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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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no Offspring in Crazy Taxi = NO GO!

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This collection needs more Seaman and Leonard Nimoy.

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The lack of SA2 saddens me, dammit!

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Bleh. And for a second there I thought they were actually going to release good games.

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wait. i just looked through all six pages of comments and didn't see a single vmu "what a disappointment" picture. that's really strange.

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what a waste of plastic

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Damn sega no Shenmue,Jet set radio or Seaman? WTF!!!

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Anytime I hear about Dreamcast games being ported to other systems for digital distribution I get a little bit hopeful that Skies of Arcadia will be put out...alas, that will never happen.

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That's the Space Channel 5 with Michael Jackson in it right? 

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Sega and failure are one and the same, yeah? :\

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I would buy Powerstone 1 and 2 again as a package.  It's a shame that franchise was discarded.

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laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

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where's my jet grind/set radiooooooo

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My Excitement Sky Rocketed, and then it plummeted straight into the ground.

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All I want from you Sega is a fucking XBLA/PSN release of Sonic CD.

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I love how games like Sega Saga suggest that Sony was the evil corporation that killed them. 
 
No Sega, you killed yourself through your overwhelming incompetence.

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that's barely even a 'collection'. you get sonic adventure, presumably an edited version of crazy taxi without offspring etc, yada yada, blah blah. there is a lot of really good games for the dreamcast that would merit being in a proper collection. this is just typical sega tripe and more bad decision making - just like bad decisions that lead to the dreamcast failing.

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Somebody should go to SEGA, slam their door in and just fucking yell the names of their best Dreamcast games. This is not a " Dreamcast collection".

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4 games is not a Dreamcast collection. where's powerstone, skies of arcadia, Jet Grind Radio for starters!?

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Where's my Jet Set Radio?!

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It's amazing how they've managed to combine something great (multiple Dreamcast games, on a disc) with something awful (what those games turn out to be). I mean, come on Sega, this is why gamers lost all faith in you, and you're just making it worse.

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@ThePilgrums
No Power Stone games? Seaman? Jet Set Radio? Shenmue? Come on, this is just lazy.
This. Fuck you Sega, fuck you.
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This sounds like the stuff that should be in 'Dreamcast Collecton 5' not their first fucking one, fuck sake sega, this is shit. 

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hey cool, games I never played 10 years ago because they sucked.

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Hmmm, color me disappointed. I was expecting more games.

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The only thing that's remotely interesting to me is that Space Channel game. The idea of playing this on the PC is ... odd.

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@ChineseTea said:
" I can't wait to not own these games again. For the second time. "
You made me snort coke out my nose.
 
Well played sir. Well played.
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What about Skies or Arcadia? 

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@NekuSakuraba said:
" @ThePilgrums
No Power Stone games? Seaman? Jet Set Radio? Shenmue? Come on, this is just lazy.
This. Fuck you Sega, fuck you. "
Agreed.  
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They should add some type of competitive multiplayer (and not just leader boards) to Crazy Taxi.  That would be sweet.

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Crazy Taxi without Offspring. NO 
 
Edit: Fuck you SEGA for lazily putting together a PC port collection

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Where's Seaman? that game was so messed up.  Or even Jet Grind Radio or Shenmue or even Power Stone? C'mon Sega, why don't you listen to your fans and put out games that they may actually buy.

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Just give me a copy of Crazy Taxi 3 on the Xbox 360 and i'll be happy.  For the gamers that don't own a Dreamcast, there were some really good fun arcade games on that system....  Sega would be a better company if they would start working on new games alongs those lines instead of just giving us endless Sonic games. One favorite of mine comes to mind Dynamite Cop.    

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Why is Sega Bass Fishing here???

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@SkinnyBlue: 
As lame as the game sounds, I actually had that game when I owned tons of DC games (lost them when I moved). The game is pretty fun and deserves a little love. As boring as driving a taxi around sounds, Crazy Taxi did wonders by making it exciting. Fishing seems stupid on a video game, but with the controller (if they release it), this game is actually top notch fun.
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Ugh Sega, what's wrong with you? The Dreamcast had an amazing collection of games yet you somehow managed to put some of the games that have aged the worst into this collection. 

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SEGA rolling out the D squad.

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what is so bad about this? It seems good to me. Sonic adventure is amazing,crazy taxi is great fun,only thing bad is that they took out the original soundtrack and ad's. Also space channel and bass fishing got good scores if i recall.

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30 bucks for:
 
- Sonic Adventure (A game which is so outdated to today's standards that it is unbelieveable, plus pales in comparison to Sonic Adventure 2, the infinitely better sequel)
- Sega Bass Fishing
- Space Channel 5 Part 2
- Crazy Taxi (An arcade game which gets boring after about an hour of playing and lacks variety in gameplay modes)
 
No thanks. Sega should ask the question of "Would fans buy this" once they include either Sonic Adventure 2 or Jet Set Radio...

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@NekuSakuraba said:
" @ThePilgrums
No Power Stone games? Seaman? Jet Set Radio? Shenmue? Come on, this is just lazy.
This. Fuck you Sega, fuck you. "
I'm just amazed people had any expectations
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oh well

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I could run Sega better than anyone in their management has for the past 15 years. To think that at one point, Sega was in a dead heat with Nintendo back when Genesis was king. 
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Even though my DC is still alive, I want this a lot.

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I was wondering if Ikaruga would be included, but I realize that it has already been released.  Ikaruga is, in my mine, the only must-have from the Dreamcast.

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No CvS2 or MvC2 or Ikaruga? STUPID. 

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Sega did such a good job with the library of games on UltimateGenesis Collection, it's a shame they dont seem to be worrying so much about the quality of title's on this dreamcast one especially since this has such potential to make them huge money, if they added in titles like Sonic Adventure 2, Jet Set Radio, Shenmue, Chu Chu Rocket, Soul Calibur(i know they dont own that IP though) they could make some serious bank.
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shingdiggah- you realize they can still put more games out right?

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no third strike? Bullshit!

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@spartanv07 said:
" shingdiggah- you realize they can still put more games out right? "
and you realize that DC games are way bigger than genesis games right
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I don't understand why you people think it's up to Sega to bring back 3rd party Dreamcast games. Some realistic expectations are in order, you know?