VIRTUA TENNIS PLAYED ON THE DREAMCAST FISHING CONTROLLER
A quite awesome discovery, made by the enthusiastic youths over at The Dreamcast Junkyard. Yet more proof that… you know the rest :(
“Almost like a Wii remote – BUT SEVEN YEARS EARLIER!”
filed in ENTHUSIASM on May.25, 2007
May 25th, 2007 on 10:43 am
This feature was mentioned in Official Dreamcast Magazine seven years ago.
May 25th, 2007 on 1:00 pm
what other games can you play with the fishing rod?.. WHAT OTHER GAMES?..
really, i want to know
May 25th, 2007 on 1:01 pm
He’s hanging Cream. Frightening.
May 25th, 2007 on 1:14 pm
Really, I think its time to forget about the Dreamcast now and y’know, like, move on.
May 25th, 2007 on 1:59 pm
That’s quality !!
SEGA has always been ahead of time.
Just check this out for instance…online gaming on the megadrive !! and that was in 1990.
http://www.sega.co.jp/archive/segahard/md/modem.html
May 25th, 2007 on 2:12 pm
Virt: They did? I remember the articles for using Soul Calibur with it, but never Virtua Tennis, or was that the American official mag? Over wise, I’ve never heard anything about this before hand, so it’s a pretty well hidden secret, I think.
Thanks for the link!
May 25th, 2007 on 2:14 pm
This makes my video (Soul Calibur Fishing) look like crap.
Gagaman(n) is the man.
The Dreamcast Junkyard is awesome.
All submit to the undead console!
May 25th, 2007 on 3:13 pm
it’s good.
shame the guy is such a wank muffin though.
May 25th, 2007 on 5:07 pm
Good post Zorg! It’s good to see some positive Sega news.
May 25th, 2007 on 6:01 pm
“Wank Muffin”
That’s the best combination of words I’ve heard since “thunder cunt”.
May 25th, 2007 on 6:03 pm
Tried this at my mates last night.
Bloody awkward.
May 25th, 2007 on 9:17 pm
Pigs don’t sweat. Thats why they always roll around in the mud. It helps them stay cool. I lived on a farm I know these things.
May 25th, 2007 on 10:01 pm
Meh, me and a mate went through all my DC games with the fishing rod the day I got the thing. Old news boys, you’re slipping.
May 25th, 2007 on 11:47 pm
I don’t think he’s a wank muffin, I reckon he’s the most sincere bloke on Youtube, and enthusiasm is indeed the best word to describe his geeky love of games. Go him!*
*I am not him, before you ask
**the most sincere girl on Youtube being saw-toothed song mimer Brookers
May 26th, 2007 on 12:09 am
Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur, and Mr. Driller are the only non-fishing games I knew which used the fishing controller’s motion detector. This looks interesting.
May 26th, 2007 on 1:39 am
Don’t call the Gagaman(n) a ‘wank muffin’ you Thunder Cunt… Or the good Father will come round to your place and show you another use for the fishing rod peripheral, as I shove it through your sphincter and reel in your tonsils…
Sooty you’ve clearly got Matthew Corbett’s hand up your arse…
May 26th, 2007 on 2:26 am
The video made me realise how stupid the Wii is.
If waving a controller around like that was fun, it would have been done years ago.
Nintendo only made the Wii to satisfy all the moron non-gamers.
Nice guy on that vid. The haters are ginger beer.
May 26th, 2007 on 11:56 am
Mr. Driller works too? I’ll have to go check that out.
As for Sonic Adventure, I could never get those fishing levels to work with that controller. Maybe I should give it another shot.
As for “moving on”…NEVER!
May 26th, 2007 on 12:22 pm
Jawatron must be having a bad day. I’m the most misanthropic cunt on the planet, and he seemed like a nice guy to me. His Henman comments made me giggle too.
May 26th, 2007 on 2:05 pm
Well Gaga presents better than Dave Berry or every other Sega/Sonic fan thing I’ve found on YouTube. Special mention to the Sonic 3/MJ crossover presented by the most boring fucker I’ve ever heard.
‘Ker-twat!’ is always a creative insult.
May 26th, 2007 on 6:30 pm
“Special mention to the Sonic 3/MJ crossover presented by the most boring fucker I’ve ever heard. “
I feel offended =P oddly lots of people did complain about my narration, but also I had quite a few people telling me they liked it. I think it just sounded boring because I had to do several takes….
Thanks for the special mention though XD
May 26th, 2007 on 6:50 pm
Rawdeal: ‘Nintendo only made the Wii to satisfy all the moron non-gamers’
Orrrr, you could be the non-gaming moron.
Why do you always post such predictable wank!?
Xbox has adopted most of the Dreamcasts features.
Wii adopted some of it’s peripheral functions, and some arcade functions.
SEGA AND Nintendo have always been ahead of their time.
May 26th, 2007 on 7:18 pm
Yeah, just look at the Gamecube. Totally ahead of its time, and the N64 too. Everyone else using lame CDs while this had awesome new carts!
But even things like Atari 2600 had wireless controllers, as long as the idea is used completely wrong(like stupid fishing) it doesn’t matter how advanced it is.
May 26th, 2007 on 8:07 pm
So you don’t think USB sticks will impact the music industry them?
Solid State IS the future, or would you rather see YET ANOTHER fucking loading screen…?
If you don’t like fishing, you don’t like arcades, they have all sorts of games like drums, fishing, golf, skating, dancing, guitaring etc etc. Or again would you rather have another FPS?
The critics say Wii is a redressed gamecube, if that’s the case, it renders your point about the GC rather mute, because the redressed GC is a top selling console.
May 27th, 2007 on 1:38 pm
Anyone saying anything here negative about the Dreamcast or about “moving on” should head back over to the PS3 forums they came from where they can wank over a version of Metal Gear where Snake has gray hair.
Note: This video did nothing to disuad me from my “all Europeans have bad teeth” theory.
May 28th, 2007 on 1:08 pm
colin, weren’t you paying attention when I mentioned Brookers earlier?
I swear she’s a distant relative of Jahnet Svtreet-Portah.
yfvzh: Brookers’ dentist, the first time he looked in her mouth.
May 28th, 2007 on 1:58 pm
Talking of crass stereotypes, there’s plenty involving people by the name of “Colin”.
Whether your real name or not, your previous embarrassingly comedic outburts regarding the ET videogame, have secured your position.
May 29th, 2007 on 10:35 am
Isn’t this guy usually on Little Britain, pushing a fella in a wheelchair? He most definitely is a bit of a dick, or as someone once called me, a twatty bitch. I’m sure he’s harmless, but just take a look at his bedroom.