The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod

The Junkyard team return with episode 57 of the world’s greatest podcast called DreamPod! In this episode, regular hosts Mike, Ross and Tom turn their attention to the burgeoning online scene that is sweeping the Dreamcast community by storm, and discuss the DreamPi and their experiences playing newly resurrected multiplayer titles online once again. Other topics of discussion include upcoming Dre...

DreamPod episode 56 is here and your regular hosts Tom, Ross, Mike and Kev get together to discuss the latest news from the Dreamcast community. The new batch of releases have been teased by JoshProd and the team look at the games in the reveal video, and also discuss the upcoming wireless controllers and connection cables revealed by Retro-bit at CES 2018. Elsewhere, the team discuss NFL 2K1 and...

DreamPod episode 55 is here, and your usual hosts Tom, Mike and Rob are joined by John Linneman from Digital Foundry. In this episode, the crew discuss Christmas trees, the impressive number of releases for the Dreamcast in 2017 and new Kickstarter shooter Xeno Crisis coming to Dreamcast. The main meat of the episode however, focuses on guest host John Linneman and his involvement with Eurogamer’s...

Episode 54 of the DreamPod is here! In this episode, regular hosts Tom and Mike are joined by special guest Darran Jones, editor of Retro Gamer magazine. News items discussed include the RetroPie VMU emulation console, VMU-boy and the call from SLaVE developers for help completeing this new Dreamcast indie game by ironing out the final few bugs. The main meat of the episode focuses on special gues...

Episode 53 of the DreamPod is here, and regular hosts Tom and Mike are joined by Facebook group moderator Kev for some Dreamcast related chit-chat. In this episode, your intrepid hosts tackle such exotic topics as the Compact Flash enabled Dreamcast, Intrepid Izzy and Dreamcast: The Collected Works being successfully funded on Kickstarter, an update on the new Dreamcast releases from JoshProd, onl...

In this feature-length episode of the DreamPod, the Junkyard's denizens once more assemble to talk about everything that is happening in the world of Dreamcast. After introducing DreamPod initiate and car boot shark James to the show, Mike inches closer to the holy grail of a complete, all-regions, Dreamcast collection in pickups, before Rob, Tom and Mike talk through a series of exclusive re...

DreamPod 51 is here and your regular hosts Tom, Rob and Ross get together to discuss all the important issues from that thing known as the internet. Rob joins us live from the decadence of the Future Publishing offices while sipping champagne from a diamond-encrusted unicorn horn, and Ross has been sipping the finest Japanese whiskey that bitcoins can buy. Meanwhile, Tom’s been on the cheapest gut...

Episode 50 of the DreamPod is here and regular hosts Tom, Aaron and Mike are joined by the Junkyard’s newest contributor Damon. As the DreamPod reaches its 50th outing, the news shows no sign of slowing down, and this episode reflects that. Topics covered include the newly announced Dreamcast emulator for Xbox One, the latest indie game from Orion in Escape 2042, the recent discovery of Deer Aveng...

The DreamPod travelled to the fair city of Bristol in the UK to record a special edition in the shadow of Brunel’s famous ship SS Great Britain. Regular hosts Tom, Rob and Mike got together on the banks of the River Avon to sit down and - for the first time in DreamPod history - speak face to face about the pertinent points from the Dreamcast scene. New Dreamcast multiplayer game Alice Dreams Tour...

Episode 48 of the DreamPod is here, and regular hosts Tom and Ross are joined by a special guest in the form of fellow Dreamcast collector, writer and YouTuber Jamie from DC Gaga. As both Jamie and Ross are Brits living in Japan, this episode features a lot of discussion about life and game collecting in the Land of the Rising Sun. Other topics include new Dreamcast releases Breakers and Millenniu...

Episode 47 of The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod is here! Settle down and join your regular hosts Tom, Mike, Ross and Caleb as they reconvene to discuss the pertinent (and not so pertinent) topics from burgeoning Dreamcast scene. In this episode, you’ll be wowed by Mike’s admission that he cooks avocado on a George Foreman grill, you’ll be outraged by Ross’s tales of fake Mega Drive carts from China,...

DreamPod 46 has landed. Join regular hosts Tom, Mike and Caleb as they welcome regular guest host Stephen of Dreamcast Hub to discuss more random Dreamcast-related news! There’s some Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Classic Mini talk to begin with, but that’s all thrown out of the window after a while. Orion’s new Kickstarter venture, the weird official Megadrive emulator, the Crafti Minecraft clone,...

Happy New Year! The DreamPod starts 2017 as it means to go on, and this first episode is full to the brim with exciting news from the Dreamcast scene. Your regular hosts Tom, Rob and Mike reconvene once again to discuss all the pertinent issues, and topics covered include the upcoming Akura HDMI box from Beharbros, new home-brew games Matterrun and Dreamcastnoid, Postal being made open source (and...

DreamPod 44 is a bit of a departure from the norm, as we were invited to take part in RadioSEGA’s WinterFest 2016 - a celebration of all things Sega, hosted by a multitude of different fan sites and communities. The Dreamcast Junkyard kicked off the three day event on the 16th December 2016 with a special DreamPod where hosts Tom and Mike shared some of their favourite Sega-based music tracks, not...

Welcome to DreamPod episode 43! In this instalment of the world’s most popular podcast called DreamPod, regular hosts Tom and Ross convene to discuss the 18th birthday of the Dreamcast and the country-wide celebrations taking Japan by storm. Elsewhere, Ross discusses his love for Shadow of Mordor when viewed on a 4K screen, while Tom reveals his recent purchase of another PS2 and the differences b...

In this special interview edition of DreamPod, your regular hosts Tom and Caleb sit down with SEGA Nerds Editor-in-Chief Chris Powell to discuss his history with Sega systems, the origins of the SEGA Nerds site and the impending release of brand new digital magazine Mega Visions. Other topics of conversation include favourite magazines of the past and some hidden 3DO gems, but the main subject is...

Your regular hosts Ross, Tom, Caleb and Mike are joined on DreamPod 41 by Kris Genthe of awesome YouTube channel and website IMPLANTgames.com! This is a real treat of an episode for anyone who is interested in the finer details of XRGB-Minis, Framemeisters or talk of VGA displays as Kris really knows his stuff! Elsewhere the team discuss the best and worst of survival horror games, there's pl...

Episode 40 of The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod is here, and your hosts Tom and Ross discuss a number of mildly entertaining topics. The episode almost becomes the 'PlayStation DreamPod' initially as Ross discusses PS VR and Tom admits to pre-ordering a PS4 Pro, but things quickly get back on track. Other topics include various Dreamcast pick ups from Play Expo Manchester, new home-brew an...

The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod returns with episode 39, and your regular hosts Tom, Caleb, Aaron and Ross reconvene to discuss a smorgasbord of delectable Dreamcast-flavoured topics. Episode 39 busies itself from the off with some talk of Sega Master System FM chips, the future of virtual reality and the similarities between Manchester, England and Manchester, New Hampshire. The main topics are w...

Episode 38 of DreamPod is here, and regular hosts Tom and Mike are joined by Max Shockley, better known as YouTuber DreamcastGuy. Episode 38’s main topic of discussion is the Dreamcast’s multitude of platform games, and your hosts sit down to discuss the best and worst examples of the genre. As well as this, other hot topics include Konami’s piss poor showing on the Dreamcast, the appalling sound...

Episode 37 of DreamPod has landed with all the grace of an elephant that can fly using only its ears. This time, regular hosts Tom, Mike and Rob are joined by Stephen Robinson from fellow Dreamcast fansite Dreamcast Hub and get down to business discussing all the latest developments from the Dreamcast scene. The newly discovered Atomiswave fighter KenJu, Xenocider’s resurrection, the glut of new D...

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Episode 36 of DreamPod is here, and it has all the glitz, glamour and spectacle of a Formula 1 race weekend. Well, almost! Regular hosts Tom, Aaron, Mike and Ross are joined by Lewis Clark of aptly-named Sega fan site Sega Driven; and the helmets are off as they discuss the best and worst examples of the racing genre on the Dreamcast. The Spirit of Speed i...

Episode 35 of DreamPod is here and Tom, Mike, Caleb and Aaron convene once again to talk Dreamcast nonsense. Mike’s been playing Orion’s Puzzle Collection; Tom’s been playing Darius Burst on the Vita, Aaron’s been playing on his Sega Pico and Caleb has been hard at work trying to complete his custom arcade stick. This is a rather news-heavy episode and the team discuss topics including the recent...

Welcome back to the stage of history. DreamPod 34 is here and we’re not pulling any punches. The usual cast of Tom, Caleb, Rob, Aaron, Mike and Ross are joined by Hardcore Gaming 101 writer and Patreon supporter Spencer Johnson to discuss the spectacular highs and soul-crushing lows of the Dreamcast fighting genre. Saddle up for a journey into feudal Japan, the far reaches of futuristic battle in...

Episode 33 of DreamPod is here, and once again it’s a total blockbuster! Regular hosts Tom and Ross are joined by Falco Girgis and Patryk Kowalik, the lead developer and lead artist from indie game developer Elysian Shadows Team. In this episode, no topics are left untouched as your hosts and guests discuss the development of one of the Dreamcast’s most hotly anticipated games - the Kickstarter-fu...