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DreamCon 2018 Photos

November 09, 2018

DreamCon 2018 was held on November 3rd and 4th at the OnCenter in Syracuse, NY. This year there was a Dreamcast with a rotating selection of recently published JoshProd games. Here are some photos from the event:

The Dream On Contest Returns for the 20th Anniversary of the Dreamcast

July 07, 2018

The Dream On Contest returns for the 20th anniversary of the Dreamcast, as has Dream On. The contest runs from July 6, 2018 and ends on September 9, 2019, the twentieth anniversary of the release of the Dreamcast in the United States. Submissions can be submitted at the Dream On Contest itch.io jam page.

There will be prizes, but the specifics still need to be worked out. The contest has been started before this process to leave ample time for the creation of entries.

Teams are permitted. If you wish to use pre-created assets please use those with licenses that allow commercial use just in case a pressed game award is one of the prizes. This has been the case in the previous Dream On contests, but as prizes have not yet been worked out at this point, it isn’t guaranteed. It’s best to err on the side of caution, just in case.

To help alleviate some concerns raised in the previous Dream On contests, I (MetaFox, also known as JenniBee) am offering to create game assets (music, art, sound effects, voice work, etc.) for any entry that requests it. Send an e-mail to jenni@cyberdogcastle.com if you’d like me to create something for your project. :)

Feel free to use any of my previously created assets in your entry as well.

DreamCon 2018 at the RetroGameCon in Syracuse, NY on November 3 & 4

July 07, 2018

DC Evolution will be at this year's DreamCon at the RetroGameCon in Syracuse, NY, that runs from November 3rd to November 4th, 2018.

DreamCon will occupy one table, but it's an 8-foot table, so it could comfortably fit another exhibitor if anyone else wants to come to DreamCon and exhibit this year, or to have DreamCon act as a surrogate representative for someone who wants to display but couldn't make it - as happened, for example, with The GOAT Store in 2005.

In addition to DC Evolution, Cyberdog Castle, Dreamcast-Scene, Indie Dreams, and Dream On will also be represented at the convention.

There will be a few Dreamcasts with rotating material. DC Evolution discs will also be available, as those always proved popular at past DreamCons.

Intrepid Izzy Kickstarter

October 26, 2017

Senile Team, the developers behind the brawler Beats of Rage and the top-down racer Rush Rush Rally Racing, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Intrepid Izzy, their new in-development multi-genre game for PC, Dreamcast, and PlayStation 4.

It is a mix of platformer, adventure, and brawler, with retro and modern graphics. With all of these elements in one game, it will be unlike anything before seen on Dreamcast.

The Dreamcast specific features include:

640x480, 60 fps
Widescreen option
Fully configurable controls
Supports standard controller and Arcade Stick
Supports PAL, NTSC, VGA displays
VMU support

Senile Team has released a demo of the game for the Dreamcast. You can download it at that link. It's also been added to our Sourceforge repository.

They have just hit their €35,000 goal, but any additional pledges would definitely be helpful. The minimum Dreamcast pledge is €30, but there is also a Dreamcast Deluxe Edition at €70, and a Dreamcast Collector Edition at €90. The game is shaping up to be fantastic, so head over to the Intrepid Izzy Kickstarter and pick your pledge tier before the Kickstarter drive ends in about 12 hours.

Summertime Blues

August 06, 2017

A news post is long overdue, so here's a quick rundown on what has been happening behind the scenes at DC Evolution...

Site restoration continues, albeit at a slower pace than we had hoped for, not many pages have been created or updated over the last two months, and we find ourselves apologizing once again for these delays. Templates for many pages have been created, and some downloadable content has been checked and archived in preparation for upload and release, but free time for this hobby site always seems to elude us. We have, however, continued in the attempt to preserve Dreamcast homebrew, and around three hundred more items are waiting in the wings. All of these items will be restored as time permits.

The Fenix archive continues to grow, with a dozen or so new to Dreamcast games released, but it'll be some time before we move on and create a section for Bennu, which is planned for later this year. The DCEmu Fenix section is also almost complete, with around half a dozen more releases to archive, or re-adapt if necessary.