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12-06-2007, 07:45 PM
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| Watches the Watchmen  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dallas
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| Dreamcast 2? Maybe... I loved my Dreamcast, it was too far ahead of it's time... Dreamcast 2 in the works? - VideoGamer.com SEGA Corporation has filed a new application to protect the trademark Dreamcast - sparking rumours that the Japanese publisher is planning on making a shock return to the console manufacturing market with the Dreamcast 2. The application, sent to the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) dated August 13 2007, relates to: "Home video game machines; player-operated electronic controllers for electronic video game machines; video game interactive controller, namely, hand held pads, and floor pads or mats; joysticks for video games; computer cursor control devices, namely, computer mouse; flash memory cards; video game software, computer game programs". Web chatter suggests the proof is in the detail of the application - the original Dreamcast didn't have a floor mat accessory and the Dreamcast's Visual Memory Unit (VMU) is far from the flash memory cards we know and use today - although we'd say that the VMU is pretty similar to the modern day memory cards. The filing could, of course, simply be a further effort from SEGA to protect the Dreamcast name. According to the USPTO the original Dreamcast trademark is still active. However, the two descriptions are very different. You can see the original trademark description here. We've contacted SEGA UK for comment. We'll update you on this potentially megaton story as we get it.
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12-06-2007, 07:59 PM
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12-06-2007, 08:16 PM
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| Needs food badly Join Date: Feb 2005
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+6 Internets | Considering how Swiss-cheese the industry is right now with SONY stumbling, Nintendo taking a different route, and Microsoft content to hoard the FPS/Sports gamers, I think there could be a niche for SEGA to jump back into the game. It would be fuck-all difficult, but there's hope. |
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12-06-2007, 10:25 PM
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| Fires of Heaven Officer  Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Washington
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+17 Internets | Well, Bioware does have that Sonic RPG license... maybe that won't suck. Alright, it's probably going to totally suck. Where are you real Sonic game that isn't full of bullshit mechanics like the latest Wii one?
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12-06-2007, 10:51 PM
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| Memento mori.  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Riverside, Ca
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| Has Sega learned the lesssons it needs to compete? Probably not. But with the current state of the market they have a shot. The Dreamcast was nearly perfect for its time. It was a sad and rainy day when Sega stopped supporting it. |
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12-06-2007, 11:40 PM
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| Thizzelle Washington  Join Date: May 2002 Location: Central Valley, Cali
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+1 Internets  | FIrst time i got a test of sports online gaming with the NFL2k franchise. I been hooked ever since. Crazy Taxi owned as well. My whole family used to play that damned game. |
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12-07-2007, 01:31 AM
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| Hurrah for happenstance.  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Harvard IL
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| We still have epic Project Justice duels on the ole' Dreamcast. And Ikaruga, lots of Ikaruga. Thinking back on it, the Dreamcast really did just pwn the PS1 all over the place, even the PS2 a lot of the time graphics wise, shame it failed so badly. Crazy Taxi/Jet Grind Radio/Soul Calibur/Project Justice/Dynamite Deka 2 were all fucking fantastic games, not to mention the plethora of shooters and 2d fighters it had. I am so bringing my Dreamcast and folder of like 300 games to school next semester.
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