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Though the Dreamcast isn’t that old, it did spawn a ton of instant classic games. Jet Grind Radio, Shenmue, and Soul Caliber were all spectacular games for their times and remain so today. But there was only one game that let you live out your childhood fantasy. You know the fantasy I’m talking about…the one where you put some eggs in a tank, kill a squid and watch as those eggs explode from inside the squid carcass talking and had human faces and would carry on whole conversations with you before escaping to freedom. Really? I’m the only one? Come on, I’m not the only one who had that fantasy. Anyway, for those of you noncomformists who didn’t have that particular dream, Seaman for the Sega Dreamcast was still awesome. I don’t think there’s enough meat here for a full blown review, but I just want to acknowledge this game for trying to do something different and actually incorporating meaningful voice interaction. It was nice being able to use a microphone and not have to deal with 12 year olds telling me to go back to Africa.
For those unenlightened, here’s a clip of the game, courtesy of youtube user benstylus. It’s short, but..umm..weird?
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greg January 28th
haha seaman. such an nutty launch game.
ps. dreamcast FTW (homebrew too)
Eliot von Braun January 28th
I’ll second that “FTW” on the Dreamcast. That thing did everything short of making me breakfast, but I’m pretty sure I could play a breakfast minigame on my VMU.
Eric January 28th
I still have my Dreamcast…oh the memories…
Dionisio January 28th
I don’t know how meaningful the voice recognition was. Most of the time he’d repeat the same 4 or 5 lines no matter what I said or how loud/soft/nice/mean I said it.
But it was an awesome experience and that green foam blob on the microphone is still one of my favorite peripherals. And of course, Dreamcast FTW, and BFF while we’re at it!
MrSkinner January 29th
Seaman was the strangest gaming experience. My roommate thought I was crazy to enjoy having this virtual man-fish insult me all day.
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