Post by Tulio Adriano on Aug 22, 2015 14:54:38 GMT
After about 13 years... once again, I'm online!
The feeling is hard to describe, it's a lot of joy and nostalgia once I see my character, created back in 2001, come back to life as I log in my Phantasy Star Online for Dreamcast on a private server that seems to be alive and kicking, very well managed by very passionate people.
My PSO is the v1 for Dreamcast and it worked without many problems once I got a BBA (which I acquired for development purposes, but...). Methods of connecting using the DC modem also do exist so anyone with a DC can still play that beloved game. I also got a PSO v2 which I used mainly to configure the BBA since PSO doesn't provide the means for it. It was a bargain. 12$ brand new sealed on ebay.
But it doesn't end there. Of course I wanted my friends to play with me, otherwise why would I ever get online? So I set out to setup PSO for PC to connect to the server... after a few minutes testing and configuring things here and there... yes I got it online too on that same server... Of course I immediately got my Dreamcast online as well and was able to contemplate my two characters walking around the same loby! So, yes you can play cross platform!
I was an avid supporter of Sega since I first played the Master System, and it was hard to see their hardware business go... and it took me 5 years post the DC being discontinued to venture with another console. Sega was always the avant garde of the video game industry, they saw the importance of such things as online gameplay back on the Mega Drive generation (with the Mega Modem and the MegaNet), Saturn also had it, and the Dreamcast was the one to really show how it was going to play a large role on the game business. Phantasy Star Online was really the game that did it for me, and back when we still used dial-up connections, I remember how many nights awake so late to get the chepest rates for the phone connection (as well as not blocking the line for people calling in, etc.)... such indescribable memories and good times.
I feel proud of having lived through those experiences and watched how it developed from a rudimentary technology to the online play we see today that all new players take for granted. And at the front lines, Sega: a company who was always innovating and pushing the boundaries of game play, who was ultimately punished for having the right ideas at the wrong times (...and other hundreds of bad business decisions).
Well then, anyone up for a PSO match?
The feeling is hard to describe, it's a lot of joy and nostalgia once I see my character, created back in 2001, come back to life as I log in my Phantasy Star Online for Dreamcast on a private server that seems to be alive and kicking, very well managed by very passionate people.
My PSO is the v1 for Dreamcast and it worked without many problems once I got a BBA (which I acquired for development purposes, but...). Methods of connecting using the DC modem also do exist so anyone with a DC can still play that beloved game. I also got a PSO v2 which I used mainly to configure the BBA since PSO doesn't provide the means for it. It was a bargain. 12$ brand new sealed on ebay.
But it doesn't end there. Of course I wanted my friends to play with me, otherwise why would I ever get online? So I set out to setup PSO for PC to connect to the server... after a few minutes testing and configuring things here and there... yes I got it online too on that same server... Of course I immediately got my Dreamcast online as well and was able to contemplate my two characters walking around the same loby! So, yes you can play cross platform!
I was an avid supporter of Sega since I first played the Master System, and it was hard to see their hardware business go... and it took me 5 years post the DC being discontinued to venture with another console. Sega was always the avant garde of the video game industry, they saw the importance of such things as online gameplay back on the Mega Drive generation (with the Mega Modem and the MegaNet), Saturn also had it, and the Dreamcast was the one to really show how it was going to play a large role on the game business. Phantasy Star Online was really the game that did it for me, and back when we still used dial-up connections, I remember how many nights awake so late to get the chepest rates for the phone connection (as well as not blocking the line for people calling in, etc.)... such indescribable memories and good times.
I feel proud of having lived through those experiences and watched how it developed from a rudimentary technology to the online play we see today that all new players take for granted. And at the front lines, Sega: a company who was always innovating and pushing the boundaries of game play, who was ultimately punished for having the right ideas at the wrong times (...and other hundreds of bad business decisions).
Well then, anyone up for a PSO match?