September 4th, 2006, 23:44 Posted By: Darksaviour69
from bluecrab
Ok, new screenshot time... Here's one of the new text entry, and the text buffer and all.....
basically, in case you're wondering, that blue box will be on the bottom any time you're online. It'll show basic stats about your character, as well as any text messages sent. Where it says "text is here" is where when you type, it'll show what you're tying currently.That's about it for now.
I would like to thank Metafox, Quzar, SouLLy, GPF, Bluecrab, dawd, Mark30001 and wraggs for helping me set this up (sorry if I forgot someone)
Also lets not forget all the coders that made all the homebrew
Also thanks to Martin for hosting and installing Cfiles
All dreamcast releases should be there but if I have missed any please to report them ( or even submit them yourself )
Downloads are free, you don't even need to register, but if you do register, you can vote, submit and leave comments
There is a problem with the register for hotmail and yahoo users, but works fine for other e.g. Gmail, I hope to have this fixed soon.
Also as all releases are now on cfiles, dchomebrew now redirects here, well only dchomebrew.org/index.shtml all other links to dchomebrew e.g http://www.dchomebrew.org/kamjin/ still work.
Also from money generated from all the ads on DCNews.co.uk will be going back into the deamcast scene via contests or donation to coders
e.g. DCGP or DreamOn, or "get <name> a bba for coding etc
So if you would like to support the scene you can click on the pay per click adds on the top (left of logo) or buy some stuff from the feature online store ads
This includes all ads bar the to google adds above the news post area ( they go to hosting and I encourage that you lclick them to help martin pay for hosting)
Thats a total of 458 releases of Homebrew for the Dreamcast that has kept a strong base of fans going since the early demise of the console at the turn of the millenium.
The archive contains emulators for MAME, Super Nintendo, Gameboy, Nes, Spectrum, GBA and many more.
Commercial games that have been ported to the Dreamcast include Quake, Doom, Heart of the Alien , Aleph One to name but a few.
The archive contains the download, a description, a screenshot and the ability to comment on each release. Coders can use the archive to upload their releases and know they are in a safe place.
The thanks for this archive go to Darksaviour69 the webmaster of DCNews UK, Martin the Server Admin and also Metafox, Quzar, SouLLy, GPF, Bluecrab, dawd, Mark30001.
The new archive marks the official closing of the DCHomebrew site and the existance of DCNews UK has the premier Dreamcast news site along with the Dreamcast Homebrew File Archive
Released new version DreamShell NG v3.0.0.500 from SWAT (Russia)
Now it has graphic interface though it inheres as far back as beta version, are they also corrected some commands and are added new.
Here Screenshot
Download DreamShell NG v3.0.0.500 http://www.dc-swat.net.ru/ds/
I have added a links page that will guide those interested in writing Fenix code for the Dreamcast to help forums and other information resources. There are also links to tutorials and other documentation, such as an almost complete English Fenix command reference. Visit the page at http://atari.vg-network.com/dcfenix.html for more information.
September 7th, 2006, 17:25 Posted By: Darksaviour69
Christuserloeser found this sometime ago, but it was never news posted.
Its really strong Al Quida / PLO / Osama Bin Laden / Taleban fan game, an afterburner clone. We don't know the story behind this game, just the source site
Warning, this game is very very anti american, and also contains some disturbing images
the game source is available, if any coders want to remove/replace offensive graphics, and release there own version
September 9th, 2006, 23:17 Posted By: Christuserloeser
DCEvolution.net proudly presents a ready-to-burn Special Dreamcast Edition of bWWd's fantastic Battletoads!
While the game itself is identical to the initial release, a lot of changes and optimizations have been made to technical structure so now it finally runs from start to end in all game modes - without the RAM saving enabled!
In addition all other reported bugs in the original version have been fixed - Namely all slowdowns and the transparency problems with the cutscenes in the 'Zombie Party' game mode.
The game itself took eight long months to create and it shows: Battletoads DC is based on an enhanced OpenBoR engine and uses many new and rarely used features.
More facts:
- Four playable characters: Rash, Pimple & Zitz plus Sketch Turner from Comix Zone
- Five entirely different game modes: T.Bird Rescue, Revenge & Rematch plus Zombie Party & Comix Zone.
- Loads of unique moves and stages - plus weapons!
>>I hope this will inspire someone to start his own mod or make his mod better. Have fun with it.<< - bWWd
Got to this page for the download. Printable covers will follow soon.
Big thanks to Samurai X for updating the Dreamcast port of OpenBoR.
September 11th, 2006, 12:54 Posted By: Darksaviour69
GameSetWatch.com has posted an interview with DELTAHEAD's James Howell on SegaGaga translation
a small cut from the interview
Do you think it's something that you could recommend to someone not well versed in Sega history? To someone who hasn't played it - like me - it seems like something that might go over the heads of a lot of gamers - particularly Western ones.
SegaGaga definitely belongs in the hands of industry vets and Sega fanatics, though I don’t think it stands well as a game without its references. It’s not bad by any means—it just doesn’t do much original in the terms of the genres featured in it. In fact, it’s ironic that the game addresses a futuristic, fictional stagnation in Sega’s creative output, and it also features unremarkable gameplay in its RPG and shooter segments. Maybe the irony is intentional, but the game succeeds precisely because it takes full advantage of Sega’s presence in the industry.
With that said, the references are executed well enough to please Sega acolytes as well as folks who only read about Alex Kidd in magazines while they played the NES at home. A lightweight Sega fan may not understand that SegaGaga’s CEO, Hitomajiri, alludes to the actual Sega executive Shoichiro Iramajiri, but that material is there for the faithful.
The real test for players’ attention will come from the business sim portion of the game. Besides the fact that the genre doesn’t properly exist in the West (outside of perhaps some of the early Sim- games), the main rewards come through Sega references. If a player doesn’t see the comedy in spending half his budget to develop Super Wonderboy in the year 2025—resulting in a net gain of 5% of the market—he’ll likely need to get through the business sim on curiosity alone.
Jetpac - The Return is a remake of the original game Jetpac for the ZX Spectrum and (I believe) the BBC. The old version was about a space man with a rocket pack who had to construct his rocket and fill it with fuel before taking off to reach the next level. It wasn't quite this simple however because aliens and asteroids and all sorts of nasties hindered the space man's mission.
This remake will attempt to stay true to the original formula whilst at the same time improving the graphics and adding lots more baddies, upgrades, features, levels etc, etc, etc.
The game uses SDL to power its graphics.
September 12th, 2006, 14:37 Posted By: Darksaviour69
Well is been a week all ready and there have been 1,402 Files downloaded (3.593 GB)... not
bad for a dead scene
Thanks to those that has told me about files missing, and not working files, but if there are any more that you spot please tell me via pm or replying to this thread.
Quzar has started a developers section to the download site, and I would love for any coder or anyone to help, just submit files you think should be in the database.
Just as a reminder again, the ads from dcnews.co.uk go back into the site, so if you want to support the site click on the links ( left of the DCNEWSUK logo)
Poking around the nooks and crannies of eBay still brings up some genius items - witness this Sega Dreamcast wine bottle being sold starting at a princely opening bid of $1.00.
And, folks, here's the pathos: "This is a Dreamcast wine bottle from Japan, made to celebrate the release of the Dreamcast console in 1998. The wine bottle is empty, the contents have already been drunk." Yep, and the bottle marvellously says on it: "I sincerely hope you have the opportunity to enjoy both wine and Dreamcast in the near future."
Finally, this will have ended by the time you guys read this, so hopefully the listing is still there - but a Seaman plush UFO Catcher doll is more my speed when it comes to Sega-related goodies. Roll on Seaman 2, which should be revealed even as we speak, I believe?
I haven't posted much of anything in a while, and there hasn't been much in the way of action regarding our Dreamcast releases announced recently. I wanted to take a quick minute to explain why, and mention some potentially exciting news:
In June and July, right after the Midwest Gaming Classic, the servers that the GOAT Store is hosted on were plagued with a series of downtimes that kept us offline for over two full weeks during that period. Unfortunately, the hosting company didn't answer our questions completely about why the downtime occurred, and Gary and I talked and decided that it was time to move to a new hosting company. During the downtime, we had lost some things very important to our business -- including our Google rankings -- and our sales have been rather poor since that point in time. A change is necessary to keep us moving forward.
Moving to a new hosting company is allowing us to make some much-needed updates during the change. After the change-over occurs -- which we expect will be in the next few weeks -- a lot of new features will be available and cosmetic changes will have occured. The main page will look slightly different, and we will have weekly specials which will properly operate -- a huge upgrade that we are spending a lot of time on. I think that everyone will be very pleased with the upgrades.
Another thing that this will allow us to do is to devote more space to our upcoming Dreamcast projects. We will have videos of them, as well as more screenshots and more information. We are on track for three releases this year -- including one which was not even discussed at the Midwest Gaming Classic! It should be an exciting time for us.
So if you were wondering if it was all fluff and why we announced all the additions to our site and then never brought them out -- there's the answer. We will be doing it, and we will have a LOT of good news. We're hoping to dive back into Dreamcast development the way that we were right before the issues came up in the next few weeks, and we hope that you will all continue to support us by purchasing the games which you are interested in. We hope to have a lot in the near future!
Thanks! Any questions please post here and I'll be happy to answer!
September 21st, 2006, 13:16 Posted By: Darksaviour69
Another Update from BlueCrab
Right now, I'm revamping the connection system between the game and the server. Right now, I've got a rather simple database attached to the server which will contain usernames, passwords, and ID numbers for each person that plays DCRPG. Eventually, the amount of stuff in the database will probably expand, but for now that's what it has. Also, I've gotten most of the login procedure written. It's based somewhat on CHAP (a login system for PPP connections), but with SHA-256 hash calculations, rather than MD5.
September 21st, 2006, 16:49 Posted By: Darksaviour69
From NG: DEV.TEAM
As the cartridge done well, we're now preparing a release of Last Hope on NEO·GEO CD and Dreamcast for December 2006.
Both versions will feature a high quality CD Digital Audio soundtrack. Dreamcast version will be a pixel perfect port with scanlines on 240p in progressive mode. Be sure that the game will run on NTSC and PAL systems on 60hz; Region Free. Just like every original Dreamcast game you can play Last Hope without any additional requirements.
Currently we're negotiating with an publisher for world wide release.
SoA Saves Editor is a tool to inspect the content of the saves for the Dreamcast game Skies of Arcadia.
For now it only allows to display stats of each character as well as the game time and the save location. Later stats might be editable, so you could for example increase the level or health points.
The tool is compatible with DC browsers (DreamKey, DreamPassport and Planetweb), as well as PC browsers (in this case you must use saves in VMS format).
I was just searching google and came across something i've never seen before (thou someone here probably has) a Dreamcast made to look simular to an XBOX???
it looks cheap and nasty
why would someone do this to a perfectly good console?
The page has been partially down recently due to a server software reinstall (not sure why; possible hacking attempt?), and I was unaware of it until today. All of the pages on the site have returned to their normal state. My apologies to anyone who visited the page and found anything missing that they were looking for.
MrSiggler and Phantom (aka waltervn) have released version 0.1.0 of their multi-platform chess game DreamChess.
Here's the info from the project's website:
DreamChess is an open source chess game. Our primary target platforms are Linux, Windows, Dreamcast and BeOS. DreamChess features 3D OpenGL graphics and provides various chess board sets, ranging from classic wooden to flat figurines.
A moderately strong chess engine is included: Dreamer. However, should this engine be too weak for you, then you can use any other XBoard-compatible chess engine, including the popular Crafty and GNU Chess.
Other features include on-screen move lists using SAN notation, undo functionality, and savegames in PGN format. In future releases we plan to add support for time controls, audio, network play, more visual effects such as reflections and shadows, and 3D animated pieces.
We hope you enjoy the game!
September 27th, 2006, 01:24 Posted By: Christuserloeser
The GOAT Store anounced that they'll relaunch their website on September 30th:
Since the GOAT Store, LLC first came online in 2000, the site has offered gamers thousands of different products to satisfy their gaming craves. Today, the GOAT Store is proud to boast an inventory of over 10,000 items and has helped provide gamers worldwide with new things to play. But the GOAT Store isn't ready to rest just yet.
On September 30th, the GOAT Store is moving to a new server, and the changeover is going to allow for implementation of many new features including a redesigned main page and member section, weekly member specials, free US order tracking, an updated help system and much, much more.
The web site is not the only new thing to be updated, as one week after the launch of the web site, the GOAT Store will reveal a completely new product line that will gamers will love. And if you are a gamer looking for more games to play, the GOAT Store will be adding thousands in inventory throughout the month of October alone!
Dreamcast fans are also in for a treat, as during the month of October the GOAT Store Publishing portion of the site will be updated with lots of new information on the upcoming GOAT Store releases, as well as details on three games which are expected to be released in 2005. The new server will also allow for the first time ever the hosting of video previews!
You may experience some difficulty reaching the web site as the change happens, but keep checking back as your one stop gaming shop to see all of these exciting updates!
September 27th, 2006, 01:31 Posted By: Christuserloeser
Smurph released a very helpful tool that automates the process of creating a ROM List for GenesisPlusDC:
Copies and renames rom zipfiles from one location to another, and creates a romlist according to the filenames of the zips. Optionally, it strips goodcodes.
Download it here or via the attachment in our forums.
Requires .NET Framework 1.1 or higher. If you get a runtime error when you launch the executable, you probably don't have it. You can download it off microsoft's site.
The DCS Wiki article about GenesisPlusDC will be updated shortly.
September 28th, 2006, 22:48 Posted By: Christuserloeser
Smurph has updated his great tool to automate the process of creating a ROM List for the latest release of GenesisPlusDC. Features:
Copies and renames rom zipfiles from one location to another, and creates a romlist according to the filenames of the zips. Optionally, it strips goodcodes.
Download it here or you can download it locally here
Romlister has also been added to the GenesisPlusDC download
Changes in v1.0:
- Added Better Progress Bar
- Rewrote the entire program in VB6
This version has no external dependencies other than the VB6 runtimes.
NOTE: If your antivirus goes off, get a better antivirus, as it is a false reading. I simply packed the executable to reduce file size.
The DCS Wiki article about GenesisPlusDC has already been updated with the new version.
Don't forget to support the development of GenesisPlusDC via contributing your test reports to the Compatibility List at DCS.
Sega have finally released a new Dreamcast but alas its not a new console but a Dreamcast Wristwatch, the watch has a Mini Dreamcast has its face, sorry it doesnt play games either.
Heres 2 screens:
Nice looking but at a price of US$ 129.90 (~69.69 GBP) maybe its for serious collectors only.
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