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 album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

Dreamcast fan translation fever is at an all time high! Well, it is amongst our staff members at least. Derek Pascarella and Burntends join us for a lengthy chat about fan translations for the Dreamcast and the wider community of talents that make these projects happen. They also give us a fascinating peak behind the curtain at their process for hacking and translating the recently translated Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 (aka Sakura Wars Columns 2).
Links:

• The Dreamcast Junkyard Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ptxUvYFxMB
• Junkyard article about the Sakura Wars Columns 2 translation: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2021/05/sakura-wars-columns-2-has-been.html
• Junkyard article - 5 Dreamcast Fan Translations You May Have Missed: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2021/02/5-dreamcast-fan-translations-you-may.html
• Dreamcast Games Translation - Megathread: https://www.dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13952
• Junkyard stream of Taxi 2: https://youtu.be/yWZiylMIT4E
• Found in Fanslation podcast by Chris Hatala: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/found-in-fanslation-chris-hatala-3FgS1hVDadi

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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 album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

With a roster big enough to challenge that of The King of Fighters 98, the DreamPod returns for Episode 9 wielding exclusives and authoritative commentary like a barbarian warlord in the midst of battle.Seriously, this pod has it all. From an exploration of some weird Japanese exclusives in What We've Being Playing, through a cheeky discussion about the recently revealed images of the SNES CD (the team manage to tie it to the Dreamcast eventually), to Tom donning his sequin-laced jumpsuit to discuss his most recent acquisition, a Dreamcast Karaoke Unit, Episode Nine of the DreamPod is a real doozy. In addition, the team drop yet another exclusive Dreamcast interview - a revealing and personal interview with Isotope SoftWorks' Coraline Annis - launch a call to arms for help on a yet-to-be-announced Dreamcast exclusive and even find time to put Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver under the microscope in a Retro Review.All that and much, much more on Episode 9 of The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod!

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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 album "Polygon Island" 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 album "Polygon Island" 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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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 album "Polygon Island" on all major music platforms by clicking here.