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This is a discussion on Dreamcast.Com within the Everything Else Gaming Central forums, part of the Gaming category; UPDATE: More and more signs are coming out that this is a scam, so if any of you had any ...
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03-08-2008, 01:11 PM
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Dreamcast.Com
UPDATE: More and more signs are coming out that this is a scam, so if any of you had any interest in trying if the site ever does go back live, I'd stay away from it until some sort of official confirmation comes out.
Well Kotaku has reported this, but now the debate is coming up across the internet whether or not it is a scam or not. Quote:
The main dreamcast.com site is still online but the actual site to register for an email is currently down. Things that have lead to the rumor that it is false is that there are google ads on the dreamcast.com, Sega Japan wouldn't be hosting this on a shared server in Florida which is reportedly where it is being hosted, and lastly the typo on the registration page that is down. Thoughts? If it is legit, what does Sega have up their sleeves? Dreamcast 2  ?
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03-08-2008, 01:15 PM
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could be interesting, I think it is likely a scam.
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03-08-2008, 01:16 PM
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The dreamcast.com domain has apparently been reregistered to Sega JP since 2005 however, seems a little odd for this to pop-up now and be a scam, but I guess you just never know these days. The site was up for about 8 hours before it got overloaded however, so whatever it is, they did get a lot of people to actually sign up...
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03-08-2008, 04:52 PM
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Weird...
It would be cool if SoJ would actually do something useful with this.
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03-08-2008, 05:07 PM
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Also, I have no confidence Sega can create quality First Party games anymore... I mean, Sonic hasn't been good since the first Dreamcast...
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03-08-2008, 05:50 PM
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I don't know, it's just weird that Sega would really would be doing something like this if it in fact is not a scam. That would be like Sony bringing back websites for the PS1, or Nintendo doing it for the N64. It's just odd to say the least, something big is going down, I hope. Maybe a Dreamcast portable?
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03-08-2008, 06:13 PM
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[quote=Archaemic]This isn't a chatroom, you know. We also have this new technology called "PMs". They're quite useful. They also shouldn't be confused with PMS.[/quote][quote=Magnus150]It was the nerd equivalent to watching douchebags crack their nuts over various objects. It was glorious.[/quote] |
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03-08-2008, 06:13 PM
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Plus, the Dreamcast still gets games in Japan. -= Double Post =- Quote:
Sonic started to suck in SA2, which was the game that started the trend of Sonic games that required you to play as sh*tty sub characters (Like Shadow, and Amy)... If they made a bug free Sonic, that didn't have a retarded story, and only featured Sonic (and Maybe Tails and Knuckles), it could be good again. Of course, I don't even know what to say about the Mario comment... I mean, really... GTFO.
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03-08-2008, 06:19 PM
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To be fair, I'm not a big fan of the 3d Mario games either...
I'm pretty sure the last Dreamcast game in Japan was in March of 07 from what I've read. That's almost a year ago, I doubt any more games will be produced.
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03-08-2008, 06:33 PM
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I say portable Dreamcast... Nah not really, but I still have mine if this turns out to be something big ^_^
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03-08-2008, 06:36 PM
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A free Dreamcast game download on XBLA/Virtual Console to every Dreamcast owner who registers. That would be kinda cool if they actually had Dreamcast games to download.
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03-08-2008, 06:49 PM
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I really can't imagine them making a Dreamcast portable, not recently (this or next gen) at the very least. Sega's reputation has gone down the crapper.
BTW: Sonic CD was the last Sonic game I enjoyed. That wasn't even made my Sonic team >_>
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03-08-2008, 06:50 PM
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I loved Dreamcast when it came out, it was like ooooooo wwwooowww. I wouldn't mind a Dreamcast 2 but it wouldn't survive this Gen.
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03-08-2008, 06:56 PM
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http://www.assemblergames.com/forums...t=17738&page=3
This is getting quite interesting. Could it all just be a giant hoax 
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03-08-2008, 07:16 PM
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they all lost their fun in 3d. (except for sonic 3d blast) sunshine was ok. what I hate with a passion are the stupid mario ddr and mario party games.
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[quote=Archaemic]This isn't a chatroom, you know. We also have this new technology called "PMs". They're quite useful. They also shouldn't be confused with PMS.[/quote][quote=Magnus150]It was the nerd equivalent to watching douchebags crack their nuts over various objects. It was glorious.[/quote] |
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03-08-2008, 07:23 PM
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But Galaxy is amazing on every level... I've long trumpeted Super Mario World as my favorite game ever (not just my favorite in the series), but Galaxy beats it in every way imginable... Super Mario 64 was good, Sunshine was an abortion, but Galaxy was epic... I love 2D platformers, but Galaxy is the best platformer, ever... Period, end of story...
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03-08-2008, 07:43 PM
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[quote=Archaemic]This isn't a chatroom, you know. We also have this new technology called "PMs". They're quite useful. They also shouldn't be confused with PMS.[/quote][quote=Magnus150]It was the nerd equivalent to watching douchebags crack their nuts over various objects. It was glorious.[/quote] |
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03-08-2008, 08:19 PM
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More and more signs are coming out that this is a scam, so if any of you had any interest in trying if the site ever does go back live, I'd stay away from it until some sort of official confirmation comes out.
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03-08-2008, 10:09 PM
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I still have my dreamcast but don't have the cables and stuff and the lens doesn't read disc anymore haha. |
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03-09-2008, 08:08 AM
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Totally a scam. The domain is registered to "Shoji Takamitsu", a name that ONLY appears on the web in association with discussion of the new Dreamcast.com site.
Apparently the IP address doesn't even match the old Sega ones. It's even pulling all the images from sega.jp! Code:
<div class="logo01"><img src="http://www.sega.jp/shared/images/header_logo_01.gif" alt="SEGA" width="94" height="27" /></div> <a href="#contentsArea"><img src="http://www.sega.jp/shared/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="ナビゲーションをスキップしてコンテンツへ" /></a> <!-- /logoArea --></div> Yeah, this is DEFINITELY a hoax. There's this link on the page: Code:
<div class="contentsBanner01Image"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="openWin('/calendar/home.html','1024','768');"><img src="http://www.sega.jp/shared/images/rig...calender_i.gif" alt="セガカレンダー セガの最新スケジュールを紹介！" width="167" height="95" /></a></div>
fake Here's a list of all the links on that site: Quote:
Every single image and every single link points to another domain. Yeah... fake. From another forum: Quote:
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03-09-2008, 09:31 AM
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