans split down the middle mainly for its new cast of characters yet is still a riot to play and has loads of bonus content in the Dreamcast version, such as wallpaper art for your BIOs and the ability to turn the BIOS into a movable 3D thing.

A Japanese budget release in rather fancy DVD packaging, Cosmic Smash plays like a mix between Super Breakout's aim destroy blocks with a ball and Virtua Tennis like controls sort of with an abstract visual style kind of like Rez and atmospheric sound. The game is a direct ar cade port with no extras whatsoever hence the budget release but can never the less have you hooked to it's additive gameplay. The Dreamcast entry in the infamous Japanese 2D wrestling series that started it's life on the PC Engine, FP-WD features over wrestlers from every federation at the time from around the world, and more game modes and options then you could ever hope for.

Knocks Accalim's rubbish Wrestling games out of the ring without breaking a sweat. Based on an anime yet with a very western style isometric RPG with wizards, orcs and knights in shiny armor. The Dreamcast didn't have many RPG's but here is the first of a select few to make it into the Top Proof positive that this game is a timeless classic no matter what console it's re-released on.

Not the only KOF game to make the list that's for sure,but the first that wasn't released outside japan and the first developed by Playmore, who took over all of SNK's brands when the original company went bankrupt, saving them from extinction.

I found myself quite addicted to the bonus picture slide puzzles, for some reason. Midway's arcade legacy continues with this futuristic sequel that adds a very odd extra feature to the cars This completely changes up the game play however and makes this one of the more unique racers out there.

You'll actually find yourself spending hours flying around the courses searching for the highly elusive coins that can be very difficult to reach but oh so rewarding when you do grab them. Don't even get me started on the stunt mode, I've lost days to that. A wonderful cartoon art style, creative levels and lots of unlock make this Japan only release a must play.

Its ingenious gameplay made me smile every time. My favorite of the many excellent songs was Yellow Dog -- best played with a sub-woofer! I even wanted to dance like Amp! After Namco blessed the Dreamcast with a certain highly-ranked fighter, they pretty much gave up on the console.

However, they did drop us this rather neat puzzle game that has you drilling through colourful blocks, desperately gasping for air tanks and trying to not get crushed by the falling blocks above. Could have very well of been one of their oldest classics, yet here it was in for the first but not last time, with plenty of game modes to keep you going.

Go check out my Rummage! Great fun this. Arcade cabinets! This here is another game I did a Rummage! No official FIFA stats or team management options here, just pick a country and kick about. The replays of your best goals with the rainbow effect are pretty neat with a rating system of how good each goal was, and there are some crazy secret teams! One of those shmups that came out after the Dreamcast was off store shelfs, including a limited print run and a special edition that goes for mega bucks.

In fact there was so much demand G. Rev produced another small batch last year which naturally sold in five seconds flat too. Each time you get shot in this game you drop to a lower, even harder level of the stage, making it one of the tougher shooters on the DC.

Before Illbleed Climax made this launch title, another survival horror that borders on camp with it's unintentionally? Despite this there is fun to be had with this wonky little game. Almost released under the name Furballs until a copyright got in the way, Fur Fighters takes the cute cuddly style right down to the gobbledygook voices of Banjo-Kazooie and gives the characters guns to shoot the stuffing out of each other.

An amusing story in the one player mode complete and a fun 4 player deathmatch mode to boot. Improving on the prequel also on DC but not high enough for the Top with colourful 3D graphics, Gigawing 2 is a crazy shmup with thousands of bullets on screen that can be sucked up or wiped out with sezuire inducing bombs, and a score board that in no time racks up to ridiculously huge numbers. The best evidence of Sega's ballsy creativity on the Dreamcast, SGGG is something of a swan song for Sega's console history amde for the most hardcore fans of their legacy.

You start work at Sega and capture wild developers who you later get to work on computers where they'll develop games that will help Sega's dwindling profits. The fan service and in-jokes are immense. There is nothing quite like this RPG anywhere else by anyone else. A Capcom 2D shmup that will test your reflexes and hand-eye coordination until everything becomes an abstract blur and you feel a bit dizzy, but you'll love every moment of it. The crazy presentation chucks everything at you so fast your eyes barely keep up with any of it, and the store items to buy require so many points you'll be playing it for a long time.

Another Capcom shmup? B Hood, shooting out hordes of enemies including a very odd looking Vega!