As many of you probably already know it is the anniversary of the US Dreamcast release. It has been seven years since it was released on 9/9/99. I don’t mean to brag, but it isn’t the same for me as I had already had my DC for about 6 months by this time (I got it in mid/late March of ’99). So while I pull it out to play thought something every year at this time, it really isn’t the same.

The Dreamcast is still one of my favorite systems with so many good games and amazing memories attached to it. I had been looking for and excuse to play through JSR for a while, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. Well, for what ever reason it didn’t want to cooperate with my VGA box, so I decided to play though Space Channel 5 instead.

I have played through SC5 so many times now I couldn’t even count them if I wanted to. I just finished it up with 98%. I guess I haven’t played it in a while… oh well.

The game is still really good and a perfect length to play over and over throughout the years. I have played it on the DC and then on the PS2 when it came out in the double pack (although I admit to playing Part 2 more because it never saw a US release.

It’s games like this that remind me why I am still a Sega fanboi. The arcade-y feel, the excellent pacing, the visual style, the music… they all work together so well. With the VGA box and my new TV I noticed all kinds of little details I hadn’t noticed in the game before (like how Ulala’s toe nails are painted in level two), but mostly I just noticed how bad the background video is.

Anyways, it’s been 7 years… go pull out your Dreamcast and play a game for a little bit damnit.