> > Yes that was another mistake they made. And yes to much crud on the system, > visually > > they could of done much better with a lot of them, it would of been nice if they > > developed a racer with roads over 2 metres wide and mountains over 8 ft high. > > > VMU. When I had my DC, and the VMU battery started to die - my first thought was that > I'd have to replace the battery to keep my game saves/stats, etc. A battery wasn't > needed actually. It's only or main advantage was portability. > > Speaking of batteries, the system clock battery seemed to go bad rather quickly... > And I think you have to actually open the system up, de-solder the battery and put a > new one. Maybe soldering isn't involved, but it's still a hassle. > > The D-pad on their controller. IMEO: the Saturn D-Pad is the Gold standard for > D-Pads. Why they downgraded it - ...just another great mystery of the universe > man-kind will probably never know the answer to. Or perhaps it was a patent issue. > That's the only reasonable excuse. But anyway........ > > DC vs PS2. > > To me this is a throwback to the Genesis/MD vs SNES time. > > SNES came out later and had higher specs overall. PS2 also came out later.... & Like > Smit said. Newer = "Better". > > Oh yeah, I recall reading something about the PS2. To sum it up it was said that the > PS2 was like the Sega Saturn in how games were written for it. I know at least one of > the Saturn's issue was with syncing the 2 processors, but the PS2?... I'm not sure. I > just recall finding it ironic that part of the Saturn's failure was due to it's > 'difficult' programming language, and PS2 had the same programming language > (according to what I read back whenever) -yet the PS2 was, pretty much, a success. > > If I'm mistaken on that ^last part - then I apologize for my error. > > > IMO: the XBOX is carrying on the (console) legacy for Sega. And that > turn-over/passing of the torch was with the DC. There are a couple reasons why I > think this....
The art in PS2 was always much better, occasionally they produced a quality game for Dreamcast but Dreamcast was for the most part sh.t mate, admit it.
Early PS2 Racer
Dreamcast
I am the original retro game dork.
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