The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod

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?
Relevant Links:

• Order Dreamcast: Year One & Year Two books
• Dreamcast Premiere Posters
• Sega Dreamcast Info page on the Dreamcast launch in France
• How the Dreamcast almost went unreleased in the Netherlands
• SEGA-16 Interview with José Ángel Sánchez (SEGA Spain)
• Australian Launch Retrospective Video

Music featured:

• Metropolis Street Racer - "Heartland"
• Monaco Grand Prix - "Japan"
• Dead or Alive 2 - "What's My Name"
• Nijuuei - "BGM #13"
• SEGA Marine Fishing - "The Offing"

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More from DCJY:

• The Top 200 Dreamcast Games (2023)
• The Top 25 Dreamcast Indie Games (2024)

The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest EP "Anti Gravity Tournament" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

The Dreamcast has its very own Holiday classic, and it's called Blue Stinger. Regulars Brian, Harvey and Lewis are joined by friend of the Junkyard Dominic (Dreamcast Enjoyer on YouTube), to talk all about this misunderstood (and absolutely nuts) Dreamcast launch title that features crazy weapons found in vending machines, an acid trip of a Christmas department store, and Dogs Bower.
As a gift to our incredible listeners, keep an ear out for a very special appearance by the voice of Eliot Ballade (and original video game voice of Sonic the Hedgehog!) Ryan Drummond.
This episode originally premiered on the 15th of December 2024 as part of RadioSEGA's WinterFest 2024, as part of the event's tenth anniversary celebrations. This here is the extended, uncut version. It's exactly what Dogs would've wanted.
Relevant links:

• Dream Disc '24 Game Jam
• Dreamcast Enjoyer's Blue Stinger video
• Blue Stinger: On a Hello Market Slay Ride
• Worker's Wiki entry
• WIND T-shirt (GGDreamcast)
• WIND T-shirt (SpreadShirt)
• Remembering Shinya Nishigaki (Game Developer) (Info here about potential Xbox port and current IP ownership)
• DCJY on Bluesky
• Dreamcast Enjoyer on Bluesky

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More from DCJY:

• The Top 200 Dreamcast Games (2023)
• The Top 25 Dreamcast Indie Games (2024)

The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest EP "Anti Gravity Tournament" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

Tom and Lewis welcome new co-host Lozz, as they discuss the latest news from the Dreamcast online and indie scenes. A Dreamcast port of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, the next-gen VMU 'VM2' from Chris Diaoglou, Final Vendetta for Dreamcast probably not happening, the Dreamcast version of Andro Dunos 2 definitely happening, KDDI 'matching service' Capcom games being playable online once again (hopefully), and weird air fresheners in taxis. All this and more are discussed in this jam packed episode of the DreamPod!
Stuff discussed this episode:

• August 2022 news round-up article: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2022/08/dreamcast-news-round-up-august-2022.html
• A Dreamcast Launch Retrospectacle - Celebrating/Ranking the Games of 9.9.99: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2020/09/dreamcast-launch-game-retrospective.html
• VM2 hits Indiegogo: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2022/09/next-gen-dreamcast-vmu-vm2-campaign-is.html
• The Cowabunga Collection on Dreamcast: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2022/09/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-cowabunga.html
• Andro Dunos 2: https://www.pixelheart.eu/en/produit/andro-dunos-2-dreamcast-us/
• Dreamcast Live: https://dreamcastlive.net/
• The SEGA Online Discord: http://segaonline.net
• Dreamcast-Talk: https://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/index.php
• Shenmue World issue 2: https://shenmuedojo.com/magazine/issue-2/
• Nottingham Video Games Expo: https://www.nottsvge.com/

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More from DCJY:

• The Top 200 Dreamcast Games (2023)
• The Top 25 Dreamcast Indie Games (2024)

The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest EP "Anti Gravity Tournament" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

This episode is a follow up to episode 95, where we discussed the first round picks for our Desert Island Discs Fantasy Draft. The game consists of us and some guests each building a roster of 4 Dreamcast games that are the only games we can take to a Desert Island.
In this episode, Kev, Lewis and Brian take a look at each person's four picks. This will soon be followed by a vote to decide who has created the most desirable Desert Island!
Special thanks to PcWzrd13 & Retro Faith for taking part, along with the team from Dreamcast Years. Please note that submissions to episode 100 of the DreamPod have now finished - our schedules got a bit rushed due to it being the holidays! Sorry about that, gang.

• The Dreamcast Junkyard Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ptxUvYFxMB
• Dreamcast Years
• Retro Faith
• PcWzrd

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More from DCJY:

• The Top 200 Dreamcast Games (2023)
• The Top 25 Dreamcast Indie Games (2024)

The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest EP "Anti Gravity Tournament" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

Regular DreamPod hosts Tom and Mike sit down once again to discuss the latest news bursting forth from the Dreamcast community. Ross was also meant to be involved, but a slight technical glitch called ‘British Summer Time’ put paid to that (sorry Ross). Regardless, the intrepid duo plough on to bring you the lowdown on the recent charity event the Junkyard was involved with, and Mike explains why F1 World Grand Prix 2 still holds up in this age of HD graphics and up-to-date F1 rosters. The DreamPod has a world exclusive podcast performance of the recent Flappy Bird VMU port, and the Stone Age Gamer/USB-GDROM fiasco is discussed. Later, your hosts take a look at two newly announced Dreamcast indie games and then try to amicably decide whether Dead or Alive 2 is better looking than Soul Calibur. DreamPod 29 is running on a skeleton crew but the content is anything but threadbare. If you have even a passing interest in the latest news from the Dreamcast community...you should probably go and look at either the DC-Talk or DC Emulation forums. Otherwise, hit that download button!

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 support us on Patreon, donate on Buy Me A coffee or buy our merch to help us with hosting costs. Thanks!
More from DCJY:

• The Top 200 Dreamcast Games (2023)
• The Top 25 Dreamcast Indie Games (2024)

The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest EP "Anti Gravity Tournament" on all major music platforms by clicking here.