The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod

Oct 28 2024 141 ep. 71 mins 1.1k
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This is the DreamPod - a podcast produced by The Dreamcast Junkyard focusing on all aspects of Sega Dreamcast culture, collecting and the community. Join your hosts as they discuss varied topics surrounding Sega's final console, and inevitably get side-tracked by other gaming news.

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Episode 135: Dreamy or Screamy? (Halloween Special)

Oct 28 2024 102 mins  
It's Halloween once again, and the DreamPod is coming out in full force with some terrifying takes as they resurrect a beloved format - this is Heaven and Hell, Part 3, complete with a brand new spooky subtitle of "Dreamy or Screamy?"If you haven't heard the first and second Heaven and Hell episodes from 2020, it's a format where our panel each pick a game they consider their idea

Episode 134: 25 Years of the Blue Swirl (a European/PAL Dreamcast Launch Retrospective)

Oct 13 2024 100 mins  
This episode was as inevitable as a blue Dreamcast case with its hinges broken off. Of course the Junkyard was going to record an episode to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the SEGA Dreamcast's October 14th 1999 launch in PAL regions! Blue swirl for life, mate. In fact, celebrating this occasion was so important that we even managed to convince Junkyard founder Tom Charnock to em

Episode 133: North American Launch 25 Year Anniversary Special (feat. Stop Skeletons from Fighting & more!)

Sep 08 2024 116 mins  
It's been 25 years since that iconic date of 9.9.99 - the North American launch of SEGA's final home console, the Dreamcast. Regular hosts Brian and Lewis are joined by special guests Derek Alexander (of the excellent Stop Skeletons from Fighting YouTube channel), and Brian's fiancé Katie, to hear them recount their earliest memories of owning the Dreamcast, and which games stood

Episode 132: Grand Theft Autumn (Fall Dreamcast News Round-Up)

Aug 29 2024 76 mins  
As summer turns to fall, Dreamcast still remains the fairest console of them all. Not sure why we started this description with some weird fairy tale incantation, but magic is definitely in the air for our favourite SEGA console, and we have a lot of Dreamcast news to catch you up on! From new indies, to translations, to an abundance of homebrew ports - including the incredibly exc

Episode 131: Phantasy Star Online Special

Jun 26 2024 81 mins  
You are now dialled in to a brand new DreamPod special on the Dreamcast's ultimate multiplayer killer app: Phantasy Star Online, or - in Lozz's words - "the greatest f***ing game in the world. Period." Back in 2001, PSO broke new ground by bringing an online RPG experience to console, but did you know that you can still play PSO online on your Dreamcast in 2024?Assembled in The Dre

Episode 130: Miguel, My Belle (Spring Dreamcast News Round-Up)

May 10 2024 109 mins  
Lewis is joined by Harvey (aka Pizza Hotline), Mike Rogers (aka MikeRox) and Derek Pascarella to round-up all the Dreamcast hardware and software developments that have been happening in the last few months. Listen in as 3/4s of the panel get handheld through technical discussions, and tales are told about smoking Hello Kitty Dreamcasts, fantasy creature uncles, and fresh-faced Bea

Episode 129: SEGA SATURN, SHIRO!

Mar 15 2024 133 mins  
In the most exciting crossover since Jay-Z and Linkin Park did Collision Course, Brian and Lewis are joined by two stalwarts of both the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast community: SaturnDave and Patrick (TraynoCo) of SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! SHIRO! originally started in 2017 as a podcast dedicated to the Saturn, but has since grown into a website, YouTube channel and community dedicated to sp

Episode 128: The Top 25 Dreamcast Indie Games

Feb 25 2024 111 mins  
At the beginning of the year, we put the call out to the community to vote for their favourite indie releases for the Sega Dreamcast, and, as always, you have all responded in a big way, with more than double the amount of participants than the last time we did this vote way back in 2016. Well, we've now counted up all your votes, and can finally reveal the results of the 2024 Top

Episode 127: Dream News with Extra Pizza

Feb 03 2024 85 mins  
In the first DreamPod episode of 2024, James, Lozz and Lewis are joined by brand new Junkyarder Harvey (aka Pizza Hotline) to bring you a roundup of the most exciting things coming out of the Dreamcast scene!News discussed:New Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi games Octopus Dreamcast Compatible Arcade Fight StickRetro Fighters StrikerDC wireless controllerFan-made Dreamcast miniWoody Wo

Episode 126: Nick Thorpe, Features Editor for Retro Gamer Magazine

Dec 20 2023 78 mins  
On this episode, Kev and Lewis are joined by Nick Thorpe - the features editor for the excellent Retro Gamer magazine - to chat all about his career and the brand new issue 254, a Dreamcast special of the mag that releases today on the 21st of December. They also dig deep into Nick's passion for the Dreamcast, meeting the likes of Yu Suzuki, Yuji Naka and Kenji Kanno, and take a tr