Developed by Reality Jump (a team made up of Luke Benstead and Dave Reichelt), Driving Strikers is a 3D action-sports game where up to four players zoom around an arena in cars playing a giant game of football. The gameplay has obviously drawn comparisons to Rocket league, although the perspective is top-down rather than following your car from behind. Also Rocket League can't go online on the Dreamcast, so sucks to be that game.
Anyhow, considering Luke developed DreamPi, a popular means to get your Dreamcast online, it was only natural that one of the games he'd eventually go onto develop would include online play. You will be able to enjoy Driving Strikers' gameplay in person or over the internet with full modem and broadband adapter compatibility. It also supports cross-play between Dreamcast, Windows, and even Linux!
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Wave Game Studios are in charge of Driving Strikers’ physical release, and as we've always said here at the Junkyard, their quality is consistent and can be trusted. Now up for pre-order, the release is available in three styles, all indicative of official Dreamcast box styles: European blue, American white and Japanese orange. A cool addition from Wave on the game’s artwork is the "online gaming" banner and "online multiplayer" oval as seen on original European and American Dreamcast releases, respectively.
For a limited time, the game is being sold for an early-bird price of £19.99 (full price £29.99), so go grab it at this cut price while you still can from the Wave Game Studios store! There is also a digital version available for those who are rocking an ODE like GDEMU in their Dreamcast.
If you're interested in learning more about Driving Strikers' development, give our interview with Luke Benstead a read. Also, if you've stumbled upon this article and are asking "What? You can play the Dreamcast online in 2023?", check out Dreamcast Live's connection guide to get started!
Are you excited for Driving Strikers? Will you be playing it online when it's released? Let us know in the comments below or via one of our many social media channels.
6 comments:
Any word on a digital edition? My Dreamcast stopped being able to read discs a while ago. Also curious on how the versions for other platforms will be offered.
@Doug - just updated the article with links to the digital version.
Great news! Unfortunately it's quite hard to get a hand on these dreampis these days:(
Excellent! Count me in for a physical pre-order.
Just placed my preorder!
for anyone worried that they won't be able to get there dreamcast online, a LAN wifi adapter can be used for online, all you have to do is get a LAN wifi adapter from amazon (ill link one) and a LAN cable, plug into your wall then your dreamcast (or it can also work with Original Xbox) then you're good to go for when the game drops, have fun everyone!
https://www.amazon.com/Extender-3000sq-ft-Wireless-Amplifier-Compatible/dp/B0BL2D5DWY/ref=asc_df_B0BL2D5DWY/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=633001802341&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15516269459073745515&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016882&hvtargid=pla-1918663665092&th=1
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