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| Cover by The Sega Guru |
On the 23rd day of Christmas, Ian Micheal gave to the community... a Christmas collection for the Sega DC.
Ever since his work on the Sega Powered demo disc, homebrew extraordinaire Ian Micheal has really been experimenting with the idea of Dreamcast "collections" using the same UI. Around this time last year, he released the much anticipated (unofficial) Dreamcast version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, which featured a wide range of old-school Turtles games, ROM hacks, cartoon episodes, music, and more, to peruse and enjoy on your Dreamcast.
In October, Ian decided to put a seasonal twist on this concept with a Halloween collection, and now, in a similar vein, Ian has released a Christmas-themed collection for play on the Dreamcast, which he’s been teasing since the beginning of the month. There's so much packed onto it, I'm not even sure where to start...
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| He stares into your soul as he asks "have you been a good boy this year? HMM?!" |
Let's start with the games. This collection is chock full of Christmas-themed games to play, from the Europe/Australia exclusive Mega Drive title Daze Before Christmas, to the Home Alone games, to Christmas ROM hacks of Sonic, Mario, Pokémon and even Wolfenstein 3D! There's nothing quite like a festive spin on old favourites to get you in the mood for the season. Just don't let Santa know we shot him in the Wolfenstein mod…
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| The longer you look… |
But of course, the most important reason why you'd want to download and boot this collection up on your Dreamcast, is to hear Ian sing his own renditions of classic Christmas songs, such as Jingle Bells and Chris Rea's "Driving Home For Christmas", along with many others. This man really is multi-talented. Sadly, he didn't cover blink-182's "Happy Holidays, You Bastard" this time round, but let's hope he does that on a 2024 edition of this collection.
With interactive and musical delights covered, this collection wouldn't be complete without something to watch. How about the 1964 stop-motion classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? Well here it is, on your Dreamcast. Sorted, mate.
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| The ultimate Christmas question: are we listening to George Michael or Ian Micheal? |
3 comments:
Thank you, guys. It was a lot of work. Every single emulator and native port was optimized; there are no old junk versions. As far as AI art goes, of course I had to use this; there were no covers for any of the rom hacks, and I couldn't afford to hire artists for free work. Not all art is AI-generated; in this fact, on the main page, there was an artist who did some free work for me. Still with AI helping me with the art, it took me well over 100 hours to optimize and get working on a CDR.
Thanks for dropping by, Ian. This is excellent work as always. Thanks for everything you do and Merry Christmas!
Epic work as always, Ian. I saw the hard work that went into this, and it's releases like this that are just proof of how epic and alive the Dreamcast homebrew community are. Also, fantastic vocals. lmao.
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