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Speed Devils Online is back... online!

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 2:54 pm
by flyinghead
Hi everyone,

This isn't the best kept secret in the Dreamcast online community but it's time to officially announce that Speed Devils Online has come back to life.

The server is based on Shuouma's work on the Ubisoft game server for POD: Speedzone and Monaco Racing Simulation 2. I added the required features to support Speed Devils Online as well. The server is still in beta-testing phase but it's more than playable and it's actually pretty fun.

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The server is accessible both on DCNet and normal Internet using DreamPi. It's open for public testing and you get a $4,000,000 cash bonus at sign up instead of the normal $10,000 of the original game! It is feature-complete at this point but expect some bugs here and there.

Big shout-outs to those who made this possible:
  • Shuouma, who did 90% of the work with the POD and Monaco 2 ubisoft server
  • leonelhammerl, a hardcore player of the game back in the days who took detailed notes about it, and helped a lot figuring out how the game works, how much things cost, bonus values, etc.
  • all the people who helped test the game (and are still testing it every day): Scrivani, Toast, Nexus, and many more.
The game server source is available here: https://github.com/flyinghead/ubisoft_g ... e/tree/sdo.

EDIT: No special network configuration is needed anymore. Just start the game and create a new player account.

Enjoy!!
sdo-website.png

Re: Speed Devils Online is back... online!

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 3:35 pm
by colgate
This is great news! And thank you for sharing the source code.

Re: Speed Devils Online is back... online!

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 5:38 pm
by Belletti
I've been waiting for 21 years to read this statement.
Congrats FH, Shu, mano Leonel and everyone involved for this incredible achievement. I can't explain how happy I am about this. :))))

Re: Speed Devils Online is back... online!

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 5:58 pm
by flyinghead
Thanks Belletti for your help in testing

Re: Speed Devils Online is back... online!

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:29 pm
by Sonic1994DC
Great, another online Dreamcast game! :D

Re: Speed Devils Online is back... online!

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:31 pm
by LEODCBR
flyinghead wrote: Wed Mar 12, 2025 2:54 pm Hi everyone,

This isn't the best kept secret in the Dreamcast online community but it's time to officially announce that Speed Devils Online has come back to life.

The server is based on Shuouma's work on the Ubisoft game server for POD: Speedzone and Monaco Racing Simulation 2. I added the required features to support Speed Devils Online as well. The server is still in beta-testing phase but it's more than playable and it's actually pretty fun.

SDO-perso-record.png

The server is accessible both on DCNet and normal Internet using DreamPi. It's open for public testing and you get a $4,000,000 cash bonus at sign up instead of the normal $10,000 of the original game! It is feature-complete at this point but expect some bugs here and there.

Big shout-outs to those who made this possible:
  • Shuouma, who did 90% of the work with the POD and Monaco 2 ubisoft server
  • leonelhammerl, a hardcore player of the game back in the days who took detailed notes about it, and helped a lot figuring out how the game works, how much things cost, bonus values, etc.
  • all the people who helped test the game (and are still testing it every day): Scrivani, Toast, Nexus, and many more.
The game server source is available here: https://github.com/flyinghead/ubisoft_g ... e/tree/sdo.

EDIT: No special network configuration is needed anymore. Just start the game and create a new player account.

Enjoy!!
sdo-website.png

Thank you for the mention, it's me Mario.
Just joking, it's me leonelhammerl.

Ty you and Shuouma for incredible job bring it back.
I hope you both can work together and make Dreamcast community strong.

It's mean: I can dream again with Unreal tournament lol.
Just kidding again or no? LoL

O/

Re: Speed Devils Online is back... online!

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:44 pm
by ncman071
awesome! surprised there hasn't been an official announcement from pcwzrd ...but amazing...been excited about this one!

Re: Speed Devils Online is back... online!

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:53 pm
by Xiden
Thanks Shu and Flyinghead! You guys are legends!

Re: Speed Devils Online is back... online!

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:57 pm
by pcwzrd13
ncman071 wrote: Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:44 pm awesome! surprised there hasn't been an official announcement from pcwzrd ...but amazing...been excited about this one!
I'm working on it. I wasn't prepared to announce anything since I've been away from home. Gonna try to do it as soon as I can but it's a lot to prepare. lol

Re: Speed Devils Online is back... online!

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 7:00 pm
by ncman071
totally understand...just really amazing that dreamcast is still getting games back online!