Out of all the Sega franchises I wish would make a return, this one is close to the top. I distinctly remember picking this one up right when it came out and immediately fell in love with it. It's a wacky, challenging, absolutely frenetic puzzle game that kept me busy for a long time. The concept is simple, just protect your mice and make sure they get to their rockets. Too bad there are cats, pitfalls, and other brain-bending challenges to prevent you from doing so.

Sadly, I was never able to play it online, but I have subjected my friends to it over the years. Multiplayer is a whole new experience since it requires quick thinking as other players work their strategies and random events occur. It's a nice alternative to the rather laid-back approach that single player has.

If you have a Dreamcast and DON'T have this one, you definitely need to change that. Like all good puzzle games, it's held up over the years and somewhat lives on via mobile ports, but this is where it's at!

I didn't pick this one up until well after the demise of the Dreamcast, but I'm so glad I finally did. It had me absolutely hooked from beginning to end. It's heavily inspired by games like Diablo, but I found the difficulty was a bit higher than many other similar games. It's one of those games where you can go from "wow, it's really easy to destroy legions of the undead" to "GAME OVER MAN, GAME OVER!" in the blink of an eye. You really have to stay alert and be ready to mash the health potion button.

It uses an interesting blacksmith mechanic where you continually upgrade your equipment with mithril. Your equipment is the biggest factor in building your character and advancing your stats since your character level (via experience ) doesn't impact much.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that Shining Force EXA on PS2 was made by the same developers, Neverland, and has a very similar mechanic. They also made Shining Force Neo, but since I haven't played that one, I can't really compare it.

I was 17 years old when the Dreamcast was released and I saved up for like a year to ensure I could purchase the system and lots of games. I ended up with 8 games initially and this was one of them. It was also one of my favorites! It's an extremely simplistic "racing" game that was probably intended for a much younger audience, but I still loved it. I felt it was a nice contrast to the meatier games like Sonic Adventure and Soulcalibur.

So yeah, you run, swim, and belly-flop around various tracks and unlock different pieces of clothing / accessories for your penguins. It wasn't received very well and while I certainly got my money's worth out of it (I sunk a lot of hours into it), I could see others being disappointed with it. It's also a surprisingly fun multiplayer game, as long as your friends come in with an open mind. It's easy to pick up and really wacky, something that's always welcome in a multiplayer setting.

This game really surprised me. It's not a flashy racing game, but it's just solid. It has lots of cars, courses, and unlockables to keep things interesting. It's a challenging game with lots of options to customize your experience. Given that it's based on endurance racing, it even had options to customize how "long" a race is, which can affect time of day, weather, etc. Throw in a terrific multiplayer mode and you have one of the best all-around racing experiences on the Dreamcast.

At the time of writing this, I'm actually playing through this game. I had played it before, but no more than to just mess around with it. It's a little rough around the edges, but once you get past that and the ridiculous voice acting, it's a really fun game. I remember playing Die by the Sword on PC in the late '90s and this is essentially a console spiritual successor. It seems to be mostly forgotten these days, but it's worth revisiting if you're in the mood for an old-school fantasy action game with light RPG elements.

It's been a long time since I played this game, but I remember being hooked on it. I've included it here because Sega has re-released Sega Bass Fishing many times, but this one continues to sit somewhere in their archives. It's the exact same setup as Sega Bass Fishing, except you're in an ocean instead of a lake. If you're a fan of Sega Bass Fishing and / or arcade games, you should definitely track this one down.

Armada is a huge game. I've played it for hours and hours over the years and I've made like no progress. It's sort of like Diablo meets Asteroids and kinda reminds me of a primitive version of the indie PC game Drox Operative.

You have a ship, you fly around, find / complete quests, kill lots of things, explore the universe, etc. The only problem I have with it is it's almost TOO overwhelming and I never feel like I'm actually making progress. The game has a terrific 4-player co-op, but the problem is trying to find friends willing to put in the time required :)

Outtrigger was released fairly late in the Dreamcast lifecycle and it seemed to be overlooked compared to other big Sega releases. It's a 1st / 3rd person shooter that was originally an arcade game, so it's another fantastic arcade port on the Dreamcast. It was mainly meant for online play, but has a decent single player mode that provides a nice challenge.

It has 4-player split screen action as well and although I haven't played it multiplayer, I can only imagine it's chaos! It also supports the Dreamcast keyboard and mouse, but I haven't tried out that setup since I didn't have them when I first played the game. And now that I think about it, I think it might be time for me to revisit this one!

I've never played the original POD game, but I remember some friends playing it back in the day before I had a PC. This Dreamcast-only sequel was mainly meant for online play and in fact, it was known as POD 2: Multiplayer Online outside North America. Additionally, it has content that's actually unavailable offline, which makes it a little less appealing that it could've been.

Despite all this, I still had some fun with the game. The single player mode is called "Arcade Mode" and is essentially just single races against CPU opponents. There are no championships to win and I don't even think there are cars or tracks to unlock. It's about as barebones as you can get, but hey, at least you can still play it offline!

The gameplay is a pretty standard arcade-style futuristic racer. You speed around crazy tracks, collect powerups, and try to beat or outlast your opponents. The game is really cheap these days, which helps negate the relatively short playtime.

This was one of the first Dreamcast games I remember reading about in magazines and back then it was known as Buggy Heat. I remember being amazed at the graphics in this one and I feel they've held up pretty well even today. It's a pretty standard arcade racer and while it may not be groundbreaking or anything, it's still fun.