Sega Dreamcast Info is a video game preservation site. It focuses mainly on the Dreamcast and its history.
My philosophy : a public sharing of my collection.
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Sega Dreamcast Info is a video game preservation site. It focuses mainly on the Dreamcast and its history. About 300 prototypes are available including 20 Unreleased. Interviews and articles have also been written.
A new version of Sonic Adventure (Tournament Disk) has been discovered. This prototype was used for the competition during the event "The Sega Dreamcast Mobil Assault Tour". One of the organizer describes to us the event.
To download and read below:
Beware, this is completely crazy!!!
Secret race in a Dreamcast prototype of SEGA GT !!!
Name of the race is "sonygt2" !!!
Who's there? It's Luigi !!!!!!!!
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#dreamcast
#Nintendo
Like Sonic, Mario and Zelda before him, Vectorman (famous robot from SEGA on the Mega Drive) should have had its transition from 2D to 3D on Playstation 2. Today, please find 11 prototypes and a few Game Design Documents for this Unreleased PS2 game !👇
With the permission of one of the Appaloosa designers, I can share with you 46 photos of Ecco II: Sentinels of the Universe on Dreamcast (Unreleased), including some previously unseen maps.
You can find them below with my old Ecco 2 and Ecco 1 releases:
Release of a new build for Half-Life Dreamcast (May 15, 2001 prototype). This is now the most recent GDI available for this Unreleased game from Gearbox.
Dowload link below, you will also find a testimony from a journalist and one of the devs:
I have located 3 new prototypes of Half Life Dreamcast.
-A build about 1 month older than mine
-A build between mine and the 2003 version
-The most interesting, a prototype of 6 months before my build
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#Dreamcast
#HalfLife
We're delighted to be able to share an Dreamcast prototype of Shenmue 2 Game Jam (Apr 11, 2001)
It contains multiple discoveries about the Yu Suzuki's saga. So much so that you are able to play as him as the main character, instead of Ryo Hazuki!
The US Unreleased version of Shenmue 2 Dreamcast, V0.991, is finally available (Sep 18, 2001 prototype)
You will find in this article the explanation to use the Debug Menu, videos and the history of the development of Shenmue
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#dreamcast
#Shenmue
The site was born from a desire to share and preserve.
More than 200 Dreamcast prototypes (including 15 Unreleased) are available for free download.
Other projects are listed (article, database, press kit, documents, etc.).
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#dreamcast
I was able to speak with someone who worked on the unreleased module project, the Zip Drive Dreamcast.
He tells us more about this mysterious accessory, including the reasons for its cancellation.
To read below :
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Presenting an early prototype of Rayman 2 Dreamcast, about 3 months ahead of its final version. The changes are many. This is a port ot the PC version, with DC-exclusive content starting to be implemented. Some lines of dialogue are internal jokes!👇
Introducing a prototype used during E3 2000 for one of the Dreamcast's greatest RPGs, the famous Skies of Arcadia. It's a demo with a historical interest and a few special features !
To be discovered and downloaded below:
Presenting an important release: Duffy's Dreamcast Collection, which includes 53 prototypes from the publisher Acclaim.
On the homepage of the project, you will find earlier builds, debug menus spread over 11 different games👇
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#dreamcast
Three new prototypes of Crazy Taxi have been preserved and archived. In one of the builds, a Debug Menu allows you to modify the view as you wish. If you don't know Crazy GTAxi 2 yet, it's time to discover it.
To download and read below:
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Release de Castlevania Resurrection !!!
Un dossier sur les origines et l'annulation du Graal des Unreleased DC est à lire ici. Vous y trouverez également un teste, une anlayse du build et des corver en libre téléchargement !
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#Castlevania
Presenting an early prototype of
#Grandia
2 on
#Dreamcast
, dated 3 months before the final Japanese version. The differences are numerous, with many textures missing, whether on a level element or on the entire map.
Read and download below:
I'm releasing the Source Code for the Unreleased Pocket PC version of Peter Molyneux's famous game Populous!
You will find it among 10 other sources at the bottom of this page:
Release of a prototype Propeller Arena on Dreamcast, the famous Unreleased aerial combat of AM2
Its discovery dates back to 2003. We had until now a hacked version of the game, here is finally the first GD-I
Article and download here :
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#Dreamcast
Release of a Technical Demo of Scud Race for Dreamcast, a new SDK for SET 2 and a Kamui Wrapper.
You will be able to explore this demo on your PC like a developer in the 90's.
Article to read here with explanation and download link :
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#Dreamcast
In the prototypes of Sonic Adventure Dreamcast that I found, there was a particular one containing only the website of the game (with patch not) before it was released in the United States. I was able to extract the Sonic Team's trip to Latin America.👇
L'acteur jouant le Punk des pubs Mega Drive "Sega c'est plus fort que toi" a accepté, pour mon plus grand plaisir, une interview
Le témoignage de Ian Harrison est incroyable, vous vivrez le tournage à travers ses yeux
Ses photos le sont tout autant
L'attente pour ma prochaine grosse release est longue. Je suis impatient et joueur !
A 1000 j'aime, je mets l'ISO en ligne.
Si on y arrive, le temps d'attente entre cette release et la suivante sera plus longue. A vous de voir hi hi hi
Ps : nouveau build d'un unreleased Sega
MACS Super Nintendo was originally developed for the US Army as rifle training before using a real gun.
This cartridge had been discovered recently by a Frenchman. There was a project to dump it but no news for a long time.
#Nintendo
#Supernintendo
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Today sees the release of the Dreamcast SDK "Windows CE Toolkit 1.1". It contains the Windows CE operating system, all DirectX 5.0 components and more...
To download at the bottom of this page among 18 other SDKs, demos and tools⤵️
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#Dreamcast
Today, it will be a release of a Dreamcast SDK "Dreamcast SDK for Sega Library Ver.1.00J"
We can thank the person sharing it with us. He wishes to remain anonymous.
It contains documentation in Japanese.
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#Dreamcast
#SonicTheHedgehog
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Today, it will be a very big Release of an E3 prototype of Jet Set Radio Dreamcast (April 28, 2000) dating 2 months before the final Japanese version
You will find a detailed analysis of this precious build and an explanation of its debugging menu👇
Since Konami didn't want to release Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection on Dreamcast, someone had to do it!
After 5 months of work,
@IanMicheal10
offers us, for Christmas, his homebrew based on the model of the Konami compilation.
Photo de la collection d'une connaissance habitant également en Suisse (le Grison). Le fullset Pal B Nintendo Nes est présent dans sa totalité (toutes variantes de localisaton, ASD, small box etc.).
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Please find a prototype of Sega Smash Pack Dreamcast, the first playable version of the title.
Its programmer and producer tell us the history of the Mega Drive emulation on DC and the behind the scenes of its development.
To download and read below:
Presenting an early prototype of Propeller Arena Dreamcast (Unreleased) dating back some 6 months before the earliest known build. This is an alternative version of the game, with new game modes, new music and a new interface.
Read and download below:
Do you know Crazy GTA Taxi Dreamcast ?
It's simply Crazy Taxi with 6 new camera options including the top view in GTA mode
You can download the prototype below
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#dreamcast
Today is the release of a never-before-seen Dreamcast SDK, the "European Dreamcast SDK release 8". Thanks to
@NaokiSRC
for sharing this SDK with us.
You can download it at the bottom of this page, in addition to several other SDKs and technical demos👇
Release of an unpublished prototype "Agartha Demo 2001 March 9th 2001" (to be confirmed)
-Specificity of the Build
-Availability of the first GD-I for this Unreleased and a CD-I to burn it
To be found in my file on this cancelled game
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#Dreamcast
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Castlevania Dreamcast
The prototype is considered as a technical demo. the lead programmer was planning on stitching the areas of the demo together using a small “airlock” where the old map could be unloaded.
Unconfirmed (rumor)
For Castlevania Dreamcast, there are apparently builds where all the game's levels are included, but not connected, and probably more or less complete. A dev would have one of the builds.
Exclusive footage of a Technical Demo of Farnation on Dreamcast, the most mysterious Unreleased game of SEGA's last console. After 23 years of waiting and investigation, we can finally put some images on this MMO from Japanese development studio Nextech👇
The testimony of the Software Engineer for the Dreamcast Zip Drive (cancelled accessory) tells us more about its conception and the reasons for its cancellation.
I have about 130 Dreamcast prototypes that I haven't released yet (about 70% not final).
In addition to these 120 prototypes, I have 34 that I couldn't release but just talk about.
Old photo, I don't have the courage to make a new one :))
Today, I offer you a new prototype for AM2's Unreleased Dreamcast game, Propeller Arena. It dates from August 20th 2001, about 1 month before the version we consider as final.
You can download it, along with 3 other builds of the game, below:
Two new prototypes of Shenmue 2 Dreamcast have been preserved (JPN and PAL). The Japanese build, the only one you can download, was released a month before the final version. Only the first disc has been found
Prototypes analysis and download link below:
That was 30 years ago!
Article about this event and presentation of pieces of my collection related to the SEGA European Grand Prix which took place in
@DoningtonParkUK
👇
Release of a new prototype of GEIST FORCE for Dreamcast, an Unreleased in the genre of StarFox. It is the first GDI
The differences are visible in game
To know the reasons of its cancellation, to read the interview of the artistic director, it is here
Presenting a Japanese Dreamcast prototype of Samba de Amigo and its E3 version. SEGA in Japan had not obtained the rights for 2 Ricky Martin songs. Sonic Team had to remove them 12 days before the final version. One of the cut songs is present in a build!
Earlier this year, we learned that Woody Woodpecker Racing Dreamcast (Unreleased) was working and had been preserved. Today, we can finally try it with the discovery of a new prototype of the game in a Katana Development Kit👇👀
#sega
#Dreamcast
Ulalalalala, while I'm working on my big release of the month, you'll find around 300 prototypes available for download on this page. 95% of them are for the Dreamcast. There's something for everyone: Debug Menu builds, Alpha builds, Unreleased...⤵️
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Some Dreamcast games have PC Unreleased versions, internal but functional versions. Depending on the size of the studio, the number of Dev Kits and the number of people authorized to use them, it was easier to make a PC version and work on the DC game in parallel.
Tomorrow is the 4th of April. What's on the 4th of every month?
In the meantime, enjoy the Sonic Adventure Tournament Disk prototype and don't hesitate to read the interview of one of the organizers of "The Sega Dreamcast Mobile Assault Tour" event👇
The Unreleased US version of Shenmue 2 Dreamcast
Its cancellation:
«The announcement of the decision to cancel it internally was a sad day.»
Its release in 2021:
«I think people that worked on it would be happy that fans are keeping the dream alive.»
Release of the source code of the Dreamcast development library "Shinobi".
I've had these source codes for 5 years. It's finally time to share them with you. I'm still hesitant to do it.
To download, here, at the end of the page👇
#Sega
#dreamcast
Fear Effect Inferno PS2 or the art of storytelling
To celebrate this day with you, I offer you a prototype of Fear Effect Inferno PlayStation 2 (Unreleased) with 2200 Scripts, Storyboards and Artworks. The main release article works like a Guidebook.
The year 2024 will mark the 25th anniversary of the release of Space Channel 5 Dreamcast in Japan. To celebrate, with a few months to spare, here's an Alpha prototype (4 months before the final version) of the game by Tetsuya Mizuchi, United Game Artist👇
I wanted to put it forward
The blog of the Sonic Team in South America for Sonic Adventure Dreamcast.
The original blog was found in the files of a prototype of Sonic Adventure Planet Web.
#SONIC
#SonicTheHedgehog
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#dreamcast
I'm preparing a crazy article about one of its two prototypes, with testimonials from the developers of a very popular game! I never thought I'd get this far in understanding the development of the game. By the way, the live Twitch is already recorded ah ah ah
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Colin McRae Rally 2.0 Dreamcast
The development team consisted of 4 people. They took the PS2 code and ported it to the Dreamcast, which was quick to do because the Dreamcast was easy to work with and the C code used by the PS2 version was easy to compile elsewhere.
A cult Dreamcast license, great sound with The Offsprings and a Crazy Taxi 2 prototype with new features... what more could you want?
Okay! Ya ya ya ya ya!!!👇
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#Dreamcast
#DexterHolland
#CrazyTaxi
I'm starting to have a lot of Dreamcast prototypes for E3 2000, some of which I haven't released yet.
MSR E3
Jet Set Radio E3
World Series Baseball 2K1 E3
Quake 3 Arena E3
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Release of a Katana Dreamcast development kit used by the Sting and FromSoftware studios which contains:
-Final version of Evolution 1
-Partially playable prototype (to be repaired) of Frame Gride
-Source code for a fog table
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#Dreamcast
I hope you enjoyed these Sonic Adventure (Tournament Disk) and Shenmue 2 Dreamcast prototypes!
Shenmue 2 (now 3 prototypes for download):
Sonic Adventure Tournament Disk:
See you soon to show you more treasure!!!
Almost a year ago, we released the Dreamcast Technical Demo of Scud Race. It is important to know that this demo never ran on a real Dreamcast but on the ancestor of the katana development kit which was just a PC boosted by a graphics card called SET 2👇
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Release of a prototype for the Unreleased Dreamcast version of Worms Pinball, when the Dreamcast makes Tilt!
A member of Team17 tells us briefly about what happened behind the scenes and the reasons for its cancellation.
Have fun!
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#dreamcast
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We were finally able to find the GD-R 1 of Ring: The Legend of Nibelungen Dreamcast, the GD-R 2 had already been released in 2020.
The article has also been rewritten to highlight this Unreleased as if it was a Castlevania :
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#Dreamcast
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Soul Reaver 2 Dreamcast
The Dreamcast port of Soul Reaver 2 was not made directly by Crystal Dynamics (who concentrated on creating the game itself, on the target console, the PS2 certainly) but by a other studio.
Today, my Castlevania Dreamcast release is put forward.
It's not my favorite release. I have more affinity for other games or pieces.
The story of its acquisition is completely crazy, one of my most beautiful anecdotes of collector.
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The Dreamcast's most intriguing accessory. So intriguing that it's been cancelled!
The interview with the project's software engineer tells us more about the reasons for its cancellation.
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Doom Dreamcast (the word Unreleased could almost be used)
It was a technical proof of concept, not intended for release. This game was made on a Katana Dreamcast Development Kit in 2000 (Windows CE).
The most beautiful homemade cover of
@DreamcastMe
For today, it will be the release of a new build for Propeller Arena Dreamcast (the prototype dated May 12 2001), an Unreleased from AM2. It is the version used during E3 2001.
You can download it below as well as the most recent prototype of the game:
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Confirmation obtenue, c'est un grand moment , enfin !!!!
Ian Harrison, un ancien lutteur et bodybuilder professionnel anglais interprétait le Punk des publicités Megadrive de 1993 "Sega c'est plus fort que toi".
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#Megadrive
There exist prototypes of Rez with different music. Sega has apparently not obtained the right to use them (licensing problem).
I had released a prototype of Rez with a hack to make its Debug Menu work:
The year 2021 will have been incredible on the Unreleased Dreamcast discovery scene.
10 cancelled Dreamcast games have been discovered (Castlevania, Dee Dee Planet, new build of Agartha, Geist Force etc.)
Retrospective 2021 👇
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#dreamcast
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On May 1st 1998 Sega presented for the first time the Dreamcast by showing the technical demo Tower of Babel created by Yu Suzuki.
You can finally play it on a real Dreamcast. This new version contains music.👇
Happy New Year !
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#Dreamcast
In 2002, the source code of Golden Axe Mega Drive/Genesis was considered lost.
This shows the poor management of the games archive at Sega.
It was a time when manufacturers and studios did not care about that...
This prototype of Crazy Taxi 2 Dreamcast features a trial of Crazy Pyramids, which will be completely redone in the final version (environment configuration, other scenery, etc.). Left photo: the prototype, right photo: the final version
Memories of a release
Having access to a Japanese prototype of Shenmue Dreamcast was a dream. This was the case with the Shenmue II build used for the Game Jam event in 2001. Since then, I've been trying to obtain a Japanese prototype of Shenmue 1!
Agartha Dreamcast (Apr 18, 2001 prototype) is repaired and playable !!!
All environments from the 2011 video are playable.
You will find a video, pictures, the link to download a 3 map pack and explanations on the specificity of the build.
#Dreamcast
Offspring, Bad Religion, we couldn't dream of a better music for a game like Crazy Taxi Dreamcast!
This prototype is in my favorites because it contains a new feature, the ability to change camera in game (GTA mode).
Yeah, yeah, yeah
#sega
#Dreamcast
This page contains 27 Acclaim game prototypes for Playstation 2, Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube and PC. Some games were never released, such as the japanese version of Burnout (Heaven's Drive) PS2, the Xbox version of Red Star and the PC version of Shadow Man.
2021 has been an extraordinary year for the Dreamcast Unreleased scene. In 1 year we have made more progress than in 20 years. All we need now is a native or online Half-Life to finish the year in beauty.
I fear that 2022 will not be as exciting.
#sega
#dreamcast
As this is a Dreamcast hit, we had to find a way of presenting these two Resident Evil Code Veronica prototypes, even if they are final versions. VincentNl found the solution by proposing a hack of the game to access its Debug Menu.👇
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The Dreamcast Tower of Babel technical demo impressed journalists who were lucky enough to see it in 1998.
This demo can now be played on a real Dreamcast since the discovery of a build on a Dev Kit Katana. Previously, it only ran on an emulator.