• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
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      5 months ago

      That game was amazing. Although I didn’t realize that there was a Dreamcast version or that the Dreamcast had a keyboard.

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        5 months ago

        I definitely had a keyboard for my Dreamcast. It was my first internet enabled console, as well as my first exposure to online gaming with strangers (previously I had only done direct TCP/IP connections with friends on games like Diablo 1 and Starcraft). Phantasy Star Online was so damn addictive.

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          There were two (firmware?) releases of the Dreamcast keyboard. The first release would allow TWO KEYBOARDS to be used with the game. The later release keyboard would only allow a single keyboard to be active at a time. It was a lot of fun yelling at your teammate to type faster, which of course made both players more flustered and do poorly.

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      5 months ago

      I learned how to type with this, at the age of 22 as a full time software engineer! I never knew how to touch type, but then I somehow landed a software engineering job. I figured I needed to learn, so I downloaded this and played it so much. Good times.

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        5 months ago

        You are describing my touchtyping/zombieslaying adventure. This game literally taught me how to type, it’s amazing!