Sega Dreamcast
Lauded by video game devotees as a misunderstood dynamo, the now defunct Dreamcast 
is an example of fine technology bungled by misfired marketing. The system was the home of breakthroughs such as Soul Calibur , and Sonic Adventure . Although the Dreamcast was the first out of the gate in the most recent generation, manufacturer Sega got hammered into oblivion by Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. Such a sales failure was the Dreamcast that Sega no longer makes consoles, and is reduced to manufacturing only software. Still, the system holds a soft spot in the heart of many a gamer. It's a much better retro buy than the Nintendo 64 .
Geekspeak
The system sports a Hitachi SH-4 200mhz CPU and 16 MB of system RAM. In addition, there is 8 MB of RAM on a NEC PowerVR chipset. There's also a Yamaha Sound system with 2 MB of onboard RAM for itself. The Dreamcast proprietary CD format holds a whole gigabyte, higher than the Playstation's 650 MB CDs. Another thing that makes the Dreamcast unique is it's Windows CE Compatibility, giving end users the ease of programming a slew of amateur applications. What this means is that the Dreamcast is comparable to the PS2, although it lacks the game library.
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