Dreamcast Pal Games List By shining3master Version 1.00 Last Update 17/06/2003 E-mail: shining3master@yahoo.com My website: http://www.geocities.com/shining3master ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================= Table of Content ========================= 1. Version History 2. Legal Information 3. Introduction 4. Frequent Questions and Answers 5. PAL Games Information 6. PAL Games List 7. Addition Dreamcast software and Demo’s Disks 8. PAL Peripherals List 9. UK Dreamcast Magazines 10. Packaging Mistakes and Errors 11. Credits 12. Plans for Next Update 13. Contact Information =================== 1. Version History =================== Version 1.00: 17/06/2003 Added information on the fishing rod and games not released in Australia also updated the Packaging Mistakes and Errors section thanks to Karachi King. Also changed around the order of how some of the games are listed. Version 0.99: 10/06/2003 Huge updated Added Frequent Questions and Answers, PAL Peripherals List, Packaging Mistakes and Errors and PAL Games Information to name but a few. Added Drawing of the PAL Dreamcast Box and finished off all the unfinished sections, bar one. Version 0.81: 03/02/2003 This is the first version of the FAQ, it’s only a basic release which only contains a list for the games released in the UK the demo disks and other disks released in the UK. Never released version of this FAQ. ===================== 2. Legal Information ===================== This FAQ is for only intended for www.gamefaqs.com and www.geocities.com/shining3master. Copyright Law protects this document. It is a free document and is intended for private and personal use only. It is not to be sold or given away in any shape or form. If you do find someone selling it please contact me, as no one should profit from this document. This FAQ cannot be referenced, altered, or used by anybody (including webmasters, publishers, and magazine staff) without my written permission and consent. Plagiarism is a crime and is punishable by law. All names, logos and other copyrighted materials are property of their respective owners. No infringement is intended. This FAQ is Copyrighted 2003 by shining3master ================= 3. Introduction ================= This is my first every FAQ, so I hope you like it, when I first started writing this FAQ there weren’t any FAQ to Dreamcast game lists there are now 2, but still both of them are for Japanese and USA games. As I live in the UK they aren’t much help to me or other PAL gamers. So I decided that someone should write a Dreamcast games list for PAL games. This first release only covers game released in the UK. It should apply to most European and PAL territories, but if there are any differences in releases please feel free to contact me and I’ll make a note about the differences. Just a quick note, I can only read English and have a very limited knowledge of French, so I can only really understand E-mail written to me in English. I hope to include in later releases of this FAQ, details about each games, packaging. When they were released, what their origin RRP was, if they have online features. How many players they support, what peripherals each games supports and if they support 60hz or are PAL optimised. I would also like to cover who made and released each game and what genre it belongs too. I also hope to include the content of each demo disk and a few other bit’s of information. English, spelling and grammar were never my strong points, so I’ll be very grateful if someone could point out any mistakes in this FAQ. My sources that I used to help me write this FAQ are: DC-UK Magazine Dreamcast: The Official Dreamcast Magazine Dreamcast Magazine: The 100% Unofficial Magazine My general knowledge of the Dreamcast and it’s games. In total, I’ll say I’ve played about 120 of the PAL Dreamcast titles, and I’ve seen for sales almost all of them. Most of the titles between 1999 and 2000 where reviewed in the Dreamcast magazines, after that the magazines started dying out and many of the games that came out weren’t even mention, Evolution 2 Far of Promise was never review or even mention, by any of the magazines. I only discovered it had been released when I saw it sitting on a shelf in my local Game. Dreamcast Magazine: The 100% Unofficial Magazine was the last magazine to go and by the end it was terrible, they cut down the magazine so much there was nothing in it. In short I have not just, copied the PAL games list from the magazines, a lot of this FAQ is my own work and knowledge so if you do want to post it on a website please contact me first. ================================== 4. Frequent Questions and Answers ================================== 1.Q)First of I’ll start by answering the question what is PAL? 1.A)PAL is the TV system used by most of Europe and Australia and PAL stands for Phase Altering Lines 2.Q)I’m always hearing that PAL games run at 50hz and have boarders, so I’m guess that NTSC is better? 2.A)No not by along shot in fact, PAL is much better than NTSC or Never Twice the Same Colour, as it’s known in the TV industry. The only reason for the games being better is that, in the old days games where made to work on the NTSC system. As it had a larger share of the games market as both the USA and Japan use NTSC and as most games are developed in the USA and Japan. Now that most PAL game have 60hz option, they look better than the USA and Japanese games. In case you want to know some TV technical information NTSC displays 525 lines where as PAL displays 625 lines. I should point out than NTSC was developed before PAL. As for other systems around the French used a system call SECAN, which is better than NTSC but worse than PAL, Digital is technically better than all of them, but it can appear pixilated some times as the image is made up of pixels. My dad worked in the TV industry for over 30 years, so he has a great understanding of how TV works. 3.Q)How many games support 60hz? 3.A)The Dreamcast is the first console to official support 60hz in Europe. However some of the older consoles like the Sega Saturn and Super Nintendo Entertainment System could be converted to play games at 60hz. In total I would say that about 75% of the Dreamcast games officially support 60hz. What I mean by officially is by somewhere in that game, you can find an option to change the game from 50hz to 60hz. Sadly not all the games official support 60hz, this is mainly down to lazy and rushed programmers, who were unable or unwilling to add the 60hz option into games. Lucky some of these games can be forced into 60hz with the help of a Xploder or a DC-X disc. If you include the games that can be forced into 60hz then about 90-95% of the game support 60hz, sadly not all games can be force into 60hz. Forcing is covered in greater detail later on in this FAQ. 4.Q)Can you list the games which are 50hz only? 4.A)Here is a list of all the 50hz games I know about, some of them can be forced into 60hz: Aero Wings Aero Wings 2: Air Strike Bust A Move 4 Conflict Zone Dino Crisis Dynamite Cop Evil Twin Cyprien’s Chronicles Flogian Brothers: episode one Grandia 2 Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Maken X Pen Pen Triicelon Power Stone Resident Evil Code: Veronica Sega Rally 2 Skies of Arcadia Spawn in the Demon Hand Spiderman Star Wars: Episode 1 Jedi Power Battles Super Magnetic Neo The Next Tetris Tokyo Highway Challenge 2 Virtua Fighters 3 Team Battle Zombie Revenge 5.Q)Can you list some of the games which can’t be forced into 60hz 5.A)Ok here you go, the only way to play these games at 60hz is to buy a NTSC version JAP or US. Once again I should point out that I haven’t played or tried this on all 50hz Dreamcast titles yet. Conflict Zone Dynamite Cop Maken X Pen Pen Triicelon Skies of Arcadia 6.Q)How can I tell what peripherals each game supports and if it runs at 60hz 6.A)Most games list the peripherals they support on the back of their box, sadly they don’t tell you if the game is 60hz or not. The only way to find out is to play the game itself and see if there is a 60hz option in the game. ODM did do a list however there were a number of mistakes in it. 7.Q)Can you tell me if X game supports X peripheral. 7.A)Sadly not at the moment, you’ll have to do some more research about that game, I may do a more in-depth feature about each game in later versions of this FAQ. 8.Q)Can you tell me more about X game. 8.A)No, try looking at a review website for more detail about a game. 9.Q)What would you say are some of the best PAL games on Dreamcast. 9.A)This, is a quick list of some of my favourite titles and some of the best games on Dreamcast, I’ve listed them all by genre. Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes Soul Calibur Zombie Revenge Mr Driller Sega Rally 2 Rayman 2: The Great Escape Giga Wing Resident Evil Code: Veronica Maken X / Unreal Tournament House of the Dead 2 Skies of Arcadia Starlance Virtua Tennis Jet Set Radio Rez Shenmue 2 Phantasy Star Online Version 2 Special mentions go to: Power Stone 2 Headhunter Spawn in the Demon Hand Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike Tokyo Highway Challenge 2 Grandia 2 Capcom vs SNK Project Justice: Rival Schools 2 MDK 2 Toy Commander There are plenty of other great Dreamcast games, which I haven’t listed. 10.Q)What games would you say aren’t any good. 10.A)I haven’t really played that many bad games, bar Ultimate Fighting Championship, Tomb Raider, Buggy Heat and Ducati World, the rest I’ve just heard are bad. Buggy Heat Ducati World Exhibition of Speed Roadsters Championship Surfer Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes ECW Anarchy ECW Hardcore Revolution Aqua GT Nightmare Creatures 2 South Park: Chef’s Luv Shack Tomb Raider Chronicles Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation Ultimate Fighting Championship Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Many of these games make me shudder the minute I hear their names! ========================= 5. PAL Games Information ========================= The first thing I should point out is that a PAL game is intend for use only on a PAL Dreamcast, unless you have the correct device to play on a NTSC system they will not work. So what do you get when you buy a PAL games, one box, one or more GD-ROM depending on the game, a manual and a back and front cover for the box. ---------------- Box Information ---------------- Unlike the USA and Japan, European games didn’t come in normal CD dual cases or enlarged dual cases. Instead Sega of Europe decided to use their own unique design, so it’s a pain to get replacement boxes. The European box is made up of 3 parts, the front case, the inner tray and the back case. Due to the way the case is designed you can open it in two ways, you can open the front case or the back of the case. The front case open’s up to give you access to one side of the inner tray and the first CD holder. The back case open’s up to give you access to the manual and the second CD holder. The front case, plug’s itself into 2 small holes found on the inner tray and has four small clips, which hold the front cover in place. The back case plug’s into the inner tray, by the means of 2 small plastic plugs at the end of the case. Here are some basic drawings of the Drawing of the PAL Dreamcast box. Right sided of case _____________________________________ | _____________________________ | | / \ | |--| |--| | \_____________________________/ | |_____________________________________| Top and Bottom of case ____________________________________________ | ____ | ______________________________ | |/ 0 \/ \ ___ | | | |/___\| | \______________________________/ | |____________________________________________| Left sided of case _____________________________________ | _________________________________ | | | | | |_| |_| | | | | |_|_________________________________|_| Front of case _____ _______________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___ | | || \| | || T || | || S || | || A || Game Cover | || C || | || M || | || A || | || E || | || R || | || D || | |\___|| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_____|_______________________________________| This back of the PAL Dreamcast is basically a square, so I haven’t done a drawing of it. The Front and back cases are make from a light see-through plastic, not sure what type of plastic. The inner tray is made from a slight strong plastic and is coloured a deep blue. The final thing to mention is that the inner tray has a logo that said Dreamcast on its left side. Unlike the Sega Saturn the Dreamcast box has had no major changes to it nor did different companies make their own boxes as also happened with the Saturn. There was only one small change and that was to do with the Dreamcast logo on the left side of the inner tray. In early released Dreamcast games the logo was printed on to the case with a Black Ink. In later released Dreamcast games the logo was engrave in to the inner tray, meaning that the logo was now plastic and was the same colour blue as the inner tray. The only of change I know about is to do with the front cover of Dreamcast games and I will talk about that later. The boxes itself is more stronger than a normal CD case, but it’s still likely to crack if you drop it or hit it with a hard enough force. --------------------- Addition Information --------------------- 1.The list of following games com on multiple GD-ROM Disc, they are listed in alphabetical order and the number next to them is how many GD-ROM Discs they come on. Deep Fighter x2 Headhunter x2 Resident Evil 2 x2 Resident Evil Code: Veronica x2 Shenmue x4 Shenmue 2 x4 Skies of Arcadia x2 2.Cover design changes, early released Dreamcast games just had the name of the game and a picture for the front cover. However later titles also had the word Dreamcast in huge lettering and the swirl logo added on to the front cover of each game. 3. The following games where not released in Australia. Cannon Spike Evil Twin Cyprien’s Chronicles Evolution 2: Far off Promise Flogian Brothers: episode one Heavy Metal Geomatrix Outtrigger Phantasy Star Online Version 2 Project Justice: Rival Schools 2 Rez Samba de Amigo Speed Devils Online Spiderman Super Magnetic Neo Virtua Tennis 2 (Information submitted by Karachi King) 4. Shenmue and Shenmue 2 both come with 2 manuals. ================== 6. PAL Games List ================== Here it is, this is the known list of all PAL games released so far. There is still a slight chance that BigBen interactive could release some more games, but as each day passes it looks more and more unlikely. All games are listed under their full name and in alphabetical order. ------------- # = 5 Titles ------------- 102 Dalmatians: Puppies To The Rescue 18 Wheeler American Pro Tucker 4 Wheel Thunder 4x4 Evolution 90 Minutes ------------- A = 5 Titles ------------- Aero Wings Aero Wings 2: Air Strike Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes Aqua GT ------------- B = 5 Titles ------------- Bangai-O Blue Stinger Buggy Heat Bust A Move 4 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command -------------- C = 13 Titles -------------- Caesars Palace 2000 Cannon Spike Carrier Capcom vs SNK Championship Surfer Charge ‘N’ Blast Chicken Run Chu Chu Rocket! Coaster Works Confidential Mission Conflict Zone Crazy Taxi Crazy Taxi 2 --------------- D = 12 Titles --------------- Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX Daytona USA 2001 Deadly Skies Dead or Alive 2 Deep Fighter Dino Crisis Disney’s Dinosaur Donald Duck: Quack Attack Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern Dragon’s Blood Ducati World Dynamite Cop ------------- E = 9 Titles ------------- Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future ECW Anarchy ECW Hardcore Revolution European Super League Evil Dead: Hail to the King Evil Twin Cyprien’s Chronicles Evolution: The World of Sacred Devices Evolution 2: Far off Promise Exhibition of Speed ------------- F = 9 Titles ------------- F1 Racing Championship F1 World Grand Prix F1 World Grand Prix 2 Ferrari 355 Challenge: Passione Rossa Fighting Force 2 Fighting Vipers 2 Flogian Brothers: episode one Freestyle Scooter Fur Fighters ------------- G = 7 Titles ------------- Gauntlet Legends Giant Killers Giga Wing Grandia 2 Grand Theft Auto 2 Grinch, The Gunbird 2 ------------- H = 5 Titles ------------- Headhunter Heavy Metal Geomatrix Hidden and Dangerous House of the Dead 2, The Hydro Thunder ------------- I = 3 Titles ------------- Incoming International Track and Field Iron Aces ------------- J = 4 Titles ------------- Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 Jet Set Radio Jimmy White 2: Cueball Jo Jo Bizarre Adventure ------------- K = 2 Titles ------------- Kao the Kangaroo Kiss Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child ------------- L = 3 Titles ------------- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Le Mans 24 Hours Looney Tunes: Space Racing -------------- M = 12 Titles -------------- Magforce Racing Maken X Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes MDK 2 Metropolis Street Racer Midway’s Greatest Hits Volume 1 Millennium Soldier: Expendable MoHo Mortal Kombat Gold Mr Driller MTV Sports Skateboarding ------------- N = 10 Titles ------------- NBA 2K NBA 2K2 NBA Hoopz NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC Next Tetris, The NFL Blitz 2000 NFL Quarterback Club 2000 NHL 2K Nightmare Creatures 2 Nomad Soul, The ------------- O = 1 Titles ------------- Outrigger -------------- P = 11 Titles -------------- Pen Pen Triicelon Phantasy Star Online Phantasy Star Online Version 2 Planet Ring – Free on ODM Demo Disk issue #15 and comes with DC microphone Plasma Sword: The Nightmare of Bilstein POD 2 Power Stone Power Stone 2 Project Justice: Rival Schools 2 Pro Pinball Trilogy Psychic Force 2012 ------------- Q = 1 Titles ------------- Quake 3 Arena ------------- R = 14 Titles ------------- Racing Simulator: Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulator: Monaco Grand Prix Online Railroad Tycoon 2 Rayman 2: The Great Escape Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 Record of Lodoss War Red Dog: Superior Firepower Resident Evil 2 Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Resident Evil Code: Veronica Re-Volt Revolution Rez Roadsters -------------- S = 48 Titles -------------- Samba De Amigo San Francisco Rush 2049 Sega Brass Fishing Sega Extreme Sports Sega GT Sega Rally 2 Sega Swirl – Free on ODM Demo Disk issue #7 and #17 Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000 Sega Worldwide Soccer: Euro Edition Shadowman Shenmue Shenmue 2 Silent Scope Silver Skies of Arcadia Slave Zero Sno Cross: Championship Racing Snow Surfers Soldier of Fortune Sonic Adventure Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic Shuffle Soul Calibur Soul Fighter South Park: Chef’s Luv Shack South Park Rally Space Channel 5 Spawn in the Demon Hand Spec Ops 2: Omega Squad Speed Devils Speed Devils Online Spiderman Spirit of Speed 1937 Starlance Star Wars: Demolition Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer Star Wars: Episode 1 Jedi Power Battles Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike Street Fighter 3: Double Impact Street Fighter Alpha 3 Stunt GP Stupid Invaders Super Magnetic Neo Super Runabout Surf Rocket Racer Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing Sword of the Berserk: Gut’s Rage Sydney 2000 -------------- T = 15 Titles -------------- Tech Romancer Tee off Golf Time Stalkers Tokyo Highway Challenge Tokyo Highway Challenge 2 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Tom Clancy’s Rouge Spear Tomb Raider Chronicles Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 Tony Hawk’s Skateboarding Toy Commander Toy Racer Toy Story 2 Trickstyle ------------- U = 5 Titles ------------- UEFA Dream Soccer UEFA Striker Ultimate Fighting Championship Unreal Tournament Urban Chaos ------------- V = 8 Titles ------------- Vanishing Point Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense Virtua Athlete 2K Virtua Fighters 3 Team Battle Virtua Striker 2 (ver 2000.1) Virtua Tennis Virtua Tennis 2 V-Rally 2 Expert Edition ------------- W = 9 Titles ------------- Wacky Racers Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour Wetrix+ Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Wild Metal Worms Armageddon Worms World Party WWF Attitude WWF Royal Rumble ------------- Z = 1 Titles ------------- Zombie Revenge ------------------------------------- Current Total Dreamcast Titles = 217 ------------------------------------- If you know a game I am missing or question the release of a game I have on the list please E-mail me. Contact information for me can be found at the top and bottom of this FAQ. ---------------------------------------------- Games unknown if released in the UK/Europe ---------------------------------------------- This is a list of games whose release is questionable, many of them were reviewed in magazines and some people have claimed to have, seen them for sale. A couple of people I know swore they saw one of the King of Fighters released in Europe and I remember one of the magazines saying it was coming out, but did it? One person I recently spoke with reckoned that Armada and Bang! Gunship Elite were both released but I never saw them in any shops in my area. But one of the Dreamcast Magazine said that Armada never got an official release in Europe. Armada Atari Anniversary Pack Bang! Gunship Elite Frogger 2 King of Fighters ?? Matt Hoffman Pro BMX NFL 2K NHL 2K2 If you can help with the release of any of these games, please contact me, also contact me if you have proof of their release or canning. An imagine of the PAL version in it’s box would be nice proof, if it does exist. ================================================ 7. Addition Dreamcast software and Demo’s Disks ================================================ -------------- Free Demo Disk -------------- Dream On Collection 1: Free with mid produced Dreamcast Dream On Collection 2: Free with later produced Dreamcast Dream On Volume 1: Free with early produced Dreamcast’s Sonic Adventure 2 -The Trial- : Free with Phantasy Star Online --------------------------------------------------- Dreamcast: The Official Dreamcast Magazine Demo’s --------------------------------------------------- Known as ODM for short. Dream On Volume 2: Found on ODM issue 1 Dream On Volume 3: Found on ODM issue 2 Dream On Volume 4: Found on ODM issue 3 Dream On Volume 5: Found on ODM issue 4 Dream On Volume 6: Found on ODM issue 5 Dream On Volume 7: Found on ODM issue 6 Dream On Volume 8: Found on ODM issue 7 Dream On Volume 9: Found on ODM issue 8 Dream On Volume 10: Found on ODM issue 9 Dream On Volume 11: Found on ODM issue 10 Dream On Volume 12: Found on ODM issue 11 Dream On Volume 13: Found on ODM issue 12 Dream On Volume 14: Found on ODM issue 13 Dream On Volume 15: Found on ODM issue 14 Dream On Volume 16: Found on ODM issue 15 Dream On Volume 17: Found on ODM issue 16 Dream On Volume 18: Found on ODM issue 17 Dream On Volume 19: Found on ODM issue 18 Dream On Volume 20: Found on ODM issue 19 Dream On Volume 21: Found on ODM issue 20 Dream On Volume 22: Found on ODM issue 21 -------------------------------------------------------- Dreamcast Magazine: The 100% Unofficial Magazine Demo’s -------------------------------------------------------- Ultimate Cheats Volume 1: Dreamcast Magazine issue 10 Ultimate Cheats Volume 2: Dreamcast Magazine issue 24 ---------------------- DC-UK Magazine Demo’s ---------------------- From what I understand DC-UK did an Action Replay demo, however I don’t know what it contained or what issue it was released with, as the first issue of DC-UK I brought was issue 20, which also happened to be it’s last issue. Some information would be helpful on this one. ---------------------- DreamKey Version 1.0 ---------------------- Came with early released Dreamcast’s as the standard version of DreamKey. ---------------------- DreamKey Version 1.5 ---------------------- Replaced DreamKey Version 1.0 as the standard version of DreamKey to come with the Dreamcast. It also came free with the game Chu Chu Rocket. ----------------------- DreamKey Version 3.0 ----------------------- Released in March 2002, as a postal offer you had to fill in a form at Dream Arena online from February 6th onwards to receive it. I believe the offer has now ended for the online sign up. However it also came free with Phantasy Star Online Version 2, due to this reason quite a few people ended up with more than one copy of this disk, my brother included. I believe you may still be able to get a copy from Sega, if you give them a phone call. You need DreamKey Version 3.0 to be able to go online in the UK nowadays, this is because Dream Arena was shut down, shortly after it’s release. DreamKey Version 1.0 and 1.5 both used Dream Arena to go online, so they no longer work anymore. Both DreamKey Versions 2.0 and 2.5 were canned in the UK. ---------- Xploder DC ---------- A cheat device, which is designed to help people cheat at games, it is also the bane of all true Phantasy Star Online Players. It can also be used to play import games, released by Blaze in the UK. If you have the correct codes you can force some PAL games into 60hz, which didn’t have this option originally with the Xploder, the DC-X also does the same but you don’t need a code for each game. These code where taken from the website www.gbparadise.de, sadly the website isn’t around anymore. 60hz codes Evil Twin CC: 0F0D6846 0000E10A Grandia 2: 0F0387A0 0000E000 Soul Reaver LOK: 0F12DA78 0000E000 Power Stone: 0F0E5294 0000E400 0F0E5298 0000E400 0F0E529C 0000E400 Spawn ITDH: 0F0D3780 0000200A --------- MP3 DC --------- Another device released my Blaze, this one let’s you play MP3 files on your Dreamcast. --------- DC-X --------- Another device released my Blaze, this one also let’s you play import games on your DC, as Blaze released this and the Xploder in the UK. Blaze tried to cover up the fact that the Xploder does play import games. I’ve also heard that DC-X can’t play all import games, but I don’t know if that’s true or not. It can also force some PAL games, which are 50hz only into 60hz. This includes: Bust A Move 4 Evil Twin Cyprien’s Chronicles Grandia 2 Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Sega Rally 2 Spawn in the Demon Hand Virtua Fighters 3 Team Battle Sadly not all the games can be force into 60hz, Dynamite Cop & Skies of Arcadia are two examples of games which cannot be force into 60hz. Dynamite Cop crashes if you force it into 60hz. ---------- Bleemcast ---------- Bleem was a well-known Playstation, emulator for the PC. Who decided too start emulating Playstation game on the Dreamcast, hence the Name Bleemcast. Original they were going to release about 100 games on each Bleem disk, but in the end they settled for 1 title per disk. Only 3 three games were emulated in this way, as Bleem went bust shortly after releasing the third disc. The three games emulated by Bleemcast were: Grand Turismo 2 Metal Gear Solid Tekken 3 I don’t know if they were all release in the UK however, as only import shops tended to sell Bleemcast. The big chains like EB and Game didn’t sell Bleamcast titles as Sony told them, that it wouldn’t supply Playstation games to stores that sold Bleemcast titles. As you can guess the Bleemcast disk were quite hard to find in the UK because of this factor. You also need a copy of the original Playstation game to use the Bleemcast disk, as the disk itself only allowed the Dreamcast to read the Playstation disk. ======================== 8. PAL Peripherals List ======================== ------------------------------- Official Sega Peripherals List ------------------------------- This is a list of all the official peripherals released in The UK/Europe by Sega of Europe ---------- Dreamcast ---------- Yes the console it’s self, when buying a Dreamcast in Europe you get: 1 DC Main Unit, 1 RF Cable, 1 Modem Cable, 1 Modem Cable Adaptor, 1 Dream Modem 33.6kps, 1 Power/Mains Lead, 1 Dreamcast Controller, A set of instructions manuals, including a manual to Dreamarena, which is now useless as Sega has since shut down Dreamarena. 1 Demo disk or a game depending on what Dreamcast offer you buy. 1 DreamKey disc, either version 1.0 or 1.5 depending on when you bought you DC. DreamKey 3.0 was never given away with the DC. The DC has up to 4 joypad ports and can support up to four players on a single Dreamcast. The number of player changes from game to game however, some online games can support more than 4 players online, I believe Bombman Online was up to 8 players online. --------------- RGB Scart Lead --------------- A lead that let’s you link, your Dreamcast into a scart port rather than a RF unit, improves the Dreamcast picture quality greatly. If you have a scart TV I highly advise that you, get a RGB scart cable as soon as possible, as it improves the Dreamcast picture quality greatly. Word of warning for those of you who have a PAL DC and play import NTSC games on it. Not all NTSC system games work with the RGB Scart Lead, Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service is one of them, you’ll have to use the RF lead instead as me and my brother found out. --------------------- Dreamcast Controller --------------------- Your basic Dreamcast controller, you’ll need one for each player in a game, common knowledge I guess. The DC Controller has 2 ports for plug in peripherals like the VMU and the Vibration Pack. The controller has 7 button in total which are: Start, A, B, X, Y and two triggers on the side, L and R. It also has 1 d-pad and 1 analogue stick. The basic colour of the controller was white, but Sega of Europe’s online shop, did have other colours for sale. -------------------- Visual Memory Unit -------------------- The memory card, for the Dreamcast, has a built in LED screen 4 button and a mini d-pad, has 200 blocks of memory. Also has a port on the top of it so you can link up and transfer data between 2 VMU and plug it into a Dreamcast Controller. It also takes 2 batteries, which are the same make as the one needed for the Sega Saturn’s internal clock and memory. VMU lets you manage the data on it and play mini games on it, the only problem was that games tended to take up all the VMU memory and the batteries only lasted about 3 months. The 200 block on them was pretty small, and the memory used by each game differed greatly, you could get lucky and get about 30 games on a VMU or you could have 3 games, which take up all your memory. The standard VMU is white in a blue box, however towards the end of the Dreamcast life in Europe. Sega of Europe started to import some of the USA made VMU. It’s interesting to see the different, they work perfectly fine but there are a couple of differences. There are different coloured VMU’s, they come in a range of transparent colours which are, red, black, green and blue. I myself have a red one they also come in a small black box. You can also pick up the standard USA white VMU, they came in a white blister pack and also look the same as a European white VMU but have one difference aside from the Packaging. The different being the USA VMU has the Dreamcast swirl logo next to the word Dreamcast. The European VMU just have the word Dreamcast on them only in bigger lettering, why they took off the swirl I have no idea. --------------- Vibration Pack --------------- Put simply it makes the Dreamcast Controller shakes violently, yes you too can damage your wrists as you use it. I hate these things and find that they add nothing to the enjoyment of the game. The wrist’s joke, is related to a case where I heard someone damage their wrists, because they played rumble games all the time, although they never said which console the person played. ------------------- Dreamcast Keyboard ------------------- Turn your Dreamcast in to a PC with this handy keyboard, just kidding. Makes using the Internet and typing on game’s like PSO a lot easy. Can also be used in conjunction with the Dreamcast Mouse to get PC style FPS controls, in some games. ---------------- Dreamcast Mouse ---------------- Makes using the Internet a lot easier and is supported by some games. It can be used in conjunction with the Dreamcast Keyboard to get PC style FPS controls, in some games. A word of warning DreamKey 1.0 and 1.5 don’t work with the Mouse, so you’ll need to get a copy of DreamKey 3.0 to use the mouse with the internet. -------------------- Dreamcast Light Gun -------------------- The official Sega light gun, has a d-pad and 3 button, two of the buttons, Start and B, can be found at the back of the gun just above the d-pad. The third button is the trigger itself the light gun also has a space for one VMU. You can fit a Vibration Pack into the back of the light gun however it is not recommend as the Vibration Pack can damage the gun. You shouldn’t really put a VMU into the back of the light gun either, what you’re supposed to do is place a Dreamcast Controller into the next available joypad port. Which will be either port 2 or 3, as gun games only support 2 players, the VMU should be inserted into that Dreamcast Controller. The reason being that the VMU can be shaken free of the gun when in use, why they didn’t remove the VMU port altogether is any one’s guess. In Europe only 2 games, supported the light gun, House of the Dead 2 and Confidential Mission. The light gun itself was only sold in a package with House of the Dead 2 and at one stage you could only buy the gun on it’s own from Sega official online store. For what every reason known to Sega Confidential Mission was not sold with a light gun. This meant that it was very hard to get a hold of a second light gun, if you wanted to play 2 player, like my brother and me. However later last year, I did notice that some of my local shops started to sell the light gun separately. The light gun itself is white with an orange trigger button, the two buttons on the back are blue and the d-pad is black. --------------------- Dreamcast Microphone --------------------- Let’s strange people, hear your voice! The only game that officially supports this peripheral, is Planet Rings, which is given away free with the Microphone. I’m also guessing you can use it for some online chat, other than that, this peripheral is pretty useless and in my view is a complete waste of money. ----------------------- Dreamcast Arcade Stick ----------------------- Your standard arcade style stick, makes beat-em-up games, like Marvel Vs Capcom 1/2, Street Fighter 3, Capcom Vs SNK 1/PRO/2, much easier to play. Word of warning a number of fault Arcade Sticks where made if you plug one of these baby’s into your Dreamcast it will blow the control chip of your console rendering your DC useless. -------------------------- Dreamcast Race Controller -------------------------- Gives you an Arcade style steering wheel and in my view greatly improves all the racing games on the Dreamcast greatly. Word of warning, however not all the racing games support it and some don’t work very well with it. Crazy Taxi 1 and 2, Sega Rally 2 and Daytona USA 2001 all work fine with it. However Metropolis Street Racer doesn’t work very well with the steering wheel at all, despite having the Dreamcast Race Controller logo on the back of the box saying it’s compatible, another reason why that game is bug ridden trash. --------------------------------------- Dreamcast Fishing Rod (Australia Only) --------------------------------------- The Australians get something we don’t? Well they need something to makeup for all the games not released over there. This device allows you to play fishing games, just like how it would be in real life except you won’t get wet when it rains(@-@). As to why the official rod was only released in Australia is any one’s guess.(Submitted by Karachi King) ----------------------- Samba De Amigo Maracas ----------------------- The reason why Samba De Amigo costs £100! I haven’t play Samba De Amigo so there isn’t really much I can say about the Maracas, except shake them like crazy. ------------------------ MIP (Missing in PAL) ------------------------ 56.6kps Modem, Broadband Modem, The Virtual On Twin Sticks, The Dreamcast Camera, Virtual Eye The 4x Memory Card, The ASCII PAD FT The VGA adapter A few notes, the VGA adapter was never officially released in Europe, but I believe there were some unofficial one’s produced. The Modem speaks for itself SOE had the cheek to downgrade the modem from 56.6 to 33.6 and broadband is years off in this country. Sadly Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram was never released in this country neither were the Twin Sticks, which is a great shame, so I had to pick VO up on import (^-^) it’s a great game. The 4x Memory Card kept getting put back and back and back, until it was never released. The ASCII PAD FT was a flight controller joypad and the Dreamcast camera speaks for itself. ========================== 9. UK Dreamcast Magazines ========================== Coming Soon.. ================================= 10. Packaging Mistakes and Errors ================================= Here is some interesting and funny facts about some of the European games. 1. (Soul Calibur) The font they used for the summary writing on the back of the box, is so bad, that it appears that they have spelled Soul Calibur wrong, or Soul Callbur as the box puts it. 2. (Evil Twin) The manual clearly state’s that there is a 50/60hz option in the game, sadly it’s missing. The only way to get 60hz in this game is to use an Xploder or DC-X disc. 3.(Dynamite Cop) Another manual error, this one mention about a free download extra you can get from the net called the Detonator Pack. Sadly you can’t download it from the website, the manual direct you too. The Detonator Pack was never released for the European version. Also the US and Japanese Detonator Pack’s don’t work with the European Version of the game. Currently I’m in the process of trying to get a US version of Dynamite Cop. To see what the Detonator Pack is like and because the European version is missing all three of the secret characters and the game is 50hz only :(. 4. (NFL Blitz 2000) Normally on the side spine of the game the name of the game is written on it, NFL Blitz 2000 side spine is just left blank!! 5. (Floigan Brothers: episode one) Page 29 of the manual states that there are five option to select from the main menu. The game only has four to chose from, by the way did I mention this game should have online bouns’s? Yep you guess it the online mode was taken out, like so many other games. 6. (F1 World Grand Prix 2) This game has no in game screenshots any where on the box, that’s never a good sign. 7. (Street Fighter Alpha 3) The manual is missing Guile’s moves list. 8. (Psychic Force 2012)The picture of Regina, on the front cover has been slightly censored, she is wearing a low top dress and is showing quite a lot of her cleavage. Someone has painted her cleavage red, just like her dress, interestingly if you turn to page 23 of the manual you’ll see an uncensored version of the Regina Picture. Another interesting fact about Psychic Force 2012, is that it has a picture on the reverse of the front cover, normally it’s just left blank. 9. (Toy Racer) Page 25 of the manual mentions about 4 hidden vehicles, no one I know, has every found them. If they had to be unlock while online this is now impossible as the Toy Racer’s sever has now been shut down in Europe. 10.(Mortal Kombat Gold) One of the most bug ridden games on the Dreamcast, despite page 5 of the manual telling how to use the VMU and the save options in the main menu of the game. The VMU feature does work with MKG, quite why it doesn’t work I’ll never know Midway mess up big, only a notice on page 3 of the manual informs you of Midway’s error. 11.(Gauntlet Legends) Although each game saved only, takes up 3 blocks of memory, the game actually need more to perform the save, so you’ll need a few spare block in your VMU. A point which the manual fails to inform you of. 12.(V-Rally 2 Expert Edition) This game comes with a Erratum card, referring to a mistake in the game, I believe it has a problem like, Gauntlet Legends where by it’s need some spare memory to perform the save itself. 13.(Evil Twin, Cannon Spike, Heavy Metal Geomatrix and Conflict Zone) All 4 of these games where released by BigBen interactive, however it appears that BigBen didn’t spend a lot of money on printing the front and back covers and the manual. All four games had their manual printed on the wonk and the front and back covers looked like they were printed on an ink jet printer, no joke. 14.(Fur Fighters) What the manual doesn’t tell you is that this game is filled to the brim with bugs and glitches. See some of the Fur Fighters FAQ for more details. 15.(Metropolis Street Racer) MSR was recalled, in Europe when a bug was found that would unlock courses even if you didn’t have the correct kudos. This is quite a handy bug, as it makes the game much easier. 16.(Grandia 2) The contents page in the manual is very wrong, for starters it’s said that there is a user support section on page 61, the manual only goes up to page 60, which is the credit page. It also mentions a section on Grandia 2 Goods as well, that section is also missing, the page numbers for most of the other sections are also wrong. I believe the reason for all the mistakes, is because the manual is based on the US version’s manual, only with certain pages removed. As the US manual, had a Grandia 2 Music CD offer in it, which would have been in the removed Grandia 2 goods section. 17.(Evolution 2: Far Off Promise) Not really a mistake, rather laziness on behalf of the games publishers and developer. Rather than do the voice over in English or even remove them, they decided to leave the Japanese one’s in this is very annoying. What really gets my goat is the answer in the manual as to why they did it, integrity and preserve don’t go well together in a sentence, in my view it reeks of laziness. 18.(Plasma Sword: The Nightmare of Bilstein) Pages 15 & 16 of the manual have a picture error on them. Next to Vector movelist there is a picture of Zelkin and next to Zelkin movelist there is a picture of Vector. 19.(Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes) If you check out the instruction for the VS COM, VMU download. You’ll notice that someone can’t spell the word friend correctly or fiend as MVC2 puts it. 20.(Evolution: The World of Sacred Devices)The back of the Evolution box state that the game has VGA compatible, but it's not. (Submitted by Karachi King) ============ 11. Credits ============ People who have helped me write this FAQ and contributed to the information in it. By all means please feel free to send me any information that would help me improve my FAQ, full credit will be given. shining3master ( shining3master@yahoo.com ) -Me the writer of this FAQ. (^0^) slicer1000 -My brother gave me a few suggestions for this FAQ. Karachi King -Submitted the Evolution packaging error, the list of games not released in Australia and information on the fishing rod. Alexius2k -Submitted some information. Cull and Daria -For suggesting that I change the order in which I listed some games. The Official Dreamcast Magazine -Helped me find information on some games and how to spell their names correctly!!! Dreamcast Magazine: The 100% Unofficial Magazine: -Also helped me with information on some of the games. DC-UK: -Also helped me with information on a couple of games. www.gbparadise.de -For being one of the best PAL Xploder code websites, R.I.P ========================== 12. Plans for Next Update ========================== Aside from the up date to all the other sections including Packaging Mistakes and Errors. I also hope to start adding the in-depth game section, I also plan to do a section on Import games and a section on Online games. Plus there will me plenty more so watch this space as they say. ======================== 13. Contact Information ======================== If you need to contact me my E-mail is: shining3master@yahoo.com Please feel free to E-mail me any suggestions you think could help improve my FAQ and anything you feel maybe useful for my FAQ about the Dreamcast. If you are going to contact me please insure you put “your FAQ” in the subject line of the e.mail. My website: http://www.geocities.com/shining3master If you’re looking for a guide to Shining Force 3, I advised you check out my website. This FAQ is Copyrighted 2003 by shining3master Thanks for reading this FAQ.