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Most Dreamcast Online Servers Halted

Posted by simoniker on from the end-of-an-era dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the official Sega announcement that most of their Dreamcast game servers will be shut down starting this month. According to the site, "Effective June 2003, the only Dreamcast titles that Sega will continue to support online are Phantasy Star Online and Phantasy Star Online ver. 2. No other Dreamcast titles will be playable online after this time." This means that titles such as Alien Front Online (which pre-dated Xbox Live with a headset feature), the Sega Sports titles, Quake III, and even the classy Chu Chu Rocket will no longer be online-compatible, admittedly long after their prime. Perhaps someone could find a homebrew solution?

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  1. Perhaps? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm sure someone has already created the solution and ported it to NetBSD along with the code for the new homebrew poop analyzer that can run on nothing but the Dreamcast controller tied to a bumper.

  2. Re:THE Real question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who the fuck cares what you fucking think!