Graveyard: Jet Set Radio Future
Watch your step, for you’ve just entered the Graveyard. Inside, we’ll be digging up games that have long been without a pulse. You’ll see both good and bad souls unearthed every month as we search through the more… forgotten…parts of history.
Last month, we covered just what kind of impact Jet Set Radio had on the industry and how well it has held up in the 21 years since its release and subsequent HD re-release. Now, we’ll take a look at what remains the only sequel in the short-running, but iconic franchise, Jet Set Radio Future. The first game was one that defined the Sega Dreamcast and to this day delivers a lot of fun and has a sense of style that few games can lay claim to. The sequel hit the Xbox in 2002 and along with a series of other Sega game sequels like Crazy Taxi 3, Shenmue II, Panzer Dragoon Orta and Sega GT 2002 helped the original Xbox feel like a true successor to the Dreamcast. This feeling continued with latter-day
You Can Now Play The Canceled Dreamcast Castlevania Demo
Castlevania Resurrection was canned back in 2000, but you can now play its Dreamcast pre-E3 demo if you re so inclined.
A canceled 3D Castlevania game for the Sega Dreamcast is now widely playable for the first time, albeit in prototype form. Earlier in April, footage of a demo of the canned game appeared on YouTube, which caused Castlevania fans to lobby its anonymous owner to release the demo for the world to experience.
Now, thanks to that collector and the French Dreamcast fansite Sega Dreamcast Info, you can now download the prototype and play it for yourself. According to the site, it includes several levels as well as a battle against the boss Medusa. Since it s an unfinished prototype for a canceled game, you can definitely expect some frame rate drops and other technical issues. The download link on Sega Dreamcast Info includes instructions for how to play it on an emulator or burn it to a disc to play it on your ac
Castlevania: Ressurection, from back in 1999 has somehow been revived and is now ready to be played.
The game was a prototype where only a lucky few had access. But Sega Dreamcast Info, a French website committed to documenting the history of the short-lived video game console, has now made it possible for everyone to play the game. Originally, a real copy of the prototype was listed on eBay and gained a bid of approximately $20,000 USD, but it has since been taken down. Instead, its owner decided to let Sega Dreamcast Info provide a full write-up and downloadable build of the demo so everyone has a chance to play the game.