Cast your mind back to the dawn of the new millennium. Like everyone else, you were probably still happy enough renting VHS video tapes, but at the same time were also covetously envious of those shiny new (and expensive) DVD players displayed prominently in the high street stores. You were keen to kickstart your foray into the digital video future, and even though Sony was promising to deliver DVD to the masses with its looming PS2 juggernaut, your blood bleeds blue and your loyalty to Sega and the Dreamcast could not be shaken. But what to do?
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You had heard rumours of a video card for your venerable Sega Saturn but you could never find one. Whispers from the orient described some strange voodoo witchcraft involving burning movies to CD-ROM, but after you endured the interminable age that it took to download the file over your 33.6k dial-up modem on your Windows 98 machine, the experience was underwhelming. Watching a movie on your 13" CRT monitor just didn't have the right pop-corn munching vibe.
Doesn't look much like a home theatre system, does it? |
And then something miraculous happened. The Dreamcast security had been cracked wide open via the ill conceived MIL-CD format, the official Dreamcast sofdec movie creator had been leaked from the Dreamcast Software Development Kit, and a small community sprung up overnight, turning the latest movie releases into Dreamcast Video discs for you to play on your favourite white box of tricks. You could hook these bad boys up to your massive 50cm old school 4:3 TV, placed in prime position in front of your second-hand, threadbare, loose-springed couch you salvaged off the side of the road in the summer of '98.
The stories that couch could tell... |
As always, all good things must come to an end. As DVD players and DVDs became cheaper and more common place, there wasn't really any need for the Dreamcast Video community to keep going, so it just faded away into the land of fond memories and rebellious youth....
Until today. FuZzCasT has picked up the ball dropped by these communities of yore and rekindled the old Dreamcast Video spirit. You can download the latest releases and a fine selection of classics to watch in glorious widescreen 480p on your beloved Dreamcast, just like how you remember.
What's 2160p Ultra HD? Netflix? Never heard of it. |
Here is a list of all the FuZzCastT releases to date. In order to avoid being accused of supporting video piracy, each movie is accompanied by a choice selection of quotes to discourage you from downloading any of them. That should keep the Feds off our backs.
Screw the Feds, I'm more worried about the Phantom. He's been holding a grudge against pirates for over 400 years. |
Blade: Trinity (2004) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 3 Dec 2017
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The Matrix Revolutions (2003) 4 Disc, self-boot .cdi Widescreen (16:9) Released: 28 Nov 2017
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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2014) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Widescreen (16:9) Released: 22 Nov 2017
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Inception (2010) 4 Disc, self-boot .cdi Widescreen (16:9) Released: 15 Nov 2017
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Constantine (2005) 3 Disc, self-boot .cdi Widescreen (16:9) Released: 6 Nov 2017
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Widescreen (16:9) Released: 4 Nov 2017
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Jumanji (1995) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 3 Nov 2017
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The Social Network (2010) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 2 Nov 2017
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Sucker Punch (2011) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 2 Nov 2017
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Robocop 2 (1990) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 1 Nov 2017
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Doom (2005)
2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 30 Oct 2017
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Movie (1995) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 28 Oct 2017
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Her (2013) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 28 Oct 2017
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Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 27 Oct 2017
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I, Robot (2004) 4 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Waking Life (2001) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) 1 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) 4 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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The Matrix (1999) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Space Jam (1996) 1 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) 1 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1996) 1 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) 4 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Pure Pwnage (2016) SD card self-boot .iso Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Johnny Mnemonic (1995) SD card, self-boot .iso Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Hackers (1995) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Ghost in the Shell (2017) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Elfen Lied (2004) 6 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Death Note (2017) 4 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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8 Mile (2002) 2 Disc, self-boot .cdi Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) SD card, self-boot .iso Released: 26 Oct 2017
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Beyond these filmic treats, FuZzCasT has a number of documentaries and music concerts available as well. One of the most interesting of these miscellany is a video of gameplay footage covering the main story from this year's Sonic game - Sonic Forces. So that means you can kind of technically "play" Sonic Forces on your Dreamcast now, which is nice.
Sonic Forces (2017) 5 Disc, self-boot .cdi Widescreen (16:9)
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Want to know more about the Dreamcast Video saga, then peruse some of our previous articles on the subject:
- Zombies and the Dreamcast. A perfect match (October 2009)
- Bonus Feature: The Corpse Bride – Deleted Scenes (June 2015)
- An Open Letter To Discotek Media (December 2015)
- IO SATVRNALIA, er... I mean Dreamcastalia? (December 2015)
- Resurrecting DcVD: Dreamcast Video Disc (October 2016)
- DVD Support Heading To Dreamcast (December 2017)
5 comments:
Shenmue the movie please :D
Funny as hell, the movie comments are priceless.Also wonderful article
Hahaha! Outstanding. Definitely searching for some of these XD
Looks like a great way to wear out your laser not playing games lmfao. But if I could get those files on my USBGDROM that would be hilarious...
Great little Phantom reference there. I posted an article about it with link back to the DCJY on my Phantom fan site - https://goo.gl/hKvF7K
Great stuff, guys! :D
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