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Despite Dreamcast being a dead system, a game developer is now in the process of releasing a new game in the dead center of the 2011 year. This release will be called Sturmwind (reminds you of Stormwind from WoW). This video will show you the interview the developer was in and will give you alot of information.

If you are German, & speak fluent German then you will be able to watch this video, if not, then I have the whole video translated to English.



Here is the translation of the whole video in English:

Yve: With me is Max Scharl from redspotgames, hello Max!

Max: Hello Yve!

Y: You develop games for Dreamcast, a console that's been dead for nine years now... sounds a bit strange, so why are you doing that?

M: We are a publisher, distributor and promoter for new Sega Dreamcast games, we're also developing in-house, but it's mainly gonna be external assignments. As for why we're doing what we're doing... Well, about five years ago, five friends thought, Dreamcast is an amazing console and we couldn't understand why it was discontinued, it was really abandoned by the industry just like that, just because of some internal company issues. So that's why we thought this can't be it and we want to keep on providing the console with games, that's our motto. The platform can never be too old or too unknown for us to develop new games for it.

Y: So you're big Dreamcast fans and thought "The dream has to go on".

M: Exactly.

Y: So you're some kind of "Underdog"?

M: Well, like we've just then in the report (There was a reportage about underdogs like Apple before the segment) about Apple, right now Apple is a giant company, which became big thanks to it underdog status and also advertises like that. We are still small. And I don't think we can advertise with that, nor do we want to, because it's so obvious. After all, we're just addressing the people already inside the scene, surely a few more, but all in all, we're not relying on the underdog status.

Y: So you're still real underdogs! Well, does it pay off, I mean you have to live of it, right?

M: You "should" be able to live of it, you're right there. Well, I have to admit, it's a close thing. With good promotion, you can already get the sales of an average WiiWare or XBox Live Arcade game, but in the end it's still a console with a lot of loyal fans, yet no big publisher would ever consider publishing for it, because you can't keep a company going like that. For us, it's difficult as well, but we're only a small amount of people, we have a good overview, so it's okay for us.

Y: And you also put a lot of effort in your new game, a new topgame which you also have with you today.

M: Right, we have been working for six years now on a game called "Sturmwind" (Stormwind) you can see here in the background. It has been developed by a two-man-team from Baden-Württemberg (German region) called "Duranik", and right now, we've shown this game to the public for the first time ever, and with this show, this report, the preordering starts, which can be reached at [url]www.redspotgames.com/shop[/url] where you can take a first glance and buy the game.

Y: Making a bit of advertisement here, t hat's not too bad, is it? *laughs*

M: Yeah right, it's the time before christmas, and a long-time gaming fan could think of getting a classic game. Like you see, it's pretty old-school and follows the old principles. I would even go as far as to say that it uses pretty unique effects and animations for an Indie Dreamcast release.

Y: After all, retro is a trend, isn't it?

M: Yes, it became that recently and we're happy about that, we started back before retro was a trend. I think it's just a fixed thing in history, that retro, the old stuff, now especially with the "flooding of the modern wold", is getting more and more interesting.

Y: Max, thanks for being here and I wish you good luck with your new game and all your other projects.

M: Thanks Yve.

Here is what the game will have:

16 Levels

3 selectable difficulty levels

configurable controls

adjustable screen position

different weapons selectable

More than 20 large bossenemies

Hundreds of different enemies

FMV intro sequence

Hybrid 2d/3d game engine

Resolution 640x480

PAL50, PAL60, NTSC and VGA (with Adapter) compatible

Region Free

Works with any MIL-CD compatible Dreamcast

CDDA Sound

Supports: Joypad, Arcade Stick (Analog/Digital), VMU, Rumble Pack (configurable)

Internet WEBcode Hiscore Tables

Award Trophy System with unlockable content

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Yay ? .

Yeah i heard about this back in 07, wierd how their gonna make a game in 2010 for a system made in 1999.

If only i ever owned a dream cast

LOL dreamcast...

Dreamcast... Its that old that I havent even heard of it.

O_O Wow really? Thats awesome! : D

Why would someone waste time, money, and effort on something for the Dreamcast? It is almost 2011.

I think they want to be the last ever game company to develop for the dreamcast before nintendo pulls the plug alltogether.

Dreamcast is by SEGA not Nintendo.

But I don't see any problems with this, seeing as how the people working on this wouldn't normally work with something that would interest me. I say more power to 'em. The Dreamcast needs some love.