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Looking back at this very blog, it appears that it was just about this time last year that I lost all interest in my Summer Gaming list and starting spending a bunch of time with my Dreamcast. In fact it was after I had beaten four of my ten games last year that this occurred. Guess how many I've beaten this year?
Let me tell you a stupid story. In the past I've often tried to be a one-console man. I can't really explain the need for this, but I'd usually try to just focus on a single console as far as collecting went. I guess my hope was to not overwhelm myself. So when I'd move from one collection to another, it usually meant selling off a bulk of what I had been collecting previously.
But recently I've come to terms with the idea that I'm not a single-console collector. I'm a video game collector. And because I love shmups, I was going to need to stop limiting my focus so much. Instead of a single console to collect shmups for, why not have a PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, Saturn and Dreamcast all hooked up and ready to go?
And at first the Dreamcast was just sitting there waiting for some new shmups -- I've just recently found a copy of Last Hope (non-Pink Bullets version sadly) for instance. But then OatBob's recent blog post got me thinking about my neglected console. And then I came across this wonderful checklist again:
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Are you familiar with this? It's the list of all officially licensed US releases. In short, it's a pretty good reminder of just how many awesome titles, and how much variety there was released on the console in such a short span of time. It also reminds me of what an interesting period of time 9.9.99-January 2001 was for gaming.
I printed the list out and checked off the small handful of DC games I still own. And now I want more. But y'know what's nice about collecting DC stuff? For the most part it's relatively cheap.
Perhaps Dreamcast collecting is a sickness, but if there's a cure for this I don't want it.
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I dont quite understand the love Dreamcast seems to get. I played it when it was brand spankin' new and even then I found it underwhelming. Looking over lists like that make me realize why. There just isnt a lot that appeals to my gaming taste in there.
With that said there are a few exclusives that are among my favorite games on any system such as Bangai-O or Giga Wing. And there are a few others I'm dying to try out like Sword of the Berserk and the Power Stone games.
As far as SEGA systems go for me though its at or near the bottom.
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Keep in mind the import library Crabs. There's so many great shmups and 2D fighters on DC it's unreal.
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@noiseredux:That is a great point that I admit I seldom think of. I'm just not an import guy so I tend to forget how much it can expand some libraries.
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AH, that's the problem then. Once you start collecting shmups, you have no choice but become an import guy haha.
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In the past I've often tried to be a one-console man.
I tried to be this when I got into collecting in earnest several years back...
...then some really great deals at several garage sales pretty much blew it all to hell.
Anyhoo: I hope this "sickness" leads you to discuss and recommend more 'shmup titles on your blog in the future, be they on Dreamcast or any other platform. You wouldn't want my wish-book to have blank pages, would you? 
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haha I don't think that will be a problem at all Zag!
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haha I don't think that will be a problem at all Zag!
Well, that's good to hear, 'cuz you've got enough problems as it is.
99 of 'em, in fact...
...but the Dreamcast ain't one. 
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speaking of which... that list includes a game called "Sega Swirl" which didn't exactly get a stand-alone release. It's a puzzle game that was included on most browser and demo discs.
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@OatBob: yeah I knew that. I figured just grabbing one of the demo discs or web browsers would cross it off my list. Though, ideally, I'd like to nab the original launch demo disc. Is that the green Generor disc?
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