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The return of the Dreamcast: Why it could work

Our resident DC fanboys look at how Sega could pull it off

Words: David Houghton, GamesRadar UK

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7th Dec, 2007

If you’ve been anywhere near the internet over the last couple of days you’ll no doubt have come into contact with a screamingly excited Dreamcast fan or two. They’ve been nearing ignition temperature on the forums for the last twenty-four hours due to some rumours that a follow-up to the vastly loved but prematurely killed console may be on the way. Rumours that came about due to Sega re-registering the DC trademark, only with a description containing a few key changes to the original format.

Of course, the differences may very well be a simple result of Sega wanting to protect the Dreamcast name for future use of its games on other formats such as XBLA. And after contacting Sega to enquire about the matter, we were given a resounding “Falsehood!” in response.

But still, we can’t help wondering. Would a second Dreamcast prevail after the financial whupping Sega took with the first one? What reasons are there to think that it would be a good idea, and how would the console have to work? It may just be the nostalgic fanboy in us, but as we went on, we found ourselves feeling more and more positive about it, Here are our conclusions.