Not that I'm condoning it, but it's very easy to get "backup" games for Dreamcast, since you don't even need to mod it. The Internet is your friend there.

Accesories are tougher though. In the first place Dreamcast was never as popular as PS1 or PS2. Unless you look for second hand stuff.

I think most console shops should be able to repair a PS2, given time. They will most likely just change the lens after all.

My favorite games on Dreamcast are always the fighting games. The only console ports of Street Fighter III, Marvel VS Capcom, and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure to retain its original frames of animation are on Dreamcast. SFIII was never ported to other consoles until Dreamcast died.

Then there are the non-traditional fighting games like Power Stone 1 & 2, Tech Romancer. The awesome Soul Calibur of course. Capcom VS SNK 1 & 2. Maybe the arena fighters like Spawn and Heavy Metal Geomatrix.

Shmups are also plentiful on Dreamcast. Gigawings, Gunbird, Ikaruga, Border Down, Under Defeat. I had a lot of good memories playing Dreamcast. But I only bought it after SEGA announced it will be exiting the console business. I was afraid I will never get the chance to own a SEGA console if I didn't act quick.

There is a GDROM emulator to replace the GDROM drive but it a bit pricey and also a bit of a grey area with ahem ahem https://gdemu.wordpress.com/installation/gdemu-installation/ . The other best case is to get a dead DC to salvage the lens (hopefully still working).

As for fighting stick, I was using my PS1 figthing stick on my DC (via a PS1 -> DC converter)

I've been waiting to get a chance to buy GDEMU and Phoebe for the past 6 month...    everytime order open, sold out.

I'm very certain we should be able to find PS2 lens sold online. There are way too many PS2s in existence, so there must be a healthy parts surplus too.

Here are some you can find on Aliexpress

http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=...ystation+2+lens

for me Marvel vs Capcom was at the peak of their renaissance.

I can't really choose a single game from those golden years of Capcom. Most of their output were so awesome. Even their licensed games like Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Punisher, Alien VS Predator were awesome. You know, unlike Acclaim.

Try tilting the PS2 , 90 degrees or 180. Works previously for PS1

You're trying to run Japanese games using the Utopia disc? Nope that won't work. What you need is either a Gameshark CDX or  a utility disc like Action Replay. Trust me, it works.