Karous Released - New Commercial Dreamcast Game

***wraggster*** · March 6th, 2007, 19:57

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The Dreamcast still refuses to die, heres the news and release of yet another game released for the DC:

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Karou comes from the young Japanese developer MileStone. Milestone has been responsible for two other recently released Dreamcast™ shooters -- Chaos Field and Radilgy. Both titles were also ported to Gamecube™ and PlayStation2™ later on.

Karous - which translates to 'Crow' in English - looks similar to Chaos Field and especially Radilgy, using many of the same gameplay mechanics of both games and featuring some of the cell-shading style used in Radilgy. The game is about a girl born of a union between an angel and a human. She gets firepower by gaining equipments like a sword, shield and guns. The graphics stick to the basics black and white palette of colours to give the game a gothic feel.

An initial shipment of Milestone's Karous / Crow for Dreamcast™ has arrived today, covering approx. 40% of all preorders. We are expecting a lot more supply by tomorrow, shipping at US$ 59.90 only. The Segadirect Edition release will be in stock on Friday.

With Sega shutting down the GD-ROM production, Karous is expected to be the last commercial Dreamcast™ game.

More Dreamcast info from Play Asia:

A number of selected Dreamcast™ releases, still in stock at Play-Asia.com:

Last Hope US$ 39.99
Trigger Heart Exelica JPN US$ 59.90
Trigger Heart Exelica [Limited Edition] JPN US$ 79.90
Under Defeat JPN US$ 69.90
Radilgy / Radirgy / Rajirugi [Segadirect Edition w/ Phone Card] JPN US$ 79.90
Trizeal JPN US$ 69.90
Dennou Senki Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram (DreKore series) JPN US$ 38.90

Official Dreamcast™ accessories available at Play-Asia.com:

Dreamcast Controller Europe US$ 14.90
Dreamcast Visual Memory Card (VMS/VMU) Europe US$ 9.90

Another great release for the Dreamcast Fans of this world.

**Shrygue** · March 6th, 2007, 20:03

This sounds like a good game to play. It's a shame that Sega will be packing up GD-ROM production very soon now.

**JKKDARK** · March 6th, 2007, 22:12

The game will be released in 8th march, not today.

**acn010** · March 6th, 2007, 23:05

i still cant believ that dc is still in production

**RoadWarrior** · March 7th, 2007, 01:37

Karous: Released or not...

My preordered copy from Play-Asia.com will be at my door tomorrow 07March 2007. :-) (Going by the email Play-Asia.com sent...)

Hopefully, it is not the last SEGA licensed Dreamcast game!