Postal Coming to Dreamcast in June.

You may remember a few months ago when there was initial chatter about the classic PC title ‘Postal’ getting ported over to the Dreamcast, progress was good and the game was seemingly a decent fit for the console, with plenty of work going on in the background it now looks like the game has near enough wrapped up the process of being fully playable on the system and is readying a June 2nd release date which was revealed today by Wave Game Studios.

This is absolutely fantastic news, with the original developers asking back in 2016 if anyone would undertake the port and the code being open source, Dan Redfield took up the challenge of pinning it all together. Things really began to take pace when an Alpha build was shown in 2021 with a Beta later that year, but this year being as busy as it is for Dreamcast stuff, fate would land it nearer than we could have ever thought. Considering Dan’s home commitments with having a small child ( we know what that is like!) it’s all the more impressive that we’re at this junction point, ready for release. The game aims to keep as much content as possible with even mods a possibility down the line, aiming for 60FPS as well as VMU support.

For those that don’t know what Postal is, it was a violent 1990’s PC title that tasked the player with pretty much massacring a whole village from a isometric perspective, we kind of feel that subject matter aside, games like this are a great match for the Dreamcast that should have had more exclusive games ported from the PC to carve it’s own niche.

Wave Game Studios will be handling a physical release in PAL land, these chaps have also been re-releasing plenty of other Dreamcast software in recent months too which includes the recently added Xenocider too! Check out the pre-order page now and show your support to all those involved, we’re in for good things Dreamcast fans!

What’s your views? Is this the sort of game you’ve been waiting to get for your Dreamcast? Will you be purchasing it? One thing is for sure, with Wave Game Studio’s new found tradition of offering a Japanese / USA and PAL style of artwork in addition to a full-blown 100 copy limited PAL blue case variant, there’s going to be something for everyone – we personally love that Wave have stuck with using the blue Dreamcast banner which is correct for all software after 2000, it’s a small thing but JoshProd removed it for no real reason and their packaging just doesn’t look the same without it.

News Catch Up February 2022

Let’s take a little look at some of the happenings on the Dreamcast that you may have missed this month.

First up is Wave Game Studios, these guys have struck a deal with Senile Team and Lowtek Games to distribute some of the back-catalogue of Dreamcast games from yesteryear (well, a couple of years ago..) . Flea! is available for £24.99 which looks to be the same version that was available on Etsy some time ago but is actually a new pressing that not only comes on a proper pressed CD this time ( the initial 200 run was CD-R) but also some little addition features have been added. Grab it here.

Next up is Intrepid Izzy. This impressive platformer has been out and about for some time now, but Wave have released a special limited PAL packaged version that comes with the music CD in addition to the game disc. There’s only 25 of these available and it’ll be shipped out in March 2022 with a £49.99 price point from this link – don’t miss out folks! You can also order the original style release packaging as well as a Rush Rush Rally Racing Reloaded variant too.

Moving away from Senile Team but staying with Wave Games Studio, there’s a totally new game available from these guys retailing at only £19.99. Yeah Yeah Beebiss II is a game from John Riggs that features a very retro aesthetic, channeling 1990’s platforming across 10 levels complete with boss encounters, it all looks pretty wild and can be ordered here.

Good news for those who are awaiting Shadow Gangs, the Kickstarter has been relaunched again for the third and presumably final time, thankfully the goal has been reduced to a far more manageable £25,000 which is a far cry from the over £100,000 that was chucked around in the second round. There’s still plenty of those mighty fine £65 PAL editions left so do your bit and order one, make this game a reality – a lot of work has gone into the Dreamcast port and perhaps Shadow Gangs II would appear one day if this one is funded. Head over here to take a look : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jkmcorp/shadow-gangs-dreamcast-version

Last up is Flight of the Amazon Queen, the classic point and click adventure game which The Bit Station are carrying over on their website and is being handled by Retro Surge. According to the placeholder page which features tentative artwork, the game should be launching next month for the Dreamcast for $24.99, very reasonable all said and done. Let’s hope this one doesn’t skip it’s launch again like it has in the past. Order yourself a copy here.

Non Casual Encounter Heading To Dreamcast.

Here’s another one for you today, recently we were contacted by Alfonso Martinez (AKA Ryo Hazuki from SEGASaturno) who told us of a visual novel game he’s working on called Non Casual Encounter. This game aims to be the traditional visual novel with certain adventure aspects thrown in too with mini games as well as VMU support.

Franikku Works heads up the musical score side of things with Miki Coma & Ruben Benzio handling the graphics of the game. Alfonso has told us that a retail release of a prologue will be coming soon, originally to be published by Matranet who sadly are closing their digital doors by the look of things. You may remember Matranet for their handling of Dreamcastnoid Enhanced Edition, a small run physical Dreamcast game released a few years back (it’s okay if you don’t remember, That one passed us by too…). That game shipped on a rather novel mini CD!

Image via SEGASaturno