Interest in an online Dreamcast magazine?
Hey all,
Lately there has been quite the storm of Dreamcast titles being released on modern systems. Rez and Ikaruga have both found their way to XBLA, with House of the Dead 2 released on the Wii and a Space Channel 5 Wii game on its way, as well as rumors of a new Cosmic Smash game, it's clear that the Dreamcast is on Sega's mind, and it's certainly on everyone else's mind. I've noticed at least one or two articles a month on Kotaku regarding various aspects of the Dreamcast, and, with current gaming trends (rerelease old titles as downloads), the Dreamcast can easily satisfy everything a current console has (barring new commercial games :P). NEO4ALL and AES4ALL cover a large amount of games that are, and could be downloadable titles on current gen consoles. DreamSNES, NesterDC, and the emulators for other systems easily dwarf the Wii's virtual console. While they may not necessarily be full speed, they do allow gamers to experience classics not on a computer screen, but on their TV with a gamepad in hand.
I've always wanted to contribute something to the scene, and I've undertaken a project with my own Dreamcast to bring it kicking and screaming into the current gen. I've been designing DVD covers for all my games, which, while not necessarily a new idea, inspired me to expand my idea. It would encompass many different aspects of the Dreamcast, and on the whole be called the ReviveDC Project. To get it started, I thought it would be cool to put together a sort of online magazine that could be distributed through email. It would be free, and emailed in a PDF format. You'd merely have to sign up for it. I was thinking of just making a PDF document and posting it to a website, but, that kind of devalues it a bit, in my opinion.
The magazine would basically be a print magazine, just in PDF format, since a print magazine isn't very viable. It would include everything a print magazine would. News from the Dreamcast scene, collected in one place, interviews with coders regarding projects, features on games, as well as reviewing an amount of games every month. Also, an important aspect would be to offer detailed guides of mods. Some guides are vague, and it would be great to go back and flesh them out. Then there's the region changer mod, which was criminally relatively ignored. Maybe if everyone likes it enough, a letters section too.
I think that executing this idea would not only make the scene stronger by compiling information as to what's going on, and what the Dreamcast offers, but also by attracting new comers. To many people, the Dreamcast is just that console that was around for the blink of an eye, Sega's death blow. For those of us who own one, it's still one of the greatest gaming experiences around. So, if you would be interested in being a part of this, for example, writing, please PM me. And if you're interested in it in general, please post here and discuss it.
