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Diablo Coming to Sega Dreamcast (www.retronews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A port of the classic dungeon crawler Diablo is being developed for the Sega Dreamcast by @azi_hassan, using the Devilutin platform.

More Dreamcast goodies.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

But… why? Like I’m all for getting retro games working again when they dont, but why back port a game like this to an old console? I don’t get it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's like kissing that ugly girl in a party nobody wants to partake with -- it's useless and completely unnecessary... but oh boy it sure is fun!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Tell us more.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Because its a challenge for the developer and therefore fun.

It's like making doom run on a pregnancy test.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Spoiler, it didn't run on the test itself. It ran on hardware shoved inside the test shell if I recall right.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Because its a challenge for the developer and therefore fun.

Yes, definitely!

It's like making doom run on a pregnancy test.

Wasn't that just getting it to display on a tiny screen? The pregnancy test itself didn't have suitable hardware, or even a suitable screen, as far as I can recall