Grandia 2, Skies of Arcadia, Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi come to mind for single player
I donāt play RPGs, but have the other two.
Back in the day I played through on Dreamcast:
Rayman 2
Evil Dead
Soul Reaver
Code Veronica
Sonic Adventure 1 (played 2 on Gamecube)
Toy Commander
Tony Hawk 1 (had already played 2 to death on PS1)
Canāt really see playing most of them again. Maybe Rayman. I had Shenmue but never got around to it, should probably do that eventually.
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I agree Dreamcast these days is mostly about the fighting games. SoulCalibur, Capcom stuff, etc. Thereās still fun to be had outside this though, especially when you consider all of the shmups released for the Dreamcast. Itās just as good as the Saturn in that regard.
Border Down
Mars Matrix
Bangai-O
Gunbird 2
GigaWing 1 and 2
Radirgy
Chaos Field
Psyvariar 2
etc.
Plus thereās the unrelated topic of Cosmic Smash which really needs a modern port with some more levels.
Then if you want to play Dreamcast games on OG hardware rather than modern ports, things really open up and the system can shine a bit more.
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One thing I will say after playing for a bit - DC has the best versions of King of Fighters 98 (99 dream Match) and 99 (Evolution).
Both are 240p and have fantastic clean almost cell shaded 3D versions of all the backgrounds. Plus arranged soundtracks which always lift Neo Geo games IMO.
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Mars Matrix was great
My favourites are:
- Vanishing Point
- Super Runabout
- Ooga Booga
- Bangai-O
Sturmwind is a good horizontal shmup kind of similar to like Thunder Force VI. think itās on the Switch now too
other shmups I like are Zero Gunner 2, Triggerheart Exelica and Trizeal
Not mentioned so far but good fun for solo play, imports includedā¦
Cannon Spike
Cosmic Smash (mentioned, but so awesome)
Napple Tale
Power Stone 2
F355 Challenge Passione Rossa
Armada
Zombie Revenge
Also, Mars Matrix is thirded from me. That game deserves an audience.
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Other then an oddity regarding the number of max simultaneous players in some modes (3), this is a stone cold classic.
I donāt rate Power Stone 2 at all. Love the original, but found the sequel too chaotic and just doesnāt work as well as a four player game. Turned an original arena battler into a Mario Party minigame meets Smash bros.
I also never liked Smash bros though 
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Quoted just for truth. Smash Bros is balls 
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Right, where can I hide 
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To be quite frank, I also canāt stand the Smash Bros. games. Iāve really tried to get into them, but the gameplay has never managed to click with me.
By the way, Iām the kind of guy who prefers Pac-Land and Wonder Boy to Super Mario Bros. 
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Melee and 64 are still a step above the other Smash games. Melee by far being the most fun in my opinion. Ultimate is just okay in comparison even though it has way more characters.
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in terms of 4 player mayhem, Brawl was my favourite in the series. that game was just so fun
Go-to recommendation of a puzzle series thatās underappreciated on pretty much any system it has appeared on.
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But the original is only 2 players right? We used to play 3 or 4 players in the sequel.
Iāve never played Smash Bros even once!
Yes thatās what the gameplay was designed for. It was still one on one fighter, and created a delicate balance of fighting, collecting power ups vs stopping the other guy from collecting them. Plus the stage designs had a great sense of place (designed around each character like most fighting games) and interesting ways to avoid/attack based on them.
I felt it didnāt work as well as a four player game. Much more chaotic, more generic stages and zoomed out more a lot of the time (due to needing more space for four players), more gimmicks, loses that balance. Like I said it felt like a Mario Party minigame.
Also I rarely had a chance to play anyway it as youād need four Dreamcast pads which would be useless given there were almost no other four player games.
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Fair enough on Power Stone 1 Vs 2.
Though there were plenty of 4 player DC games. We played Ooga Booga, Virtua Tennis, SF Rush 2049, Bomberman, Worms, Chu Chu Rocket, Re-volt. Probably others
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Man, I loved San Francisco Rush 2049! Played that game so much in multiplayer mode.
The battle mode where you use weapons to eliminate each other is great fun!
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So, I finally got my Dreamcast online!
I was absolutely floored to load up PSO just out of morbid curiosity and within 30 seconds I had someone asking me to join them and they walked me through (what I assume) was the first dungeon.
I played for about an hour and had an absolute blast.
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Wow, whatās the best way to do this in 2022? Iād love to give it a shot.
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