super_dos_man #1 Posted July 10, 2006 I looooooooooooove the dreamcast. I picked one up yesterday along with a game gear. I have been playing crazy taxi for four hours straight so far! does anyone still play online for dreamcast? (If so, I will buy the modem) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JB #2 Posted July 10, 2006 Didn't it come with a modem attached? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
super_dos_man #3 Posted July 10, 2006 I got mine from a friend who has had it for many years. If it did I didn't get the modem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liveinabin #4 Posted July 10, 2006 The short answer is no. Sega's servers AFAIK are now closed and there's not the interest any more. I daresay that some enterprising souls have figured out a way to run PSO on a private server, but it'd be a hell of a job to find it I expect. I must get my Dreamcast up and running again. I miss Crazy Taxi, the Acclaim PS2 and GC ports just don't cut it, it has to be the original. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sega saturn x #5 Posted July 11, 2006 Last I heard (years ago) some people were still running quake 3 and PSO. The chances those private servers are still up however..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MCHufnagel #6 Posted July 11, 2006 I just came back from the Dreamcast General forum at Gamefaqs. They have a sticky about Dreamcast online gaming. They say that there are still servers running PSO, Quake III and other games. Just go there and ask questions if nobody here can help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AtariJr #7 Posted July 11, 2006 i dont think you realize that the modem is part of the system its the right back corner of the dreamcast, its part of the casing, and is detachable... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory DG #8 Posted July 11, 2006 I love my DC. Great graphics, super cool controller + memory card, tons of fun games, it was the first with a built-in modem, cool design... Who needs a PS2 or Xbox? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ze_ro #9 Posted July 11, 2006 i dont think you realize that the modem is part of the system If he got the machine second-hand, there's always a possibility that the previous owner took the modem out for some reason. I keep finding N64's at thrift stores with empty memory expansion ports for some reason (At least the Dreamcast can be used without a modem... without at least a jumper pack in the N64's port, it won't even boot) --Zero Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AtariJr #10 Posted July 11, 2006 I love my DC. Great graphics, super cool controller + memory card, tons of fun games, it was the first with a built-in modem, cool design... Who needs a PS2 or Xbox? i love my dreamcast as well.. and it it tied with my saturn with the most games for any system that i own. I loved the dreamcast so much, i bought it with the credit i got at gamestop from my unwanted ps2 with the 25 games i had.. that left plenty of money for a system and games, plus some games for the gamecube which i had just gotten. I liked the dreamcast more than my ps2 for many reasons, but one major one was the laughable dead or alive on ps2, which looked worse than the dreamcast version... those hands that dont look like they are really attached to the arms lool. and ive never seen an n64 without a memory pack thing, or a dreamcast without the modem for sale. ill have to look for that, thast very very weird. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Monkey #11 Posted July 11, 2006 i dont think you realize that the modem is part of the system If he got the machine second-hand, there's always a possibility that the previous owner took the modem out for some reason. I keep finding N64's at thrift stores with empty memory expansion ports for some reason (At least the Dreamcast can be used without a modem... without at least a jumper pack in the N64's port, it won't even boot) --Zero Resellers harvest the jumper and expansion paks.. there is a salvage store in London Ont. with what appears to be ~200 N64's - none of which have the paks... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoop #12 Posted July 11, 2006 When i got my orginal dreamcast 2 years ago it didnt have a modem it just had a piece attached where the modem would be with nothing on it. It also turned out that it was Japanese system ,but i bought it used from a US EB store (weird) then after that went on the fritz i got a used one from a store called Cash In Culture for 25 bux ,and it was a US one with a modem. Everything on it worked much better than my old one. Except i think the internal battery is dying. i noticed everytime i boot it up after not playing for a few months it asks for time. I just recently rehooked up my Dreamcast (my current setup 360..Gamecube...Dreamcast) The dreamcast had some really good stuff. its just sad it never lived on to have 2nd wave of games. Everything is first gen. the 2nd gen stuff was looking real good ( well for that time at least) Soul Reaver 2...Max Payne...Castlevania...Planet Harriers...Geist Force ,and etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadow460 #13 Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) About one out of every three N64's I come across has nothing in the expansion port. Unless you count air, that is. About one in twenty have the expansion pak, and I've only seen two with the official Nintendo Expansion Pak. I recently bought a Jumper Pak for my own N64. Mine is one of the very few I've seen with the Nintendo Expansion Pak, but I wanted a Jumper Pak for completeness. I recently picked up a green (!!!) N64 with a black Jumper Pack that still has the warning label on it. Not like I've been paying attention, though, to who's selling N64's with what hardware installed, though. I haven't got my head far enough out to really notice... IIRC, a number of things could be present in the DC's "modem port". I've heard of some having the plastic filler (probably just Japanese ones), of course the modem, and I also read that's where the DVD upgrade was supposed to go, and it had a pass through port for the modem to be installed atop it. @Zoop: That is actually normal behavior for the Dreamcast. Fair warning--do NOT leave your controllers plugged in with the system turned off. It'll drain the VMU batteries and cause this annoying beep when the systems starts. Your save files will be fine, but the beep is not pleasant. Edited July 11, 2006 by shadow460 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoop #14 Posted July 11, 2006 lol all the vmu's i got were used so they're batteries were already dead so mine always beep. my older vmu only does a quick beep ,but the one i got one when i bought the newer dreamcast beeps for like 5 seconds now thats annoying. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxy Cleopatra #15 Posted July 11, 2006 lol all the vmu's i got were used so they're batteries were already dead so mine always beep. my older vmu only does a quick beep ,but the one i got one when i bought the newer dreamcast beeps for like 5 seconds now thats annoying. I don't know I kinda like the beep. Its like my DC alarm. I love the whole startup of the DC... I think I will go play..... This should turn into a DC appreciation thread. Its the Van Gogh of game systems, not fully appreciated until it was dead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AtariJr #16 Posted July 11, 2006 something weird happened recently. My red VMU that has most of my fighting game saves on it doesnt beep anymore at the start up screen.. despite the fact the batts been dead for a year.. i booted my dc up and was like "somethings missing..." lol. anyone know why that is.. im going to test my other 3 vmus tonight.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jess Ragan #17 Posted July 11, 2006 Yeah, the Dreamcast systems released in other territories have no modems. That was a bonus for American gamers... I guess Sega thought it would help move systems in this country and strengthen the user base of their online service. I can't imagine how well games would play with a humble dial-up modem, though. There was an ethernet peripheral for the Dreamcast, but it was even more expensive and difficult to find than the one for the GameCube! JR Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdub_bobby #18 Posted July 11, 2006 Is it possible to direct-dial from one DC to another, to play a game head-to-head? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadow460 #19 Posted July 11, 2006 This should turn into a DC appreciation thread. Its the Van Gogh of game systems, not fully appreciated until it was dead. Sounds like the ProSystem to me... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Tomlin #20 Posted July 16, 2006 i dont think you realize that the modem is part of the system If he got the machine second-hand, there's always a possibility that the previous owner took the modem out for some reason. I keep finding N64's at thrift stores with empty memory expansion ports for some reason (At least the Dreamcast can be used without a modem... without at least a jumper pack in the N64's port, it won't even boot) Resellers harvest the jumper and expansion paks.. there is a salvage store in London Ont. with what appears to be ~200 N64's - none of which have the paks... And because it's rambus, they won't work without the jumper pak, which is the bus terminator. It's also way too easy to remove at a store. You can pop it out with a regular car key. In fact, I do that whenever I find an N64 in a thrift store just in case it might be a RAM pak. (I already have a couple of extra jumper paks and don't want any more.) Still, it's a bit more obvious when the DC modem is missing, because it forms part of the case shell. (or there could be the unlikely case of it being swapped for a BBA, which is worth at least two or three times as much as the DC console itself) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
super_dos_man #21 Posted July 16, 2006 you guys were right that the modem is part of the system and I have the modem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AussieAtari #22 Posted July 16, 2006 Long live the DC and all those who love them! I'll have to have a look tonight to see if the Oz release DC has the modem inbuilt, although from memory I don't think it does. What are the favourite light gun games and the best gun? I have the Mad Catz gun and it is okay but not brilliant. My local Game Traders has another gun with a D pad on the side and I was curious to know what it was and if it is better? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonic #23 Posted July 16, 2006 (edited) I looooooooooooove the dreamcast. I picked one up yesterday along with a game gear. I have been playing crazy taxi for four hours straight so far! does anyone still play online for dreamcast? (If so, I will buy the modem) heres i link i found to play your dreamcast online, (you need special stuff to play all of the games online though) http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessag...;topic=27664196 and its pretty current, for even having the info (it a week or two old) Edited July 16, 2006 by Sonic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
super_dos_man #24 Posted July 17, 2006 do european games work on an american system? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AtariJr #25 Posted July 17, 2006 do european games work on an american system? nope, youll have to get a gameshark or utopia disk to get past that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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