Can you still use Dreamcast online?

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#1  Edited By SathingtonWaltz

I was thinking today, can you still play some online games on the Dreamcast? If so, which ones can you play, and how well do they run with the provided 56k modem?

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#2  Edited By artofwar420

I'm gonna jump out and guess that in the same way most PS2 online games have been shut down, so have the Dreamcast ones. BUT, I'm just guessing here.

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#3  Edited By BraveToaster

I heard that people were still playing Phantasy Star Online. I don't know if that's actually true though. 
 
Edit: Here's a private server.

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#4  Edited By SathingtonWaltz
@Axxol: I heard these same rumors, which caused me to make this thread. I'm also interested in finding out how well these online games performed back in the day over the 56k modem though...
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#5  Edited By schizogony

Back in the day I played Quake 3 online on Dreamcast (with mouse and keyboard, lol).  It was cool.  It was my first online FPS.  I SUUUCKED.

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#6  Edited By CressDX

I have heard that you can´t play online because they closed the servers long time ago  for the DC. :S

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#7  Edited By nintendoeats

I know that the Saturn and Jaguar were all done P2P, so those would work as long as you knew the other guys phone number (this is a hazy remembrance, it might be a smidge more complicated than that). I think that some Dreamcast games also work this way, mostly early ones. Obviously anything with more than two players would get problematic...

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#8  Edited By Daryl

just ain't worth it dude.