Want a Real Blast from the Past? Try Vinyl
In another case of another country getting better swag than the West, we have via a news tip a rather unique pre-order being offered in one Australian retailer for the upcoming Dreamcast Collection release on XBOX 360.
You’re looking at the cover of a vinyl record of game music. It’s being offered by JB Hi-fi retailers in Australia if you pre-order the DC Collection, which will retail there for the equivalent of a hair over $50 in US money. There’s no word on what’s exactly a part of the record, but perhaps Sega went a little too far in the past to evoke those nostalgia trips.
There’s also no word on whether this may eventually see domestic shores.
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That is…amazing, totally picking that up.
Um… I want this.
I’m totally interested in this, but where am I gonna get a record player? XD
^ What James said.
I want this and I don’t even have an xbox.
There’s something wrong with me.
Maybe I’ll give it to a friend and keep the Vinyl. I don’t know.
If SEGA REALLY wanted to give us a blast from the past, they would’ve put some actual DC classics on the disc, like Skies of Arcadia or SoulCalibur. What they have is fine, but they’re far from the crowning jewels of the Dreamcast.
soranamineforever : Gotta keep in mind Soul Calibur is a third party title made by Namco. Hence, Sega has no control over whether it can be in their first party collection.
That said, I know Soul Calibur is available on XBOX Live Arcade, at least…
-T
@Tristan Oliver
True enough. Still, its underwhelming to see some of the Dreamcast’s greatest titles left out of the collection. I know its not meant to be on the scale of, say, Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, but really, Space Channel? I’d rather they’d have stuck with their original plan of releasing these as downloadable media. That way, they wouldn’t have to worry of bloating one package with too many games. I really do want to try Skies of Arcadia and replay Sonic Adventure 2.
Man, I gotta find some way to import this to Canada.
You can buy online, they ship overseas:
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/game/xbox-360/sega-dreamcast-collection-bonus-vinyl/633468
A vinyl record? That’s too old for me. That cover is hot though.
Now, I could understand releasing a vinyl track collection alongside a special edition of MegaDrive Ultimate Collection, as the original games were first published at the tail-end of the vinyl era, but the Dreamcast? CD would have been a far more logical idea, especially seeing as it’s a format which is far less likely to degrade over time.
I suppose that eventual degradation and extreme shortage in unit numbers will make this an absolute killer of a collector’s item, but it’s essentially alienating those who don’t have vinyl-playing equipment – a rare commodity in the average household, but then so will be the actual record itself…