After spending a lot of
cash on an
Amiga CD32 when it was released and watching it
die shortly afterwards due to lack of
support, I
swore I'd never buy another
console again. Not even a
PlayStation, although I did consider it after playing
Parappa the Rapper.
But when I saw and used a Dreamcast a few weeks ago, something
snapped in my head. I had to get one right away, and I did.
After using the machine for a while, I'm feeling quite happy about the
purchase. Most of the
games are totally
addictive and look great, thanks to the
SH7750 engine. The
selection is reasonably sized and constantly growing larger. Sure, the death of DC is
inevitable at some point, but at the moment things are looking good. I just wish
Squaresoft would convert their great products to this machine as well.
There are naturally other
complaints, like the fact that the unit doesn't have any separate
audio outputs. What's up with that?
Soldering isn't the first thing I like to do when getting a console.
The
controller looked awful at first, but it fits in my
hands well enough and hasn't yet
damaged them.
(I may get back to you on that in a few weeks though)
Of course, complimenting something involved with
Microsoft might be a
suicide here at
E2. I promise I won't do it again!
:)