List of Dreamcast games
Dreamcast (NTSC version)
The Dreamcast [ a] is a home video game console developed and sold by Sega . The first of the sixth generation of video game consoles , it was released in Japan on November 27, 1998, in North America on September 9, 1999, and in Europe on October 14, 1999. The fifth and final home console produced by Sega, the Dreamcast is the successor to the Sega Saturn , whose commercial failure prompted the company to release it only four years after its predecessor's initial release.
All licensed games for the Dreamcast were released on the GD-ROM format, a proprietary CD -based optical disc format jointly developed by Sega and Yamaha Corporation that was capable of storing up to 1 GB of data.[ 1] The Dreamcast itself features regional lockout .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
While the higher-capacity DVD-ROM format was available during the console's development, its then-fledgling technology was deemed too expensive to implement at the time,[ 5] which resulted in ramifications for Sega when competitors such as Sony 's PlayStation 2 came to market; the Dreamcast was unable to offer DVD movie playback when the general public began switching from VHS to DVD, and its games were unable to take advantage of the DVD's higher storage capacity and lower cost.[ 6] [ 7] Furthermore, an exploit in the console's copy protection system via its support for the little-used MIL-CD format effectively allowed users to play many games burned onto CD-Rs , without any hardware modifications.[ 8] [ 9]
The Dreamcast's initial release in Japan had four launch titles, which were Virtua Fighter 3tb , Pen Pen TriIcelon , Godzilla Generations , and July .[ 10] The North American debut featured 19 launch titles, which included highly anticipated ones such as Sonic Adventure , Soulcalibur , and NFL 2K .[ b] [ 11] The European introduction was originally going to feature 10 launch titles, but the list increased to 15 as its delay from the original September 23 launch date allowed the inclusion of a handful of additional titles.[ c] [ 14] Due to the similarity of the Dreamcast's hardware with Sega's own New Arcade Operation Machine Idea (NAOMI) arcade board, it saw several near-identical ports of arcade games .[ 15] Plus, since the Dreamcast's hardware used parts similar to those found in personal computers (PCs) of the era, specifically ones with Pentium II and III processors, it also saw a handful of ports of PC games .[ 16] [ 17] American third-party publisher Electronic Arts , which had extensively supported Sega's prior consoles beginning with the Sega Genesis , elected not to develop games for the Dreamcast due to a dispute with Sega over licensing.[ 18] [ d]
Sega discontinued the Dreamcast's hardware in March 2001, and software support quickly dwindled as a result.[ 21] [ 22] Software largely trickled to a stop by 2002,[ 20] [ 23] though the Dreamcast's final licensed game on GD-ROM was Karous , released only in Japan on March 8, 2007, nearly coinciding with the end of GD-ROM production the previous month.[ 20] [ 24] [ 25] The final first-party game for the Dreamcast was Puyo Puyo Fever , released as a Japanese exclusive on February 24, 2004.[ 26] [ 27]
This list documents all officially released and homebrew games for the Dreamcast. It does not include any cancelled games, which are documented at the list of cancelled Dreamcast games .
Licensed games
There are 619 [ e] games that are known to have released on the console:
Non-game software
Unlicensed games
Game
Publisher
Developer
Genre
Year
2D House of Terror [ 32]
2D Retroperspectives
2D Retroperspectives
Action
2013
4x4 Jam
JoshProd
Invictus Games
Racing
2017
Alice Dreams Tournament [ 33]
Alice Team
Alice Team
Action
2017
Alice Sisters
JoshProd
OrionSoft
Platformer
2020
Alice's Mom's Rescue [ 34]
Hucast Games (first run) /
JoshProd (second run)
OrionSoft
Platformer
2015 /
2017
Another World HD
JoshProd
Delphine
Action
2018
Arcade Racing Legends [ 35]
JoshProd
Intuitive Computer
Racing
2020
Armed Seven [ 36]
JoshProd
Astro Port
Action
2019
Bang Bang Busters
JoshProd
Visco
Action
2018
Battle Crust
JoshProd
Picorinne Soft
Shoot 'em up
2018
Beats of Rage
Senile Team
Senile Team
Beat 'em up
2004
Bleemcast! for Gran Turismo 2
Bleem!
Bleem!
Racing
2001
Bleemcast! for Metal Gear Solid
Bleem!
Bleem!
Action/Adventure
2001
Bleemcast! for Tekken 3
Bleem!
Bleem!
Fighting
2001
Breakers
JoshProd
Visco
Fighting
2017
Captain Tomaday [ 36]
JoshProd
Visco
Shoot 'em up
2019
Cave Story
DCEmulation
Daisuke Amaya
Metroidvania
2013
Cool Herders
GOAT Store
Harmless Lion LLC.
Party
2006
Counter-Strike
DCFan.net.ru
Valve
First-person shooter
2008
Crafti [ 37]
DCEmulation
gameblabla
Survival
2017
Dreamcastnoid: Retail Enhanced Edition
Matranet
Ryo Suzuki
Arcade
2017
Driving Strikers [ 38]
WAVE Game Studios
Reality Jump
Sports
2023
DUX
Hucast Games
KTX Software Dev.
Shoot 'em up
2009
DUX Version 1.5
Hucast Games (first run) /
JoshProd (second run)
KTX Software Dev.
Shoot 'em up
2013 /
2018
Elansar & Philia
Hucast Games
OrionSoft
Point-and-click adventure
2015
Epitech Collection [ 39]
Epitech
Epitech
Miscellaneous/Compilation
2002
Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders [ 40]
OrionSoft
OrionSoft
Puzzle/Adventure
2017
Fade to Black
JoshProd
Delphine
Action-adventure
2018
Fast Striker
NG.DEV.TEAM
NG.DEV.TEAM
Shoot 'em up
2010
Feet of Fury
GOAT Store
GOAT Store
Rhythm
2003
Finding Teddy [ 36]
JoshProd
Storybird
Adventure
2019
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
JoshProd
Delphine
Action
2017
Flea! [ 41]
Lowtek Games (first run) /
WAVE Game Studios (second run)
Lowtek Games
Platformer
2020
Frog Feast
OlderGames
OlderGames
Action
2007
Fruit'Y [ 42]
Dragon Box
Retroguru
Puzzle
2015
FX Unit Yuki: The Henshin Engine [ 36]
JoshProd
Saru Studio
Platformer
2019
Ganryu
JoshProd
Visco
Action
2017
Ghost Blade [ 43]
Hucast Games (first run) /
JoshProd (second run)
Hucast Games
Shoot 'em up
2015 /
2018
Ghoul Grind: Night of the Necromancer [ 44]
Woog Worx
Woog Worx
Action/Platformer
2021
Giana's Return [ 45]
Giana's Return Team
Giana's Return Team
Platformer
2011
Gunlord
NG.DEV.TEAM
NG.DEV.TEAM
Run 'n Gun
2012
Hanky Alien [ 46]
DCEmulation
ant51
Shoot 'em up
2016
Hermes [ 47]
Dragon Box (first run) /
JoshProd (second run)
Retroguru
Platformer
2017 /
2022
Hydra Castle Labyrinth [ 48]
E. Hashimoto
E. Hashimoto
Platformer
2020
Inhabitants
GOAT Store
S&F Software
Puzzle
2005
Intrepid Izzy [ 49]
Senile Team (first run) /
WAVE Game Studios (second run)
Senile Team
Action/Platformer
2021
IRiDES: Master of Blocks
GOAT Store
Madpeet
Puzzle
2009
James & Watch: Arm [ 50]
Retro Gaming Roundup
Ben Lancaster
Puzzle
2015
James & Watch: Tooth Cracker [ 50]
Retro Gaming Roundup
Ben Lancaster
Puzzle
2015
Jump'n Blob [ 51]
2D Retroperspectives
2D Retroperspectives
Platformer
2011
Last Hope
RedSpotGames (first run) /
NG.DEV.TEAM (second run)
NG.DEV.TEAM
Shoot 'em up
2007
Last Hope: Pink Bullets
NG.DEV.TEAM
NG.DEV.TEAM
Shoot 'em up
2009
Leona's Tricky Adventures [ 52]
KTX Software Development
KTX Software Development
Puzzle/Adventure
2016
Magic Pockets [ 36]
JoshProd
Bitmap Brothers
Platformer
2019
Maqiupai
GOAT Store
JMD
Puzzle
2005
Matterrun [ 53]
Fuseki Games
Fuseki Games
Shoot 'em up
2017
NEO XYX
NG.DEV.TEAM
NG.DEV.TEAM
Shoot 'em up
2014
Neverball [ 54]
DCEmu
DCEmu
Puzzle
2009
Non Casual Encounter : Prologue AKA Encuentro no casual: Prólogo [ 55]
SEGASaturno Productions
Alfonso "Ryo Suzuki"
Visual Novel/Adventure
2021
Orion's Puzzle Collection [ 56]
OrionSoft
OrionSoft
Puzzle
2016
Pier Solar and the Great Architects
WaterMelon Co.
Watermelon Co.
Role-playing
2015
POSTAL [ 57]
WAVE Game Studios
Running with Scissors
Action
2022
Powder [ 58]
Dreamcast.es
Jeff Lait
Role-playing
2015
Primitive Nightmare [ 59]
Fuseki Games
Fuseki Games
Shoot 'em up
2010
Redux: Dark Matters
Hucast Games
KTX Software Development
Shoot 'em up
2014
Rocketron
JoshProd
Astro Port
Shoot 'em up
2020
Rush Rush Rally Racing
RedSpotGames
Senile Team
Racing
2009
Rush Rush Rally Reloaded
Senile Team
Senile Team
Racing
2017
Satazius Next [ 60]
JoshProd
Astro Port
Shoot 'em up
2021
SQRXZ [ 61]
Retroguru
Retroguru
Platformer
2010
SQRXZ 2 [ 62]
Retroguru
Retroguru
Platformer
2010
SQRXZ 3 [ 63]
Retroguru
Retroguru
Platformer
2011
SQRXZ 4 [ 64]
Retroguru
Retroguru
Platformer
2014
Street Fighter VS Mortal Kombat
Captain Dreamcast
Captain Dreamcast
Fighting
2012
Sturmwind
RedSpotGames (first run) /
Duranik (second run)
Duranik
Shoot 'em up
2013 /
2017
Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser
JoshProd
Astro Port
Shoot 'em up
2020
Tapeworm Disco Puzzle [ 65]
Lowtek Games
Lowtek Games
Puzzle
2021
The Escapee
JoshProd
Invictus Games
Adventure
2018
The Textorcist
Gamefairy
Morbidware
Typing/bullet hell
2021
Tough Guy
JoshProd
Panda Software
Fighting
2020
Tyrian [ 66]
Dreamcast.es
Dreamcast.es
Shoot 'em up
2008
Volgarr the Viking
Crazy Viking Studios (digital) /
JoshProd (physical)
Crazy Viking Studios
Platformer
2015 /
2019
Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles
RedSpotGames
Yuan Works
Puzzle
2008
Witching Hour
PRO Studio
Nexinita
Adventure/Horror
2022
Wolflame
JoshProd
Astro Port
Shoot 'em up
2020
Xeno Crisis
Bitmap Bureau
Bitmap Bureau
Shoot 'em up
2020
Xenocider [ 67]
Retro Sumus
Retro Sumus
Run 'n Gun
2021
Xump [ 68]
Retroguru
Retroguru
Puzzle/Platformer
2013
Yeah Yeah Beebiss II [ 69]
WAVE Game Studios
Rigg'd Games
Platformer
2021
Zia and the Goddesses of Magic [ 70]
OrionSoft
OrionSoft
Role-playing
2016
Shadow Gangs [ 71]
WAVE Game Studios
JKM Corp
Beat 'em up
2022
See also
Notes
^ Japanese : ドリームキャスト , Hepburn : Dorīmukyasuto
^ The full list of North American launch titles include AeroWings , Airforce Delta , Blue Stinger , Expendable , Flag to Flag , The House of the Dead 2 , Hydro Thunder , Monaco Grand Prix , Mortal Kombat Gold , NFL 2K , NFL Blitz 2000 , Pen Pen TriIcelon , Power Stone , Ready 2 Rumble Boxing , Sonic Adventure , Soulcalibur , TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat , Tokyo Xtreme Racer , and TrickStyle .
^ The full list of European launch titles include Blue Stinger , Dynamite Cop , Incoming , Millennium Soldier: Expendable , Monaco Grand Prix , Pen Pen TriIcelon , Power Stone , Ready 2 Rumble Boxing , Sega Rally Championship 2 , Sonic Adventure , Speed Devils , TrickStyle , Tokyo Highway Challenge , Toy Commander , and Virtua Fighter 3tb .[ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
^ EA's then-chief creative officer Bing Gordon stated that, factoring concerns held by personnel at the company over the console's hardware, the company made its decision when Sega asserted its inability to "give us [EA] the same kind of license that EA has had over the last five years."[ 19] However, Bernie Stolar , then-president of Sega of America, stated that Larry Probst , then-president of EA, was adamant about making EA Sports the exclusive sports brand for the console during negotiations; Stolar insisted that EA's decision was in response to him declining the proposal due to Sega's then-recent purchase of sports game developer Visual Concepts for $10 million.[ 19] [ 20]
^ This number is always up to date by this script
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