21 years ago today in North America, Sega launched their 128-bit console in the "Dreamcast" - a gaming system that was clearly ahead of its time trying to cut costs while maintaining a strong presentation and library of games. It was SEGA's final console in the video game console market, aiming to release and produce games instead as a third party developer instead of making hardware.
Despite facing big competition on the Sony Playstation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and Nintendo Gamecube, the Dreamcast was the machine to call home for a number of exclusives and games that became cult favorites. There's SEGA staples like Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 and Crazy Taxi to name a few, but it was also the system that gave us Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Soul Calibur, Phantasy Star Online, and Yu Suzuki's Shenmue. This really was a console that did big things and had big ideas, and the commercials from 1999 above showed that in full force.
Happy 21 years Sega Dreamcast in the US. Soon this November, you turn 22 in Japan!
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