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Sega Announces Dreamcast Collection For 360 And PC

It's like 9/9/99 all over again!

The rumored “Dreamcast Collection” that appeared on GameStop in late 2010 is a real thing, and it’s hitting next month, Feb. 22 for the Xbox 360 on a disc and the PC as a digital download. Sounds exciting, but you should probably go ahead and lower your expectations. It's cool, I'll wait.

OK, so this collection contains four visually enhanced DC games, all of which have already hit Xbox Live Arcade and PSN, or are slated to in the future. That’s right--Sega Bass Fishing, Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, and Space Channel 5 Part 2 are all shipping in this collection, which I’d imagine is really targeted to the massive crowd of Xbox 360 owners who don’t bother with connecting their consoles to the Internet, and the PC people who can't get these titles easily the legit way.  
 


 
== TEASER ==Sega, unfortunately, isn’t talking price just yet (which is weird), but as Joystiq points out, the GameStop listing had it pegged for 30 bucks. We'll have to see. 
 
Here's what we found when we dug into a couple of these XBLA releases last year. (Skip to around the 15-minute mark in this here first one.) 

  
   
 

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Wasn't there a fully translated Rent A Hero No.1 that was supposed to be relased on Xbox?   
 
If they don't make a fishing rod controller for my Xbox, I have no interest in playing Sega Marine Fishing.
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Finally I can play Sega Bass fishing! That's my favorite DC game!!!111  
 
Seriously, none of those games are interesting...There are better games on the DC.

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I actually already have the PC version of Crazy Taxi, but I'm not sure if it works well with Windows 7. Come to think of it, I'm not even sure if I've tried.

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ctrl + f  "shenmue "
only finds angry comments
 
f sega

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Virtual On , please?

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@SparkMandrill said:
" Virtual On , please? "
Isnt that already on PSN/XBLA?
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Its like they sat down and said "what games can we pick that will make younger children think the Dreamcast was a horrible piece of shit console?"

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If I can get Chu Chu Rocket for XBLA then I will eat my own foot.

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Wasted opportunity.

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not much interest...

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@SuperSambo:@SuperSambo said:
" @SparkMandrill said:
" Virtual On , please? "
Isnt that already on PSN/XBLA? "
I think only on XBLA.
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You want to make a good collection? Power Stone, Jet Grind Radio, Soul Calibur, maybe Shenmue, and CHUCHUFREAKING ROCKET!! Skies of Arcadia would be cool, as would maybe Soul Reaver or something random like that.
 
No wait. You know what they need? Seaman. SOLD.

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Could've chosen a more nostalgic list of games.

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I already have Crazy Taxi Fare Wars on PSP, Sonic Adventures on Gamecube, and Space Channel 5 on PS2. Do I reeeeeaaaaallllly need to be buying this disc? No, I guess not. 
 
Now where's Shenmue? I have yet to play that game. Or do I need to download it illegally on a Dreamcast emulator? That's where you're pushing me SEGA.

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I WANT CHU CHU ROCKET!

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no phantasy star online no care. 

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Should start calling fake brad. "I read this on kotaku two days ago but now i'm deciding to post it up on giant bomb - Nicholson"
 
Whaddya think, too much of a mouthful?

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Fuck off Sega

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It is like Sega Hits, B-sides. 

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That's a pretty lame ass collection.

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Dont care enough to look up the name 
 
But release the cell shaded skating game. Only one worth playing. 
 
Jet set radio or something...

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Couldn't have asked for Jet Grind Radio or both Power Stones?  Guess they're waiting to release Sonic Adventure 2 for $5 more than it is on the GameCube.

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Um, my Dreamcast is still set up in the living room and I have all those games with the exception of Sega Bass Fishing. 

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Cool, except I don't give half a shit about of any of these games. Bust out Seaman or Shenmue and we'll talk.
 
@Claude said:

" It's like watching the Dreamcast die all over again. "
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I already have a Dreamcast. Why should I care?

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Fucking lame

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So, Sega's still being crazy?  Got it.

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I never owned a Dreamcast and it would be fun to have a neat compilation (maybe 2 discs) of different Dreamcast titles I missed out on.  But this shit isn't going to cut it.  Wish they'd put the effort into getting license rights to a couple of non-Sega titles.

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Awesome, more ways that I can remember just how much Crazy Taxi sucks to play today.
 
YEAH I SAID IT. DEAL WITH IT.

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Crazy Taxi is okay, but we need some jet set radio and phantasty star online.

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lame. 
 
i could just buy these games for my real dreamcast

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@Zabant:  What about people who only visit Giant Bomb? The only reason I knew about this before now is because I visit neogaf. And there's the point that people might want to talk about it on this site... If NBC does a news story do FOX and ABC say, "Damn! NBC reported this first, fuck we can't do it now!".
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@heatDrive88 said:
" Awesome, more ways that I can remember just how much Crazy Taxi sucks to play today.   YEAH I SAID IT. DEAL WITH IT. "
Yeh I know what you mean man.  But its not that it sucked so much as it was a game very much of the time where open world environments hadnt really been explored like this before.  Crazy Taxi is good for nostalga but not for very long. 
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My guess is that they're saving the better titles for releases later on. Remember those screens that leaked showing JSR achievements?

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@heatDrive88 said:
" Awesome, more ways that I can remember just how much Crazy Taxi sucks to play today.   YEAH I SAID IT. DEAL WITH IT. "
I bought a really cheap PS2 copy recently. 
 
While I loved it ten years ago... its unplayable now.
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@JacDG said:
" @SkinnyBlue said:
" Sega Bass Fishing? Aren't there...more exciting games for the Dreamcast to put on this disc? "
no "
Yes.  Chu Chu Rocket.
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You've been pimping Chu Chu Rocket for mobile devices for MONTHS and can't get it onto a console?
 
I'm quite disappointed, sirs.

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Crazy Taxi could be interesting if it featured the original soundtrack, but I highly doubt it. :(

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this is the worst dreamcast collection I could have ever imagined

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I was hoping for something like the Genesis Collection they put out, where it would be a comprehensive collection of all the Sega produced Dreamcast games.  Instead we get two that are already on XBLA, one of which doesn't have it's original music, and then two games that no one ever wanted to play in the first place.  Sega Bass Fishing?  REALLY?

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Jet Grind Radio please!1111111111111111111
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Epic announcement.

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More proof that Sega has no fucking clue what to do these days. There are so many good dreamcast games and this is what they scrounge up?

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whoa I just read "Sega announces Dreamcast" and I was like "WHAT THE FUCK!!"

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All I care about in that collection is Space Channel.
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CHU CHU ROCKET OR BUST.

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Laaame. Give me the GOODS sega!

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Sega, you're breaking my heart. I was actually hyped that they were releasing a collection, but now I'm just insulted.

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@Stonyman65 said:
" whoa I just read "Sega announces Dreamcast" and I was like "WHAT THE FUCK!!" "
Combined with the Arx Fatalis patch, it's early-aughts all over again.