Dreamcasting For Propeller Arena 0

by Adam Blue • Editorial

Since I moved into the new place, access to generations of consoles has never been easier. When I have guests over, the console of choice is usually the Dreamcast. That’s how awesome guest visits are. A thread in a forum I frequent sparked the interest of Propeller Arena. This was a Dreamcast title that I had been looking forward to during the console’s life. I’m a fan of aviation titles, and had imported the Aero Dancing games from Japan and am a huge fan of Air Force Delta. I tell ya, the Dreamcast had it all. Anyway, Propeller Arena got cancelled after completion. This was due to the attacks on 9/11. The game incorporated combat flying and skyscrapers. Would it have hurt Sega worse to release the game? My life’s eternal pains – the failure of the Dreamcast, the Alien vs. Predator movie, and no chance of Snipes in a Blade 4.

Anyway, not too long after cancellation, an image of the game popped up on the internet. At this time I really didn’t know where to look nor had the connection or capabilities of getting the game into a playable state on my Dreamcast. Since the recent interest, in a matter of minutes I found the image, put it on a CD and loaded it up on the Dreamcast. It’s an amazingly fun game. Arcade air combat with a killer soundtrack, comprised of awesome punk music – very similar to Crazy Taxi all-around.

But like I always am with my gadgetry, I wanted to play this in the best way possible. I have the VGA adapter for the Dreamcast, but internet searches just led me to the answer of ‘no’. That is, most newer TV’s can’t display the Dreamcast’s resolution out of the box. It would require a scaler around the $100+ mark, or modification of the VGA box itself – not sure where I’d even start there. I could just hook it up to my computer monitor, but I’m in it for the big screen especially if I have guests over.

So my next project will be find a way to get the VGA resolutions out of my DC on my big screen. It’s a mandatory assignment and I’ll post as I progress.

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