From all of us at DCHelp and the rest of the DCEvolution network, we would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas (and, for everyone that celebrates other holidays, we hope you have [or had] an extremely happy holiday). In honor of Christmas, DCEvolution has brought you the “Twisted Christmas” package, a total conversion (TC) mod for Quake.

As we usher in the new year, we want you all to know that we are still alive and kicking, and we are still devoted to the Dreamcast. We will continue to produce high-quality (and probably some low-quality) CD images for your Sega Dreamcast, along with some new tutorials and tools throughout 2010 and hopefully for a long time to come. Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you again in the new year.

For anyone even remotely close to the Washington DC metropolitan area, I hope I will get to see you at MAGFest 8, as we spend three days doing nothing but playing video games, listening to music and enjoying a game-filled atmosphere.

After a few days out in the ether, DC Evolution has been resurrected again. We have moved the site to a new Web server and got it back up and running. Everything should be working properly again (and, hopefully since we’re on a new server, more reliable and fast). If you find something on the Web site that’s not working properly, please let us know by commenting on this post or by posting something in our forums.

The DCEvolution Web site is down at the moment. We are aware of the issue and are looking into it. It seems that our account expired and the credit card on file was out of date. We are currently working on getting the site back up and running and getting everything back the way it was. We should have DCEvolution back up within the next few days. Until then, please join us here on DCHelp, on the Dreamzone Boards, on Facebook or on Twitter.

Here in the United States, today is a day of giving thanks and reflecting on the blessings in your life. Here at DCHelp, we would like to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving and we hope that your upcoming holiday season is a very joyous one. We at the DCEvolution network want to thank you for your continued patronage and we hope to bring you lots of great new things in the coming months.

Halloween, one of our favorite holidays here at the DC Evolution network, is fast approaching. To help you celebrate the spooky occasion, we have put together a series of multimedia images for you to burn and enjoy.

So far, we have released five old (some of them are genuine classics), public domain horror films for you to watch on Halloween night (or whenever you want). I would suggest grabbing each of the images and burning them to CD, pulling out your Dreamcast (if it’s not already hooked up) and settling in for a spooktacular Saturday evening. Dress up as one of the zombies from Resident Evil or House of the Dead 2, watch some classic horror films and rock out some House of the Dead, Resident Evil: Codename Veronica, Quake III Arena or Carrier in between movies.

We’ll provide the movies, but you have to supply the popcorn, costumes and games for yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

The DC Evolution network is now on Facebook. At this time, we’re using Facebook to show all of the news from DCHelp, the DC Evo Twitter account and the Dreamzone Boards. Please head on over to Facebook and become our fan. While you’re there, please let us know what you’d like to see on our Facebook page.

In the near future, we will probably be adding some of our favorite Dreamcast-related YouTube videos, adding some photos and adding some of the upcoming events in which we’re participating. If there’s anything else you think we should post on Facebook, let us know.

Last weekend, we spent a little bit of time adjusting the layout of our sister site, DC Evolution. After realizing that less than 2% of our visitors are using 800×600 screen resolutions, and noticing that our layout was starting to get extremely cluttered, we expanded the viewing area a bit. In addition, we moved some things around and made the header area a little more consistent with DCHelp and the theme we’re currently testing at the DreamZone Boards.

Please share your thoughts with us about the new layout. Some time in the near future, we’ll probably be making some similar changes to DCHelp.

This page is still under construction. Many of the links on this page are no longer viable. We are working on it.

The DCHelp Team has compiled a list of helpful applications that can help you put together various elements to be used with your Dreamcast applications, and much more. Read the rest of this entry »

What is Beats of Rage?

Senile Team, the creators of Beats ofRage, had this to say about BOR:

As fans of the ‘Streets of Rage’ series that originally appeared on the SEGA megadrive/genesis, we always wanted to see streets of rage 4. But the waiting proved futile, and streets of rage 4 never came. That’s why we tried to correct this mistake and fill the void by making the ultimate tribute to Streets of Rage:
Beats of Rage!!

Beats of Rage is one of the most revolutionary homebrew games to ever hit the Dreamcast. Not only is it a fantastic game on its own, it is also possible to modify the game in many ways (similar to the way people can create TC’s for Doom and Quake). Out of Beats of Rage, many new games have emerged, giving birth to an entire community based around the game and its modifications. Read the rest of this entry »

In honor of the tenth birthday of the Sega Dreamcast, we are extremely proud to unveil the all-new version of this Web site. The tutorials have all been recreated, including new images and captions and repaired links (where appropriate). The SBI repository has been completely redeveloped, including the actual descriptions and screen shots from the SBI packages and the real date on which the BIN file was created/modified. The new site also includes an almost complete archive of the classic Dreamcast Weekly Magazine.

On top of all of that, our new Web site is now based on the popular Wordpress blog system, allowing us to more easily organize our content and allowing you to post your thoughts and comments. We hope you will stick around and renew some of the love we all have for our favorite video game console, the Sega Dreamcast.

Happy 10th Birthday, Dreamcast!