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by Published on April 6th, 2007 13:26
segadreamcaster started a campaign to save the European PSO servers:
SPREAD THE WORD FOR THE DREAMCAST SCENE
Hi all,
Ok, if anybody here wants to help in an attempt to save the official EU Dreamcast Phantasy Star online server, listen up!
As you may be aware the EU Dreamcast Phantasy Star online server went offline a few days ago, as a result I am running a campaign to try to persuade SEGA to either re-instate the server, or give the Dreamcast community a chance to pay for the servers ourselves. Obviously we do not know the cost of the latter at this stage, but the opportunity would be a start. (Please note: this is not a request for money)
Here is a run down of the current situation:
First things first, I know this has little to no chance of being successful, but whilst there is any glimmer of hope I am willing to try and I hope you are to.
This all started when I decided to do a bit of research into the IP address of the EU PSO server. The upshot of it is, I found out where the servers are located and who has control of them, its a company called NTT Europe who are based in London and NOT SEGA, sega have a contract with NTT Europe for a number of different things, including the EU Dreamcast PSO servers.
I then contacted NTT Europe and was put in contact with a guy who seems interested and eager to help and has said he will look into it personally. The upshot of the conversation was that he could not currently say with any certainty that they hosted the server, but he did say that SEGA definitely have an account with them and that they DO HOST servers for SEGA.
After I had told him the story of what has happened he seemed very intrigued and interested, including a comment about how impressed he was that I tracked them down....lol (not that hard). Anyway, he said he had contacts directly with SEGA-europe and that he would contact them to see what is going on...he also said he would talk to the tech guys to find out what is happening with the server. Unfortunately it seems there will be no progress on this now until after Easter, but hopefully there will be some movement soon after.
So...whats next? Well I await his response, but in the mean time I have decided to start a letter campaign, so that I can put together a pack of letters to send into Sega-Europe straight after Easter
WRITE YOUR LETTER:
Guidelines:
Include an explanation on why you would prefer to play PSO on the Dreamcast hardware as opposed to other hardware platforms.
If you played PSO online for your Dreamcast before, please recall some of your fond memories of playing online.
If you have never played PSO online before, please write about why you would like to play it online.
Add any addition comments you might want to include on your own.
Include your full name, regional location, and email contact. A home address is not required. Just include your City, State/Province, and Country. (If you are outside of Europe/Australia it may be better to make this part up )
Please take care in writing your letter! Do not just scribble 1 paragraph, and do not make a long-winded tail. Aim for half a page to 2 pages.
Please email all "Save PSO" letters to: savepso AT blueyonder.co.uk
Please make sure you include your username and the boards you are from in the E-mail.
Get going guys, can't promise this will work, but we'll try it....
DEADLINE FOR LETTERS: 9th April 2007 (9pm GMT+1)
I am having to enforce this very early deadline as time is not on our side, please support this campaign!
Source: Dreamcast-Scene.com ...by Published on April 6th, 2007 12:18
As some of you might know, the most recent OpenBoR v2.0691 build for Dreamcast had a few problems. Here's what SamuraiX wrote about solving the issues at the LavaLit Forums:
When I read this, I thought it would be a good idea to ask the entire community for donations so Sam could buy a BBA.
Originally Posted by [url=http://www.lavalit.com/forum/index.php?topic=183.msg1636]SamuraiX aka SumolX[/url]
In my opionion he would deserve it. There are so many incredible things he achieved for the Beats of Rage / Dreamcast scene since he started maintaining the OpenBoR code back in 2006. Here's just a short excerpt:
- Much improved performance
- Highly optimized and reduced memory usage
- Auto Memory Cleanup
- Sprite Database Management
- Fully functional 4 player support
- PAK File Selector
If you enjoy playing Beats of Rage mods and are interested in contributing, please transfer your donation to Sam's PayPal Account.
Thanks in advance. ...by Published on April 1st, 2007 20:00
Tweeg posted the following bit at the Dreamcast-Scene.com Forums:
PSO Server Closure Update!
The closure of the official servers has not gone as expected.
As scheduled, Sega did close servers yesterday at 9:59:59 AM EST, but not all of them. Only the Japanese servers were closed. At present the EU servers are still online and fully functional.
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Players who were fortunate enough to be present during yesterday's closure got to see the largest turnout for PSO in years, as the number of players online peaked at around 700!
So far today there has been a consistent minimum of ten players online at any given time on the two remaining EU servers.
Source: Dreamcast-Scene.com Forums ...by Published on March 28th, 2007 18:01
I've compiled and uploaded a SBI for the game to DCHelp.net's SBI Repository. You can download it right here (right click and 'save target as').
The file contains the brandnew version of the Dreamcast port of Kenta Cho's NOIZ2SA, which Chui released some days ago.
As you can see, NOIZ2SA is a pretty unique shmup game. This new release fixes several problems with the previous release and even allows to use CDDA music (just burn with BootDreams) ...and to use your own barrage patterns!
You can create them with BulletML:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu...l/index_e.html
...and test them with the Windows version of NOIZ2SA.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu...noiz2sa_e.html
Happy gaming and big thanks to Chui for this great release
...
by Published on March 7th, 2007 22:00
Manoel "Fragger" Kasimier (known for nxMakaqu and QuakeDC) released the first screenshots of his commercial Dreamcast project Fightoon:
Here's some news about Fightoon, the fighting game to be released by the GOAT Store.
It's an one-on-one game where you fight in the tallest arenas ever, against opponents from all over the world. It features many standard features like normal moves, special moves, charging, super moves, dash, long jumps, aerial blocking, and also some unique gameplay elements which we will reveal in the future.
The game isn't very far in development yet, but we got some very good results already. More information may come soon.
And now, screenshots!
Source: DCEmulation.com Forums ...by Published on March 1st, 2007 23:25
Earlier this year, Beats of Rage creators SENILE TEAM revealed their new Dreamcast project: The 'Micro Machines'-like 2D racer Rush Rush Rally Racing. The game will be published by the GOAT Store which also released the independent Dreamcast productions Feet of Fury, Maquipai, Inhabitants and Cool Herders.
Now, Senile posted some excellent looking screenshots at their website showing the game's progress:
Digg this story ...by Published on March 1st, 2007 22:59
The game seems to get some steady process. Here are the recent updates of the Development Blog from late February:
Internal Beta 20-02-2007
- New titlescreen
- New Lava background
- Bugfixes
- First boss routine restored
Last big boss arrived!
Ealier this day we have recieved the last big boss from our gfx man! This means… all enemies are fully drawn and animated - it’s time to pull those into the game now.
Titlescreen [16-02-2007]
We are currently in progress to finalize the static titlescreen of the game. As soon as it’s completly finalized we are posting a screenshot and you guys can tell us what you think
Energy Bar [14-02-2007]
We have implemented an energy bar, this mean Giana will not die on first touch with an enemy. You still immediatly die if you touch fire, fall in a hole or if you go “swimming”. The game is getting much easier this way… don’t worry it will be still difficult enough
Source: Gianas-Return.de ...by Published on March 1st, 2007 22:06
Straight from PDROMs.de
[ PDRC 3.666 ] 03.01.2007 - 04.03.2007...
Deadline THIS Sunday!!!
Send your submissions to
shahzad(dot)sahaib(at)web(dot)de
A confirmation mail will be sent maximum 48 hours later, to know your entry has reached.
To go sure you can additionally cc the entry to submissions(at)pdroms(dot)de
Entries recieved so far:
The AcchiappaStelle by Neurox (GP2x)
Subhunt by appriv (GP2x)
Introduction Text:
It's time for a new coding competition, PDRC #3.666 hits the web. This is the sixth coding competition held by PD Roms. Due to the success of PDRC #2.5 we rewarm a topic...
Your job:
Create a one-screen LCD style game for one of the following systems:
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System aka SNES (tested with ZSNES or Snes9x)
- GP2x (tested on the real thing, one file games prefered but not must, seperated readme files are ok)
- Gameboy Advance (tested via Supercard on the real thing, if it does not work on a SC via Visualboy Advance or no$gba)
- Gameboy Classic and/or Color (tested via BGB or no$gbc)
- GP32 (tested on the real thing, one file games prefered but not must, seperated readme files are ok)
- DREAMCAST (tested on the real thing, please submit a burnable cd image/selfboot plus scrambled or unscrambled binary)
- Nintendo Entertainment System aka NES (tested via emulator)
- Wonderswan Classic and/or Color (tested via emulator)
- PC Engine / Turbo Grafix 16 (tested via emulator)
- Neo Geo Pocket Classic or Color (tested via emulator)
- Sega Master System (tested via emulator)
- Sega GameGear (tested via emulator)
- Intellivision (tested via emulator)
- ColecoVision (tested via emulator)
- Megadrive / Genesis (tested via emulator)
- Neo Geo and/or Neo Geo CD (tested via emulator, submit drivers if required)
- Nintendo 64 (tested via emulator)
No Nintendo DS and No PSP, sorry (due to lack of having the real hardware and not beeing emulated proper)
General Rules:
- All systems will take part in one pot!
- Participants keep their full copyright.
- Games must not contain any copyright violation (Use of copyrighted characteres, titles, etc.). By entering a title you guarantee to have (obtained) all rights on the used code, media, graphics, etc. We reserve the right to refuse and/or disqualify entries violating copyright. In case you have obtained permissions to use copyrighted stuff, we want to see a proof.
- The game must be freely distributeable to everyone - We don't care under what kind of license your are going to release it.
- Due to fairness we do NOT allow plain ports. Everyone should have the same base to start an entry. We don't have a problem if you get impressions from other existing games.
- Games have to be unreleased and stay unreleased till the final results are out, but can be announced or promoted beforehand.
- Submit as many entries as you like. Each entry seperated in one compressed file (.zip prefered)
- Judges are allowed to enter, but their entry will not be voted/scored for a prize. Same applies if a judge is indirectly involved in a production (eg. leveldesign, graphics, music, ...)
- Submit your entry to shahzad(dot)sahaib(at)web(dot)de - By submitting your entry, you agree to have fully understand all given rules.
- Submission Deadline is Sunday 04.03.2007 23:59 in YOUR timezone.
- We reserve the right to modify rules, for better and clearer understanding. We are also in the position to RAISE the prize money or add more prizes at any time. Any changes will be stated out at the bottom of this page.
Rules for your production:
- If you use Fenix, Python, ZoT and/or LUA coded games, make sure you put the RUNTIME LIBRARY packaged with your entry.
- If you keep the file size low, it will be honored.
- The entry must be child-proof - No abusive material (racism, pornography, extreme violence...)
- You can use the full size resolution of your picked system, but the game has to be on one screen.
- The "sprites" must be in one color, preferably black.
- The background picture can contain as many colours as you like, but keep the colors realistic in relation with the foreground.
- The game must play like those old "Nintendo Game & Watch" or "Q&Q" games. To get a proper impression have a look at this picture:
- As start sequence you have to show all "sprite positions" at once (see picture), if you add a logo or anything before such a screen, is your choice (xy presents or similar stuff)
- Please don't add funky music to your entry, a LCD game doesn't have real music. We expect beep sounds
Prizes:
- #1 150 US$
- #2 100 US$
- #3 50 US$
If you submit three games and all three games rank in the TOP 3 you will take all the money.by Published on January 24th, 2007 17:26
I've translated the DaddelKingz.de review of Last Hope from German to English. You can read it here.
It's based on the original NeoGeo AES version. You can find some info about the changes to the Dreamcast version here. ...by Published on January 24th, 2007 17:09
Seems we've missed quite a bit: The Giana's Return blog has been updated a while back with few nice screenshots and even a soundtrack preview:
Head over to www.gianas-return.de for more screenies, the boss graphics by Wizzard and the OGG track by op3rator. ...- Search DCEmu
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