Most Beautiful Games On Dreamcast

[mistamontiel]

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/dreamcast ... hikou/data

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/dreamcast ... masen/data

Well for F since there is no NTSC-U there I assume that is the expansion, but for I I am puzzled, Japanese title seems lengthy enough or that's jus the base 3?

[Alextended]

That's the expansion, yes, the base game is just Aero Dancing i. It's hard to find good videos, many are labelled wrong as being from the base game when they're from the expansion and there's next to nothing in good quality/60fps but these games are a good showcase, they look great even next to other contemporary PC combat flight sims like Falcon 4.0, IL-2 Sturmovik (the base versions, not the over the years enhanced/expanded/modernized editions still getting fan patches/content), Combat Flight Simulator 2 & 3 etc. (especially considering how PCs of that era handled these games and not with today's 4K settings at blazing fast framerates as you see in videos). Granted those games did far more with their AI, missions, campaigns and general military shenanigans but that's not what this series was about (I mean, it started without any combat at all just focusing on the joy of flight and acrobatics), though i also improved the visuals and controls so you can manually select the main cannon or missiles or whatever your plane is equipped with, in the previous game(s) they couldn't figure out good schemes with the limited buttons on the pad and auto-selected them by the context/actions but in i it all works.

Some of my favorite looking games (I tried to find decent videos, iPlaySega on YouTube has many).

F355 Challenge (the intro shows it nicely but the course at the timestamp is sweet) https://youtu.be/9RkU9anyKlw?t=1166
Dead or Alive 2 (the improved Japanese ver/all are on par with the best PS2 fighters in polycounts etc.) https://youtu.be/y1F-kWiM71k
Crazy Taxi 2 (this challenge goes all over showing variety/density/vastly improved from 1 pop in) https://youtu.be/RydiOSJazj0?t=816
RE Code: Veronica (or X now it's been fan patched to English for DC as well) https://youtu.be/D2a2UDEL738?t=337
Propeller Arena (I don't enjoy the game itself for long but the planes, effects and stages look sweet) https://youtu.be/9JsRHC8-qcs
The House of the Dead 2 (what a launch title for genre fans, it beats any Model 3 shooter) https://youtu.be/SxkO7qmnjh8?t=176
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (what's there to say, a perfect Model 3 port) https://youtu.be/UltVe7L1-WA
Sakura Taisen 4 (3 looks as good and is the better game as 4 is a homage/send off but dat intro) https://youtu.be/A59eFpQyF_g?t=121
Skies of Arcadia (the intro at the start shows it best but check out those waves here) https://youtu.be/McFM5HoYurU?t=5231
Le Mans 24 Hours (watch this as a short le mans race going through varied time of day/weather) https://youtu.be/qNuHsNymLtY?t=211

When looking for Dreamcast footage you must be mindful of the state of the hardware (or emulation which I avoid posting - I only don't know if the Sakura Taisen 4 video is on a real Dreamcast as it's hard to find decent footage). A DOA2 video I replaced, either due to a worn drive or because of a modded Dreamcast with loading speed issues as some drive replacements have, often paused the image while taking longer than normal to load. It both looked wrong and the music got desynced so the last intro part was silent. Here's Crazy Taxi with even worse issues in contrast to the above excellent footage of 2 https://youtu.be/UN1QtQqYLPc

Loads more games look great. Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2, 4 Wheel Thunder, Maken X StarLancer is a rare awesome WIndows CE based game (I wish we had more ports like that, some MechWarrior or Battlezone of that era), Zero Gunner 2 & Under Defeat (I like the former more honestly, stylistically and in gameplay), MDK2 (better than any version until the recent HD remasters), Confidential Mission, the Shenmues (duh), Aero Dancing i (all look great but they all had improvements to show and that is the best third game - it also has an expandalone disc like 2 got in Japan), Gundam Federation vs Zeon & Side Story 0079 Rise from the Ashes, Project Justice & Soulcalibur, Ecco, Grandia II, Jet Set Radio, Phantasy Star Online, Daytona USA (best home Daytona release imo, plays as good as the original but with much more content), Virtua Striker 2, Virtua Tennis 2, D2 and so much more!

Also, for all the trash talking Dreamcast gets over PlayStation ports, it had a truly transformative effect on some, V-Rally looks amazing!
https://youtu.be/LhE6WMHJ7hQ?t=213

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