In January, we asked the question: is 2025 the year of the Dreamcast port?
Yes. Yes it is. And undoubtedly the biggest force behind this trend is developer Jnmartin84, who has already brought extra-polished ports of both Doom 64 and Wipeout to the Sega Dreamcast. Now, as the Dreamcast community eagerly awaits the alpha release of his Mario Kart 64 port (which is apparently in its final bug-testing phase), Jnmartin has only gone and got another Nintendo 64 classic running on the system: Star Fox 64. Absolute mad lad.
I'm sure I don't need to explain what Nintendo's fifth-generation classic Star Fox 64 is — unless you're a European who entered a coma at the end of 1997, in which case, Lylat Wars is Star Fox 64. That trademark issue is no longer a thing. Oh yeah, and Sega's next console was called the Dreamcast... but it was a commercial failure, and it had issues with software piracy. But in a way that commercial failure is just one of many factors that still empower the passionate fan community to keep its legacy alive, and that piracy problem was actually what made homebrew development a lot more accessible than on other consoles of its era... Anyway, check out the footage below of Jnmartin84's impressive 48-hour Dreamcast StarFox 64 port.
UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLE!!!! While I've been working on fixing the last couple of bugs in the Mario Kart 64 DC port, getting us ready for the alpha release, jnmartin has gotten STAR FOX 64 up and running on the Sega Dreamcast in just two freaking days!?!?
— Falco Girgis (@falco_girgis) August 6, 2025
Sure, there are plenty of… pic.twitter.com/J3zgEK1sk7
So yeah, it's looking like Jnmartin84 has firmly set his sights on StarFox 64. This means that once his Mario Kart 64 port finally releases publicly in the coming weeks (or likely days, at the speed he works), work will then begin on porting Star Fox 64. And just like his previous porting projects, we can expect another top-notch job.
What do you think of all these ports to the Dreamcast? Let us know in the comments below or on our socials!
6 comments:
Finally, a competitor to Geist Force
Oh look...Falco...working on everything but Elysian Shadows...
Oh look, once again, I'm not even working on this port. Haven't lifted a finger for this port, and am simply supporting another developer's work, and here you are bitching about it with no idea wtf you're even talking about.
Well I know i didnt get my limited edition elysian shadows I paid $140 for.
Well I do not have an opinion on this, or I have it, but I don't have any part on that touchy subject. I just want to say I like the DCJYmore when it's free of bad JuJu.
Please can we have some sanity for a second? This project is by Jnmartin84, who has no association with the Elysian Shadows Kickstarter. Falco shared a clip of it which I’ve embedded in the post so people could see the gameplay.
Yes, these big Dreamcast homebrew projects are often promoted by Falco and occasionally he will lend some technical assistance (See the GTA porting projects, for example). This is most likely going to be the case with some of them going forward. We still want to report on exciting new homebrew projects for Dreamcast like we’ve always done at DCJY, especially when it’s highly likely they’re actually going to see the light of day.
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