Poll of the Day > Dreamcast vs. Gamecube

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Both are praised in a somewhat similar way, both were 6th gen systems made by long-time hardware giants that underperformed...
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I love my Dreamcast. One of my all-time favorite consoles. But it was killed off by its creators before its time, and many of its best titles ended up on the Game Cube. :-P So I have to vote for the Game Cube here.
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Gamecube wins. DC had the innovation, but the gamecube had more enjoyable games, as well as a much more comfortable controller.

haha wow
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Dreamcast

You could play SNES games on it, not even the GC had that -_-
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As I recall, there were precisely two games worth playing on the Gamecube that weren't available on other systems.

Then again, I can't think of any Dreamcast exclusive games I can remember caring about at all, so I guess the Gamecube wins by default?

Either way, I'd still take the PS2 and Xbox over both.


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JixHedgehog posted...

Dreamcast

You could play SNES games on it, not even the GC had that -_-

That's your reason for Dreamcast being better? Lmao

ParanoidObsessive posted...

As I recall, there were precisely two games worth playing on the Gamecube that weren't available on other systems.

Then again, I can't think of any Dreamcast exclusive games I can remember caring about at all, so I guess the Gamecube wins by default?

Either way, I'd still take the PS2 and Xbox over both.

Smash Bros melee
Eternal darkness
Baten Kaitos 1+2

There is 4 that are exclusive that I thought of in a few seconds. There is more than 2 games exclusive worth playing on the cube.. lol.

Love both systems but Cube is better overall.

Doesn't the Cube have a few noteworthy Dreamcast ports?

Gamecube got nearly all of DC's best games (the Sonic Adventure titles, Phantasy Star Online, Skies of Arcadia, Crazy Taxi, etc.), often with extra/expanded features, plus an amazing library of its own (SSBM, Metroid Prime and its sequel, Rogue Leader, F-Zero GX, Tales of Symphonia, Animal Crossing, the Baten Kaitos games...) - it is, IMO, the best non-handheld Nintendo console other than the SNES.

I love the DC to death, but this isn't even a contest. Gamecube wins hands down.
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The Gamecube by far. It ran better and had a better selection.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

As I recall, there were precisely two games worth playing on the Gamecube that weren't available on other systems.

However, the GC *also* had the superior versions of many of the games available on those other systems.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

As I recall, there were precisely two games worth playing on the Gamecube that weren't available on other systems.

Then again, I can't think of any Dreamcast exclusive games I can remember caring about at all, so I guess the Gamecube wins by default?

Either way, I'd still take the PS2 and Xbox over both.

Ssbm
Paper Mario
Super Mario sunshine
Mario party
Final fantasy crystal chronicles
Pikmin
Animal crossing
Warioworld
Fzero
Mario golf
Mario kart
Warioware
Donkey konga

The GC has got the WWE: DoR games, which were my favorite wrestling games. Unbalanced, but fun. (Load times for the campaign were garbage, though.)
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Zeus posted...

The GC has got the WWE: DoR games, which were my favorite wrestling games. Unbalanced, but fun. (Load times for the campaign were garbage, though.)

I liked wrestlemania 18 & 19 more, even though I know that is a very unpopular opinion

Never managed to find a Dreamcast. However it has a number of exclusives I'd love to play. I only ever got to play some of the ports.

Own a Gamecube, and while not a perfect system, it also had some good games.
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xjayguyx posted...

JixHedgehog posted...

Dreamcast

You could play SNES games on it, not even the GC had that -_-

That's your reason for Dreamcast being better? Lmao

It's not without merit. That may seem quaint at this point, but almost 2 decades ago it was kind of a big deal.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Either way, I'd still take the PS2 and Xbox over both.

Considering how Xbox is based on the dreamcast from Microsoft's buyout, making it the spiritual successor, that's hardly surprising.
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xjayguyx posted...

There is 4 that are exclusive that I thought of in a few seconds.

And three of them don't count.



MICHALECOLE posted...

Ssbm
Paper Mario
Super Mario sunshine
Mario party
Final fantasy crystal chronicles
Pikmin
Animal crossing
Warioworld
Fzero
Mario golf
Mario kart
Warioware
Donkey konga

Thanks for proving my point.


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tHaNkS fOr PrOvInG mY pOiNt

po isn't a normal human being, don't try to tell him games are good because he doesn't like anything
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GameCube.
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I say dreamcast. Game cube has more games with its life, but dreamcast is still getting games. In fact, I could be wrong about game count if you count everything.
The only reason I'd choose Nintendo in this one is to play games dreamcast didn't get, but I could do that with a ps2 and have a better time, so I won't.

I think maybe comparing controllers could be interesting. I know people love the game cube controller, but it i was unimpressed.
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