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Recommended Sega Dreamcast Games
Title	Description
Confidential Mission	A light-gun compatible shooting game most easily likened to Sega's Virtua Cop series. You play as either Howard Gibson or Jean Clifford, both super-agents a la James Bond, and you are taken through scenarios shooting enemies and attempting to avoid civilian casualties. The game is a home version of the coin operated arcade machine, and is playable by one or two players. The game includes the popular features of the Virtua Cop series "Justice Shot" (in which you shoot an enemy's gun or gun arm instead of killing them) and the "Combo Shot" in which you can hit an enemy with up to three shots before they expire. The home version does include some mini-games and training modes that were not in the arcade version of the game.
Crazy Taxi	Get behind the wheel of one of the 4 taxis and become one of the craziest drivers by picking up your passengers and getting them back to their destination as quickly as possible. Choose the shortest routes in these bustling cities and master your driving to earn maximum dollars. For even more fun, a very rhythmic soundtrack adorns these crazy road adventures!
Crazy Taxi 2	The sequel to the smash hit Crazy Taxi puts you in the driver's seat once again with 4 new drivers to choose from, and a brand new city to wreak havoc in based on New York City. In Crazy Taxi, you crashed your taxi through the streets as fast as possible, making money by performing stunts and picking bringing passengers to certain destinations. For Crazy Taxi 2, you can pick up more than one passenger at a time, meaning more money faster, new stunts including the 'hop', which allows you to hop over buildings and take the quick route past the traffic, and plenty of mini games, such as Crazy Golf.
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX	Tony Hawk proved the skating games can work to great effect. Now Dave Mirra is here to prove that BMX is here to stay, thanks to the boys at Acclaim Entertainment. Choose from all of the current crop of BMX champs, including 10 times world champion Dave Mirra, Ryan Nyquist, Joey Garcia, Shaun Butler & heaps more, and ride your way through 12 highly detailed environments, with vert ramps, huge jumps and track racing. Multiplayer gaming is also thrown in, allowing two players to go head-to-head in a game of B-M-X (a unique variation of the HORSE basketball game). All this plus official sponsors clothing, bikes and advertising boards plus a huge soundtrack featuring Cypress Hill, Deftones and more.
Death Crimson OX	The Death Crimson OX shooter on Dreamcast, whose universe is only horror and science fiction, will invite you to play as Ko Yamami, accompanied by his assistant Yuri for the game for two. The evil Subliminers ransack the town of Saronica and capture Lily, the leader of the rebellion. Restore order and save Lily. This is the mission of our hero.
Frame Gride	Enlgish translation available; similar to From's Armored Core series, the mecha in the game are heavily customizable. The game had a single-player mode, a local two-player mode, and an online two-player mode when it was released on 15 July 1999, but the online network was discontinued on 31 January 2001.
Gauntlet Legends	An action role-playing game on Dreamcast. The originality of the title lies in the possibility of carrying out the adventure for up to four players simultaneously. Your quest is to find runestones, all dangerously guarded, which once gathered will open the doors of the temple of the demon Skorne that you will have to eliminate.
Grand Theft Auto 2	RESPECT IS EVERYTHING! Grand Theft Auto is back !! 7 ruthless gangs are involved in a brutal power struggle. Make a name for yourself, but watch your back. Respect is earned, not given. Intelligent gang system : Earn and maintain the respect of gangs to get the best jobs and special favours, or play the gangs off against each other in turf wars. Completely open and non-linear game-play frees you to carve your own way to the top. Go anywhere. Steal anything. Jack anyone. Over 120 vehicles form Armoured Corporate Limos to Ice-Cream Vans; each with unique physics and dynamic handling. Fully reactive urban environment which responds to your every move.
Holy Casino	A variety of casino themed games in the newest version of Sierra's Casino series. You start off with $5000 and enter the casino intent on making your fortune in 1 of 350 Vegas-style games. You can enter in tournaments against computer opponents or play online against friends and family.
House of the Dead 2	A conversion of Sega's popular light gun arcade game. In this game you play the role of a detective out to stop a madman who has unleashed zombies and other horrid creatures on an Italian city. You have to kill the monsters, save people and find out the plans behind this mayhem. The game uses a auto game camera which pans around in a preset manner as you venture through the city killing the creatures and rescuing people. Extra modes like training and time trial are included for replayability.
Jet Grind Radio	The government is trying to curb the activities of young people in Tokyo-To ... Equipped with super fast rollerblades, it is not easy to get your hands on them! The music of Professor K, DJ of the pirate radio station Jet Set Radio, brings these young people together and inspires them to fight for their freedom of expression: so now it's up to you to grab your spray paint and cover the walls of the room. city of tags! But beware of your rivals who also want to tag the walls of your neighborhood. You will therefore have to associate yourself with cool characters who will help you in your projects. And do not forget that the police are on your tail: you will have to be quick to escape them. Jet Set Radio is 100% speed, fun and above all super funky!
Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream	English translation available; the player controls Arsia, a young girl, wandering the town of Napple, and to restore peace, Arsia and her familiar creatures will need to collect six petals. Although the game is primarily a platform game, there are a lot of people to talk to. Exploration parts are mostly in Napple with a 3rd person view, while platform levels are 2D side scrolling. In these levels, Arsia usually has to complete them and fight a boss.
Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2	The world's first online console RPG gets an update with PSO Ver. 2. New items and weapons, new online games and play modes, a Dressing Room, new areas to explore, and the Ultimate Difficulty mode have been added. You can also bring in your PSO characters, modify them in the Dressing Room, and attempt Ultimate Mode and strive to reach Level 200! PSO Ver. 2 functions as a stand-alone game, as well as an add-on. You don't need to have owned PSO in order to play.
Rainbow Cotton	English translation available; another shooter in the Cotton saga. Trouble brews in the homeland of Cotton's long time friend Silk, as the evil demon Suede steals the legendary Willow candy from the queen's castle. Seeing as how no one can face Suede and his forces Silk drafts Cotton in order to restore peace to her land, but she may have forgotten that Cotton is a big fan of Willow candies herself...
Sega Rally 2	The sequel to Sega's hit arcade game, Sega Rally. This game, like it's predecessor, is based on Rally racing. Rally racing is unique in that races take place on both race tracks and off-road courses. The courses in this game reflect this nicely. Some take place in the desert or forest, others take place in cities.
Shadow Man	You're the Shadow Man, a person who can switch between the world of the dead and of the living. In Shadow Man your mission is to prevent 5 serial killers from bringing the total armageddon. In the world of the living, you're mortal and have conventional weapons. When you die, you are transported to the world of the dead and you become Shadow Man once again. Which means you're not really mortal. In the world of the dead you can't use normal weapons, your gun shoots ghosts which kill the zombies and the other ugly creatures which live there. You also have different voodoo powers and weapons. And you're carrying a large inventory around.
Silent Scope	A shooting game in which you play as a sniper. Through the proposed missions, you must rescue the family of the President of the United States. Each level consists of a number of enemies to be defeated by aiming correctly through the scope of the rifle.
Sonic Adventure	Yet again Sonic and friends find themselves wrapped up in the schemes of Dr. Robotnik. This time he plans to exploit the power of Chaos, a malevolent being that feeds upon the power of the Chaos Emeralds. In their own ways five heroes will do what they can to save Station Square and, perhaps, the entire world.
Sonic Adventure 2	Sonic has returned! This time, his nemesis Dr. Eggman has teamed up with Shadow, a dark hedgehog with a mysterious past, and is aiming once again (like he doesn't) to rule the entire world with the power of the Chaos Emeralds! It's up to Sonic and his friends to stop Eggman and put him out of business for good! With new features such as a story line told from the view of both the good guys and the villains, greater speed, and an improved A-Life system, Sonic Adventure 2 is poised to be Sonic's greatest and most dangerous mission yet!
SoulCalibur	A fighting game to end all fighting games. A sequel to Soul Blade, Soul Calibur takes place in a time inspired by a mixture of 16th-century ancient China and oriental medieval fantasies and legends. All characters have weapons and distinct fighting styles with over 100 individual moves per character. In addition to high, mid, and low attacks, characters can hold/throw, block, and perform special attacks -- one or more of which is deemed "un-blockable" and must be avoided by ducking, jumping, or rotating around your attacker. In addition to several locales in which to fight and alternate models/costumes per character, the Dreamcast conversion of Soul Calibur contains many additional features over the arcade coin-op, including hidden characters and locales, a campaign mode, and tournament mode. There is also a "museum" where you can view character profiles and view motion-captured martial arts demonstrations.
Soul Reaver: Legacy of Kain	You play as Raziel, once a vampire in the service of Kain, then fallen because having the potential to take the place of his master. You must help him achieve his revenge by ridding the game levels of any bloodsuckers that cross your path.
Toy Commander	An action game simulating a toy war. Slip aboard one of the 30 miniaturized vehicles (tank, plane, helicopter, car ...) and complete the 50 missions proposed to claim the honorary title of "Toy Commander". The game also gives rise to multiplayer clashes (1 to 4 participants in versus or cooperation mode).
Virtua Cop 2	English translation available; follows the same gameplay pattern of its predecessor. You are a police officer sent after criminals, from subways and a bank to aboard helicopters. The game moves you automatically, although you can find hiding places to shoot from a safe angle. Your main task is to aim and fire your weapon so as to take out the bad guys for points. Avoid the innocents, as shooting them costs you points. The enemies have tougher firepower than in the original.