Happy 12TH Birthday DREAMCAST

OH Sega Dreamcast, How I love you! Back in 1999 I remember proudly walking to the mall in the rain to pre-order you from KB Toys. You were the best system after NES that I've ever, and still do, owned. You were the First of the generation, and honestly the best in my opinion. You beat the PS2, Gamecube, and the Xbox to Market. You also were the first console to have online play, by the built in 56k modem. I only wish it would have lasted a little longer.



Your Launch titles were freaking awesome too. I remember being thrilled at Sonic Adventure, Hydro Thunder, Crazy Taxi, Ready to Rumble Boxing, and Many others. The Fighting freak in me was Super excited for Arcade Perfect ports of PowerStone, Soul Calibur, and Marvel vs. Capcom. I wasn't even a huge fan of sports games, But I got all the 2K series, and played them a lot! Don't even get me started on Skies of Arcadia, or Jet Set Radio!

With support from Midway, Capcom, Eidos, Sega themselves and Many others, I don't see why your life was so short. Sega had a hit, and was making bank though. But I guess some bigshot at Sega wanted to focus on Software only, so you died a little pre-maturely.

So, may you have a Happy Birthday Sega Dreamcast! You may no longer be produced or supported, but to steal a line from one of your Launch titles:

"THE SOUL STILL BURNS!"

FINAL FIGHT

In Metro City a new Mayor is taking office on the platform of getting rid of crime. However, the Mad Gears, don't think so. They have stolen the Mayor's Daughter, Jessica and it's up to the Mayor Mike Haggar, her Boyfriend Cody Tavers and A Bushin-ryu master named Guy to save her from their evil Clutches!

It's Beat-em-up game time!



Originally Conceived as the next Street Fighter, tentatively titled "Street Fighter '89", This Coin-op game is rather fun. After some Internal testing they found it was nothing like the original Street Fighter at all, however it is closely tied to Capcom's history.

So after making it a Sidescrolling Beat-em-up in the vien of Double Dragon, or Golden Axe, or even Battle Toads... They created a NEW Franchise. The Sequels However, were Made for Consoles Only, and are just as good as the first. They also used the sequels to introduce new characters to the series.



However there was some Controversy. Mainly it involved the Female Characters Roxy and Poison. In Some cases They were edited to become Males, in other cases the Sprites were edited to have their clothes not be so revealing.



Also another Controversial thing about Final Fight is Poison is a Transsexual.

The picture above this sentence is that of a man.... Posion Also Appears in Street Fighter III as Hugo's Manager.

Other characters also showed up into Capcom's storied Street Fighter Alpha Series. Sodom, Rolento, Cody, and Guy are all available for play in Street Fighter Alpha3. Also Hugo is in Street Fighter III. Hugo is the archetype of the Andore/Andore Jr. Characters, and Rolento and Sodom are bosses from Final Fight.


According to The storyline Cody kept on fighting long after the Mad Gear were driven out of Metro City so he got arrested. He now fights dirty. He first appeared that way in Street Fighter Alpha 3. Cody is one of the NEW featured characters in Super Street Fighter IV as well.


Guy is a Bushin-Ryu ninja. He is slightly weaker than Cody, But is a lot faster and more agile. He hasn't changed to much from his original appearance but he does have some new moves. I also like the way he looks. The design is pretty good, inm my opinion. Always calm and collected he strikes with great accuracy. He is Also one of the Featured new characters in Super Street Fighter IV. He's also a personal fave from Alpha3.



Mike Hagger ... what to say about that guy. He's CLEARLY the strongest character in the game. However he is slow and relies a lot on grapples. He is a former wrestler, ya know. He also has a spinning lariat move which Zangief from Street Fighter also has.



So If you have XboxLive, or PSN Please go Download Final Fight:Double Impact. It's the best version of the game... and you get the bonus game Magic Sword, which is also a classic.