EVERY SEGA Dreamcast Game Ranked From Worst To Best

uh oops we did it again we played with your hearts and got lost in the games oh baby baby remember when we ranked every N64 game well say hello to our Dreamcast ranking the end of the '90s was sick huh on 9999 the sickest day you could release a system Sega gave us the Dreamcast a too good for this world console that flew high and burned bright also it' play copies of games you'd burned on cdrs it was the best despite the leaping Graphics being a little less discernable than Generations before Sega innovated in every way possible with the Dreamcast you could kill zombies by typing on a keyboard raise a fish with a microphone and play mini games on the vmu memory card whereas an alien presumably could have come down in 1997 and seen an N64 controller and said what is that an alien lucky enough to have come down a few years later might have spotted a Dreamcast controller in vmu setup and said what those basically the Dreamcast was an improvement in every way you'll find influential games like Marvel versus Capcom 2 and Unreal Tournament next to system sellers like soulcaliber and Sonic Adventure next to Superior versions of games that came out on every system Under the Sun like Tony Hawk's Pro Skate run Rayman 2 next to weird little games we ought to talk more about like Canon Spike and Dynamite Cop and holy [ __ ] this was just an incredible console at 244 North American releases it's about 50 less than the N64 yet it seems pretty inarguable that the drop off to forgettable games happens much farther down this list and while this is sure to inspire debate and discussion we think by the end you'll agree that it was an objectively better system than a Nintendo 64 and that Sonic could definitely beat Mario in a fight before we begin another for word from this video's Creator fudge me as should be obvious this is yet another video transcription of a colossal hard drive listicle that you can read in its entire EV link we will be providing in the description and I'd suggest you do so at some point because I cannot and will not voice and edit every single entry we wrote in this video lest my 4-year-old 1,000 computer explode and I'd be forced to return to my past life in the traveling circus instead much like last time today I will be presenting you with the bottom five top 10 and whichever entries I think were particular funny or interesting in between and yes as the person who runs this YouTube channel I have seen the many comments people left about our N64 list and i' just like to say it wasn't anything to do with me I didn't write this [ __ ] I mean Gamers we hear you we know you had some disagreements yes you will think banjo Tui is way better than it actually is and yes you will have Mario bias and overrate Mario Kart 64 but some of the placements on that list are a little bit out of whack we'll talk about Rayman too don't worry I got you covered you should know that that from my observations at least this time around the team's process was somewhat more efficient and a decent amount more scrupulous not Ed in the least bit to the fact that I elected to swoop in like a sexy seagull and single-handedly save the project and contributed five entries to the list this time instead of one this is not to say that we were LAX at all in the N64 list but projects this big and ambitious require lots of people and lots of coordination because yes despite what some of the YouTube comments say we do in fact play every game on this list that's exactly why we came to the conclusion that Shadows of the Empire is mid sorry take your Nostalgia glasses off okay how you remember things is not actually how good they were it was this team and any team's first time attempting such a work one that we're all still very proud of but you live and learn this time the screws have been tightened ratings have been assessed cho cho have been rocketed I assume I didn't play that game this time we're sure there is absolutely no way anyone could get mad about anything in this list this is every Sega Dreamcast game released in North America ranked from worst to best starting us off at number 244 and the worst game on the Sega Dreamcast Spirit of speed 19 37 Spirit of speed 1937 is exactly what it claims to be the withering ghost of what could have been a decent historical racing game it is a spirit trapped in purgatory riding on empty tracks devoid of life entirely there is no sense of weight or momentum in the vehicles either no boosts no Stakes just Wheels spinning and dragging steel corpses through a merry go round of Despair the car is exempt from conventional physics or even physics in general it is exempt from reality itself As Dead As The Game's premise there's no soundtrack during races the whole experience is a silent drudgery paced to a trembling unstable 30 frames per second it's as if the game itself knows how frail and weak It Is possessing the player with a sense of both boredom and vague unease the first racer in this game's Championship mode requires 10 laps around a shoddy mud-colored replica of the trapo 1937 Grand Prix where each lap takes about 3 minutes according to my math that would mean at least a half hour of riding in circles through beige nothingness in the occasional palm tree each lap is its own momento Mory why do we race what is it for one day we will reach the end of this senseless course we call life and we will ask ourselves are we proud of what we've done well the developers certainly shouldn't be number 243 Spec Ops 2 Omega Squad like I get it not every game can go out there and be a rock star that being said it should at least attempt to be an enjoyable and engaging experience Spec Ops 2 Omega Squad says [ __ ] all that and opts to be one of the most God orful experiences on the Dreamcast the story is established by a series of increasingly dull pictures of middleaged white guys pointing at things and looking at computer screens things are said maybe I don't know I got bored and skipped it because every military Sim FPS is judged solely on its combat right choosing to invade Antarctica for reasons unknown I was dropped into a white baren Wasteland that had fewer textures than the dolphin and waver 64 as I trudged forward at a snail's pace the game would load in the mountains at a jarring rate guards were randomly placed but easily dispatched by my rectangle gun I walked for a Solid 5 minutes until a random RPG caught me in the face and completely reset the level at that point I had suffered enough Spec Ops 2 is just horrifically bad it looks and feels more like a very early Tech demo than an actual game that people spent money on avoid it at all costs number 2042 iron Aces iron Aces looks and performs as well as the right brothers first plane all of the Assets in the game are forced to fight over a pool of six polygons and flying higher than a few dozen feet over the ground causes them to disappear riding that line has the potential to induce a seizure as the ground textures rapidly pop in and out the controls are abysmal and just shooting down an enemy aircraft is as difficult as birthing digested Chipotle despite being advertised as a World War II game it's like a movie that says based on true events and the only similarity is a detail or two iron Aces reimagines the entirety of World War II with major players having control of a group of four Islands that's right rather than experience classic battles or journey to a variety of historic locals developer marionette decided that four Islands would do the trick and then pieced out when using World War II as a backdrop for a game it's pretty hard to [ __ ] things up you can get as creative as you would like and tell all kinds of different stories Plus World War II fans have such a raging hard on for anything related to it that they're willing to plop down money and all kinds of nonsense however Ines is bad enough to give even the stest War buff a moment of pause number 241 Sydney 2000 the events in Sydney 2000 are as follows 100 m Sprint tap A and B fast 1 out of 10 110 M hurdles tap A and B fast tap X to jump over a hurdle one out of 10 Javelin tap A and B fast then hold X to throw the thing then do that three times one out of 10 Hammer same as Javelin but different Thing 1 out of 10 triple jump tap A and B fast then hit x three times 1 out of 10 high jump tap A and B fast then hold X to jump release X to pull legs in one out of 10 ski shooting tap X aim and tap X again two out of 10 super heavyweight weight lifting tap A and B fast hit X tap A and B fast hit x 1 out of 10 100 m freestyle swimming tap A and B fast press X to turn then tap A and B Fast 2 out of 10 10 m platform diving play Simon Says and Superman 64 1 out of 10 Chase cycling tap A and B fast not at all controlling the bike one out of 10 kayak K1 slalom actually play a video game 4 out of 10 this game is as terrible as the ioc number 240 seventh cross Evolution I've Had The Misfortune of playing seventh cross Evolution and I still have no idea what the hell it's about the game starts with some heavy jrpg Vibes as players assign colors to different stats like attack and defense that may or may not come into play later it was never clear players are then dumped into a pond where they take the form of what appears to be a single celled organism the objective is to swim around eating what you can in order to evolve to the next stage however should a creature eat you you kick back to square one and that to start all over again like a digital Copus it's a thoroughly mind-numbing Affair and barely qualifies as game play the graphics look like an early PlayStation title with the water textures freezing up whenever you make a turn the only enemy I encountered a crab would murder me without any sort of fight and once it had my scent there was no losing it seventh cross evolution is the kind of game you get someone if you really hate them maybe if you have a really bratty person in need of some punishment but even then it's a lot of emotional and mental trauma to inflict on someone all right per our mischievous mob of cackling little go Goins there's the five worst Sega Dreamcast games of all now let's make like my adorable cat Ted who's currently suffering with irritable bowel syndrome and quickfire some of this [ __ ] for every like and comment I will give him one tablet and a little pat on the head number 239 ECW hardcore Revolution 238 test drive 6 237 real fishing wild 236 pod speed zone 2 35 South Park Chef's Love Shack 234 Gundam Side Story I I'm going to assume this is 0079 or maybe you say 079 some [ __ ] weave's going to roast me in the comments over this Gundam Side Story 0079 Rise From the Ashes 233 floan Brothers episode 1 episode what [ __ ] hell 232 the ring Terrors realm 23 1 psychic Force 2012 and number 230 the Grinch strap in for this one originally made for the PS1 the Grinch Rises once more for an encore of fun the Dreamcast is his next victim hooray published by Konami back in the day what's more is the studio that fared this game are Behavior interactive of dead by daylight Fame perhaps you question my turns of phrase my friend look no further than how the game plays every line is rhed exactly like this and I assure you that's real I'm not taking the piss indeed the late Doctor Who could not consent now weeps in its grave a silent Lament The Rhymes are as forced as a horse dragging carts and the jump is as weightless as the Grinch's cruel farts and speaking of flatulence with his robust behind the Grinch will certainly blow your mind the central mechanic of this lazy Port is a pancake attack or something of that sort the Grinch leaps into action then plummets on down his ass truly crushing present boxes in town perhaps his behind is his strongest charm he can't really kick or punch with his arm nay the Grinch is a nonviolent Beast compared to most he has standards at least but the horrors go on as you may expect for the Grinch can fight too with his noxious bad breath and in wispy clouds of cartoon smoke children running the scent that Grinchy breathing provoke you reaching for that one provokes atas the conclusion is woeful at best a hasty adaptation of the original text the Grinch has no sequence of pulling his sleigh and simply decides he will go save the day but after crying for The Who and returning their gifts the Grinch does something unexpected he drifts in the last 10 minutes of this horrible thing the Grinch mounts a motorcycle and drives into the ring grd car is real alive and well and Rita I tell tell you playing it was hell finally the race did come to an end and at last this review I could finally send the game's budget was small the pennies were pinched and when the credits stopped rolling they read you grinched anyway when is dead by daylight going to add the Grinch to the roster just a reminder I mean it says as much in the bottom of the screen but amazingly quite a few people managed to miss that in the last video uh I didn't write most of these uh the writer is in the bottom corar of the screen so congratulations to Luca Fisher on probably the most insane entry I'll ever have to read for one of these and I wish I could take credit for that but I'm also glad I don't have it on my conscience number 229 wild metal 228 MTV Sports skateboarding featuring Andy McDonald W Andy McDonald 227 Championship Surfer 226 conflict Zone 225 ESPN NBA Tonight 224 roadsters 223 nightmare creatures too 222 charge and blast 221 ducatti World Racing challenge 220 is a mystery game a mystery game you're thinking what does that mean well we'll be talking more about this entry way later down the line once we get to number 33 if I reviewed what it is right now you'd get very mad at it that's what we in the beers call a hook what going to show beers honey 219 striker Pro 2000 218 ESPN International track and field 217 four-wheel Thunder 216 F1 world Grand Prix 215 confidential Mission 214 incoming 213 virtu athlete 2000 212 NFL quarterback Club 221 4x4 Evo 210 Jeremy grath Motocross 2000 209 Buzz Light Year of Star Command 208 Urban chaos 207 mag Force Racing 206 ill bleed 205 trick style 204 flag to flag 203 Armada 202 Fighting Force 2 and number 21 spawn in the Demon's hand it was exciting seeing capc logo and I booted this up since the company has history making licensed games that punch well above their weight class then the opening CGI cut scene started and taking top billing over the development is the Visionary creator of the clown Todd McFarland just like the comic it's based on this game is all style over substance it's a mix of Power Stone and a light gun shooter you and a bunch of characters I don't know and don't want to know run around a little map and shoot each other with guns I'll admit I'm not a spawn guy but he can do more than use a shotgun right the camera is atrocious making it difficult to see where you're shooting and who's shooting you if you like spawn please get in touch and tell me what the [ __ ] is going on here 200 slave zero 199 ripping Riders 198 Outrigger 197 silver 196 World Series Baseball 2K1 195 NFL quarterback Club 2 2001 194 maximum po 193 draconus Cult of the worm here is number 192 Echo the dolphin defender of the future Seth finlin writes I thought I'd given myself such a gift when I picked this game off the list it'll be so easy to make jokes about the dolphin game I said I'll make some fun references to those whales that are attacking boats recently I said what I didn't know is I was stepping into one of the most surreal and disquieting pieces of media I have seen in a long time this game opens with an alliance of humans and dolphins fighting aliens presented in this Serene audio visual soup that should be playing on the wall at a downtown art exhibition then you're abruptly thrown into the water and ask to save a little baby whale with no reference to the aliens and then you're given a quest to save Atlantis and things only get weirder from there the controls are awful the game asks you to mash the a button to pump ekko's tail and my thumbs get sore immediately I don't recommend you play this game but I do recommend you get as many drugs as possible and throw on a long Play on YouTube I have to go take a walk now 191 South Park rally 190 Tomb Raider the last Revelation 189 demolition racer no exit 188 Max Steel covert missions and our number 187 is Sega bass fishing 2 when I first sat down with this game I F expected that the review I'd inevitably end up writing would read something like it's fine for what it is it's probably not going to be for everybody but it does what it sets out to do and there's nothing wrong with that but in actuality this game is pointless as hell it's a realistic bass fishing simulator in a time when realistic Graphics meant just be grateful you're not still a two-dimensional Circle nerd and the environments managed to make it feel like your avatar is fishing in an underfunded Hatchery that they broke into it's sterile dull and it doesn't even let you feel like the time you wasted playing it was relaxing as I assume real fishing does I don't know personally as actually going fishing would interfere with my policy of not going outside ever but I doubt if even a serious angler could find any joy to be had in this time card punch clock of a game I'm going to assume this is meant to say clock Punch or maybe this is just another American expression I'm not familiar with anyone up punching their clock right now I don't know leave a comment and like And subscribe if you uh clock punch a lot 186 Toy Story 2 Buzz Lightyear to the rescue which is apparently a very weak Port of a generally much better game 185 surf rocket Racers 184 Disney's dinosaur 183 WWF Attitude 182 pen pen tril Salon trialon I can't tell but I don't want to have to look at this box art for any longer 181 vanishing point 180 army men SES Heroes 179 Arrow Wings two air strike 178 death Crimson ox or Ox I don't know 177 grand theft or O2 176 ECW Anarchy rules or rolls 175 Kiss Psycho Circus The Nightmare Child 174 fur Fighters and number 173 Dragon Riders Chronicles of per nearly 2 years into the final Sega consol's life cycle almost to the day the already drowning Dreamcast would get thrown a rescue line with dragon Riders Chronicles of per unfortunately Dragon Riders arrived far too late to help the poor conso as they had to speak to every single person in the me Hall and get an untrackable side quest from them before it could arrive to help at all Dragon Riders is a fantasy RPG B based on the Dragon Riders of per novels created by an mcaffrey who was the first woman to ever win the coveted by sci-fi fantasy writers anyway Hugo Award with such a rich world to pull from it has the ingredients to be really fun but my God it is so slow this game rolls up there with Shen Moon as far as RPGs of the era that are difficult to go back to are concerned it has that Gunk the old 9s PC RPGs had which is actually pretty Charming but that also means it takes forever to get anything done it also does that fantasy setting thing where you're just bombarded with names and Concepts that mean nothing to you then you just get burdened with everyone of their mother and their dragons requests best thing I got out of this game is that you ride dragons who AB bonded to their Riders through the mind which means everything each of you think the other knows which can go just as weird as you think it does and it immediately does that when you wake up hungover and meet another dude whose dragon is in heat and horny on man which leads to him stabbing a guy aart I wish I had the patience to see what the hell this thing was really all about but I can only take so many unsynchronized lip flaps that constantly show me everyone's uncomfortably modeled teeth and it taken me 10 years to equip a simple knife in my inventory 172 bang gunship Elite did I get you did I get you bang oh 171 Mortal Kombat gold 170 Sports Jam 169 World Series baseball 2k2 168 egg Elemental Gimmick Gear 167 Cal the kangaroo coming in at number 166 it's who wants to beat up a millionaire for anyone who avoided games that never scored above a 5 out of 10 in any magazine the highest being from IGN which is slightly lower than a 6 out of 10 a reviewer gave to the experience of being drowned let me give you a rundown of what this is who wants to beat up a millionaire is a punch for- punch parody of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire except the host is a smart ass quip machine named egregious Fillin the questions a Saria and after every round you get right you get to beat the living [ __ ] out of a rich guy of your choice the biggest slice of game play is choosing one of the five options you have for Rich guys you get to punch between rounds you got Chik Abdul chickpea a racist parody of a middle eastern oil magnate Daisy May La Plume and a Nicole Smith which just feels mean at this point rich little weasel II a random trust fund college kid melvin. comom Bill Gates but more Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg in the modern day than anyone else and of course Ronald hump future God president of the worst people in our country not my country by the way but probably your country we have a different stupid [ __ ] in charge now let me be clear no one would ever say that who wants to beat up a millionaire is a good video game and don't worry I'm not going to say that it is either but from Donald Trump becoming president to income inequality reaching Heights even greater than that of pre-revolutionary France who could have guessed when this was released in the year 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast that this would have aged so godamn well cynic I suppose the game play itself is of course pretty terrible beating the crap out of a rich child is always fun but the boxing segments are pretty much nothing and the rest of the game is just answering questions while a Mad Magazine style parity of Regis filbin yells at you you can finish a round in like 10 minutes but my final verdict I would do literally anything in the world to get an official modern remake of this game 165 Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Rogue spear 164 snowcross Championship racing 163 Tomb Raider Chronicles and our number 162 Evil Dead Hail to the King my experience with Evil Dead Hail to the King was sort of like an escape room I didn't understand the rules I had a tenuous grasp on the story and it took me about an hour to figure out how to open the door this survival horror game came to me when the good Folks at heavy in studios decided to developed their first game I like to think that faithful meeting included a whiteboard that had the phrase Resident Evil Dead underlined a few times plot-wise the game serves as a sequel to the trilogy with the events taking place eight years after Army of Darkness despite being a coward who is bad at video games I was excited to play this one you hear Bruce Campbell's voice almost immediately and that's always a delight but then Ash your survival is directly correlated to your ability to navigate this godforsaken fixed angle platform suffice it to say that I died several times in quick succession and I never did figure out how to use the chainsaw but there is a button that makes Bruce Campbell talk so that's pretty cool 161 Monaco Grand Prix 160 WWF Royal Rumble 159 coaster Works 158 Sega smash pack volume 1 157 CNN Motorsports hardcore heat 156 The Last Blade to hard a for [ __ ] sake 156 The Last Blade to Heart of the Samurai 155 18 wheeler American Pro trucker 154 Caesar's Palace 2000 Millennium Gold Edition 153 centipede 152 Sega swirl 151 won Wacky Races 150 Jesus Christ cyber Troopers virtual on oratorio tangram msbs version 5.4 I [ __ ] hate Gundam games is this even a Gundam game I bet it's not I I [ __ ] hate Japanese robot games 149 NBA Hoops 148 Star Wars demolition 147 Razer freestyle scooter 146 stupid Invaders 145 Hoy Casino 144 Omicron The Nomad Soul 143 the King of Fighters dream match 1999 142 the next Tetris online edition 141 Sega Marine fishing 140 revolt and ranked at number 139 blue Stinger blue Stinger is a genre beer Lam from Climax graphicss and the late shinya nishigaki who'd go on to make ill bleed a lot of people called Blue Stinger a survival horror game because you fight creepy mutants and bullets are initially hard to find but it isn't really trying to scare you instead it feels like that particular type of action B movie where only half a cast were taking it seriously blue Stinger is the space Mutiny of Dreamcast games more importantly you play Blue Stinger as two guys and one is dogs bow the single most divorced character in video game history he Sumo wrestles plant monsters he wears jws he has a bath scene half his dialogue involves calling the other protagonist than [ __ ] you do not have to be told that he's hung over dogs is a hero and an icon is what I'm saying I should have been able to buy a lunchbox in Target with this guy's face on it that was already full of Milwaukee's best blue Stinger isn't a great game but it might have been more of a so dumb its fun cult favorite if it wasn't for Activision it demanded that the game switch from Resident Evil Style static camera angles to a dynamic perspective which follows you around like it's drunk that turns blue Stinger from a cheerfully stupid C minor sort of game into an irritating experience if you're looking to check it out so you too can bask in the warm glow of dog's power grab the Japanese edition which is still mostly in English 138 Dave mirror freestyle BMX 1372 Dalmations puppies to the rescue 136 Prince of Persia Arabia Knights 135 extreme sports 134 carrier 133 San Francisco Rush 2049 132 silent scope 131 Soul fighter 130 Donald Duck going quackers 129 test drive V rally number 128 hidden and dangerous this this is a tricky one to review hidden and dangerous gives you the kind of granular control that you only see in indie games made by obsessive weirdos these days the game's ambition is impressive and its mechanics are interesting on a fundamental level for each campaign you build a team of eight soldiers all of whom have an array of individual stats and written bios then you fill up your team's inventory piece by piece and then select four of your soldiers to bring on a specific Mission then you distribute your items amongst each squadmate as you create their custom load out it can take a good 20 minutes before you actually start the mission and I know some of you psychos love that kind of thing unfortunately the game is let down by the clunky controls typical of shooters from this era that problem is compounded by the fact that it's a tactical squad-based game requiring the use of additional actions like giving orders to your teammates that are performed by button Combos and it never quite works out as well as you'd hope I'm certain that there are significant number of people who count this among their favorite games because of its absurd depth but most of them should should probably be on a watch list 127 Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX 126 pubert 125 ready to rumble boxing round two 124 deep fighter 123 NBA Showtime NBA on NBC 122 and the halfway point of this list D2 121 plasma sword nightmare of Bill Des 120 Arrow Wings 119 Midway greatest Arcade Hits Volume One 118 worms Armageddon 117 virtual Striker 2 116 Atari anniversary edition try not to laugh but our number 115 is Sean SE cmen cmen so let me get get this straight after raising a generation of seamen essentially amphibious parasitoids from eggs after helping them acquire language and watching in horror and Fascination as they devour each other and evolve after caring for them until they lay the egg that would eventually hatch into you and die off after tirelessly making endless adjustments to your tank temperature and moisture levels as you Harang me with Jeff Kramer's voice like some abominable digital homunculus after list listening to you Bape me for not seeking therapy and for not eating healthy enough after getting home to my Empty Apartment at 2: a.m. after a closing shift at the bar and immediately booting cmen up and reaching for the microphone to tell you as loudly and clearly as possible I love you I love you over and over again because you're still sick from the spider I accidentally fed you and this is the only way to recover even though I couldn't even tell if it was working or not after all this now you're saying it's time for you to go fine this next part is something you have to do on your own I understand you don't have to tell me that you'll always be outside if I need you I know this is goodbye honestly it's a relief that I won't have to see you sit there and give me that stupid look in your grotesque adult boss baby face every time I come home so go on get out of here but I won't be there to help you anymore so please take care of yourself I want to give C man a zero out of 10 because it sucks and I want to give it a 10 out of 10 because it sucks I'll split the difference and give this strange digital pet gamer 6 out of 10 with that extra one point acting as my finger on the scale 114 NCA College Football 2k2 Road to the Rose Bowl 113 Spider-Man 112 zombie Revenge 111 time stalkers 110 Frogger 2 swampies Revenge 109 Shadow man8 Expendable 107 Chicken Run 106 alien front online 105 Air Force Delta 104 Midway greatest Arcade Hits Volume 2 ranking in at Number 103 worms world party reviews of worms world party seem to generally put it lower than its predecessor worms Armageddon but lacking the gift of context or the friends who will play literally any video game online with my cackling blasting bad lands chugs Bas boosted burps down a 10-year-old headset because I think it's funny ass much less a relatively obscure one from 2001 I think this one's better maybe I'm biased because the single player offerings which were all I had meaningful access to were far more substantial than Armageddon on top of missions and free play against CPUs there's scenarios fun little usually traversal based challenges on a timer they're meager but harmless the game's tutorials much like worms Armageddon are unintuitive and clunky but not necessary to take on the game's missions so those of us who don't know how the [ __ ] to use the [ __ ] ninja rope and don't want to can finally get in on the fun well I say fun worms has the tonal dissonance of one of those SpongeBob episodes about Sandy looking for a lost snail that features actual footage of the bombs dropping on Hiroshima in Nagasaki this one in particular has a super vibrant loading screen that INF folks Bob Ross painting a cat Mario level on MSP and then every actual in-game level has skulls on Pikes sticking out of hellish rivers of fire set to what might as well be the Raven H home theme from halflife 2 the first mission sees you trying to collect top secret data in a mid apocalyptic hellscape of global warming and toxic air whil the sea level rises every turn who are you for worms kids adult BS sickos you're certainly not for anyone 20 years in the future that's for sure I see your attempts but the Vibes are off 102 super Runabout San Francisco Edition 101 alone in the dark the new Nightmare and we're going again for number 100 it's Daytona USA a revamped Port of the arcade Daytona 2001 they decided to just give this the exact same name as the satin game that was based on the older version so that's weird maybe they were curbing their bets and thought when people were trying to decide which of the three dozen racing games the Dreamcast offered they wanted to play they didn't step themselves into buying Daytona because they had so much fun with it on the satin man I don't know what I think anyway this is a pretty fun Port of an arcade Racer the championship mode and internet play give it a little more longevity than most of these checkpoint based arcade racing ports also the levels are fantastic giant ass slot machines and visages of Sonic carved into stone populate the world of Daytona is it really like that down there I don't know I think anyway it looks great one thing I'm not sure I understand is the need for Pit Row in an arcade racer my ride is quite evidently [ __ ] up from my reckless style of driving after a few laps so I pull into the pit stop they provided for me I get some badly needed new tires some quick repairs and I'm now back in the mix my car good as new I'm also trailing all other cars by 45 seconds with three laps left in an eight laap race it feels like I got wiy coyot into a needless Pit Stop what gives 99 Red Dog Superior Firepower 98 Super magnetic Neo 97 Maan X or maybe Mak X whichever one it is 96 Sonic Shuffle hey don't shoot don't shoot the messenger okay our reviewer liked it quite a lot more than most people did there's a great bit in there about Knuckles letting a baby dolphin die I suggest you give it a read 95 resid Evil Code Veronica 94 Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 93 Gauntlet Legends 92 Star Wars Episode 1 racer 91 T off 90 Ultimate Fighting Championship 89 industrial spy 88 speed Devils 87 virtu of fighter 3tb 86 NHL 2K 85 speed Devils online racing 84 Namco Museum 83 Star Wars Episode 1 Jedi power battles 82 Sega GT 81 toy Commander 80 NBA 2K 79 heavy metal geom Matrix and our number 78 is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure failed to gain Mass popularity worldwide until it received a rebooted anime series in the early 2010s despite being wildly popular in Japan since its Inception in the late 1980s up until then in America our knowledge of anything JoJo's was mostly limited to this game which is a port of an arcade title I remember seeing this game at the arcade and thinking how bizarre how bizarre indeed no I didn't say that but it would have been kind of funny if I did the story of the game follows the plot beats of part three of the series otherwise known as Stardust Crusaders you can choose from several characters who appear during the story arc and fight through a series of arcade mode matches the game was developed by the same team responsible for Street Fighter 3 but sets itself apart from most of games in the genre by including a unique stand system stands range from being magical punching ghosts to handguns to things much much more complicated each stand has its own mini health bar though so you don't want to lean on them too heavily and if you do you might actually have to throw a punch at someone for real 77 NHL 2k2 these things were made by Treyarch by the way that's the Call of Duty Black Ops people I just learned that by looking at the list what do you know 76 Sega bass fishing 75 wetrix plus 74 f355 challenge Pion Rossa 73 Mars Matrix 72 Sega rally 2 coming in as our number 71 is mdk2 I remember when I got my Dreamcast there was a demo disc that came with it it had title was like Sonic Adventure Dead or Alive 2 and mdk2 and that last one was so profoundly weird and fun that it stuck with me for the next 20 years fast forward to now and I'm finally able to play the full version and I was surprised to see that both BioWare and interplay had teamed up for this one suffice it to say what they produced is brilliant when it's not busy ignoring your safe word ND K2 has the feel of a pulpy Indie comic from the early '90s there's a janitor with a sniper rifle helmet there's a badass dog with six arms there's your stereotypical mad Doctor Who only wants to stop an alien invasion now of ego it's all great stuff and aside from the compelling characters in humor there's a gorgeous game with intriguing systems it's a third person shooter with an emphasis on sniping but not necessarily the level design for it most of all mdk2 is brutally hard the controls don't particularly stand the test of time as the left stick controls the camera and the face buttons control movement enemies will tear through your health and far too many of them have tracking projectiles worst of all the game utilizes a checkpoint system that is a little too spread out there's nothing like attempting a section for the umth time because of arbitrary difficulty or archaic controls mdk2 is enjoyable enough to make players suffer through the frustration it has the makings of a cult classic and I would love nothing more than to see a modern remake until then it will be the epitome of the Dreamcast a beautiful but flawed gem that many failed to see 70 Hydro Thunder 69 NFL Blitz 2000 68 sword of the berserk guts's rage 67 project Justice 66 virtue of tennis 65 NBA 2K1 64 Tech romancer think I know a few Tech romancers 63 Giga wing and number 62 Dino Crisis it may seem reductive to call Dino Crisis res and evil with dinosaurs and so in order to bait out potential rage comments for engagement on this video that's how I'll be referring to it for the rest of this entry Resident Evil with Dinosaurs helmed by Resident Evil without dinosaurs Pioneer and horror Legend Shinji Mami it's like Resident Evil but with Dinosaurs it has the same fixed camera angles tank controls and slow dread inducing door opening animations but tangling with Dinosaurs is inherently different to dealing with zombies and so it also features some evolutions on the classic re formula to help you keep up with these much faster enemies such as being able to move and hold your weapon at the same time and being able to mix and customize equipment to create Superior healing and poison darts this as far as I can see is the first time such a mechanic was implemented in one of these Capcom horror games and is something Mami would famously bring back for Resident Evil 4 it's aged about as well as any of these games that have you moved like a human forklift have it's overshadowed by Resident Evil by virtue of zombies and the like just being scarier and still being only marginally more action oriented than survival horror but it makes a genuine attempt to make dinosaurs scary and occasionally succeeds every time a raptor bursts into the same claustrophobic room as you it seriously does trigger a real fight or flight response and it all caps off with some pretty awesome and genuinely intimidating showdowns with the game's dinosaur equivalent of Mr X Mr Rex if you will still though nothing is scarier than having to navigate a world so big and windy when you control like that 61 Crazy Taxi 2 60 NFL 2K 59 railroad Tycoon 2 58 Vigilante 8 second defense 57 NBA 2k2 56 record of Loos war and 55 Resident Evil 2 at this point you've either played the original 1998 Resident Evil 2 or you're determined not to do so despite 25 years of think pieces documentaries retro roundups prophetic dreams and raving Street Mad Men all telling you that you should stop being stubborn and play re2 join us having said that the Dreamcast version of re2 is well it's fine it's better than no re2 at all it doesn't run badly on Dreamcast but it's a tweaked Port of the 1999 Windows Edition which features a weird collection of adjustments over the original PlayStation game it features a new miname extreme battle which only manic completionists will ever want to play two additional Ultra hard difficulties which are strictly for masochists and a new Dreamcast exclusive feature where your character's current health status is displayed in your vmu re2 on Dreamcast also censors the original game's elaborate Death Scenes if you die the game simply Fades the black rather than making you watch as Mr X curb stumps your character whether that's a drawback or not depends on you as a person I'm not going to judge you either way way though the Dreamcast Port of ra2 is in a strange place it's got a couple of bonuses that the original game didn't but it doesn't have the replay value or extra lore of the N64 version it's still worth your time but if you're try to choose which version of re2 to play the only reason to go for the Dreamcast Edition is if it's the only one you have available 54 gunbird 2 53 the King of Fighters Evolution 52 House of the Dead to 51 star lcer number 50 ready to rumble boxing 49 ugab Booga 48 bomber Man online 47 NFL Blitz 2001 46 Tokyo Extreme racer 45 Capcom versus SNK Millennium fight 2000 44 Walt Disney World quest magical racing tour 43 garu Mark of the Wolves 4 2 Resident Evil 3 Nemesis and our pick for number 41 shenmu let's cut straight to the point you're either going to love shenmu or you're going to hate it there's no in between on this of all the titles on Dreamcast it stands out as one of the best looking hands down in terms of all games it's one of the most detailed and nuanced in terms of world design and how fleshed out it is the biggest dividing factor is how mundane everything is some similar to Persona titles there is a day and night cycle shops and people will keep their own schedules this either adds to the immersion or makes everything feel like a chure as you try to progress the story said story is rather grounded where compared to other titles shenmu isn't some bombastic Affair and you won't ultimately end up killing God instead you're going to talk to a lot of elderly people about their days while juggling QuickTime events it's very grounded and methodical all that aside shenmu suffers from two major issues today the controls are a bits more and the sound quality especially for voice lines aren't great everyone is using a very hot mic and the performance is wildly vary it's hard to recommend shenmu because of how divisive it is it's one of those things that a person needs to experience themselves kind of like that experimentation phase in college I can't tell you if you're going to like it you just need to give it a shot 40 Marvel versus Capcom clash of superheroes and number 39 we're back at it again the typing of the Dead the typing of the Dead is a typing based edutainment game that replaces the gun in Zombie Shooter House of the Dead 2 with a keyboard and it rules so much maybe I'm biased because I was absolutely the kid who spent elementary school computer lab periods playing typing games but typing of the Dead is surprisingly frenetic with a sense of adrenaline and a Charming sense of humor to boot typing goofy phrases like my foxy wife yummy yet carcinogenic a limi about Sega putting dreadlocks on and a kidner fast and accurately is harder than you think even with an incredibly short arcade SL campaign mode it still finds some time to iterate on the game play in an interesting way one boss requires you to type the words that correctly answer its questions another boss enters brief periods of invulnerability that completely disrupts your typing flow all this frantic typing activates the part of me that's always thought mid 2000s hacking scenes look sick as hell yes I do want to rapidly Mash on my keyboard and achieve some sort of visceral result I've never been a big FPS guy but furiously typing Teach Me How to Love and Grassroots movement to blow up zombies before they get me now we're talking if you're the kind of kid who chose words like limulus polyphemus the scientific name for the Atlantic horseshoe crab for the choose your own words part of his first grade spelling test and then grew up to join an online video game publication you would probably hypothetically rate this let's say an 85 out of 100 38 test drive L man I know it's French and it's probably pronounced lons but I just think Lum man is way funnier 37 Space Channel 5 and number 36 good God I'm on a rampage right now somebody stopped me Crazy Taxi my favorite part of this game is when the announcer says hey hey hey it's time to make some crazy money are you ready I'm going to be honest here I looked at quite a lot of gameplay footage of this game and I could not find the announcer saying that specific quote I'm not not calling Seth a liar I'm just saying you should have been more careful typing out your quotes or maybe I just didn't hear it please don't let's let's be friends Seth Seth in order to clear your good name please send me a clip of this exact quote being said and I will hide Myself Away in shame but playing this game for this project made me realize you're truly making some insane amounts of cash you're making $150 for a trip down the street this game rocks it's a novel take on the arcade racer where you're trying to Ferry people to the KFC Before Time runs out the faster you go the more money you'll make it's simple it's fast it's fun the Dreamcast was the last console where a perfect Port of an arcade game was a selling point and that's really all this is there's a few mid games that act as training missions but don't expect anything on the level of Super Monkey Bulls bonus modes here or anything 35 tennis 2k2 34 Giga Wing 2 and number 33 cho cho rocket as I was playing Cho Chu rocket I found myself wishing that I was on the toilet I wasn't experiencing any digestive distress the game's puzzles would just reminisent of the type of Puzzler that you typically see on phones nowadays and I usually play those with my shorts around my ankles it packs in a lot of fun for a game that was mostly an experiment to test sega's networking capabilities and the art direction is sufficiently cute the 100 single player levels will only last you the equivalent of a few trips to the bathroom but the fast-paced multiplayer mode will keep you entertained until you're legs and num it's an excellent party game for people who like seeing their friends lose more than they actually like winning plus as the game originally retailed for well below the cost of a typical Dreamcast title I think it deserves to be graded on a bit of a curve now if you'll excuse me I've got to go spend some time on my phone now take your phone and hold it dear viewer because it's time for our little Hook from earlier on in the video to finally be reeled in you can't see it but I'm doing a hook reeling in motion right now with my hands it's really good is that it's a very accurate hook reeling in I'm quite impressive myself actually because also number 33 kind of with an asterisk it's a bit weird is sambad De Amigo let me explain this one when allowing people to sign up to review games on this list then hard drive editorinchief and only man strong enough to play every NBA and NFL game on the N64 and Dreamcast for the sake of an online ranking that would see modest popularity at best made the biggest mistake of his life when he mistake allowed two people to play and review samb De Amigo it was all very embarrassing and deeply shameful but thankfully only a few people died and he has been placed in solitary confinement but as if to provide a booming statement on the Limitless subjectivity of projects like this our two reviewers turned in wildly different reviews one of them landed sambad Amigo here directly next to ChuChu Rocket and the other well the other landed it way back at 2 20 I chose not to reveal it at the time to save our writers from more Furious YouTube comments from people who would only watch 20% of the video and not read the article to seek out any further context but now that we're finally here and I can put this giant hook to the side let's read the good ending review of samb De Amigo it's important to note that I do not own samb de Amigo's controllers the two Majestic miracas that this game is known for I've never played sambad Amigo before but know how beloved it is and I did not know that the game has a non- maracus op option now I have a new beloved rhythm game because Samba is incredible this is the only game I know that asks for your height when you start but don't worry short Kings it's not a big deal it also comes with different warnings about swinging around the controllers years before wiimotes were breaking TVs worldwide while I could go on about other OD EES in the game including the leopard Jazz Brothers I need to talk about the actual game there's six zones to shake Maracas and press buttons in time with music and a let's dance pose obstacle it all works really well even in the mini games which are far more entertaining than they have any right to be but what's the thing that Mak samb De Amigo one of my favorite Dreamcast titles one of the included songs is real big fish's iconic cover of Take On Me truly the last time scar was ever cool 32 NFL 2k2 31 Mr driller 30 Tokyo Extreme Racer 2 29 Soldier of Fortune 28 quake three Arena and number 27 Canon Spike to my knowledge Cannon spike is a game genre all on its own of which it is the soul entry a true anomaly in a world of souls likes strand types and whatever Refuge is currently being pedal as Monster catching games which is insane as its unique play style control scheme and aesthetic seem like ripe raw materials for the trend of Indie developers aping these qualities putting them through the magic copyright removal machine and spitting out a spiritual pseudo sequel in L of the real deal let me explain further Canon Spike sees a roster of Capcom sub MVC cadra collected Super Smash Bros style pitted against waves of stylized enemies in correspondingly themed fenced in stages shown from a fixed camera angle players Zig and zag around the stage on Rollerblades skateboards and scooters blasting streams of ammunition at oncom and what I can only describe as a bullet brawler it's hard Drive the first the coin this term sure why not when that fandom wiki page shows up with this formula is inevitably ripped enough to constitute a genre put our name up there in lights no we will not be double-checking all in all it's arguably oneoff if not the most successful arcade to console ports I've ever played the premise is as sick as it sounds I ran up easily twice the time I would have needed to in order to flesh out this review purely because I was having such a godamn field day an effortless and simple machine it managed manes to offer all the fun fast and addictive just one more round and I got this [ __ ] elements that compos the quarter sucking formula of a cabinet at home which is where most all of these things save for fighting games falter toss it on have a blast and don't forget to move the control stick all the way to the left on the character select screen that's where they hide Mega Man you're welcome 26 Evolution the world of sacred device 25 bang i o 24 Legacy of cane so Reaver 23 Tony Hawks Pro Skater 22 Buster move 4 21 Power Stone 20 Fantasy Star online 19 Dynamite Cop 18 Metropolis Street racer and number 17 please calm down hold your applause it's okay you're all very welcome it's Rayman 2 The Great Escape way before they made game games about protagonists without Souls Ubisoft made games about protagonists without arms how I Pine for the days when their Creations had such color and Artistry seeping from every Poe when all dialogue and story beats didn't feel like they've been written by [ __ ] chat GPT Rayman 2 is one of the highest peaks of ubisoft's creative output with its Fantastical dreamlike soundtrack its swampy aesthetic and its unique level themes like the cave of bad dreams and the precipice levels unlike anything you'll find in any of its contemporary 3D Mario Sonics I am of the belief that Rayman 2 The Great Escape was done pretty dirty on RN 64 list and I've taken up the mantle to rectify that yes the jet ski level is pretty aggravating but still far less aggravating than any conquer water level or Donkey Kong Beaver hering could ever hope to be for every wonky vehicle or sudden slide section the game has ill prepared you for there's a bit where you Commander a rocket in rotating gravity or Breeze through a gorgeous water level the look looks and controls significantly better than anything else that console generation and I include Mario 64 in that I'll justify Rayman 2's dramatically higher placement on this list than our N64 one by telling you that the Dreamcast version is almost definitely the best version it looks truly NextGen for the time far better than the N64 version and even a tad better than the PS1 in my estimation and even adds some additional content pertaining to glowbox rayman's new best character a veritable [ __ ] up weirdo who has just dropped into your lap at the beginning and is now your best friend in the whole world don't question it it's Rayman 2 and it can do what it wants 16 Unreal Tournament 15 Evolution 2 far off promise 14 Street Fighter 3 Double Impact 13 grandier 2 12 Street Fighter 3 third strike and 11 NFL 2K1 and now the time has finally come I'm going to eat this cracker that's been sitting at my desk the whole time I've been recording this video but also it's the top 10 the top 10 Dreamcast games ever according to us a silly satire group woo starting us off at number 10 it's deader alive too fighting games are almost as a rule pretty stupid unless you're a lonely 11-year-old latch key kid or drunk at your brother-in-law's bachelor party trying to ignore the misery of your surroundings then there really is no reason to play them I have to believe the developers of dead or alive 2 knew this and that is why they took a long hard look at the game they were making and said let's just make it silly as [ __ ] then and in that silliness lies Thea 2's charm I could bludgeon you over the head all day about game mechanics though I will make a note that the 3D multi-tier environments are really well designed and kind of groundbreaking for the time that this game came out but the main thing that sets doa2 apart from other fighting games is that it actually has personality and that alone sets it miles ahead of most Fighters out there any fighting game can let you punch someone but punching someone as a character who loves pinup posters and definitely doesn't pay child support all in an abandoned mall that likely exists somewhere in the Blade Runner Universe was the shake up the genre needed and even though later entries in the series leaned pretty hard into softcore territory hey just admit that your 11-y old latch key self was grateful for the bounce mechanics that dead or alive to made you hide from your parents or later in life enthusiastically point out to everyone at Gary's bachelor party steal yourselves for number nine it's Skies of Arcadia Pinter's Quest is a virtual pet exclusive to the virtual memory unit a memory card slame system plugged into the Dreamcast controller the game has you caring for titular character Pinter as he travels around the world in his skyboat fighting off Pirates and discovering Treasures it's one of the best virtual pets around with fun mini games where you maneuver Pinter ship through Rock storms and take part in ship-to ship battles also by plugging in the vmu you can transfer items earned in Pinter's quest to your Skies of Arcadia file this awesome thing is just a side activity within Skies of Arcadia the best jrpg on the Dreamcast and one of the best of the sixth console generation even if Pinter's Quest wasn't included SOA would still be a game where you can not only make a pirate crew you get to use them as a summon spell these two aspects of the game aren't even the best parts of it like the story and exploration mechanics but they are some of the reasons why while you'll constantly hear people say we need a new Skies game number eight Street Fighter Alpha 3 there is fierce competition in the world of fighting games each one brings something unique to the table and has a passionate fan base to support it however since Street Fighter 2 skyrocketed it to the top the street fighter series is only continue to improve itself and enrich it already deeply compelling gameplay sure there have been m steps no one person or thing is perfect however before making the full transition to 3D or 2.5d as the rest of the genre was Capcom made the absolute best version of classic 2D Street Fighter with Street Fighter Alpha 3 with a robust roster three different fighting systems and some of the most amazing artwork in the series Street Fighter Alpha 3 encapsulates everything that makes this particular Series so great while there were many fighters in the Dreamcast Library cap broke the mold with this one and if you have even the slightest inkling that you might be into it you owe it to yourself to experience this number seven Power Stone 2 this is the definition of a good sequel if you read the Power Stone review or played the original you know how delightful of a party fighter it is Power Stone 2 delivers above and beyond the first in every way the same core cast of strange stereotypical is back with Italy and the US getting new representation Gand is a stereotypical Sicilian since he's a chef looks like a mix between Mario and Wario and like all Italians turns into a dinosaur clearly amican Cowboy Exel runs like Naruto stands like Jojo and shoots like a republican uh that could be Axel Axel it's spelled like the beginning of the word acceleration I haven't played Power Stone 2 uh can you tell I grow up with the PS1 I can pronounce Spyro we're not doing a PS1 video also Julie is some sort of Southern bell and pets a [ __ ] nerd fights take place on fanciful stages from constantly shifting boats and Sky ships to elevator platforms and temple ruins stages also have mid-match events like running away from a boulder Indiana Jones style while still beating the hell out of your opponents all that plus the inclusion of boss fights and the item nabbing Adventure Mode make this a sequel that outshines its already bright predecessor number six Sonic Adventure real quick the the writer for this review Kevin podas wrote a little caption below the games box art on the article that says I've shown up to every job interview of my life doing this pose which I just I just feel like that good one Kevin this had better [ __ ] work is the motel I imagine every employee at Sega had on their minds When developing this launch title for the Dreamcast their last ditch effort to stay relevant in the console Wars spoilers they fell in battle but on the bright side this game is fondly remembered by many as a stone cold classic i' just like to take another quick aside and say that whilst I really like Sonic Adventure I think this is mostly true I also think a lot of people remember it for uh other things along with sega's struggle for relevance it was decided that Sonic needed a new look something bold something daring something that screamed this is the late '90s and boom there it was gone was Sonic's soft smile and stout stature replaced now with a thinner frame point ofer shoes and an attitude that makes you think wow maybe I should draw myself being digested in Sonic's big pregnant belly open your heart dude speaking of this game introduced the world to Crush 40 the band who solidified Sonic's new signature but Rock sound listen people love the [ __ ] all over these game soundtracks but they [ __ ] rule dude and I'll fight anyone who comments otherwise final aside preach oh my [ __ ] god Crush 40 come so hard I don't care I say that completely an ironically eat my ass the major criticism against this game is the pacing people are used to running around and going very fast in Sonic games which you can still do in the Sonic levels Sonic was only one of several playable characters in this game being joined Now by Tails Knuckles Amy e102 gamma and of course big the capat each character had their own unique style of gameplay including treasure hunting run and gun shooting and of course fishing perhaps most importantly though this game gave us the Chow Garden a sub game so addictingly good that it added an incredible amount of replay value to an already amazing game I love those little [ __ ] number five Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 is what caused me to want to be a skater for a summer unfortunately I found out the hard way that doing rail grinds is more than just pressing the Y button and listening to Rage Against the Machine luckily no matter how many times I wipe out in real life I'll still have this game to prove that I'm the best skater around also not only will it let you live out your fantasy of being as good as Rodney Mullen in his prime but you can also play as Spider-Man any game that lets you shred as Spider-Man is going to be an instant classic for years the gaming industry has tried to recapture the Magic in this game from the skate series to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 plus two but no matter what the OG is still among the best number four Marvel versus Capcom 2 I have a confession I suck ass at fighting games I simply cannot memorize all those moves and mechanics and inputs when I just want my guy to do some cool kicks and [ __ ] that's why I love Marvel versus Capcom 2o not only does this game have a huge roster of my favorite Marvel guys specifically the versions seen in the fox kids cartoons from the '90s but it's also pretty easy to get them to do something cool just by button mashing I'm sure some of you are screaming about how I'm playing it wrong I need to get good or whatever but I just want to see Cyclops shoot a laser is Angie my favorite character actually ended up being Jill Valentine who can summon a flaming zombie and give you a green herb as an assist in an era where we inundated with fighting game crossovers there's still something unique and exciting about MVC 2 and there's a cactus guy he's not in any other Capcom games it's just a cactus guy sick number three Sonic Adventure 2 emerging from the '90s into the Brave New World of 2001 Sonic Adventure 2 was the perfect culmination of all things Sonic following on adventures heels the game more fully catalyzes Sonic's reputation as a freedom loving devil mayare hero who Embraces counterculture defies Authority protects the planet and most importantly punches cops the game is not ashamed of what it is and leans into the absurdity of its premise with a deep Earnest sincerity that hits like an eclipse Cannon to the soul for the uninitiated Sonic Adventure 2's ambitious narrative was fully storyboarded prior to the development of levels and gameplay and it shows the story is batshit insane and yet so seamlessly proudly itself that it's infectious the tragedy of the space Colony Ark the criticism of the military through gun Sonic's everpresent pop environmentalism two rival hedgehogs duking out in [ __ ] space this game has it all and it maintains a strong cultural relevance to this day and that's not even getting in to what Shadow the Hedgehog did to the world Shir and maawa the lead scenario writer on sa 2 once said that he felt a deeper connection to Shadow the Hedgehog than to his real family ask any teenager with two-toned hair and they'll tell you the same thing Shadow the Hedgehog was and is a God among emo kids a legend among all his haters and imitators a champion of darkness and pathos if you didn't want to be as cool as he was when you grew up you're lying and to top it all off his existence has inspired countless yoy tapestries of him and Sonic making out and [ __ ] nasty for decades Romeo and Juliet who gamep playwise sa 2 drew some criticism from fans of Sonic Adventure for being much more railroaded and for having some very frustrating treasure hunting and routy Tooty point and shooty stages sick of pumpkin Hill can't shoot enough gun Beatles for an A- rank in Cosmic gate skill issue loser I collected all 180 emblems fair and square and so can you and if you can't guess you better go to the Chow Garden kiss those adorable little [ __ ] on the head and have a wonderful time rating them to be killing machines in karate tournaments instead and you will like it number two Soul Caliber I had personally not played the original Soulcalibur before this review when I was younger I started with Soulcalibur 2 which I played the hell out of I was relieved to see that the original isn't just a Half Bake proof of concept everything I knew and loved is still here and the game playay immediately clicked back into the muscle memory of my fingertips the soulcaliber Series in general just feels more accessible to me than most other traditional fighting games and it's the first one that really clicked with me the freedom of spacer offers with 3D movements combos aren't super complicated and are intuitive to pull off and the weapons-based fighting system is incredibly fun to master which includes nunchucks swords axes and of course whips and leather whether you KO an opponent or you're KN him out of the ring by backhanding him with a hilt of your sword Victory is incredibly satisfying to attain the game looks absolutely stunning to this day and it's insane to think that this was released in 1999 the amazing presentation is accompanied by incredible sound design an orchestral soundtrack and god tier character designs which may or may not have to do with the fact that I think I was in love with every female character in this game at one point of my life and finally obsessive freaks who have been able to figure out through the process of elimination via en cyclist opedic knowledge of the Dreamcast will know that our number one is jet grind radio jack grind radio makes you feel like the coolest person on the planet so strap on your in lines turn the volume as loud as it can go and rebel against the corrupt forces of Tokyo toe every time I flick my stick to spray graffiti all over the city a part of me becomes basier but way cooler in on roller skates with a heavy sense of momentum it truly feels like it's skating around grinding on Rails and Performing sick tricks and it's also filled to the brim with contempt of authority which is always a plus and it is impossible to play this game and not be in awe of the visual style using an Innovative cell-shaded art style that would go on to make Zelda fans [ __ ] their pants in 2 years time it still looks amazing over 20 years later I certainly don't look amazing after 20 years but I'm also not the coolest game on the Dreamcast and that's about going to do it for me a huge thanks to all of the hard drive writers who contributed to this list and thanks in particular to former editorinchief Mark robach for all the work you did it was so appreciated you're the best Mark we love you and also thanks to Christian dwson who came in Crazy clutch and wrote up like nearly what feels like nearly half of this whole list played a whole bunch of Dreamcast games that nobody wanted to [ __ ] touch you're the real MVP Christian thank you very much for that a reminder that you can check out the full lest init entirety with the 200 or so entries I didn't read out in full via link we'll be putting in the description or at Hardy drive.net you can check out all the other ridiculous inane [ __ ] we do consider giving us a follow on the relevant accounts you know maybe sneak a little Twitter follow in where you still got a chance before the S explodes in 5 months time I hope you enjoyed and we'll see 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Published: Tue Nov 21 2023