Dreamcast

Game Description: Online gaming has arrived on the Dreamcast! Chu Chu Rocket is the first game to fully utilize the Internet connectivity of the Dreamcast. This simple (but very addictive) puzzle game is strongly reminiscent of the traditional "cat-and-mouse" game. Your goal is to herd some intergalactic rats (the strangely-named Chu Chus) into a rocket, while avoiding some whacked-out space cats (a.k.a. Kapu Kapus) that are in fast pursuit.

Game Description: Enter the world of survival horror with Resident Evil Code: Veronica. It’s up to you to help Claire Redfield escape from the penal colony that the Umbrella Corporation has put her in. The problem is, the prison is on an island, and there’s something strange happening on it: zombies are running rampant. You’ll have to solve puzzles, move crates, and shoot a lot of zombies as you try to make your escape. Great graphics, realistic cutscenes, and plenty of zombies result in the best game in the Resident Evil series yet.

As Resident Evil games go, Code: Veronica is familiar fare. If you loved the older games, youll love this even more with its suped-up graphics and sound. Myself personally, I am getting pretty sick of this series and if it werent for the fact that its making its debut on the Dreamcast, I would have panned it even more.

Yet, the graphical wonder of Code: Veronica also becomes a lethal double-edged sword. While the presentation received a shot in arm and everything looks fairly realistic, the same can't be said of the gameplay mechanics, which has remained unbelievably ridiculous.

According to ESRB, this game contains: Animated Blood & Gore, Animated Violence

According to ESRB, this game contains: Animated Violence

I have a fondness for games where simple, focused gameplay takes precedence over other aspects of a game. It's a trademark of DMA where graphics, sound and even plot take a backseat to the gameplay. One of my favorite games is a DMA title that was released on the Super Nintendo called Uniracers. There was no premise or plot, instead the whole objective was to race against other unicycles while performing tricks (similar to Nintendos Excitebike), and I loved it.

Game Description: In Wild Metal, it is up to you to save mankind as you shred across enemy alien landscapes in your attack tank. Choose from one of five models, based on your opponents strengths and weaknesses and the landscape you'll be encountering. Embark on 21 levels as you avoid landmines, sentries, and other hazards in your quest to recover valuable power cores. With an extensive cache of ammo and the ability to fire the turret in almost any position desirable, you're sure to do some serious damage in Wild Metal.

Wild Metal for Sega Dreamcast, however, would definitely pique my dad's interest. There's nothing complicated here—it's a 3D shooter that puts you in the driver's seat of a futuristic battle tank and lets you blow a lot of stuff up. While the game comes up short in some crucial areas, its tight focus on convincing tank warfare is enough to get Wild Metal noticed.

Nearly a decade later and dozens of other entries into the genre, things have changed quite a bit. In Tecmo's newest Dreamcast fighting game, Dead Or Alive 2, the gender of playable characters has shifted dramatically to a near equal five to seven ratio; still in favor of males.