The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod – Details, episodes & analysis

It’s been 25 years since Shenmue — the Sega Dreamcast's iconic killer app — first arrived in the West. To celebrate, Brian and Lewis are joined by special guests Matt Oliver of the Shenmue Dojo and KC from The Sega Lounge for a deep, heartfelt discussion about Yu Suzuki's magnum opus. They reflect on their personal histories with Shenmue, delve into Matt’s work with the Shenmue Dojo, explore Shenmue's lasting impact on the video game industry, and ponder what the future may hold for the franchise...

Links:

• Shenmue Dojo
• The Sega Lounge
• BAFTA's "The Most Influential Video Game of All Time" list
• 6 Games that Scratch the Shenmue Itch

The Shenmue remixes featured in this episode are from RyoX's "Shenwave Collection Vol. 1", which you can download here.

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The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest release "Hot-N-Ready Remixes" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

This month on the DreamPod, Lozz and Lewis are joined by freelance video game writer Andrew Fisher to discuss his career and everything Dreamcast homebrew.

With decades of experience in video game journalism, Andrew's work spans publications such as Wireframe, ZZAP! 64, ZZAP! Amiga, Commodore Force, Commodore Format, Fusion, and of course, Retro Gamer magazine — where he pens his monthly column, "The Homebrewer’s Kit." With the Sega Dreamcast having become such a prolific console for independent development in recent years, it’s only natural that our scene has crossed Andrew's radar. In fact, in issue 277 of Retro Gamer, this year’s biggest Dreamcast projects featured prominently in Andrew’s column.

You can read Andrew's personal homebrew blog here: https://andrewrfisher.wixsite.com/retro-gamer-homebrew

The music in this episode is from Pizza Hotline and Shirobon's EP "Shadow Cell", which you can listen to on all good streaming platforms by clicking here.

Other links:

• Ordering a Dominos pizza on a Dreamcast
• The Typing of the Dead’s Weird and Wonderful Ports

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The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest release "Hot-N-Ready Remixes" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

With Dreamcast homebrew development tools advancing at an astonishing rate, brand new fan-made ports for the Dreamcast truly are the star of the show in the first DreamPod of 2025. Join Jaz, Lewis, Lozz, Harvey and Tom as they discuss the most exciting new Dreamcast ports, some crazy unreleased ports of Shenmue to other systems, as well as the latest releases from the indie and fan translation scenes.

Topics:

• Dream Disc '24 entries
• Grand Theft Auto 3 port
• Doom 64 port
• Counter Strike online port
• Carmageddon
• Celeste Classic
• Prince of Persia
• Shinobi
• Shrek on VMU
• Space Channel 5 Part 2 new translation
• Puyo Puyo Da translation
• Segagaga Encore Recreation
• The Storied Sword
• Maldita Castilla
• Rizzo Island
• Shenmue PS2 and Xbox ports
• Shenmue on Saturn

Featuring music from: Jet Set Radio, Black Matrix AD (thanks to Dreamcast Enjoyer for the audio rip!), Shenmue, Sonic Adventure and Phantasy Star Online.

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The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest release "Hot-N-Ready Remixes" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

In this feature-length episode of the DreamPod, the Junkyard's denizens once more assemble to talk about everything that is happening in the world of Dreamcast. After introducing DreamPod initiate and car boot shark James to the show, Mike inches closer to the holy grail of a complete, all-regions, Dreamcast collection in pickups, before Rob, Tom and Mike talk through a series of exclusive reviews that debuted recently on the site, including Flashback, Hermes, 4x4 Jam and Ganryu. And the chaps even get time to squeeze in some chat about the legendary Buggy Heat.So for all this and more, start listening to Episode 52 of The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod, the world's number one Dreamcast podcast.

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The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest release "Hot-N-Ready Remixes" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

DreamPod 51 is here and your regular hosts Tom, Rob and Ross get together to discuss all the important issues from that thing known as the internet. Rob joins us live from the decadence of the Future Publishing offices while sipping champagne from a diamond-encrusted unicorn horn, and Ross has been sipping the finest Japanese whiskey that bitcoins can buy. Meanwhile, Tom’s been on the cheapest gut-rot lemonade he could find in the local corner shop. But we won’t that gulf in opulence perturb us, as we delve into the recent news about SEGA Forever, Hover: Revolt of Gamers (the new JSR-inspired game with music from Hideki Naganuma), the Shenmue III delay, the finer points of the Akura HDMI adapter, a new Dreamcast-themed t-shirt from underground clothing label Damascus and also the discovery of new playable characters in Cosmic Smash! This is episode 51 of the world’s greatest Dreamcast podcast called DreamPod and we hope you enjoy it!

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The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest release "Hot-N-Ready Remixes" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

Episode 50 of the DreamPod is here and regular hosts Tom, Aaron and Mike are joined by the Junkyard’s newest contributor Damon. As the DreamPod reaches its 50th outing, the news shows no sign of slowing down, and this episode reflects that. Topics covered include the newly announced Dreamcast emulator for Xbox One, the latest indie game from Orion in Escape 2042, the recent discovery of Deer Avenger, SLaVE and Xenocider being demonstrated on actual Dreamcast hardware, and the revival of the Seaman franchise. Elsewhere, Mike explains why ordering people about on a virtual reality Star Trek bridge is all the rage amongst the youngsters these days, and and Aaron gets all misty eyed about his Crazy Taxi remote controlled car. We hope you enjoy episode 50 of the DreamPod!

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The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest release "Hot-N-Ready Remixes" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

The DreamPod travelled to the fair city of Bristol in the UK to record a special edition in the shadow of Brunel’s famous ship SS Great Britain. Regular hosts Tom, Rob and Mike got together on the banks of the River Avon to sit down and - for the first time in DreamPod history - speak face to face about the pertinent points from the Dreamcast scene. New Dreamcast multiplayer game Alice Dreams Tournament, Orion’s latest release Escape 2042, the new Shenmue jacket from Insert Coin, and the upcoming Dreamcast book from Pix ’N Love are all discussed. Elsewhere, Tom discusses selling off large parts of his retro collection and the DreamStream Nintendo Switch April fools joke; while Mike and Rob discuss their experiences with Mass Effect Andromeda. Finally, questions from the Facebook group are tackled. Please excuse the background interruptions from seagulls, random trains, groups of drunk skateboarders and police sirens. This is DreamPod 49, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it!

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The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest release "Hot-N-Ready Remixes" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

Episode 48 of the DreamPod is here, and regular hosts Tom and Ross are joined by a special guest in the form of fellow Dreamcast collector, writer and YouTuber Jamie from DC Gaga. As both Jamie and Ross are Brits living in Japan, this episode features a lot of discussion about life and game collecting in the Land of the Rising Sun. Other topics include new Dreamcast releases Breakers and Millennium Racer; the recently released Floigan Brothers DLC; cultural differences between the UK and Japan; Japan-only peripherals, and of course a chinwag about the history of the DC Gaga site. We hope you enjoy this latest edition of the world’s greatest Dreamcast podcast called DreamPod!

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The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest release "Hot-N-Ready Remixes" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

Episode 47 of The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod is here! Settle down and join your regular hosts Tom, Mike, Ross and Caleb as they reconvene to discuss the pertinent (and not so pertinent) topics from burgeoning Dreamcast scene. In this episode, you’ll be wowed by Mike’s admission that he cooks avocado on a George Foreman grill, you’ll be outraged by Ross’s tales of fake Mega Drive carts from China, and you’ll be bowled over by Tom’s knowledge of fake news from the year 2000. Not much has changed but they live under water. Probably. Other topics covered in this episode include the recent news of Rush Rush Rally Reloaded and Visco fighter Breakers coming to the Dreamcast, Alice Dreams Tournament almost being ready to ship, some guy selling repro white labels on eBay, Shenmue HD rumours, the Dream Points Bank, a little bit of Nintendo Switch chat and a few questions from listeners. Come on in, grab a seat and get some DreamPod in your ears!

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The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest release "Hot-N-Ready Remixes" on all major music platforms by clicking here.

DreamPod 46 has landed. Join regular hosts Tom, Mike and Caleb as they welcome regular guest host Stephen of Dreamcast Hub to discuss more random Dreamcast-related news! There’s some Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Classic Mini talk to begin with, but that’s all thrown out of the window after a while. Orion’s new Kickstarter venture, the weird official Megadrive emulator, the Crafti Minecraft clone, the Shenmue HD web addresses and the bizarre Trickstyle iMessage stickers are all covered; along with a discussion about the Berenstain Bears and the Mandela effect. It’s a strange episode…and we hope you enjoy it!

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The outro music from episode 114 onwards was created by our friend Pizza Hotline! You can stream or purchase Pizza Hotline's latest release "Hot-N-Ready Remixes" on all major music platforms by clicking here.