The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod

At the beginning of the year, we put the call out to the community to vote for their favourite indie releases for the Sega Dreamcast, and, as always, you have all responded in a big way, with more than double the amount of participants than the last time we did this vote way back in 2016 . Well, we've now counted up all your votes, and can finally reveal the results of the 2024 Top 25 Dreamca...

In the first DreamPod episode of 2024, James, Lozz and Lewis are joined by brand new Junkyarder Harvey (aka Pizza Hotline) to bring you a roundup of the most exciting things coming out of the Dreamcast scene! News discussed: New Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi games   Octopus Dreamcast Compatible Arcade Fight Stick Retro Fighters StrikerDC wireless controller Fan-made Dreamcast mini Woody Woodpecker...

On this episode, Kev and Lewis are joined by Nick Thorpe - the features editor for the excellent Retro Gamer magazine - to chat all about his career and the brand new issue 254, a Dreamcast special of the mag that releases today on the 21st of December. They also dig deep into Nick's passion for the Dreamcast, meeting the likes of Yu Suzuki, Yuji Naka and Kenji Kanno, and take a trip down mem...

Put on your favourite ugly Christmas sweater, grab a glass of mulled wine, and join us for this year's festive DreamPod episode! On this one we are joined by our pal Patrick Traynor of the awesome Sega Saturn, SHIRO! to talk all about Dreamcast Christmas memories and traditions. We also share your excellent submissions for our request to send in Dreamcast-themed crackers, carols and stories.....

The Dreamcast Junkyard's "The Top 200 Dreamcast Games... Voted by You! (2023 Edition)" is available now! Check it out now on the website: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/p/the-top-200-dreamcast-games-voted-by.html On this day, 25 years ago, the Sega Dreamcast was launched in its home country of Japan - nearly an entire year before it released in the West. It was Sega's f...

If you’re superstitious, this episode’s number could possibly mean something spooky, especially seeing as this is our Halloween Special! In this episode we have a bit of initial news to cover regarding the recently unveiled Retro-Bit Dreamcast controller prototypes, but after that we're straight into the scares as James, Brian, Lewis and Mike discuss their annual Halloween media traditions, g...

The leaves are falling and the air is getting colder, but the Dreamcast scene shows no signs of slowing down! In this episode, your host James is joined by regular co-hosts Laurence, Mike and Lewis to round up and discuss the latest and greatest in Dreamcast news. Stick around until the end to hear the latest instalment of James' 20 questions quiz where he challenges his co-hosts to figure ou...

In this special episode, Kev and Mike welcome long-time gaming journalist Chris Scullion. Chris was most notably the longest-running staff member of the Official Nintendo Magazine UK, but has also written for many other UK gaming magazines and online gaming media. On this episode we talk to Chris all about his brand new book “The Dreamcast Encyclopedia”, the latest in his series of books that revi...

We're going "cozy mode" for episode 120, as we are joined by Dreamcast Enjoyer! For the last year, Dreamcast Enjoyer (aka Dominic) has been creating excellent, upbeat YouTube videos about Dreamcast games and games from other systems, with a particular focus on nostalgia and good vibes, as well as an appreciation for creativity and potential in even the jankiest titles. In the episod...

Regular host Lewis catches up with Dreamcast community stalwart Derek Pascarella to discuss the fan translation of the Japanese-exclusive Dreamcast title Nakoruru: The Gift she Gave Me they worked on together. A spin-off visual novel from SNK's Samurai Shodown fighting series, Nakoruru took almost two years for Derek and the team to translate, and is the first official visual novel on the Dre...

Why don't we play together? This month's DreamPod is all about playing the Dreamcast online, which is something you can still do in 2023 thanks to the efforts of some very talented members of the Dreamcast community! In this episode, regulars Laurence, James and guests Harvey (aka Pizza Hotline) and Holsten talk about their love for playing Dreamcast online,  the best and worst games to...

The good weather is here, so James, Laurence and Mike (with a small cameo from Brian) thought it would be fitting to sit down and talk about our favourite summer memories with the Dreamcast, along with recapping the DC games that were released during the 2000/2001 summer months. We also round-up recent Dreamcast news, briefly touch on the cancellation of E3, and Laurence and Mike get tested on the...

In this bumper episode, Andrew, Brian, Lewis and Mike talk about games released after the Dreamcast's demise that embody the spirit of everything Sega's final console stood for! Games discussed in this episode: Blur (Bizarre Creations, 2010) Umurangi Generation (Origame Digital, 2020) Bully (Rockstar Vancouver, 2006) Yakuza 0 (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, 2015) Every Extend Extra Extreme (Q Ent...

On today's episode of the DreamPod, Lewis and Lozz are joined by Ross Kilgariff to talk about his upcoming Dreamcast indie title HarleQuest! , a 3D dungeon crawler that has just hit Kickstarter! Links: HarleQuest! Kickstarter HarleQuest! Website Ross' Website Our article on the Junkyard Website covering HarleQuest! OLL Gaming Convention Looking for more Dreamcast Junkyard goodness? You c...

We're back with another Dreamcast news roundup, join Andrew, Tom, Lewis and James as we discuss everything going on in the constantly bustling world of Dreamcast. We will be back with more themed episodes soon. More info on some of the things discussed in this episode: Hands on with C-Smash VRS Teaser for Archipel's Kenji Eno Documentary HarleQuest! Kickstarter Shiren the Wanderer Transl...

It's 2023 and Tom, Lozz and Lewis from The Dreamcast Junkyard are back to chat all things Dreamcast news! Christmas 2022 is but a distant memory, and so we have binned the rotting remnants of the turkey and thrown the empty sherry bottles in the bin with extreme force, and we're back to business discussing such delights as: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection from Ian...

In this episode of the DreamPod, regular hosts Tom and Andrew are joined by former SEGA Europe Marketing Director Giles Thomas. During his time at SEGA Europe, Giles oversaw the European launch of the Dreamcast after effectively being headhunted by SEGA from his role at MTV.  In this episode Giles explains how he was pursuaded to join SEGA, his vision for the European TV advertising campaigns, mee...

This time, regular hosts Tom and Jaz welcome James 'The SEGAHolic' and Dan 'The Mega' Driver to the DreamPod. Together, James and Dan form The SEGAGuys and in this episode we discuss our guests' histories with SEGA, some favourite systems from the past, football games, Dreamcast sequels that never were, and of course there's a SEGA-themed quiz! Links to The SEGAGuys a...

The DreamPod crew assemble once again to run through the latest news and developments coming out of the incredibly active Sega Dreamcast community. Tom, Lewis, Lozz and Kev convene to chat about new games, old games, unreleased games, translations, music CDs, upcoming events and Kev's amazing bootleg t-shirts. The ridiculous number of topics covered in this episode includes: RUN=DIM as Black...

The long awaited fourth and final instalment of our crossover with Dreamcast Years is here. Join Andrew, Rich, Jason, Tom and Lewis as they return to 2002 to talk the best of Dreamcast in 2002 (including the last official DC games to be released in Europe), as well as movies, music and news from the year. Sadly, this crossover episode also serves as a farewell to the Dreamcast Years podcast, as th...

Regular hosts Tom and Lewis welcome James and Matt of Shenmue Dojo - the longest running Shenmue fan site on the internet. In this Shenmue heavy episode, topics of discussion include: the origins of the Dojo, our guests' introduction to Shenmue, the reception of Shenmue III, the cancellation of Shenmue: The Animation, Shenmue World magazine, former footballer Darren Anderton's Shenmue ca...

Tom and Lewis welcome new co-host Lozz, as they discuss the latest news from the Dreamcast online and indie scenes. A Dreamcast port of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, the next-gen VMU 'VM2' from Chris Diaoglou, Final Vendetta for Dreamcast probably not happening, the Dreamcast version of Andro Dunos 2 definitely happening, KDDI 'matching service' Capcom...

Tom & Andrew welcome SEGA Powered editor Dean Mortlock and WAVE Games Studios' Daniel Crocker to talk all things indie, magazines of yore, and the future of the Dreamcast scene. There's also the small matter of the first magazine cover mounted Dreamcast demo disc in over 20 years...but we won't spoil things here!  Mentioned in this episode are: SEGA Powered: https://www.segapowe...

Join Tom and Lewis for this whirlwind trip around the bazaars as they discuss the hottest news coming out of the Dreamcast community! In this episode we discuss the new Dreamcast port of Postal; the re-issue of The Textorcist; unreleased Dreamcast game Fortris; the definitive list of rumoured Dreamcast betas; a fan translation of Sakura Wars 3; and the ultimate niche, niche, niche re-translation a...

Join Tom, Lewis, James and Rich as they round-up the latest and greatest in news from our beloved scene. We're talking potential new Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi releases, how we feel about yet another   Sonic collection, the Sega Powered WAVE Demo Disc, Mega Duck on the Dreamcast, Dreamcast-themed bedding and a whole lot more! For links to everything mentioned in the episode, check out our a...