Incredible article this really made me think

Sad Face: Being young, I grew up watching TV First. And what was on TV in the 90's: Pokemon. So what was the game I got first: Pokemon. So what system did I get? N64. So what did I completely miss out on? Dreamcast, and all of its glory. In all seriousness (maybe it's because I was 6 in 1999), I only played Pokemon for the longest time. So I never knew about the greatness of Mario and Sonic until i got a Gamecube. Now I need to get a DC (or at least an Emulator, but that might be confusing) to play these great games, like NiGHTS, Jet Grind Radio, and SA2. oh well.

http://techphules.blogspot.com/2009/09/latest-dreamcast-game-launch.html

Someone is actually launching a NEW dreamcast game this month... amazing?

R.I.P. Dreamcast. If it's anything, the PS2 will be joining you soon.

Thanks for writing this, Mikel. The Dreamcast deserves respect and admiration as a great system that just didn't get the support it deserved.

As Tyrell says in Blade Runner, "The star that burns twice as bright burns half as long."

Good night, sweet prince.

Ok nobody else has said it so I will. Yea the DC was ahead of its time in the technology sense. But the reason why it was great(and bad) was because it had hardly any PIRACY protection! I remember *i would have a friend* who would come home from school and have 5-6 full games downloaded and ready for burn. Hell as the scene grew they even found a way to include the boot disc into the game's ISO, no longer requiring a swap after booting from the boot disc. So long story short this *friend* of mine had a 64-cd case-logic case with 50+ "back-up" copied games and we would play the best.. all the hits and even some games that you would never buy all because of the downloadable-exploited security factor of just getting it off the net. My *friend* recently found his cd case with all the games. Sonic Adventure, Virtua Tennis, Virtua Cop, NHL2k, RE: Code Veronica, Mortal Kombat 3, Daytona USA, and Hydro Thunder just to name a few.. matter of fact the only game my *friend* actually purchased was SF Rush 2049 because it was NOWHERE to be found online. this was great for the 2 years it was active.. but it slowly died with the console. Sales plundered most likely because before you knew it, everyone had taken advantage of the security exploits. Sega nailed there coffin shut as far as being a console contender with this problem IMO. too bad because the Genesis kicked the SNES's ass, and the DC was way better then the PS1. Poor Sega. The DC was my favorite console ever though. I still have my DC in the garage somewhere. - I hope...

The word seamen makes me laugh.

Outtrigger what a blast from the past....

The Dreamcast really was a gamers console.

BTW remember that JSR concept art a while back? Oi smilebit where is my new game?

the DC failed cause everyone was so far up sony's arse, everyone was saying i'm not buying the DC i'm waiting for the PS2 even though they knew nothing about it. To all them people you missed out big time, there is more than just sony out there, you play games for games not a brand

Its been 8 years and I still get angry when I think about SEGA and the Dreamcast. It was like being dumped by your hot gf for someone better. I loved my DC so much, only to have SEGA let me down. It truly was revolutionary for its time. PSO was huge for its time, when SEGA finally shut down the PSO servers its what prompted me to get an Xbox so that I could keep playing. Ten years ago you actually surf the net on your DC. The PS2, Xbox, N64, and currently the Xbox 360 dont have that feature. If Sega taught me one thing from the DC it is that I will NEVER buy a system on launch date again.

"World of Warcraft Magazine Editor in Chief Dan Amrich"

For some reason, that sounds so foreign to me...

I only ever rented a Dreamcast from our local game store, Gamer's Edge. It came in this wicked metal suitcase you see in the movies and the foam padding inside was custom cut for the system. I only remember playing Sonic Adventure and Soul Calibur with my dad but we had a lot of f un with it. I was a total Nintendo junkie tho, so I refused to buy anything not made by Nintendo, a decision the Wii made me wholeheartedly regret.

So...true...so...beautiful.

So does this mean we'll have a 10 year anniversary for the PS2 soon?

man...a part of me really doesn't like this dc week, because not getting a dc is one of my biggest regrets in gaming ever...sometime i will...

I got one when it was in cheapo mode and that was for PSO. I never did play online, just solo'd it and had fun. I don't know what to think of the DC. I guess it was fine. I loved the Genesis and I did enjoy my Saturn. I believe the Saturn had the ultra cool rpg Dragon Force game.

NOw... back to the DC. Wasn't there a game called Enemy Zero? It was an human vs alien game not unlike, I dunno, Dead Space. BUt this article was talking about creative endeavors and THIS game was dependent on sound. So you had to pay attention to where the sounds were coming from to know wher eht alien would be coming from. Wasnt' a big hit, but it creeped me out!

this was great, i played the hell outta Crazy Taxi though lol

Let's hope we don't see the Dreamcast singing flavor flav songs in Guitar hero 10.

The Dreamcast also had Toy Commander, let's not forget.

My Dreamcast is still hooked up to my Tv.