PixelHeart, the distributor of the Dreamcast games published by JoshProd, now has the Dreamcast versions of FX Unit Yuki: The Henshin Engine by Saru Studio and Magic Pockets by Bitmap Brothers, available for pre-order at €34.90 each.
According to the PixelHeart website, the games are scheduled to be released on January 15, 2019.
The Upcoming games list has been updated with the release date for these two games.
All five games are available to pre-order now from RushOnGame.
The 2007 DreamCon convention will be held by Curt Grymala of DC Evolution at Magfest 5 on January 4th, January 5th, January 6th and January 7th in Vienna, Virginia.
This time DreamCon will be integrated right into the convention, with several tournaments. Saturday’s tournament was Cool Herders, with the prize being copies of some of DC Evolution’s images, complete with labels and cover art. Sunday’s tournament was Feet of Fury, with the prize being a Dreamcast with all of the hookups, a Playstation controller adapter (so a Playstation dance mat could be hooked up), and a copy of Feet of Fury.
Seeing as it’s now 10PM GMT, I’m going to close the submissions for the contest. The entries are:
Professional Game:
1) Dynamite Dreams by patbier and poche
2) Feuer Frei by qatmix/Project Firestorm
Minigame:
1) RacerDC by Imerion
2) RACE Neo Geo Pocket Color emulator port by GPF
The second location of this year’s show will be at the Midwest Gaming Classic 2006, held from June 3rd to June 4th, 2006, returning after a year in hiatus. Exhibiting at the event will be DCSteve and Tommy Watson, who will be representing BOR Revolution, a site dedicated to showcasing games using the engines from Senile Team.
I will also once again be exhibiting at the event, representing Screamcast, Cydoca Entertainment, and Dreamcast-Scene. Dan Loosen from The GOAT Store is going to announce new games for the Dreamcast at the show. In addition, new information will be revealed about GOAT Games and DCastle.
Several games featuring the Beats of Rage engine were showcased, and a new video for Age of the Beast was shown. In addition, videos were shown for Blocks2, and screenshots were shown for Grizzlies: Forest Prelude and BurgerDC will once again be playable at the show. The Dream On contest winners, Dynamite Dreams and Feuer Frei, will also be shown for the first time.
This year, it’s been decided that the Dream On convention will be held at multiple locations.
The first stop of DreamCon 2006 will be held at Magfest 4 on January 13th, January 14th, and January 15th in Charlottesville, Virginia. As with the last DreamCon, a new playable GOAT Store Publishing game will be presented, only this time it was the first time the public will get a glimpse at the game. A demo of GOAT Games will be presented for the first time at the show.
Curt Grymala, representing DC Evolution and DCHelp will return with the “burning station” setup from the last year and will have new compilations to hand out to the convention attendees.
I will represent The GOAT Store, Dreamcast-Scene, and Cydoca Entertainment. Playable versions of Feet of Fury, Maqiupai, Inhabitants, Cool Herders, and the unlicensed Korean Dream Para Para will be available.
This year Screamcast will be represented at this convention by quzar. Screamcast will have Grizzlies: Forest Prelude and BurgerDC on show.
Cyberdog Castle is 10 years old. It started in 1995 as the Cyberdog Castle BBS.
Society of the Eternal Rulers (SOTER) was released in 1997. It was a BBS Door Game. It was set up similarly to the classic door game Legend Of the Red Dragon (LORD) – you log in, choose a sex, then get transported to a menu with choices. The fighting was the same as LORD – you choose to fight – and a random battle or event occurs based on your skill level. The storyline of my game was that you are a young mortal, who stumbles upon an old cave. Inside you learn that the planet is really run by a group of immortals. After you learn of this, you are sentenced to death as no mortal is supposed to know the truth. You survive the attack, unscathed. The immortal elders decide to let you prove yourself in a series of tests, and if you are successful, you will be granted immortality. That’s where the differences come in. Each battle is among a mortal. As you advance, you fight stronger mortals. Your final battle is against an immortal. When you defeat the immortal, you are granted immortality, and you are allowed to govern the rules of the lesser players. Some things could be changed individually, others by a vote. You could also sneak past the great elder and perform terrible feats, such as giving yourself a huge amount of money, or killing a mortal player. These acts had grave consequences if you were caught – the elder would sentence you back to mortality. The immortals could also vote to send someone back to mortality. Once you proved yourself after that, you were free from vote until you were somehow turned mortal again. SOTER is currently being remade as a modern RPG.
To commemorate this occasion, I am going to remake the game that started it all. Society of the Eternal Rulers will be an RPG using many of the elements of the original door game. As with almost all of my games, this will be a co-collaboration with Screamcast.
In 2003, Cryptic Allusion Games made history by releasing the first commercial independent Dreamcast game written with free development libraries.
Release:6/7/03 | Developer:Cryptic Allusion | Publisher:GOAT Store
Feet of Fury is a dancing game that borrows many elements from Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution games. You have a set of arrows that you must follow while keeping your steps to the music. The main difference of Feet of Fury is that the game is focused more on strategy and beating your opponent.
There are power ups and power downs on the board. Hitting an arrow that contains an icon may cause the speed of the arrows to slow down or speed up, or it might cause the arrows to reverse direction. Because of this element, the multiplayer mode in Feet of Fury is awesome. Another addition is the health bar. At the end of the round, the person with the most health is the winner. It adds a lot more to this type of game when you have to worry about your opponent hitting you with power-downs, and throwing your feet around on the dance mat like an idiot, all while trying to keep your health bar full.
The single-player mode is no slouch either. There are a good number of songs to play and unlock. Each song has a good tempo to it and fits this type of game really well. There are a number of hidden characters and features to be unlocked, so the game will entertain for hours.
When you get sick of all that dancing, you can let your fingers do the dancing with what is in my opinion, the coolest thing to happen to dance games since their invention: The Typing of Fury mode. In this mode, letters fly up onscreen instead of arrows, and you use your Dreamcast keyboard to match the letters to the beat while spelling out words. This mode is very challenging, and surprisingly, very fun.
When you add multiple keyboards to the action for some multiplayer mayhem, you’ll see the pure hilarity that ensues. This is a top-notch addition and is a lot less of a gimmick than you might think. Take your underused keyboards from the attic, and set them up for some furious typing. You won’t regret it.
Summary: Good songs, multiplayer battle elements, unlockables, and Typing of Fury make this game a good investment, and an example for future independent developers to follow.
Final Rating: 8/10
Purchase it at http://www.goatstore.com
This year, the Midwest Gaming Classic won’t be held, so last year’s Dream On at the Midwest Gaming Classic is now the DreamCon. The convention will be held at the East Coast Gaming Expo on July 25th, 2005 in Reading, Pennsylvania.
As the Midwest Gaming Classic is the usual place for new GOAT Store Publishing games to debut, DreamCon 2005 will feature a playable demo of Cool Herders.
It will also be host to many familiar names from the Dreamcast community. Sam Steele will be present with updated versions of DCSquares and DCBlap. Lawrence Sebald will have updated versions of his RPGs, ljsdcdev and DCRPG on hand. I.M Weasel will have his Macintosh burning tools available. Curt Grymala will represent DC Evolution and DCHelp with a “burning station” and several of DC Evolution’s compilations available on a high-quality CD-R with a laser printed label and booklet with a CD case. I will represent The GOAT Store, Dreamcast-Scene, Screamcast, and Cydoca Entertainment. Playable versions of Grizzlies: Forest Prelude and Feet of Fury will be available. Fackue’s Dreamcast Development discs will also available to anyone who wanted to get into Dreamcast developing.
It’s been a long time. First off, big thanks go to Nemesiscakewafer for the awesome site redesign of Cyberdog Castle’s website. He did an excellent job – much better than what I would have been capable of creating. 🙂
Second, on the status of Chikugoyaku: Chikugoyaku will be included in The Goat Store‘s GOAT (Games of All Types) Compilation Disc #1, which should be out sometime next year.