best time of my life this, 1999. Passed my driving test, got my car, got a job, brought a dreamcast! The last truly great console before things started to go "online". Something so special about that 1999-2000 era.
To be honest the GameCube was not that much 'Online' compared to the Dreamcast. So, I would say GameCube would be the last great 'offline' console. The only true online game was phantasy star online ported from the Dreamcast. We don't talk about the CARD series
@@KenKaniff-dw4jw dreamcast was an arcade system for at home. for me as an arcade fan first choice. as an classic home console PS2 was the better system with much more games.
DC was one of the most underrated and unappreciated consoles ever!! Sega knew gaming, they were experts in the field.. now if only they had opted for the DVD format.. Our gaming landscape would have looked way different today 😉
And a second joystick... And 32mb of ram instead of 16mb. That really crippled the console because without the additional ram, it wasn't capable of loading/caching large open world 3D games that were next Gen a la grand theft auto 3. Rockstar actually supported the Dreamcast somewhat and if they would have brought over grand theft auto 3, that would have been a game changer. Dreamcast would have gone on to sell 30 million consoles at least. A port of GTA could have been possible but it would have been plagued with random loading screens when moving across the map.
@@7shocker the PS2 version of GTA3 was also plagued with frequent loading screens and slowdown issues, so it's not like bringing the Dreamcast up to parity would have prevented that from being the case. To be completely honest with you, I feel like GTA3 was overhyped and was pretty mediocre as a game once you look past the spectacle of it having big levels. I'd much rather have had a console that was incapable of running it because the entire genre that spun off from people imitating GTA3 didn't hit its stride until much later and I don't think that open world games really stack up compared to more focused experiences, even today. I do agree that a second analogue stick and some more buttons on the controller would have been welcome, but the Dreamcast didn't fail because of weak hardware or because it didn't have the right software: it was because of MILCDs. If they hadn't decided to make the console compatible with MILCDs, it would have been close to impossible to pirate software because it would never boot a game that wasn't pressed to a GDROM. DVD playback could have been handled by a peripheral and the storage issues from not using DVD for games would probably not be all that significant, considering that most games on PS2 and XBOX used less than half of the disc space of a single layer DVD. GDROM wasn't that far from the capacity of a Gamecube disc, so if a Gamecube could run the game it would most likely be able to fit on a single GDROM.
I don’t think this what if scenario would have made a difference… we all know SEGA was taking a lot of risks and that’s what set them apart from competition… I mean MEGA CD, 32X, Saturn with its messy hardware and last minute changes and then the Dreamcast… the only thing that could’ve saved them is having a bigger amount of cash to endure these failures… I still remember people saying that Nintendo could have taken at least 7 Sega Saturn’s failure until bankruptcy… well this is another “What if” scenario, but it all comes down to this: Ca$h money.
While I waited for the GameCube to release the Dreamcast was on its way out. I decided to buy the Dreamcast to hold me over and found it on sale for $99. Bought Powerstone 2 and Marvel vs Capcom 2 to go with it. WONDERFUL decision. I loved the Dreamcast.
I still remember passing up a Dreamcast with like 20 games, on sale for $200 at my dentist office. The dental assistant's son was selling it. WHY OH WHY DID I NOT BUY IT?!?!?! DANG IT!!!
The irony of this is I needed to tide myself over before the PS3 came out, and picked up a Gamecube for about $90 bucks and fell in love with it. But the DC is still one of my favorite consoles of all time.
I bought my Dreamcast on the day of release, it was probably my favourite console in terms of truly groundbreaking experiences. Games like Power Stone, Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio , Shenmue, they were all so different from anything else available before or since. Such a pity that it was Sega's final console.
Yes, shenmue set the standard for next level rpg. Rush 2049 was insane for us and a sleeper if it's not on this list 🤷 loved how we could get cheap Demos like Tony Hawk etc to just sit around and beat each other's scores lol
I remember back in 2002, we had a big sleep over with many of our gamer friends. There were like 14 of us in one of our rich friend's mansion. We all brought our own games and consoles. I vividly remember one guy had PS2 in a specialized suit traveling suit case. And one of those ridiculous gaming rocking chairs with speaker on both sides. During the course of gaming, we gradually gravitated towards where Dreamcast was being played. We had all the great games like power stone, soul calibur, psychic force, space channel five, and etc. I have to admit, we had more fun playing on Dreamcast more than PS2 or Xbox at the time. It really did feel like the very last true gaming console.
The Dreamcast was my very first console where I was able to connect online gaming for the very first time. I remember that night like it was yesterday and I'm 49 now. It was a magical. I was so excited when I first connect and saw other players online. Dreamcast was a very special console.
YES it definitely was. I remember downloading mini videos on my VMU. Dragonball was getting popular and I remember someone had a Vegeta one powering up. It was just a crazy time!
@@seekeroftruth101 absolutely agree. I had the same experience as yourself. It was very a magical moment for me , seeing other players online and the graphics were an out of the world experience at that time. 😊 glad to hear someone else also enjoyed it as much as me.
This makes me feel nostalgic, and a little sad. The games were so much more easy to enjoy when they were simpler. Thanks for documenting how great the Dreamcast was.
I was blown away by Phantasy Star Online. I still play it today as if it just came out. It's my favourite game of all time, and running it in higher res now looks incredible.
I wanted a Dreamcast when it was released but I had lost faith in Sega. The short life of the Sega CD, 32X and Saturn in Europe meant I didn’t want to take the risk on the Dreamcast. I bought one a few months ago so now finally own one. It’s as good as I thought it would be and love it.
I was curious in Dreamcast, and saw it in action at somebodies house. Looked really great, and surprised me a lot. But I was already hooked by PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 by that point, and was frustrated by Sega's Saturn and 32x disappointment. It's a shame. Honestly, providing Sega pledge to support and stick to any new consoles they release, then I'd happily return to Sega again. Microsoft and Sony's modern consoles aren't as exciting compared to as they used to be.
I often wonder why SEGA gets stick for that more than others. The CD and 32X were optional addons, but PlayStation Move not withstanding, the PS Vita and PS TV weren't. And people let it slide every time. I mean, the only game Sony gave us Vita fans was Uncharted Golden Abyss, but people still crave a new Vita, while SEGA at least gave the CD and even 32X some support yet lost all trust from everyone. I think people don't deserve a new SEGA system honestly. Though given how SEGA was "the arcade at home" and the state of arcades today, I can't see SEGA being the same if they did come back. Not if they wanted to last anyway.
@@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung Sega CD and 32 received a handful of games, of those.. ports besides what.. 2 games (I can only think of sonic CD). Even though the vita was a commercial failure, it went on to receive a shitton of Japanese support somewhat like the Saturn did. PS move was a gimmick to capitalize on the wii's success but unlike the add-ons for genesis the PS4 was a commercial success outselling the Genesis 3 to 1.. PS TV and PS portal are some WTFs.. sega could have survived had the Genesis sold like the PS4 did.
@@The_Prizessin_der_VerurteilungSega/Sammy Japan Execs have their heads up their wazoos now. I never got the CD, but the 32X and had Knuckles Chaotix and NBA Jam TE for it, both were pretty entertaining. I got Sonoc CD for W95 PC and it was awesome.
Conheço essa voz.... Kkkkkkk Muito bom o conteúdo, meu amigo! Eu simplesmente AMO o Dreamcast e me lamento até hoje por ter vendido o meu em 2013... 😢 Forte abraço! Deus te abençoe!
Dreamcast is a great console. I Always remember how futuristic it felt. I was astonished playing F1 World Grand Prix on a dreamcast of a friend. For me it's a core memory. Years after I asked this friend what he had done with the console.... He sold with a lot of games for dirt cheap. If I knew... Awesome video as always!
I remember Christmas of 2000 and my grandparents bought me and my sister a Dreamcast, that Generator Demo Disk with Sonic Adventure 1 on it... that game felt like a complete revolution to what I was playing before then,, agree with you fully that it felt like a futuristic space-tech machine.
The big advantage of Shenmue 2 on the Xbox is that you could see a lot more NPC characters on screen simultaneously. On the Dreamcast the characters were there but you could only see the few closest to you, meaning you'd often bump into characters that materialized right in front of you (especially if you tried to run). On the Xbox this problem was relatively rare.
It was crazy how much more advanced it was than other hardware when it launched in Japan in 1998. Shame they didn’t manage to make it a world wide launch as early as then
It'll always be special to me for being the first SEGA console to grace our home. Well, not exactly. My mom and brother briefly had a Master System before I was around, but they hated it and so returned it, opting for an NES, instead. This was the grounds for denying me the SEGA systems I wanted - Genesis, Game Gear, Saturn - but one fateful day, that same brother would trade in all our N64 stuff for a Dreamcast plus a few games, which really was a dream come true, for me.
My dad brought me home one of these for my birthday when I was going through a tough time. I had NFL Blitz, ready to tumble and dynamite cop. Absolutely loved it. So sad it didn’t have a longer life
Dreamcast was my favorite console ever. My bday is 9/8, so the next day on '99 was an extremely special bday gift to me, especially after a rough period then (since my family had just moved, I was going to a new school). That era was really special, I think -- I kinda equate the games as a predecessor of the indie boom a decade later of the early 2010s, because there were a lot of extremely unique and ambitious games on the DC, as well as really freakin' weird, quirky ones (in a good way). Devs were taking creative risks on the console, that they weren't as much even on PS2, GC, and XBox.
This video format is fantastic brother. Excellent execution. You can tell that your passion is the native the real what it actually looks like. Your workflow is nice and surely a lot of work went into its production.
Dreamcast made my HS days memorable. One of the best 4 year stretches in my gaming history. 2K sports, Resident Evils, Marvel vs Capcoms, Shenmue... what a time to be alive.
Happy to say I got one back in the day. I'm 36 and still have it in a box in the basement. I remember the feeling of the graphics jump like it was yesterday. I remember also being obsessed with trying to find a copy of Cybertroopers Virtual On in every video game store I went too
I still have mine (but it sorta turned into a cream color now haha). Still works! I clean it inside out every year or two. Man, I remember the first time we got Soul Calibur back when it first came out. I was blown away by the super smooth animations and the anatomy details of each character. It's true, back then this was a total aberration. The Dreamcast had some real gems.
I really enjoyed this video, great work. I wanted a Dreamcast so bad. I was a sega kid. I got a genesis in 1993 but missed out on the Saturn. I had a PS1 in 97. I used to ride my bike to wal mart to play the Dreamcast kiosk. Then my buddy got one and we loved the ports of quake 3 and unreal tournament. We played quake 3 online too. I later ended up getting a ps2 in 2001 followed by an Xbox in 2003. I went full Xbox after that.
WOW, I was also a Sega fan and had a MegaDrive and then got my PS1 in 1997 too!! I remember playing Tekken and Tomb Raider the first time - blown away!!
Your knowledge and analysis on legacy games and audio-visual electronics always impresses me. I had a Dreamcast that I loved, but I lived in an area where it seemed like games for the Dreamcast were almost never available. Even the rental places rarely got titles in. It was an absolute shame because the games that did get released looked awesome back in the day. I hope that everything is going well. I have been watching some of your lives with Elder Ring. When you were over three hours into the battle with Malenia and your wife was watching and wanting to start her Friday night, I was empathizing with you. lol We've all been there.
I was a teenager and had been following it in the magazines and saving up my own money from mowing lawns in the neighborhood. Had the pre-order locked in and I remember going to Toys R Us on 9/9/99, and there didn't seem to be much fanfare. I just walked through quietly and picked up my machine, along with Soul Calibur. That game had such a spectacular run among my friends and I. My dad was always quoting the announcer! 😆 In short order, I would pick up Sonic, Crazy Taxi and Ready 2 Rumble boxing. After a couple of years, I was old enough for a regular job and eventually picked up a PS2. But the DC would always be my favorite, with titles like MvC2, Capcom vs SNK, and weird little gems like Armada and JGR. Over the last year, I have lost both of my parents and find myself unexpectedly emotional recalling a happier time. Thanks for this. 🤙
I am completely new to the Dreamcast! Just bought and started collecting in the latter half of 2024. I have found a great community online with so many suggestions for top notch games and hidden gems as well. I know that the Dreamcast had so many great fighting games, but I’ve never been very good at that genre. I am still loving the Dreamcast though! The underdog of the console wars. I’ve been watching so many videos to see what there is to offer. Thanks for the video!
14:33 the Japanese version of Sega Rally 2 that has the unlocked frame rate has a secret cheat to lower the trackside detail and raise the frame rate. The EU/US version is locked to 30fps
Super nice detailed video here, glad to see what playing games in Brazil used to be compared to my perspective here in Colombia, lots of similarities, Cheers!
I never play one game I'm Dreamcast, with this video i became more interested in the console, the content of this channel is incredible, may there be more videos, congratulations on the production, hugs!!!
When you said that the ps2 shipped with a dvd player and I saw the ps2 disc tray pop out, the feeling of using the ps2 to watch movies via dvd format rushed in. It was so cool that the ps2 had that feature. It really was a system seller. I remember watching Goodfellas and Scarface and thinking how great it was. And also playing MGS 2. Man, that opening was so cinematic.
My 11th birthday was 9/9/99. We had a drill at school that day in which they were running a test on all of the computers in the district to ensure they wouldn’t have any complications during the coming new year ( Y2K ) Piling on top of all that the release of the Dreamcast (my parents waited until Christmas to get it for us) made for the most exciting days of my life for a good while!
Went to the launch at midnight on 9-9-99 in seventh grade. Saved every dollor I made all summer and would skate board to the mall everyday and play it and play and trade mtg and pokemon cards. I won the power stone tournament they held at launch no one stood a chance lol. Man 99 was my favorite year of my life. Sooooooooo many awesome things happening at once. I actually just came across some pics of the event. I cant believe that its been 25 years 😢😢😢 nostalgia overload.
I played Soulcalibur at the Toysrus and was blown away. It was better than arcade perfect. Such a shame the DC didn't succeed. I remember the visuals being so vibrant and sharp compared to the fuzzier PS2.
I will always remember Dreamcast as my favorite console of all time, maybe together with 360 and PS1. I'm sad you didn't add Spawn, that game got lots of hours from me and my friends.
I don't know how, maybe it was your presentation, but you captured what it was like to turn on the Dreamcast for the first time in 1999. Bravo! Insta-subbed
Good video pleased I came across this. Dreamcast alongside Playstation 2 was my favourite console ever. I worked at a game shop during that time and bought one of the imported Japanese consoles we got in at the time. It blew me away. Now at 42 I own the entire dreamcast library and still enjoy it exactly the same as I always have. 😁
Man what time to alive. We, as the consumer, benefited the most from the competition between Sega, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. they were all firing from all calibers.
Sega marine fishing was one of my favorite games on DC…when you caught fish they would be added to your aquarium and then you could swim in your aquarium to see all the fish and artifacts you collected. Another great game was Toy commander… I’m glad you mentioned Shenmue and MDK2
Ready to Rumble sold me on the Dreamcast. They used to use it in the display stands in shops and it alays had a crowd of people waiting to have a go of the game.
This was the very first console I ever purchased with my own money. I remember being overseas and going to a video game store and seeing a TV with a football game on in the window. Then I realized it wasn't a television game, it was NFL 2K. I had never seen a game that looks so realistic. Then I saw footage of Soul Calibur and it was the first time a video game Home console looks better than the arcade version. I thought I would never own a Sega since I was such a Nintendo guy, but the Dreamcast want me over and became my second favorite console of all time behind my Nintendo Entertainment System
Soul Calibur is the first perfect 3D fighting game. Also I'm surprised you didn't put Hydro Thunder on here. I love that game. NBA/NFL 2K were both great launch titles as well.
Dreamcast is my favorite console of all time. Got it on launch day. I wouldn’t say it was under appreciated though. Dreamcast fans are die hard in a way no other console can claim. And we can name 100 reasons why but really, it’s just one of those intangible things. DC was magic.
I loved the Dreamcast! It wasn't the first console I got on release day, but it was the first console I lined up to pick up on release day. It came out on a work day so I went straight from the store to the office and had to look at the bag sitting by my desk all day. It was brutal! My coworkers who were into video games as well were all super envious and had to look at the box and the games I got with it (Soul Calibur and Sonic Adventure). It was such a shame that it was a failure and Sega pulled the plug so quickly into its life.
You can get close results with much less! RetroTink 5X with a 1080p capture card, for example! Analog cables are always super relevant for high quality though.
I'm confused by the title. How Dreamcast games actually look, but then you note that they looked different back in the day (on a CRT). Given the title, I was expecting you'd apply a CRT filter to the footage.
I remember playing Soul Calibur with my brother when it first dropped for an entire Christmas break and just being in AWE of how insane the graphics were at the time. MVC2 is the best fighting game (in that genre) imo.
I remember using the VGA mod to output in 480p, which prior to the Xbox was a big deal. On an HDTV, it looked so much better than the competition, it wasn't worth comparing.
I really love how the Dreamcast looks. I know it's a minor thing, but you ever look at like a really great classic car and marvel at its beauty. I love the way the Dreamcast looks. And I love how it sounded when you turned it on. If they'd had NCAA football for Dreamcast I would've been in heaven.
House of the Dead 2 on Dreamcast was a fun game to play at home.. Because at the time it required tokens to play at the Arcade so being able to play it home with friends was great
Good to see the pixels. There are several Sega fanboys showing bullshots (with 8xAA or more) claiming that they were real time, but in fact it's an 480p image and has a lot of aliasing. Nothing wrong with that.
Love it. Only thing for me the title "this is how Dreamcast really looks on modern displays" Would love if it possible for you to make another video where you put the result some CRT emulation / or filming an actual time representative CRT with same output you use here. Would love to see this proper DC video output shown both "sharp - LED" look and then "smoothed CRT look" Ideally showing first both and then a side by side comparsion. Reason is just what you shown in the picture. so more is "This is really how Dreamcast games are supposed to look" as for sure most of them look better on a CRT due to the reasons you mentioned in this video
The big issue with showing games with a CRT filter is that usually RUclips destroys the image quality, it really doesn't handle CRT filters well. Sometimes it ends up ok with games with static backgrounds, but for a full 3D experience it's awful unfortunately! Thanks a lot for the comment!
@@VideoGameShowcase ah even if you upload it in 4K? That’s a shame. But I get what you mean. I would love if someone did a program that could fetch a RUclips screen and then apply a realtime shader to simulate older displays. Like retrotink 4K well not the same but you get what I mean. Thanks for the nice content btw.
Unfortunately even in 4K the CRT filters can still destroy the image quality. I've had mixed results. It normally looks good in games with static backgrounds (Resident Evil on the PS1, for example). Thanks!
My favorite console ever, at the time it blew me away coming from the n64. I was nervous buying it initallly, in the end it gave me years of joy. Great game after great game throughout the years. I still have mine. Thank you sega.
Thank you for this video! Growing up we had this console, it brings back a lot of memories. Has anyone heard of the game “super magnetic neo”? I think it was only on the Dreamcast. One day I’ll own this console again and play that game to heal my inner child ❤️
I remember Nintendo 64 being a huge jump, but when my bro bought a Dreamcast it blew my mind. It also just seemed more user friendly for most games being more fluent than anything I'd ever played before! We had Demos then too as a bunch of broke-ish college students. Tony Hawk Demo scores got ridiculous between all of us friends on the one warehouse level we had. lol Also, Rush 2049 was insane for us then! Can't believe it's not on your list. Jet set radio was also so impressive especially after a bong rip 🤣
The main reason it failed was because it didn't have a DVD player... that's the only reason. It's game play and graphics was way better than the PlayStation but people wanted the pLaystation 2 because of it's ability to also play DVDs.
Talk about Nostalgia 😀.... Going to my buddies house and playing Sonic Adventure on his Dreamcast.... MAN those were the days .... That game touches a special place in my soul
Never grew up around DC and I don’t have that much interest in going back to revisit it and play the games from it but I do enjoy learning about it… but I really enjoyed this video simply for its editing and production quality. You really capture the aesthetic of this era of gaming with your editing.
I worked at a gaming store called Babbages in Cherry Hill Mall in NJ (which is known as GameStop today) and that day i was off therefore i went to the store to pick up my Dreamcast 9/9/99. I bought the Dreamcast,an extra controller and a VMU with Blue Stinger as my game and also picked up Final Fantasy 8 for the ps1. That was a great year. The good old days of gaming were the best they were magical man.
14:35 SEGA Rally 2 has two graphics modes actually It has a performance mode as well which takes some things away and some effects away to maintain a more stable Frame-rate It's a combination of button presses at the start screen, after ya do them, you will hear a chime and then hit start and the graphics should be a bit lowered to maintain a higher Frame-rate 😅
Cool vidoe. Liked and subscribed. Ibought a Dreamcast when I was visiting Japan in the Fall of 1998. I got the system 1 year before it came out in America. Obviously I bought the Japanese version. Going forward I only purchased import games. I lived in San Francisco at the time so it wasn't difficult to find stores that imported Japanese products/games, etc. I remember a year or so later buying Code Veronica not knowing if the environments were 3-D and if there was a "fixed" camera that moved. It seemed this was the case by over-analyzing the images form the import Japanese game magazines that I was obsessing over at the time. Anyways, I remember the game was being demoed on a Japanese Dreamcast and I could watch the demo through the game store window and when I realized it was in fact actually 3-D rendered and had a moving camera I was simply blown away. One of the coolest video games (and best Biohazard games) of all time in my opinion. Anyways, what I really came here to say was that the Dreamcast was the actual realization of the intersection of arcade and home console. Thought the Neo-Geo really gets the award it wasn't until Dreamcast that mainstream consoles were 1-to-1 with their arcade counterparts. The Dreamcast ran on identical hardware as the Sega Naomi arcade boards. I was literally playing perfect identical arcade games for the first time in my life (never could afford the Neo-Geo). House of the Dead 2, Powerstone, Crazy Taxi, Soul Caliber, etc, etc. Perfect arcade games at home. Unbelievable at the time.
best time of my life this, 1999. Passed my driving test, got my car, got a job, brought a dreamcast! The last truly great console before things started to go "online". Something so special about that 1999-2000 era.
The Dreamcast seemed like the future in that era 😢
To be honest the GameCube was not that much 'Online' compared to the Dreamcast. So, I would say GameCube would be the last great 'offline' console. The only true online game was phantasy star online ported from the Dreamcast. We don't talk about the CARD series
@@MrBendixxx ps2 is better than DC and last great console
@@KenKaniff-dw4jw dreamcast was an arcade system for at home. for me as an arcade fan first choice. as an classic home console PS2 was the better system with much more games.
@@KenKaniff-dw4jwPS2 is average at best most of the games are dark and muddy hardware also is trash and breaks regularly but to each their own
DC was one of the most underrated and unappreciated consoles ever!! Sega knew gaming, they were experts in the field.. now if only they had opted for the DVD format.. Our gaming landscape would have looked way different today 😉
And a second joystick... And 32mb of ram instead of 16mb. That really crippled the console because without the additional ram, it wasn't capable of loading/caching large open world 3D games that were next Gen a la grand theft auto 3. Rockstar actually supported the Dreamcast somewhat and if they would have brought over grand theft auto 3, that would have been a game changer. Dreamcast would have gone on to sell 30 million consoles at least. A port of GTA could have been possible but it would have been plagued with random loading screens when moving across the map.
@@7shocker the PS2 version of GTA3 was also plagued with frequent loading screens and slowdown issues, so it's not like bringing the Dreamcast up to parity would have prevented that from being the case.
To be completely honest with you, I feel like GTA3 was overhyped and was pretty mediocre as a game once you look past the spectacle of it having big levels. I'd much rather have had a console that was incapable of running it because the entire genre that spun off from people imitating GTA3 didn't hit its stride until much later and I don't think that open world games really stack up compared to more focused experiences, even today.
I do agree that a second analogue stick and some more buttons on the controller would have been welcome, but the Dreamcast didn't fail because of weak hardware or because it didn't have the right software: it was because of MILCDs. If they hadn't decided to make the console compatible with MILCDs, it would have been close to impossible to pirate software because it would never boot a game that wasn't pressed to a GDROM.
DVD playback could have been handled by a peripheral and the storage issues from not using DVD for games would probably not be all that significant, considering that most games on PS2 and XBOX used less than half of the disc space of a single layer DVD. GDROM wasn't that far from the capacity of a Gamecube disc, so if a Gamecube could run the game it would most likely be able to fit on a single GDROM.
Nothing was going to stop the PS2, the hype was insane even if half of it wasn't true. I love my Dreamcast though.
@@deepblue8143 even the xbox with al the money in the world lost against the ps2.
I don’t think this what if scenario would have made a difference… we all know SEGA was taking a lot of risks and that’s what set them apart from competition… I mean MEGA CD, 32X, Saturn with its messy hardware and last minute changes and then the Dreamcast… the only thing that could’ve saved them is having a bigger amount of cash to endure these failures… I still remember people saying that Nintendo could have taken at least 7 Sega Saturn’s failure until bankruptcy… well this is another “What if” scenario, but it all comes down to this: Ca$h money.
While I waited for the GameCube to release the Dreamcast was on its way out. I decided to buy the Dreamcast to hold me over and found it on sale for $99. Bought Powerstone 2 and Marvel vs Capcom 2 to go with it. WONDERFUL decision. I loved the Dreamcast.
I still remember passing up a Dreamcast with like 20 games, on sale for $200 at my dentist office. The dental assistant's son was selling it.
WHY OH WHY DID I NOT BUY IT?!?!?! DANG IT!!!
The irony of this is I needed to tide myself over before the PS3 came out, and picked up a Gamecube for about $90 bucks and fell in love with it.
But the DC is still one of my favorite consoles of all time.
@@wayofthekodiak3118 same here .. I had ignored the dreamCast and it was on the way out, games cheap as anything so it was wonderful for me !
Powerstone 2 is great!
For $99 you wish you’d of bought a few and kept them boxed. Would be worth a mint now 😮
I bought my Dreamcast on the day of release, it was probably my favourite console in terms of truly groundbreaking experiences.
Games like Power Stone, Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio , Shenmue, they were all so different from anything else available before or since.
Such a pity that it was Sega's final console.
Yes, shenmue set the standard for next level rpg. Rush 2049 was insane for us and a sleeper if it's not on this list 🤷 loved how we could get cheap Demos like Tony Hawk etc to just sit around and beat each other's scores lol
I remember back in 2002, we had a big sleep over with many of our gamer friends. There were like 14 of us in one of our rich friend's mansion. We all brought our own games and consoles. I vividly remember one guy had PS2 in a specialized suit traveling suit case. And one of those ridiculous gaming rocking chairs with speaker on both sides. During the course of gaming, we gradually gravitated towards where Dreamcast was being played. We had all the great games like power stone, soul calibur, psychic force, space channel five, and etc. I have to admit, we had more fun playing on Dreamcast more than PS2 or Xbox at the time. It really did feel like the very last true gaming console.
@@hkoizumi3134 how does it?
@@hkoizumi3134 you’re joking right?
The Dreamcast was my very first console where I was able to connect online gaming for the very first time. I remember that night like it was yesterday and I'm 49 now. It was a magical. I was so excited when I first connect and saw other players online. Dreamcast was a very special console.
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YES it definitely was. I remember downloading mini videos on my VMU. Dragonball was getting popular and I remember someone had a Vegeta one powering up. It was just a crazy time!
Agree. The ability to connect to the internet with a game system changed the game - literally.
Quake 3 arena on the Dreamcast was my first online game. And I’ve been chasing to repeat that feeling of fun it gave me ever since.
@@seekeroftruth101 absolutely agree. I had the same experience as yourself. It was very a magical moment for me , seeing other players online and the graphics were an out of the world experience at that time. 😊 glad to hear someone else also enjoyed it as much as me.
This makes me feel nostalgic, and a little sad. The games were so much more easy to enjoy when they were simpler. Thanks for documenting how great the Dreamcast was.
I was blown away by Phantasy Star Online. I still play it today as if it just came out. It's my favourite game of all time, and running it in higher res now looks incredible.
I wanted a Dreamcast when it was released but I had lost faith in Sega. The short life of the Sega CD, 32X and Saturn in Europe meant I didn’t want to take the risk on the Dreamcast. I bought one a few months ago so now finally own one. It’s as good as I thought it would be and love it.
I was curious in Dreamcast, and saw it in action at somebodies house. Looked really great, and surprised me a lot. But I was already hooked by PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 by that point, and was frustrated by Sega's Saturn and 32x disappointment. It's a shame.
Honestly, providing Sega pledge to support and stick to any new consoles they release, then I'd happily return to Sega again. Microsoft and Sony's modern consoles aren't as exciting compared to as they used to be.
I often wonder why SEGA gets stick for that more than others.
The CD and 32X were optional addons, but PlayStation Move not withstanding, the PS Vita and PS TV weren't. And people let it slide every time.
I mean, the only game Sony gave us Vita fans was Uncharted Golden Abyss, but people still crave a new Vita, while SEGA at least gave the CD and even 32X some support yet lost all trust from everyone.
I think people don't deserve a new SEGA system honestly.
Though given how SEGA was "the arcade at home" and the state of arcades today, I can't see SEGA being the same if they did come back. Not if they wanted to last anyway.
@@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung Sega CD and 32 received a handful of games, of those.. ports besides what.. 2 games (I can only think of sonic CD). Even though the vita was a commercial failure, it went on to receive a shitton of Japanese support somewhat like the Saturn did. PS move was a gimmick to capitalize on the wii's success but unlike the add-ons for genesis the PS4 was a commercial success outselling the Genesis 3 to 1.. PS TV and PS portal are some WTFs.. sega could have survived had the Genesis sold like the PS4 did.
I got mine in 99 and after they left the console market, I switched to PC
@@The_Prizessin_der_VerurteilungSega/Sammy Japan Execs have their heads up their wazoos now. I never got the CD, but the 32X and had Knuckles Chaotix and NBA Jam TE for it, both were pretty entertaining. I got Sonoc CD for W95 PC and it was awesome.
I adored my DC, was like having an arcade at home for the first time
Conheço essa voz.... Kkkkkkk
Muito bom o conteúdo, meu amigo!
Eu simplesmente AMO o Dreamcast e me lamento até hoje por ter vendido o meu em 2013... 😢
Forte abraço!
Deus te abençoe!
Dreamcast is a great console. I Always remember how futuristic it felt. I was astonished playing F1 World Grand Prix on a dreamcast of a friend.
For me it's a core memory. Years after I asked this friend what he had done with the console.... He sold with a lot of games for dirt cheap. If I knew...
Awesome video as always!
I remember Christmas of 2000 and my grandparents bought me and my sister a Dreamcast, that Generator Demo Disk with Sonic Adventure 1 on it... that game felt like a complete revolution to what I was playing before then,, agree with you fully that it felt like a futuristic space-tech machine.
I have probably more than 1000 hours on the F1 game! It was amazing!
The big advantage of Shenmue 2 on the Xbox is that you could see a lot more NPC characters on screen simultaneously. On the Dreamcast the characters were there but you could only see the few closest to you, meaning you'd often bump into characters that materialized right in front of you (especially if you tried to run). On the Xbox this problem was relatively rare.
I love this video so much. The games look just like they do in my memories. It feels like I've gone back in time. Thank you so much.
It was crazy how much more advanced it was than other hardware when it launched in Japan in 1998. Shame they didn’t manage to make it a world wide launch as early as then
Same I feel things could have been different
They needed to change the controller. That’s what we all hated back then and still do to this day. Literally the worst controller ever made
I love the Dreamcast, my first console purchased from my own, saved up hard work. It blew everything at the time out the water.
It'll always be special to me for being the first SEGA console to grace our home. Well, not exactly. My mom and brother briefly had a Master System before I was around, but they hated it and so returned it, opting for an NES, instead. This was the grounds for denying me the SEGA systems I wanted - Genesis, Game Gear, Saturn - but one fateful day, that same brother would trade in all our N64 stuff for a Dreamcast plus a few games, which really was a dream come true, for me.
I remember feeling the same way it was like having a actual arcade in my house it was amazing
My dad brought me home one of these for my birthday when I was going through a tough time. I had NFL
Blitz, ready to tumble and dynamite cop. Absolutely loved it. So sad it didn’t have a longer life
Dreamcast was my favorite console ever. My bday is 9/8, so the next day on '99 was an extremely special bday gift to me, especially after a rough period then (since my family had just moved, I was going to a new school).
That era was really special, I think -- I kinda equate the games as a predecessor of the indie boom a decade later of the early 2010s, because there were a lot of extremely unique and ambitious games on the DC, as well as really freakin' weird, quirky ones (in a good way). Devs were taking creative risks on the console, that they weren't as much even on PS2, GC, and XBox.
Cliquei no vídeo despretensiosamente e reconheci a voz na hora. Simplesmente Brksedu em inglês. Boa sorte com esse canal também, Dudu!!
Também reconheci e vim ver se alguém já tinha comentado isso.
Provavelmente é dele mesmo, vi um outro vídeo uns tempos atrás, dá pra reconhecer a voz e cadência na hora, tomara que cresça ainda mais.
Notei o sotaque brasileiro
é ele sim, ele mostrou o gamecube e da pra ver a estante cinza e preto dele
Great video and really appreciate the info on your signal chain.
This video format is fantastic brother. Excellent execution. You can tell that your passion is the native the real what it actually looks like. Your workflow is nice and surely a lot of work went into its production.
Finally RUclips recommended your new channel to me, amazing as always!
Another great video from a era that I have skipped. It's good to know more of consoles that I did not have the opportunity to play at the time.
Dreamcast made my HS days memorable. One of the best 4 year stretches in my gaming history. 2K sports, Resident Evils, Marvel vs Capcoms, Shenmue... what a time to be alive.
Shout-out from Brazil 🗣️ amazing channel, greatest videos that I've ever seen
Happy to say I got one back in the day. I'm 36 and still have it in a box in the basement. I remember the feeling of the graphics jump like it was yesterday. I remember also being obsessed with trying to find a copy of Cybertroopers Virtual On in every video game store I went too
Bought it on 9/9/99 with Sonic and Soul Calibur. Soul Cal is INCREDIBLE! One of the best videogames ever made
I've liked many game consoles in my over 50 years on this planet, but the Dreamcast was the only console I ever truly loved.
I still have mine (but it sorta turned into a cream color now haha). Still works! I clean it inside out every year or two.
Man, I remember the first time we got Soul Calibur back when it first came out. I was blown away by the super smooth animations and the anatomy details of each character. It's true, back then this was a total aberration. The Dreamcast had some real gems.
I really enjoyed this video, great work. I wanted a Dreamcast so bad. I was a sega kid. I got a genesis in 1993 but missed out on the Saturn. I had a PS1 in 97. I used to ride my bike to wal mart to play the Dreamcast kiosk. Then my buddy got one and we loved the ports of quake 3 and unreal tournament. We played quake 3 online too. I later ended up getting a ps2 in 2001 followed by an Xbox in 2003. I went full Xbox after that.
WOW, I was also a Sega fan and had a MegaDrive and then got my PS1 in 1997 too!! I remember playing Tekken and Tomb Raider the first time - blown away!!
Your knowledge and analysis on legacy games and audio-visual electronics always impresses me. I had a Dreamcast that I loved, but I lived in an area where it seemed like games for the Dreamcast were almost never available. Even the rental places rarely got titles in. It was an absolute shame because the games that did get released looked awesome back in the day.
I hope that everything is going well. I have been watching some of your lives with Elder Ring. When you were over three hours into the battle with Malenia and your wife was watching and wanting to start her Friday night, I was empathizing with you. lol We've all been there.
I still have my dreamcast that I got new, just as things were winding down.
It's such a fun and underrated system!
I was a teenager and had been following it in the magazines and saving up my own money from mowing lawns in the neighborhood. Had the pre-order locked in and I remember going to Toys R Us on 9/9/99, and there didn't seem to be much fanfare. I just walked through quietly and picked up my machine, along with Soul Calibur. That game had such a spectacular run among my friends and I. My dad was always quoting the announcer! 😆 In short order, I would pick up Sonic, Crazy Taxi and Ready 2 Rumble boxing.
After a couple of years, I was old enough for a regular job and eventually picked up a PS2. But the DC would always be my favorite, with titles like MvC2, Capcom vs SNK, and weird little gems like Armada and JGR.
Over the last year, I have lost both of my parents and find myself unexpectedly emotional recalling a happier time. Thanks for this. 🤙
I am completely new to the Dreamcast! Just bought and started collecting in the latter half of 2024. I have found a great community online with so many suggestions for top notch games and hidden gems as well. I know that the Dreamcast had so many great fighting games, but I’ve never been very good at that genre. I am still loving the Dreamcast though! The underdog of the console wars. I’ve been watching so many videos to see what there is to offer. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for explaining how these games display differently on CRT screens. As a complete novice, I appreciated that
14:33 the Japanese version of Sega Rally 2 that has the unlocked frame rate has a secret cheat to lower the trackside detail and raise the frame rate.
The EU/US version is locked to 30fps
Super nice detailed video here, glad to see what playing games in Brazil used to be compared to my perspective here in Colombia, lots of similarities, Cheers!
ya man... Sonic Adventure was brilliant amazing.. blew my mind in my teens..!!!! nice vid
I have fond memories of playing Jet Set Radio and Virtua Tennis on my DC.
I agree Soul Calibur 1 is probably one of the best games there has ever been. It was ahead of it's time.
Soul Blade is better
@@SmartDumbNerdyCool soul blade was the first in the series but its certainly not the best one. Because it looks horrible.
@@choncis8318 It looks great
@@SmartDumbNerdyCoolIt looks horrific haha
Soul caliber on Dreamcast was and may still be the best fighting game ever
I never play one game I'm Dreamcast, with this video i became more interested in the console, the content of this channel is incredible, may there be more videos, congratulations on the production, hugs!!!
When you said that the ps2 shipped with a dvd player and I saw the ps2 disc tray pop out, the feeling of using the ps2 to watch movies via dvd format rushed in. It was so cool that the ps2 had that feature. It really was a system seller. I remember watching Goodfellas and Scarface and thinking how great it was. And also playing MGS 2. Man, that opening was so cinematic.
Playing Dreamcast with my dad were some of the best times of my entire life.
My 11th birthday was 9/9/99. We had a drill at school that day in which they were running a test on all of the computers in the district to ensure they wouldn’t have any complications during the coming new year ( Y2K )
Piling on top of all that the release of the Dreamcast (my parents waited until Christmas to get it for us) made for the most exciting days of my life for a good while!
Went to the launch at midnight on 9-9-99 in seventh grade. Saved every dollor I made all summer and would skate board to the mall everyday and play it and play and trade mtg and pokemon cards. I won the power stone tournament they held at launch no one stood a chance lol. Man 99 was my favorite year of my life. Sooooooooo many awesome things happening at once. I actually just came across some pics of the event. I cant believe that its been 25 years 😢😢😢 nostalgia overload.
I played Soulcalibur at the Toysrus and was blown away. It was better than arcade perfect. Such a shame the DC didn't succeed. I remember the visuals being so vibrant and sharp compared to the fuzzier PS2.
I will always remember Dreamcast as my favorite console of all time, maybe together with 360 and PS1. I'm sad you didn't add Spawn, that game got lots of hours from me and my friends.
I don't know how, maybe it was your presentation, but you captured what it was like to turn on the Dreamcast for the first time in 1999. Bravo! Insta-subbed
Good video pleased I came across this. Dreamcast alongside Playstation 2 was my favourite console ever. I worked at a game shop during that time and bought one of the imported Japanese consoles we got in at the time. It blew me away. Now at 42 I own the entire dreamcast library and still enjoy it exactly the same as I always have. 😁
Such a great console (i bought it tree times...!), so many memories... connected via VGA BOx to my pc monitor was spectacular!!
I remember as a kid back in 1999 being absolutely mesmerised by the Sega Dreamcast graphics 😍🔥
Man what time to alive. We, as the consumer, benefited the most from the competition between Sega, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. they were all firing from all calibers.
Sega marine fishing was one of my favorite games on DC…when you caught fish they would be added to your aquarium and then you could swim in your aquarium to see all the fish and artifacts you collected. Another great game was Toy commander…
I’m glad you mentioned Shenmue and MDK2
Ready to Rumble sold me on the Dreamcast. They used to use it in the display stands in shops and it alays had a crowd of people waiting to have a go of the game.
This was the very first console I ever purchased with my own money. I remember being overseas and going to a video game store and seeing a TV with a football game on in the window. Then I realized it wasn't a television game, it was NFL 2K. I had never seen a game that looks so realistic. Then I saw footage of Soul Calibur and it was the first time a video game Home console looks better than the arcade version. I thought I would never own a Sega since I was such a Nintendo guy, but the Dreamcast want me over and became my second favorite console of all time behind my Nintendo Entertainment System
Soul Calibur is the first perfect 3D fighting game. Also I'm surprised you didn't put Hydro Thunder on here. I love that game. NBA/NFL 2K were both great launch titles as well.
Dreamcast is my favorite console of all time. Got it on launch day. I wouldn’t say it was under appreciated though. Dreamcast fans are die hard in a way no other console can claim. And we can name 100 reasons why but really, it’s just one of those intangible things. DC was magic.
I loved the Dreamcast! It wasn't the first console I got on release day, but it was the first console I lined up to pick up on release day. It came out on a work day so I went straight from the store to the office and had to look at the bag sitting by my desk all day. It was brutal! My coworkers who were into video games as well were all super envious and had to look at the box and the games I got with it (Soul Calibur and Sonic Adventure). It was such a shame that it was a failure and Sega pulled the plug so quickly into its life.
Damn, wasn't expecting you'd need this much equipment to record with this quality.
You can get close results with much less! RetroTink 5X with a 1080p capture card, for example! Analog cables are always super relevant for high quality though.
Thought that an S-Video output would be more than enough. Very interesting.
The discs were made using aluminum where they etched the data pattern. Aluminum corrodes. Used to have a dreamcast no idea what happened to it.
@@chriss4365 ya man.. happned all the time to me back n the dayyyyss
Dreamcast was basically the 1st Xbox… you can definitely see the inspiration Xbox took from it
My fav console ever, my first gaming experience ❤
I'm confused by the title. How Dreamcast games actually look, but then you note that they looked different back in the day (on a CRT). Given the title, I was expecting you'd apply a CRT filter to the footage.
Being a kid and going into HMV and playing on the Dreamcast was a great childhood memory.
Amazing video, so nostalgic. Subbed!
Still after 25 years all of these titles are just amazing to look at with their own features and content.
I remember playing Soul Calibur with my brother when it first dropped for an entire Christmas break and just being in AWE of how insane the graphics were at the time. MVC2 is the best fighting game (in that genre) imo.
i'll never forget the day i got my Dreamcast back in 1999, this console changed my life
all thanks to the Demo CD comes with it.
1 year later for me, but same deal.
that Generator disk was one of the best demo-disks, period.
I remember using the VGA mod to output in 480p, which prior to the Xbox was a big deal. On an HDTV, it looked so much better than the competition, it wasn't worth comparing.
I really love how the Dreamcast looks. I know it's a minor thing, but you ever look at like a really great classic car and marvel at its beauty. I love the way the Dreamcast looks. And I love how it sounded when you turned it on. If they'd had NCAA football for Dreamcast I would've been in heaven.
House of the Dead 2 on Dreamcast was a fun game to play at home.. Because at the time it required tokens to play at the Arcade so being able to play it home with friends was great
Shenmue and power stone was all I needed for Dreamcast
man what we use to play on and still had so much fun
Good to see the pixels. There are several Sega fanboys showing bullshots (with 8xAA or more) claiming that they were real time, but in fact it's an 480p image and has a lot of aliasing. Nothing wrong with that.
Love it. Only thing for me the title "this is how Dreamcast really looks on modern displays" Would love if it possible for you to make another video where you put the result some CRT emulation / or filming an actual time representative CRT with same output you use here. Would love to see this proper DC video output shown both "sharp - LED" look and then "smoothed CRT look" Ideally showing first both and then a side by side comparsion. Reason is just what you shown in the picture. so more is "This is really how Dreamcast games are supposed to look" as for sure most of them look better on a CRT due to the reasons you mentioned in this video
The big issue with showing games with a CRT filter is that usually RUclips destroys the image quality, it really doesn't handle CRT filters well. Sometimes it ends up ok with games with static backgrounds, but for a full 3D experience it's awful unfortunately! Thanks a lot for the comment!
@@VideoGameShowcase ah even if you upload it in 4K? That’s a shame. But I get what you mean. I would love if someone did a program that could fetch a RUclips screen and then apply a realtime shader to simulate older displays. Like retrotink 4K well not the same but you get what I mean.
Thanks for the nice content btw.
Unfortunately even in 4K the CRT filters can still destroy the image quality. I've had mixed results. It normally looks good in games with static backgrounds (Resident Evil on the PS1, for example). Thanks!
@ yeah I get it’s not trivial. A pity though. Thank you as well for your effort making great content
My favorite console ever, at the time it blew me away coming from the n64.
I was nervous buying it initallly, in the end it gave me years of joy. Great game after great game throughout the years. I still have mine.
Thank you sega.
Thank you for this video! Growing up we had this console, it brings back a lot of memories. Has anyone heard of the game “super magnetic neo”? I think it was only on the Dreamcast. One day I’ll own this console again and play that game to heal my inner child ❤️
These games were BEAUTIFUL in 1999. Soul Calibur, NFL 2K, Craxy Taxi…
I remember Nintendo 64 being a huge jump, but when my bro bought a Dreamcast it blew my mind. It also just seemed more user friendly for most games being more fluent than anything I'd ever played before!
We had Demos then too as a bunch of broke-ish college students. Tony Hawk Demo scores got ridiculous between all of us friends on the one warehouse level we had. lol Also, Rush 2049 was insane for us then! Can't believe it's not on your list. Jet set radio was also so impressive especially after a bong rip 🤣
Subscribed to a fellow Brazilian, with gr8 english and even better content, you rock bro!
18:35 The European version of Dino Crsis runs at 480P, and I think it has VGA box functionality.
@5:30 Such a good point, that many of us forget. And to show the difference side by side 👌
The main reason it failed was because it didn't have a DVD player... that's the only reason. It's game play and graphics was way better than the PlayStation but people wanted the pLaystation 2 because of it's ability to also play DVDs.
The Dreamcast was so dope! I can't believe that it failed with all the great games and accessories
That consoles a gem. I wish I still had mine 🤦🏿♂️
Talk about Nostalgia 😀.... Going to my buddies house and playing Sonic Adventure on his Dreamcast.... MAN those were the days .... That game touches a special place in my soul
Never grew up around DC and I don’t have that much interest in going back to revisit it and play the games from it but I do enjoy learning about it… but I really enjoyed this video simply for its editing and production quality. You really capture the aesthetic of this era of gaming with your editing.
Thanks a lot for the nice comment
When I think of dreamcast, the first thing that comes to my mind is sonic adventure, specifically the Orca in the first level as in 23:52
This is good stuff! I like your style and point of view in this. Keep going! Also, check out Metal Gear Solid for Bleemcast.
The Dreamcast gave me and my friends the best gaming times of our lives, unforgettable and truly amazing for the time and even now.
Still play my dreamcast… saturn and 32x i loved back then… but dreamcast was my thanggg.. mvc2 w my friends, thps …. So fire. Miss those days.
Dreamcast was my favorite then. Powerstone needs to b remade‼️
Great video and amazing console. Greetings from Colombia. 🇨🇴
I love the Dreamcast so much I bought 3 of them when they came out and one of those is still new in box!
I worked at a gaming store called Babbages in Cherry Hill Mall in NJ (which is known as GameStop today) and that day i was off therefore i went to the store to pick up my Dreamcast 9/9/99. I bought the Dreamcast,an extra controller and a VMU with Blue Stinger as my game and also picked up Final Fantasy 8 for the ps1. That was a great year. The good old days of gaming were the best they were magical man.
The dream cast was my first system I got when I was 7. It forged me into the gamer I am today.
Great video! I love Sega consoles and it's always a pleasure to watch DC get some love.
Great video. Commented, liked and subscribed!
14:35 SEGA Rally 2 has two graphics modes actually
It has a performance mode as well which takes some things away and some effects away to maintain a more stable Frame-rate
It's a combination of button presses at the start screen, after ya do them, you will hear a chime and then hit start and the graphics should be a bit lowered to maintain a higher Frame-rate 😅
Aaaah I wish I knew about it before recording this video!!! Thanks for the info!
@@VideoGameShowcase oh, yeppers!
and yeah it's quite interesting, the Dreamcast sure has more than enough reasons to be my favorite console 👍
Cool vidoe. Liked and subscribed. Ibought a Dreamcast when I was visiting Japan in the Fall of 1998. I got the system 1 year before it came out in America. Obviously I bought the Japanese version. Going forward I only purchased import games. I lived in San Francisco at the time so it wasn't difficult to find stores that imported Japanese products/games, etc. I remember a year or so later buying Code Veronica not knowing if the environments were 3-D and if there was a "fixed" camera that moved. It seemed this was the case by over-analyzing the images form the import Japanese game magazines that I was obsessing over at the time. Anyways, I remember the game was being demoed on a Japanese Dreamcast and I could watch the demo through the game store window and when I realized it was in fact actually 3-D rendered and had a moving camera I was simply blown away. One of the coolest video games (and best Biohazard games) of all time in my opinion. Anyways, what I really came here to say was that the Dreamcast was the actual realization of the intersection of arcade and home console. Thought the Neo-Geo really gets the award it wasn't until Dreamcast that mainstream consoles were 1-to-1 with their arcade counterparts. The Dreamcast ran on identical hardware as the Sega Naomi arcade boards. I was literally playing perfect identical arcade games for the first time in my life (never could afford the Neo-Geo). House of the Dead 2, Powerstone, Crazy Taxi, Soul Caliber, etc, etc. Perfect arcade games at home. Unbelievable at the time.