Dreamcast Speedrunning Scene
South Carolina, USA

Hey! I'm researching for an article for The Dreamcast Junkyard, so I have a few questions for DC speedrunners (and runners in general):

  1. How active would you say the DC scene is? I'm fairly new to both communities, so I'm in the dark right now.

  2. Is it a common theme for games that originated on DC to be ran on later versions/ports?

  3. What brought you to the DC for speedrunning in the first place?

  4. What is the "hidden gem" of DC runs, in your opinion?

Thanks!

England

1.) Specifically Dreamcast games on a Dreamcast aren't, really? Originally dreamcast games later ported to other things are among some of the most active in speedgaming (even if Sonic Adventure 2 is solo-pulling most of the weight). But the Dreamcast itself seriously has like almost no active speedgames that are uniquely it's own, it's all been ported to other systems.

2.) Pretty much 100% of the Dreamcast's good speedgames got pinched by later PC/Gamecube ports. Sonic Adventures, Jet Set Radio, Phantasy Star Online, etcera. Like, very nearly 100%.

3.) I ran IllBleed a while ago. I like that game and has no ports.

4.) i want to say Shenmue 2, but that's faster on Xbox. So. Fuck. I got nothing. I really don't. I tried. I went through every page of Dreamcast games on the website.

edit: actually it's probably Crazy Taxi, that's like the only good speedgame actually ran on Dreamcast due to some minor version differences making every other port ever-so-slightly slower.

i'm aware this is an amazingly depressing answer but yeah that's sort of how it is

EDIT: Random side note, but one of your articles has an error in it. Admittedly it's an error passed down from GDQ themselves but yeah: http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2017/03/dreamcast-gdq-and-speedrunning.html#more

this lists Sonic Adventure 2 has having been ran on Gamecube. It wasn't, it was ran on the PC port. That was an overlay mistake from GDQ themselves and I hardly blame you because the only giveaway for it not being gamecube is load times and the life icon in the bottom right, but nevertheless.

Edited by the author 7 years ago
United States
  1. I have absolutely no clue
  2. Yes
  3. Kao the Kangaroo
  4. Super Magnetic Neo