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.

Dream On, Dream Way: The Best of the Dreamcast Games

• Dead or Alive 2  
• Grandia 2  
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver  
• MDK2  
• Marvel vs. Capcom 2  
• NBA 2K1  
• Power Stone 2  
• Quake 3 Arena  
• Rayman 2  
• Skies of Arcadia  
• Sonic Adventure  
• Soul Caliber  
• Street Fighter III: Third Strike  
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2  
• Virtua Tennis  

External Links

• Sega homepage -- Check out the company in its post-console era.
• Planet Dreamcast -- A site devoted to Dreamcast love.
• Wikipedia -- Wikipedia's Dreamcast entry.