Happy 16th Birthday To The Sega Dreamcast
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It was to be Sega's last video game console, and although it was a financial failure, the Sega Dreamcast still has a passionate and devoted fanbase to this day.
After a series of failures with the Saturn, 32X and Sega CD, Sega launched into the 128-bit generation first with the Sega Dreamcast, which made its debut in North America on September 9th, 1999.
The game featured more advanced graphics than other current consoles of the day, and launched with popular franchises such as Sonic Adventure and Sega 2K Sports and would later feature new original games such as Crazy Taxi and Shenmue.
The game had support from many third parties, such as Capcom and Acclaim, but notably had no games from Electronic Arts.
Although it sold well to start, it began to face harsh competition from Sony's Playstation 2, which launched in 2000. Sega's finances began to falter, and the Sega Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001 in the US, and a year later overseas.
Sega would go to embrace a “platform agnostic” policy that would see them publishing for former rivals Nintendo, as well as Sony and Microsoft.
Despite its short life, the Dreamcast is well-regarded by many in the gaming community. It had a large library of Sega titles, including many arcade ports, as well as several installments in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
Several Dreamcast titles were later re-released for other consoles, such as the Sonic Adventure series, Crazy Taxi and more.
After a series of failures with the Saturn, 32X and Sega CD, Sega launched into the 128-bit generation first with the Sega Dreamcast, which made its debut in North America on September 9th, 1999.
The game featured more advanced graphics than other current consoles of the day, and launched with popular franchises such as Sonic Adventure and Sega 2K Sports and would later feature new original games such as Crazy Taxi and Shenmue.
The game had support from many third parties, such as Capcom and Acclaim, but notably had no games from Electronic Arts.
Although it sold well to start, it began to face harsh competition from Sony's Playstation 2, which launched in 2000. Sega's finances began to falter, and the Sega Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001 in the US, and a year later overseas.
Sega would go to embrace a “platform agnostic” policy that would see them publishing for former rivals Nintendo, as well as Sony and Microsoft.
Despite its short life, the Dreamcast is well-regarded by many in the gaming community. It had a large library of Sega titles, including many arcade ports, as well as several installments in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
Several Dreamcast titles were later re-released for other consoles, such as the Sonic Adventure series, Crazy Taxi and more.
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Old ass pic, but here is some of my Dreamcast collection. Post yours.
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Goat arcade ports
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I had
Sonic adventure
Power stone (they need to make another one)
Outtrigger
NFL 2k1
Crazy taxi
MVC2
Time crisis (even had the light gun)
Ape escape (GOAT soundtrack)
Worms Armageddon
Jet grind radio
If there was more I can't remember -
I need to buy another one maybe get a import one for all the great import games I missed. I think i still have most of my games
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I had
Sonic adventure
Power stone (they need to make another one)
Outtrigger
NFL 2k1
Crazy taxi
MVC2
Time crisis (even had the light gun)
Ape escape (GOAT soundtrack)
Worms Armageddon
Jet grind radio
If there was more I can't remember
I may be mistaken but I'm pretty sure there is a Power Stone 2... -
Jet Grind Radio was the ? ...
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I had
Sonic adventure
Power stone (they need to make another one)
Outtrigger
NFL 2k1
Crazy taxi
MVC2
Time crisis (even had the light gun)
Ape escape (GOAT soundtrack)
Worms Armageddon
Jet grind radio
If there was more I can't remember
I may be mistaken but I'm pretty sure there is a Power Stone 2...
Yeah there is but I meant for this current generation -
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I need to buy another one maybe get a import one for all the great import games I missed. I think i still have most of my games
Better hop on that while they are affordable. The sudden interest in Shenmue has driven up the demand and price on Dreamcast consoles. You don't need a Japanese console to play imports. All you need is a game shark or code breaker disc. -
lol I picked up a used DC a gamestop when they were still selling them for like $20
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grumpy_new_yorker wrote: »I need to buy another one maybe get a import one for all the great import games I missed. I think i still have most of my games
Better hop on that while they are affordable. The sudden interest in Shenmue has driven up the demand and price on Dreamcast consoles. You don't need a Japanese console to play imports. All you need is a game shark or code breaker disc.
I still have one but I dont know if it is in working condition. Last time I played it my VMU was ? lost everything one there and I still have my copy of Shenmue for it. -
THIS ? WAS GOAT FOR ITS TIME.
MARVEL VS CAPCOM 2 >>>>>>>> -
Fond memories of Shenmue.
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Don't forget they introduced online gaming
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Don't forget they introduced online gaming
Dreamcast was the first console to come with a modem straight out the box. Genesis and SNES had online features with The XBAND service.
Genesis also had The Sega Channel Online Service. -
I wish I knew where my damn Sega CD went.
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Some of the best Arcade ports of all time
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all my sega consoles burnt out every single one of them i had like 3 segas 2 dreamcast smh
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you know whats underrated?
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https://youtu.be/h9mOjHzTFiQ
