Episode 144: The Anti-3D Episode - the Best of 2D Gaming on Dreamcast!

About this episode

The episode celebrates the best 2D games on the Sega Dreamcast, highlighting overlooked titles in a predominantly 3D gaming era.

When people think of the Sega Dreamcast, they picture flashy polygons, arcade-perfect ports, and Sega showing off the future of 3D gaming at the turn of the millennium. But tucked away in its library is a treasure trove of 2D experiences that were often overlooked in the rush to 3D. But this is the "Anti-3D" episode, and so Tom, Lozz, Lewis, and Mike R are stepping away from polygon-counting to celebrate the Dreamcast’s flat-but-fantastic offerings. These games may not dazzle with cutting-edg...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom, Lozz, Lewis, Mike R

Topics covered

• 2D gaming
• Sega Dreamcast
• video games
• gaming history
• game design

Keywords

• Dreamcast
• 2D gaming
• Sega
• video games
• gaming history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sega

Books & works: Dreamcast

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