The web retro gaming neighborhood has been sharing recollections of SEGA’s final console because it hits its milestone twenty fifth anniversary.
On September ninth, 1999, the SEGA Dreamcast was formally launched in North America. Although finally it didn’t win the struggle towards the mighty Sony PlayStation, the Dreamcast has since gained a cult following who regard the ill-fated console as ‘too forward of its time’.
Former president of SEGA of America, Peter Moore, spoke about his recollections of the Dreamcast launch on Twitter/X, together with an extract of his upcoming autobiography the place he mentioned of the launch: “It was clear that this was the prospect for Sega to transcend all of the dangerous publicity across the demise of the Saturn. Along with the launch of the Dreamcast, we additionally boasted an unprecedented lineup of video games.”
1 / 4 of a century in the past tomorrow, on 9/9/99, we launched the @SEGA Dreamcast right here in North America. Whereas the journey didn’t finish the way in which we wished it had, we stay happy with the trail we paved in on-line gaming, and it stays a console that’s beloved by so many.
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— Peter Moore (@PeterMooreLFC) September 8, 2024
Followers responded to the put up by sharing their very own recollections of the console. Some confirmed off classic images of their Dreamcast, whereas others revealed the consoles they’d saved as a part of their collections, together with some uncommon variants just like the Hiya Kitty version.
Followers akin to Twinwar replied to the Tweet with their very own recollections, saying: “Nonetheless, certainly one of my favourite consoles of all time. I nonetheless bear in mind the primary time I launched Phantasy Star On-line. It was a type of moments the place it blew my thoughts that I used to be really taking part in on-line with different individuals and an RPG. Then, after all, my favourite sport of all time on the Dreamcast. Shenmue. What a groundbreaking sport that was.”
Others obtained into the Dreamcast scene late, akin to Watfen64, however shortly discovered to understand its finer qualities, as they defined on Twitter: “I obtained a DC as late as final yr, however my expertise with it immediately revealed to me simply how groundbreaking the console proved to be again then.”
Regardless of its untimely finish, the SEGA Dreamcast lives on in individuals’s hearts. We’re nonetheless hoping {that a} Dreamcast Mini will come alongside sometime.
Till then, maybe we are able to get pleasure from a Nintendo Wii that matches on a keyring, or a NES cartridge became a working console.
