Samba De Amigo Demo Video - SEGA/Sonic Team [Sega Dreamcast]

30 Sep

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Another one of Sonic Team’s better games, “Samba De Amigo”. A Rythym / Music Genre video game for the gone-but-not-forgotten Sega Dreamcast. Originally ported from the NAOMI arcade system, the game used [optional] Motion-Sensitive Infared Maracas in order to play the game. In order to stay true to the game, Dreamcast owners could buy a Samba De Amigo set of Maracas for $80 (I own a pair myself). They were in very limited stock–roughly 100,000 were produced or so. Maybe even less than that.

The game itself is very vibrant and lively. Very colorful with upbeat, latin-themed music. Of course, all the action on screen gave my TV Tuner quite a workout when I was recording it from my old, beaten-up copy of the game.

The basic story is that you’re a wacky little Sombrero wearing monkey named Amigo [who has a square-shaped head, oddly enough]. Amigo decides to leave home one day, leaving his Mami and Papi behind. Amigo wants to be a Latin music star! So he goes on a journey with his pair of Maracas and meets a bunch of interesting characters, making new friends along the way. A Street-performer Butterfly named Linda, twin Bear siblings named Bingo and Bongo, and the… erm… rather effeminate young man, a Cat named Rio, and his back-up musicians, Leopards named Chumba and Wamba (named after the band).

The video is divided into two separate parts due to filesize and time length.