By The Dreamcast Junkyard
This is the DreamPod - a podcast produced by The Dreamcast Junkyard focusing on all aspects of Sega Dreamcast culture, collecting and the community. Join your hosts as they discuss varied topics su
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This episode was as inevitable as a blue Dreamcast case with its hinges broken off. Of course the Junkyard was going to record an episode to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the SEGA Dreamcast's October 14th 1999 launch in PAL regions! Blue swirl for life, mate.
In fact, celebrating this occasion was so important that we even managed to convince Junkyard founder Tom Charnock to emerge from his coffin and host the damn thing. Listen in as Tom, James, Andrew and Lewis share their memories of the Dreamcast, and provide a retrospective on the highs and lows (looking at you, Australian launch!) of the Dreamcast's venture into Europe and other PAL regions. There's also one of James' 10-questions quizzes to wrap up the episode... but will Tom, Andrew and Lewis fare better at the quiz than OziSoft did at launching the Dreamcast Down Under?
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The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.
It's been 25 years since that iconic date of 9.9.99 - the North American launch of SEGA's final home console, the Dreamcast. Regular hosts Brian and Lewis are joined by special guests Derek Alexander (of the excellent Stop Skeletons from Fighting YouTube channel), and Brian's fiancé Katie, to hear them recount their earliest memories of owning the Dreamcast, and which games stood out to them the most. Also making an appearance on this episode is all-star Dreamcast hacker/translation patcher Derek Pascarella, who shares his story of pre-ordering the Dreamcast, and delves into what makes the console so special; while DCJY founder Tom Charnock crashes the party with a few words of his own to mark this landmark occasion.
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More from DCJY:
The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.
As summer turns to fall, Dreamcast still remains the fairest console of them all. Not sure why we started this description with some weird fairy tale incantation, but magic is definitely in the air for our favourite SEGA console, and we have a lot of Dreamcast news to catch you up on! From new indies, to translations, to an abundance of homebrew ports - including the incredibly exciting news of a Grand Theft Auto 3 port - listen in as we get down to the nitty-gritty in as much nerdy detail as possible.
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Looking for more Dreamcast Junkyard goodness? You can check out our blog, join our community on Discord, follow us on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. You can also donate to help us with hosting costs using Buy Me A coffee. Thanks!
More from DCJY:
The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.
You are now dialled in to a brand new DreamPod special on the Dreamcast's ultimate multiplayer killer app: Phantasy Star Online, or - in Lozz's words - "the greatest f***ing game in the world. Period." Back in 2001, PSO broke new ground by bringing an online RPG experience to console, but did you know that you can still play PSO online on your Dreamcast in 2024?
Assembled in The Dreamcast Junkyard lobby this time round are Lozz, Mark (aka MazGamingUK), Brian and Harvey (aka Pizza Hotline) to talk all about what makes Phantasy Star Online's revolutionary console RPG goodness so darn special. They also recount their first memories of the game, think of questions they'd want to ask the game's developers if they had the chance, and take on Lozz's "Who Want to be a Mesetanaire" PSO quiz...
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All musical interludes in this episode are songs from the Phantasy Star Online soundtrack.
Looking for more Dreamcast Junkyard goodness? You can check out our blog, join our community on Discord, follow us on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. You can also donate to help us with hosting costs using Buy Me A coffee. Thanks!
More from DCJY:
The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.
Lewis is joined by Harvey (aka Pizza Hotline), Mike Rogers (aka MikeRox) and Derek Pascarella to round-up all the Dreamcast hardware and software developments that have been happening in the last few months. Listen in as 3/4s of the panel get handheld through technical discussions, and tales are told about smoking Hello Kitty Dreamcasts, fantasy creature uncles, and fresh-faced Beatles tribute acts.
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Looking for more Dreamcast Junkyard goodness? You can check out our blog, join our community on Discord, follow us on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. You can also donate to help us with hosting costs using Buy Me A coffee. Thanks!
More from DCJY:
The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.
In the most exciting crossover since Jay-Z and Linkin Park did Collision Course, Brian and Lewis are joined by two stalwarts of both the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast community: SaturnDave and Patrick (TraynoCo) of SEGA SATURN, SHIRO!
SHIRO! originally started in 2017 as a podcast dedicated to the Saturn, but has since grown into a website, YouTube channel and community dedicated to spreading the love of Sega's misunderstood 32-bit wonder, and later the Dreamcast. In this episode, we go into detail about SHIRO!'s origins, the present and future of the Saturn, the strengths and similarities of both consoles, and much much more. We also put SHIRO! on the spot and ask them to name their top three Dreamcast titles.
Check out SHIRO!: https://www.segasaturnshiro.com
The Saturn Junkyard TitanCast:
https://thesaturnjunkyard.buzzsprout.com
Credit to Saturn Memories for the Segata Sanshiro audio clips.
This episode was recorded on the 27th of January. Brian made it to the UK safe and sound.
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Looking for more Dreamcast Junkyard goodness? You can check out our blog, join our community on Discord, follow us on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. You can also donate to help us with hosting costs using Buy Me A coffee. Thanks!
More from DCJY:
The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.
At the beginning of the year, we put the call out to the community to vote for their favourite indie releases for the Sega Dreamcast, and, as always, you have all responded in a big way, with more than double the amount of participants than the last time we did this vote way back in 2016. Well, we've now counted up all your votes, and can finally reveal the results of the 2024 Top 25 Dreamcast Indie Games poll! Listen as Mike unveils the results in real time to a panel that includes Lozz and Lewis, along with special guests The Sega Guru (Alex), and founder Tom Charnock!
Read the list on the Junkyard blog.
Check out The Sega Guru on YouTube.
Throughout the episode you can hear tracks from Pizza Hotline's "Level Select" album. You can stream/purchase the album from your platform of choice by clicking here.
Looking for more Dreamcast Junkyard goodness? You can check out our blog, join our community on Discord, follow us on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. You can also donate to help us with hosting costs using Buy Me A coffee. Thanks!
More from DCJY:
The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.
In the first DreamPod episode of 2024, James, Lozz and Lewis are joined by brand new Junkyarder Harvey (aka Pizza Hotline) to bring you a roundup of the most exciting things coming out of the Dreamcast scene!
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Music from: ChuChu Rocket!, Cannon Spike, Shenmue, Death Crimson 2, Le Mans, Project Justice
Looking for more Dreamcast Junkyard goodness? You can check out our blog, join our community on Discord, follow us on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. You can also donate to help us with hosting costs using Buy Me A coffee. Thanks!
More from DCJY:
The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.
On this episode, Kev and Lewis are joined by Nick Thorpe - the features editor for the excellent Retro Gamer magazine - to chat all about his career and the brand new issue 254, a Dreamcast special of the mag that releases today on the 21st of December. They also dig deep into Nick's passion for the Dreamcast, meeting the likes of Yu Suzuki, Yuji Naka and Kenji Kanno, and take a trip down memory lane as he recalls his earlier days of writing for his own Dreamcast fan site!
Retro Gamer magazine issue 254 is available to purchase from a wide selection of brick-and-mortar stores that sell magazines in the UK and other countries, but is also available to purchase online as a single issue from Magazines Direct: https://www.magazinesdirect.com/az-single-issues/6937134/retro-gamer-magazine-single-issue.thtml?
The Dreamcast Junkyard's "The Top 200 Dreamcast Games... Voted by You! (2023 Edition): https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/p/the-top-200-dreamcast-games-voted-by.html
Follow Nick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HKT3030
Featured music (chosen by Nick!)
Looking for more Dreamcast Junkyard goodness? You can check out our blog, join our community on Discord, follow us on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. You can also donate to help us with hosting costs using Buy Me A coffee. Thanks!
More from DCJY:
The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.
Put on your favourite ugly Christmas sweater, grab a glass of mulled wine, and join us for this year's festive DreamPod episode! On this one we are joined by our pal Patrick Traynor of the awesome Sega Saturn, SHIRO! to talk all about Dreamcast Christmas memories and traditions. We also share your excellent submissions for our request to send in Dreamcast-themed crackers, carols and stories... all topped off with one of James' 20 Questions quizzes!
See all the listener submissions, including Uncle Clutch's Watercolour crackers, on this post by Lozz on the blog: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2023/12/dreamcastic-christmas-2023-heart.html
This episode originally premiered on the 16th of December 2023 as part of RadioSEGA's WinterFest 2023. Thanks again for letting us take part!
The RadioSEGA WinterFest 2023 logo was illustrated by the excellent From Ashes to Fire.
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Looking for more Dreamcast Junkyard goodness? You can check out our blog, join our community on Discord, follow us on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. You can also donate to help us with hosting costs using Buy Me A coffee. Thanks!
More from DCJY:
The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.
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