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The thing I love about the Dreamcast isn’t the strange games about dancing reporters, Driving a taxi like a mad man, or trying not to bust a move while getting my character to spray paint on a wall. It was the thriving home brew scene. See the Dreamcast needed NO modding to run unsigned code. While it was one of the piracy put a huge nail in it’s commercial coffin it made it’s second life possible.
I got my Dreamcast after it died at a yard sale because I wanted to play old NES games. I found the website DCEmulation.com and it was filled with links to a whole mess of home brew games. A lot of great original games, and a lot of amazing Ports. Also the message board was had a lot of great people from ALL over the globe. It was the first time I ever felt like I was part of a Gaming Community. I had friends that played games growing up, but it is like comparing a tribe to the holy empire of Rome. The community died down a little because of back ground drama, and a lot of people ended up posting on another site.
Here is a site with a list of games to try out. There are honestly to many to great ones to list.
http://dcemulation.org/?title=Games_and_Demos
Defiantly try Beats of Rage, Rush Rush Rally Racing coming in Oct, SmashDC, and Alice Dreams.