Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast

Into the Aether VI: The Sega Dreamcast

Aug 2, 2023

05:19:52

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Into the Aether: A Low Key Video Game Podcast

5min

The History of the Dreamcast

2min

The Dreamcast: The Best Console Ever

4min

The Rise and Fall of the Dreamcast

2min

Dreamcast Vibes

4min

The Three Corners of the Dreamcast

2min

The Dreamcast: An Emotionally Fruitful Experience

2min

The Importance of Playing Short Games

4min

10.

The Best Games for the Dreamcast

2min

11.

The Year Is 1999

2min

12.

House of the Dead 2: The First Game

2min

13.

House of the Dead 2

5min

14.

The Death of a Demon

2min

15.

Hydro Thunder: A Great Arcade Home Experience

3min

16.

The Best Games on the Dreamcast

3min

17.

Hydro Thunder: The Best Racing Game on the Dreamcast

2min

18.

The Best Racing Games of All Time

3min

19.

Soul Caliber 1: The Best Fighting Game Ever

2min

20.

Slocalibur 1: A Review

4min

21.

The Best Game on the GameCube

2min

22.

Mortal Kombat: The Single Player Game

2min

23.

Soul Calibur: The Year 2000

2min

24.

The Coolest Game on the Dreamcast

3min

25.

How to Have Fun With System Landing Pages

2min

26.

Mr. Driller: A Puzzle Game

3min

27.

Cannon Spike

1min

28.

Cannon Spike: A Game That Feels Like a Fake Game

3min

29.

Cannon Spike: A Treasure Game

2min

30.

Grandia to and Skys of Arcadia: The Best RPG on the Dream Cast

2min

31.

The Edge Lord's Final Fantasy 10

4min

32.

Grandi One Is a Great RPG With a Sense of Adventure

2min

33.

The Dream Cast: A Guide to Fighting Games

2min

34.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: A Fighting Game

2min

35.

Street Fighter 6: The Best Game Ever

2min

36.

The Best Fighting Games of All Time

2min

37.

Sky's of Arcadia

2min

38.

Grandia on the Switch: A Review

2min

39.

How to Play C-Man on the Dreamcast

3min

40.

The Nautilus: A Fun Mini Game

3min

41.

Sea Man: A Game That I'm Really Excited to Try Again

2min

42.

Leonard Nimoy and the Baby Game

2min

43.

The Immortality of Sea Man

3min

44.

C-Man: A Must Play Game

4min

45.

Shenmue: A Hard Game to Recommend

2min

46.

Shenmue 1: A Review

2min

47.

Shenmue 3: A Revenge Story

4min

48.

Shenmue One: A Travel Story

4min

49.

Shenmue: The Best Open World Game Ever

4min

50.

Shenmue: A D&D Experience

2min

51.

How to Play Red Dead 2 and Shenmue

3min

52.

Shenmue 1 and 2

2min

53.

How to Play Cannon Spike and Power Stone With the J

2min

54.

The Differences Between Power Stone One and Power Stone Two

2min

55.

The Chaos of Power Stone 2

2min

56.

Power Stone: The Unhinged Experience

3min

57.

Power Stones 2: A Multiverse Fighting Game

3min

58.

The Best Fighting Games of All Time

3min

59.

Resident Evil 2 3 and Code Veronica

3min

60.

The Dream Test: D2

2min

61.

Legacy of Kane Soul Raaver

3min

62.

The Legacy of K

2min

63.

Frogger to Swampy's Revenge

4min

64.

Frogger 2 Swampy's Revenge

2min

65.

The Positives of Dettor Alive 2

2min

66.

Dead or Alive: A Review

3min

67.

Dead or Alive 6: The Last One That's on the Line

2min

68.

Koei Tecmo's Street Fighter 6

2min

69.

Dreamcast Vampires: A Game Review

4min

70.

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2: A Dreamcast Review

2min

71.

Street Fighter 3: Third Strike

2min

72.

The Importance of Parry in Street Fighter 3

3min

73.

Capcom's Tech Romance Game

2min

74.

The Rise of Tech Romancer on the DS

2min

75.

The Lost Levels of Resident Evil

2min

76.

Nemesis: The First Resident Evil

4min

77.

Resident Evil: Calvronica X

2min

78.

The Dream Cast and the Rise of CD Burners

3min

79.

The Legacy of the Dream Cast

2min

80.

The Dream Cast: A Guide to 2001 Games

3min

81.

Street Fighter Five: A Game of Life

3min

82.

The Importance of Playing Fantasy Star Online

2min

83.

The Adventures of Fanny Sister Online

2min

84.

The Dream Cast: A Game for the PC

2min

85.

Tennis RPG Review

2min

86.

Virtual Tennis 2: A Modern Game

2min

87.

The Ultimate Multiplayer Bomberman

2min

88.

Bomberman 64: The Ultimate Multiplayer Experience

2min

89.

Hydro Thunder: The First Game

2min

90.

18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker: A Game You Shouldn't Play

2min

91.

The Last of Us: A Remake

2min

92.

Sonic Adventure 2 on the Xbox Series Is Not the Way to Play It

2min

93.

Sonic Adventure Two: A Review

3min

94.

The Sound of the Hedgehog: A Review

2min

95.

Sonic Adventure to Battle

2min

96.

The Rise and Fall of the Dream Cast

3min

97.

Shenmoo: The Dreamcast

5min

98.

The End Game of Shambu 3

2min

99.

How to Write a Good Story for Shenmu

3min

100.

Shenmue 2: A Review

2min

101.

Iqaruga: A Summer Game

2min

102.

How to Play Dark Bullets: The Final Boss

2min

103.

Near Automata: A Review

2min

104.

Space Channel Five: Part 2

2min

105.

Space Channel 5: Part 2

2min

106.

Res Killer Killer: A Rail Shooter

2min

107.

Reza: A Game That You Shouldn't Miss

6min

108.

Reza's: The Best Game on the Dreamcast

3min

109.

The Top 5 Honorable Mentions for the Dreamcast

2min

110.

Nappletale: A Platformer for the Dead and Alive

3min

111.

Egg Is in Is a Scramble of Brendan

2min

112.

Echo the Dolphin Defender of the Future

2min

113.

Echo the Dolphin Defender of the Future

2min

114.

Chichu Rocket: A Classic Puzzle Game

2min

115.

The Best Games of All Time

4min

116.

The Best Fighting Games of 2018

2min

117.

Shen Moo and Skys of Raadadia

2min

118.

The Best Dream Cast Games Ever

2min

119.

The Importance of the Prism in Cman

2min

120.

The Top 5 Games That Don't Work for Me

2min

121.

The Joy of Soul Caliper

2min

122.

The Dream Cast

2min

123.

The Importance of Dream Casts in RPGs

2min

124.

Skys of Arkadia: A Game Cube Version

2min

125.

The Dream Cast: Season Two

3min

126.

The Five Favorite T-P-S Games of the a-Thir

2min

127.

Shenmu and C-Man: A Comparison

2min

128.

C-Man and Cenmu: A Battle for Souls and Swords

2min

129.

The Modded Dream Cast

3min

130.

How to Win a Dream Cast

2min

131.

The Changes in Castland Online

2min

132.

Final Fantasy 16: No Dreamcast Energy Zero Percent

2min

133.

The Break Starts Now

2min

134.

The Worst Coverage, the Hard Money

2min

It's finally here! After a summer break and over one-hundred games, Into the Aether returns for season six with a retrospective on the Sega Dreamcast library! Stephen and Brendon report back with a list of the 30 must-play games for the console in a discussion with producer AJ Fillari before drilling down and creating an ITA Top 5.

Thank you all for indulging us after our vacation, but we're so excited to be back!

You can find the full list of games discussed here: https://www.backloggd.com/u/brendonbigley/list/into-the-aether-the-sega-dreamcast-must-play-list/
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Intro
(02:04) - Welcome to Into the Aether!
(15:02) - Quantifying "Dreamcast Vibes"
(20:05) - And I'm Brendon BIgley
(20:11) - The thing about the Dreamcast
(25:38) - How the episode is gonna go
(29:12) - It's 1999
(29:43) - The House of the Dead 2
(39:40) - Hydro Thunder
(46:41) - Soul Caliber
(58:42) - Happy Y2K
(01:03:38) - Mr. Driller
(01:08:03) - Cannon Spike
(01:14:49) - Grandia 2
(01:21:10) - Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
(01:27:47) - Skies of Arcadia
(01:34:08) - Seaman
(01:49:18) - Shenmue
(02:11:59) - The Virtua RPG
(02:14:59) - 2000 (continued)
(02:16:02) - Power Stone 2
(02:23:50) - Capcom vs SNK 2: Mark of the Millenium 2001
(02:26:31) - D2
(02:34:35) - Legacy of Kain: Soulreaver
(02:39:01) - Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge
(02:44:57) - Dead or Alive 2
(02:53:19) - Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio)
(02:59:26) - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
(03:05:03) - Techromancer
(03:07:55) - Resident Evil: Code Veronica
(03:16:23) - 2000 AND 1???
(03:16:44) - Reiterating why the Dreamcast collapsed
(03:19:58) - Project Justice
(03:25:15) - Phantasy Star ONLINE
(03:29:42) - Virtua Tennis 2
(03:35:11) - Bomberman Online
(03:39:13) - 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker
(03:41:47) - Putting a little bit of respect on Crazy Taxi
(03:42:24) - 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker
(03:42:42) - The Last of Our 2001 Games
(03:42:45) - The Last of Us???
(03:43:09) - Sonic Adventure 2
(03:54:36) - Rest in Peace Dreamcast (there are still games coming out tho)
(03:56:44) - Shenmue 2
(04:09:11) - Ikaruga
(04:14:10) - Space Channel 5 Part 2
(04:18:05) - ReZ
(04:29:30) - Mentioning (Honorably)
(04:30:02) - Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream
(04:32:19) - Air Force Delta
(04:33:02) - Mars Matrix
(04:33:32) - Elemental Gimmick Gear (EGG)
(04:35:51) - Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
(04:38:15) - ChuChu Rocket
(04:39:19) - Sega Bass Fishing
(04:39:33) - Dino Crisis
(04:39:57) - Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, come on
(04:40:00) - Star Wars Jedi Power Battles
(04:40:26) - Spider-man
(04:42:14) - That's it!
(04:42:55) - We did it
(04:43:14) - This is now when we do a top 5
(04:58:46) - Making the Aether Top 5
(05:03:52) - Testing the list
(05:06:49) - The Aether Top 5 Best Video Games for the Sega Dreamcast
(05:07:18) - Wrapping up

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