RDC Blog Launch

[comradesnarky]

It's time for this to be moved into action in the way I always intended. Instead of old RDC images of Bleem games and Neo Geo games floating around, with not much of anything else, I thought I'd finally launch the blog and start working on the other aspects I always intended to have.

The blog is here. I'll be updating often, and moving forward with some of the other ideas I've mentioned and announcing them accordingly.

If you're too lazy to click a link, and I know I often am, here's the introductory post:

Welcome to the RDC Project
For the....?th time, I'd like to formally announce the ReviveDC Project.

The Dreamcast scene is often times a murky one, and we'd like to make it a bit easier to manage. There's a wealth of information out there about the Dreamcast, and it's the intention of RDC to consolidate that information into one location.

Information isn't our only aim; there's a reason why Sega is held dear in many gamer's hearts. The Sega of old had a one of a kind style; frantic arcade style games, that often had surprisingly deep game play. Sega wasn't afraid to experiment either. The Dreamcast birthed some of the most original games of all time, from Sega's first party studios as well as third parties. Our intention is to never let that fade from memory. The world has changed a lot from the time the Dreamcast launched, and we want to keep it relevant.

RDC will aim to do many things, including:
-Providing high quality scans of Dreamcast cover art and creating custom DVD sleeves.
-New reviews of old games, done in a more modern style. Reviews have changed a lot since 1999.
-A complete database of game information, hosted on Wikia.
-Provide reviews of homebrew games, and which are worth your time. There are many out there, and it's sometimes a daunting task to commit to exploring them due to the sheer number of them.

This is not all you can expect. There are other things that I plan on, but I'm debating how to implement them.

Here's how you can help:
If you want to write for RDC or edit the Wikia, please comment on this post. Posting will be public so that you don't have to have a blogger account. The Wikia is created, but it is currently locked until more content can be added. I want to start a forum as well. If you search with Google, you can find an old forum I started, but never did anything with. I didn't think it was the best host. If you can, recommend a free service. I have ideas for how to fund an actual site but at the time, I'm not sure how feasible it will be.

Content posting will begin soon. Thank you for reading, and be sure to check back every day.

If you'd like to help, I'll (obviously) also be paying attention to posts here.

As for the covers aspect, it's in progress. There's plenty of old crappy covers I did floating around, but I've stepped up the quality. You can grab DVD covers that I have made down in my sig.

Thanks for reading, and all future support.

[Anthony817]

Great idea! I think many homebrew games do NOT get the attention they deserver! Half-Life mods for one!

I think we already have a great cover section over at dcisozone, but we however do not have very many DVD covers. I think people would love to have them, we already have many people commenting on the 2 custom cover creators we have there, and they honestly love it.

Not many sites have cover sections, so this should cater directly towards you.

I may be the moderator over at dcisozone, but you and others know I support any and EVERY Dreamcast site I know about.

I post games at snesorama and here, as well as at dcisozone, so I think others will vouch for me, that I only want to spread Dreamcast knowledge.

[comradesnarky]

Updaaates.

Anecdote about drinking and buying Dreamcast games as well as a review of Third Strike that I may or may not have been posted on several sites already.