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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] 2 points 3 months ago

Looks like the Dreamcast isn’t just a dream anymore.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Sega is definitely winning the console war now.

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

The mouse controls must be atrocious on a console

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

Maybe it'll make use of the official Sega Dreamcast mouse?

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

I’ve played Devilution X on my Anbernic handheld and it was serviceable enough, I got to like level 17 before I ran out of steam on my rogue.

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

I never played it, but Diablo was officially ported to the original PlayStation

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

I love it. Viva la Dreamcast

[–] [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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Are they using the windows CE method to make the game run?

That would be how I'd try to do it.