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15 November 2019
Great Console, 20 Years Later
As a child my first console was the Sega Genesis and always wanted a Dreamcast. Until, I played Halo on the original Xbox at a friends house during his birthday. My mother decided that the next console for the family would be the Xbox after seeing it's entertainment value (Halo included). Later, Halo 2 and XBL brought competitive online play to the mainstream along with level boosting with mods. The Xbox was the first console I modded and gained experience in computing. I took a vacation in Colorado to see an old friend and he introduced me to PSO on the Dreamcast. After a week of late nights playing Soulcalibur and PSO I really wanted a Dreamcast.
The Dreamcast turning 20 encouraged me to finally get what I wanted. Researching what version to buy (VA0, VA1, or VA2) I settled on the VA0 due to the metal cooling fan and pipes. The disc drive is a bit noisy, but it's to be expected and brings back memories. On boot the clock needs set each time, but leaving the Dreamcast on for 24 hours will charge the stock ML2032 battery to hold it's charge for at least a day (turning the console on for 2-4 hours each day afterwards will keep the clock set). Looking to do the battery replacement mod soon, followed by replacing the stock PSU with a PicoPSU.
For a 20 year old console the original controller feels perfect in my hands, although the joystick can cause some thumb pain after a few hours of play.
VMU's work great and take CR2032 batteries (the 4X card takes two).
Already, I've put 40 hours into PSO v2 in offline mode and on the final boss in hard mode. Looking forward to setting up DreamPi to get online with PSO, and put the keyboard to actual use.
The game library has extensive depth. There's even inde-developers creating games for the console still.
About the only downside to owning a Dreamcast today is that the broadband adapter is rare and expensive with very few games supporting it. Thus, you're bottle necked to the modem. Other then that the Dreamcast was built to be fun to play and use even 20 years later.