Last week, I mentioned that I was reviving my Sega Dreamcast and hooking it back up. Over last weekend, I got my VGA adapter for the Dreamcast, and it is sweet. I hooked my Dreamcast up to a 19″ Philips CRT monitor. The monitor has a really nice dot-pitch and very good colors. For audio, I hooked the Dreamcast up to my Logitech 5.1 surround sound speakers that are in my basement, which I use on Sunday’s for gaming.

The graphics of the games on the monitor are quite nice, and a step up from playing on the TV. Granted, I have had to give up some screen size, but for single play it is just fine. I played Soul Caliber and was quite impressed on how smooth the characters looked. Now this is not an upgrade or overhaul to the graphics system; its the same DS graphics, but the polygon edges are smoother and not so pronounced.

Since the weekend, I have been playing a lot of Soul Caliber and Power Stone. I have also played some Hydro Thunder, which is a blast with the subwoofer, right next t me. Last night, I had two of my friends over and we played some Armada. I have not played it in years, but our old characters were on the VMU’s so we dusted them off and got playing for a bit.

I am also on the lookout for more games, and have been going through eBay and Half.com looking for deals. I have had some successes and will be making some purcheses next week. My current list of must-have games are:

1. Gauntlet Legends
2. Marvel vs. Capcom
3. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
4. Dead or Alive 2
5. Power Stone 2

As you can see, I am a big fan of fighting games.

That’s all for now. Check the site out on Friday for an article on Gaming. Specifically, all about my Writing Cycle, and how it has helped me to get my session notes written for the past two years.