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coupla dreamcast questions

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orntar:
i just bought a dream cast on ebay. no games tho. and i am looking for a marvel vs capcam 2 for it on ebay and half of them say japan release.

can i tell the region my dreamcast is from by looking at a label or something?
can my dreamcast (assuming it is usa) play a japanese mvsc2 game disc?

and finally, any good places to get used (cheap) DC games?

Dave_K.:
You can play imports on your dreamcast by using any of the codes/cheats CDs for dreamcast (like Action Replay, Gameshark, or DCX discs...forsale on ebay).  All of these are perfectly legal to play imports with.  There is an Action Replay demo disc that was available for freedownload one some websites which you simply burn yourself.  The best part of this is, again perfectly legal, and it also works with the DC VGA adapter  ;D.

TalkingOctopus:
I get my DC games from http://www.gamestop.com.  However, I do not order online.  There is one near my house that I would occasionally visit.  They sell the games for less in the store than they do online.  Games normally range from 5-20$.  So, if there is one in your town be sure to check it out.

pmc:
I just got back from Gamespot where I bought my first series of DC games (bought the console tonight too). They are clearing it all out and it's all 30% off. I bought a mess of used games for under $5 each before the discount. Selection was really limited, but I got a couple of games for less than 50 cents.

I was also at Toys R Us before I went to Gamespot and they have many new DC games for $5 each. They too are clearing it all out so controllers are $2.48 and other accessories are also similarly cheap. I'm going back later this week to pick up a couple of controllers to smash open and interface to my cabinet...

abrannan:
Careful, the Official Dreamcast controllers are not the easiest to hack, and there's another off brand that's tricky, especially if you want to have multiple types of controllers in your cab (I think they're Nyko Dream Masters?) since they have two different grounds for opposing buttons (Up/Down use a common high and two different grounds, L/R, a/x, b/y, etc.)  

I only warn because the last Toys-r-us I was in had only these two types of controllers there.  

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