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Both the PS2 and GameCube are great video game consoles, but if you had to buy just one, which one should you choose? The Dreamcast Gamer is here to help you make that decision!

Here's my previous episode of Dreamcast Gamer on Sonic Adventure.  Probably my best review so far.

Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge.  It's probably the best Frogger game, even better than the original arcade game.  I got it for PC when I was 5, PlayStation when I was 9 (maybe 10), and Dreamcast when I was 15.  I've completed it over 25 times and it still never gets old.  Definitely a must have for the Dreamcast.

Yeah sega handhelds aren't exactly pocket sized.

I carry my Game Gear in my pocket.  It actually fits comfortably.

After his Game Gear's sudden death, the Dreamcast Gamer is forced to review the worst NES game ever made, Cheetahmen 2!

Hello Everyone.  I've been running a YouTube channel for almost a year now with some great stuff relating to retro games.  Although my channel is called "Dreamcast Gamer", I'm not strictly Dreamcast.  In fact, I mostly focus on consoles older than the Dreamcast.  As new videos are uploaded, I'll post them here for you guys to see.

The Dreamcast Gamer episodes have a story to them that's part fiction, but with real game reviews.  Everything else (except for random stuff like The Search For The Floppy Disk) is real life.

The Game Gear.  I don't know if that counts, but it certainly is comfortable with very nice buttons.

By the way, where are your game reviews?  Do you do videos or post them?

They're on my YouTube channel, Dreamcast Gamer.  If it's alright, I'll start a thread for them in the YouTube forum tomorrow.  The Dreamcast Gamer episodes have a story to them that's part fiction, but with real game reviews.  Everything else (except for random stuff like The Search For The Floppy Disk) is real life.

Also, thank you everyone for welcoming me here

That is cool.  Glad to see that you were attracted by the gameplay than by the graphics.  As many of us will tell you, graphics do not a good game make.  You can have games with gorgeous visuals but awful gameplay.  It is unfortunately, many younger people only judge based on graphics and miss the change to enjoy game that are easy to learn but hard to master. 

I've said "Good graphics don't necessarily make a good game" in many of my game reviews.  This can especially be said about a lot of 2600 and NES titles.  I know this sounds crazy, but many times I'm blown away by the graphics in Genesis/Mega Drive games.  I recently bought Vectorman and was in awe of it's stunning visuals.  That's coming from someone who's seen what the PS4 is capable of!  Most importantly, these retro games are incredibly fun, and to me, more fun than any 8th generation game I've played (although I've hardly touched an 8th generation console).

This would be amazing to have, the real question is why didn't Sega do a game gear player, similar to Nintendo's Gameboy player?

Sounds silly saying it now, but id love one, or at least someone to make a game gear player for the mega drive.

The reason one never came out is due to the color palette and stereo sound of the Game Gear.  The Master System has a palette of 64 colors, whereas the Game Gear has 4096 (both can display 32 colors at a time).  The Master System also doesn't support stereo sound.  The Genesis has stereo, but still has less colors.  I'm sure it'd be possible to include any extra hardware required inside an adapter, no one has even bothered to try.  I'd love to see it happen though.

Hi there, Dreamcast Gamer!  Welcome to RVG.  Glad you found the site and decided to join. We were recently chatting about the state of the retro gaming scene and how most of us are older folks so it is cool to see someone as young as you interested in retro gaming.  What makes retro games appealing for you? 

Welcome again and feel free to check on the forum and even post on old threads.  We don't have any rules against necroposting if the post is an appropriate contribution.   

Thanks TrekMD!  I played the first Atari Flashback when I was 5 at a relative's house, but unfortunately rarely got the chance to play it as they live far away.  Around that time, I was playing a lot of budget PC titles from eGames for Win98-XP.  When I was 6, I played a Nintendo GameCube for the first time at another relative's place which also was far away.  The game I played was Sonic Heroes, which is currently my favorite video game.  I think that these early experiences shaped my gaming interests.  I go back as far as the 2nd generation consoles like the 2600 and rarely go past the 6th generation consoles like the Dreamcast and GameCube.

Of course, this does mean that finding friends with similar interests is challenging.  Isaac from Trainboy Productions loves the Sega Genesis, and a few of my friends like the older Nintendo consoles, but most of the time, they judge a game by its graphics.  That's why forums like this are great because I can talk to people who understand and enjoy games from the past.

Thanks again for the warm welcome

I'm the Dreamcast Gamer, a 16 year old that's obsessed with retro gaming, particularly anything made by Sega.  I was searching the internet this morning to find a random retro gaming forum and found this awesome place.

Anyway, I'll be back later today.  See ya!

Dreamcast Gamer