Dreamcast

Sega's final console

Dreamcast was a video game console released by Sega in 1998 in Japan and 1999 in North America, notable for being the first console with a built-in modem for online play.

Despite critical acclaim and innovative features like its visual memory unit controller, the Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001, making it Sega's final home console before the company exited hardware manufacturing.

I still have my old Dreamcast and a stack of games.

console

Sega

Japanese gaming company

arcade · ports · modem · online · hardware · disc · system · launch · graphics · processor

games

Crazy Taxi

Chaotic cab arcade game

  • SeamanOccupational surname
  • NBA 2KBasketball video game series
legacy

discontinued

No longer available

beloved · nostalgia · collectors · retro · homebrew · indie · emulation · preservation · fanbase · revival

online

dial-up

Phone-line internet connection

web · 56k · network · adapter · broadband · servers · community · pioneering · connected

failure

Saturn

Ringed gas giant

  • PlayStation 2Sony's 2000 gaming console
  • SonyJapanese electronics and entertainment corporation
  • piracySeaborne theft or bootlegging

third-party · EA · support · sales · losses · competition · market · withdrawal · Japan · America

Categories
Opposites
console market rivalry

DreamcastPlayStation 2

Sony's 2000 gaming console

PS2 · Xbox · GameCube · PlayStation · Sony

market success/failure

DreamcastPlayStation 2

Sony's 2000 gaming console

PS2 · Nintendo Switch · Game Boy · market leader · Wii

LITERAL INTERPRETATION (dream-related wordplay)

Dreamcastnightmare

Frightening dream causing wakefulness

reality · wake up · waking

Family

cast, dream, broadcast, dreaming, casting, dreamer, daydream, dreams, daydreaming

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Rated G