Collectors Guide Introduction -Key to the Checklists Due to Unforeseen Circumstances, the First Edition 5: Credits and Change List
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Contents Foreword 1: Contents Welcome to the second edition of The Dreamcast Foreword Junkyard 100% Unofficial Ultimate Collectors Guide. 2: Collectors Guide Introduction -Key to the Checklists Due to unforeseen circumstances, the first edition 5: Credits and Change list. enraged the very gods we wished to appease but we 6: Complete Dreamcast Release List and Check List repented, made a few sacrifices and have returned. Detailed Version In this edition you will find slightly updated lists and 27: Single Game List some minor bugs have been ironed out. The one 33: Unlicensed Games Section -Upcoming Games thing we wish to make clear though, is that this book 35: -Unlicensed Game List is in no way affiliated with Sega and is 100% 36: North American List unofficial - made by the fans of the Dreamcast, for 38: Japanese Games Section fans of the Dreamcast. -Japan Release List 41: -Japanese Games Accessibility for Non-Japanese The Dreamcast is a system that lived in the limelight Speakers 46: -Japanese Release List by Code for what felt like little more than the blink of an eye. 50: PAL Games Section Initially, the flame burned bright, but it faded almost -PAL Collectors Checklist as quickly once the PlayStation 2 appeared on the 53: -PAL White Label List horizon, like the world-conquering leviathan that it 55: -European Regional Differences was. Within months of Sony's console entering the fray, Sega pulled the plug and the Dreamcast was no more. This didn't prevent the system playing host to a whole range of fantastic titles though, and with this guide we hope to aid the ever-resiliant Dreamcast community when it comes to seeking out these hidden gems. I must give kudos to the author, Mike Phelan for his incredible work compiling this list but ultimately I hope this guidebook gives readers an impression of the magnificent hidden library that awaits. If you own this book your Dreamcast is in for one hell of a ride, and we're overjoyed that you've bought the ticket. Tom Charnock The Dreamcast Junkyard 1 Collectors Guide Introduction Key to the Checklist When compiling this list, I wanted to strike a balance between It's a problem every collector of Video games will know – how accessibility and detail. Listing games Publishers, Developers, do I keep track of my collection? In the Internet age, there's a release dates etc. have therefore not been included, as these plethora of sites available with downloadable 'Complete lists', don't directly effect the collecting process. Instead, I've kept it but often they contradict each other, miss out certain titles, or as simple as possible – The title of each release, the Region it focus on one region or another. It was a problem I faced when was released in, the type of Release it is, the serial code of the starting on the journey of Dreamcast collecting. Whilst there's game, any interesting details about the release, and a basic plenty of sites out there offering their own lists, the check for rarity and expense. I'll take a moment to go through discrepancies between some of them bothered me. Indeed, it these: bothered me enough to set out to compile my own. The Title: In Alphabetical order of the particular release, following 50 odd pages are the results of that. I set out with a with 'The' not being included in the ordering. goal to list every game released, taking information from wherever I could find it. It isn't the easiest thing to do at times Region: Dreamcast Games, like all Video gaming, can – I found numerous non-existent titles on some lists, wrong be divided into Japanese (NTSC-J), North American (NTSC-U) information on others, and with the DC still supporting such a and European (PAL) regions. For the guide, I have stuck to vibrant scene of new releases, there were at least 8 new titles recognisable 2 letter abbreviations for these: JP for Japanese, released whilst I was going through this. But persistence has NA for North American (which includes Brazilian releases) and paid off, and the fruits of a 5 year long labour of love has EU for European (which of course also includes non-European resulted in what I personally believe is as thorough and territories as well, such as Australia). Due to the Dreamcasts complete a list as there is available for Sega's last beloved strong unlicensed release scene, I've also included a fourth console. code – WW for 'Worldwide' releases, as these releases are Region free. The guide is divided into distinct sections, of more or less use depending on your own interest in collecting. Type: There are several types of releases for DC The Complete DC Release List lists every single DC game, games, and to explain them best, it's easier to go through them including all variations. This is the bulk of the guide; the master by region. list from which everything else is based on. In North America, there are 5 separate types: The Single Game Checklist doesn't bother itself with the US This indicates a standard Jewel case US release. multitude of PAL cover variations or Japanese Limited editions, US-L This indicates any non-standard US release, boxed and instead simply lists every released DC game, and which releases and Limited editions. (i.e. the Alien Front Online Box) region it was released in. USvar This indicates any US variants. This includes any 'Not There then follows 4 sections, each detailing one of the for Sale' versions, general cover variants and the like. 'Regions' of DC gaming and sub-divided to give more info for BRA This indicates the releases in Brazil by Sega's long term the complete collectors. South American partner, Tec-Toy. These releases are quite The first is for Unlicensed games; the titles released without distinguishable as they mix up the Japanese and US cover- Sega's license, but which received physical, available to standards, with the Quarter-circle of the Japanese cover moving purchase releases. There are two separate lists here: A list of down to the bottom Left whilst usually sticking with the US upcoming titles set for release soon, and one listing all currently cover art. released unlicensed titles. US-AS These are the US Sega All Stars releases, the budget The North American section then follows, containing just the label for Dreamcast games in North America. There were less one list, which gives a complete breakdown of all North than 20 of these, a sad indication of the DC's curtailed life. American releases (and includes the Brazilian Tec-toy distributed titles too). For Japan, there's a further 4 separate types: The Japanese section details 3 lists; A complete release list, A JPN This is the code for the standard Japanese release. For guide to Accessibility for non-Japanese speakers and a list of all the most part these will be standard Japanese Jewel case Japanese releases by code – useful for when a game doesn't releases. have any English naming on it. JPN-L This is the code for the much-collected Limited editions Finally, the PAL section closes things off with 3 more lists; a that are somewhat prevalent in the Japanese release list. Most complete list, a White Label Promo disc list and a guide to of these will be 'special' releases of standard games, ranging European Regional differences. from First-Print editions with special full-colour discs, to elaborate box sets with lot's of very Nippon-centric extras. One of the reasons I wanted to put this guide together in These will all have a description detailing their contents. Some physical form, was to allow it to act as a hold-in-your-hand Games have been listed as only having a 'Limited Edition' checklist, and so for many of the lists here, there is a check-box release, usually these are more elaborate releases which have present to allow you to keep track of which games are in your no standard, Jewel case release. collection. JPN-D Sega re-released several of the most popular Japanese releases under their 'Dorikore' label ('Dreamcast Collection'). Future versions of this guide will hopefully include the currently The first 6 of these are easily distinguishable, as in-progress Hardware, Accessory and Non-Game release lists. Sega went to the trouble of giving them new cover art – a distinctive white cover with an Orange horizontal stripe and the original cover art in reduced size in the centre, as well as 'Dreamcast 2 Collection' printed clearly at the top. However, after these initial Huge kudos must go to Executter and the folks at Sega- 6, the collecting waters become murkier. Rather than reprint DC.com, as much of the work that has gone into the details of cover art, these later releases were identical to their original White label releases was carried out by them, and without their versions, with the addition of the Dorikore 'stamp' (seen above) work, I'd know far less about the discs. in sticker form on the wrap. This presents a problem for Ebc Originally created by me for the Bundle copy of collectors. To be certain a game is a Dorikore release, chances Dead or Alive 2 that I seemed to have several copies of, EBC are you will need a sealed version of the game, as there literally now also includes any other Bundle copies and other is no other indication. Sealed game collectors will have no issue Promotional copies of games.