50 Facts about the Sega Dreamcast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2023
- It’s one of the most iconic video game systems in gaming history, shining bright before burning out and amassing a cult following in the process. Today I thought it would be fun to look back on this beloved console and see what went into its creation, the innovation it provided and of course what ultimately led to its premature death. From its original name to an insanely expensive variant, here are 50 facts about the Sega Dreamcast.
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I was 13 years old on 9-9-99. The Dreamcast blew my heart wide open, and still does. Absolutely my favorite game console.
I feel this so much.
I was 19
Yea its the best hands down👍❤👍❤
I was just about to be 12 and this console, for me, was absolutely AMAZING! It was there for me during a really challenging period of life. DC is the best.
Me 14- Best Console ever
Ah the Dreamcast truly a console ahead of its time
Ahead? More like stuck in-between. I consider it generation 5 and a half due to its power, library and "philosophy". Still a cool one. Wanna get my hands on it soon
@@steelbear2063 It has more power than you think.
It runs at (PAL 720 x 480P at 60fps) which is more demanding than even the PS2's 640 x 480i 30fps, and even it's biggest games like Shenmue run at this resolution too.
It has techniques like Deferred Rendering which un-renders textures not visible to the camera to free up resources, giving it more headroom to run bigger games like those on GameCube and Xbox.
And is among the first to support true directional lighting, which is ray tracing in it's earliest form and incredibly taxing.
I'm surprised these facts weren't mentioned in the video.
@@steelbear2063 compare Code Veronica with VGA vs PS2 component and DOA2 vs DOA2 hardcore and revise that fanboy lie of a statement please*
Yes for sure👍❤👍❤
@@steelbear2063 SEGA was always ahead. They pushed tech in gaming and always dropped with tech that wasn’t quite as mature as it needed to be, which is what led to their downfall really. Genesis dropped before SNES. SEGA CD & 32X dropped way before Nintendo or even Sony dropped a single disc based game. Saturn dropped before PS1. Dreamcast before PS2, Gamecube, & XBox. They always pushed tech forward.
That bit about the then president of SEGA doing everything he could to keep the company and Dreamcast afloat was both sweet... and kind of heartbreaking.
Thanks for sharing this video!
Oh, since I'm curious... SNES!
I agree
The memories…
I bought a Dreamcast just for Code Veronica back in the day. Later fell in love with Shemnue and some other titles.
To this day it's still my favourite console. Gaming owes a lot to that little box of innovation. You're also absolutely right about replacing the drive, it's a must at this point, especially as it opens up the system to play obscure titles we never got. One of my favourites being a typing game based on Evangelion!
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Replacing the drive with an ODE is definitely gonna be a must-do mod as drives die, but one really cool thing about playing burned DC discs is that they're not region locked. So as long as Evangelion Typing Project E has a .cdi release [which I haven't looked into despite crying my eyes out to End of Evangelion and 3.0+1.0 at least once a year], it can be played on OG hardware with a burned CD-R
I picked up a Dreamcast on launch day and it was amazing. I’ll never forget it. Soul Caliber and NFL Blitz 2000 were amazing on this console.
Fuck yeah man, I've never been a sports game guy but I just got my DC and I definitely wanna play NFL Blitz
The Dreamcast was so cool, seriously! I don't often reminisce about past games, but when I do it's about Dreamcast games.
I love my Dreamcast as I still collect games for it to this day.
I unfortunately never owned it when it initially came out but a friend did, along with the utopia disc which allowed us to **ahem** discover the wild and varied catalogue of games.
I got mine for £20 with a VMU long after they were discontinued and I think it's the best gaming purchase I've made so far~
A few things to note regarding some of the info provided in the video:
-GD-Rom media disc is NOT AT ALL easy to hack and pirate. Game piracy came about when hackers discovered a loophole in the system's other alternative proprietary disc format known as MIL-CD which was a essentially a compact disc format with multimedia capabilities that was only used on a handful of software in Japan.
-Katana was never meant to be final name of the console at any point. It was simply a code name, of which the system received many during its creation like Katana, Blackbelt, Dural as a few examples.
-Divers 2000. Not Drivers 2000.
-Cannon Spike is only one of the rarest titles exclusively in the PAL region.
-Nemoy was not the voice actor for the Seaman creature. He simply voiced the narrator in the game.
-The contest to name the console was held internally within SEGA corporate. There has been suggestion that WARP's own Kenji Eno (who had a good partnership position within SEGA) won the contest. While SEGA has never officially confirmed it, I believe Seaman creator Yoot Saito has stated that Eno came up with the name "Dreamcast" during the internal contest to name the system.
- A lack of advertising and marketing (especially in US) was definitely not one of the reasons for the system's demise. SEGA spent a reported 100million in advertising alone.
With that outta the way, I still want to say thank you for making a video dedicated to Dreamcast. Its one of my all time favorite systems ever made and I love to see the system get some exposure even after so many years have gone by.
Let me introduce you to Captain Akshually ladies and gentlemen.
I owe this console a lot for introducing me to gaming. i’ll never forget this console for being the first console i owned, and giving me the perfect childhood.
Exactly, 3D Sonic was like Mario 64+more than I could ever ask for from a faithful Genesis Sonic follow up.
@@filipmartinez1162 sonic is nothing near as good as mario 64, you're forsure a clown cheerleader at this point
@@ramrodbldm9876 You probably were entertained by the Mario Movie because it's "not woke" xD
I remember spending almost a whole night at my friend's house getting the online functions to work / browser to load. We hardly did anything with it, but just witnessing a game console use the internet even in the slightest blew my mind at the time.
How much did it cost to use the DC browser? (just curious as I was too poor to use it at the time)
@@filipmartinez1162 you still are to poor you cheerleading 😼y
The Dreamcast had so much about it that was far ahead of its time. It's still such a blast to play, even today. It has such a nostalgic and warm feeling to it. Love seeing some love for one of my favorite consoles!
Yes most definitely👍❤👍❤
I'm surprised that you didn't mention this, but as for the 51st fact about the dreamcast, it was running an optimize version of Windows CE with directX. Some modders were able to port PC games to the dreamcast and were able to access it and run Windows CE on their dreamcast
The Dreamcast was an amazing console for its time. As they say sega went out with a bang on their last system
House of the dead and Power Stone were awesome
Thotd dialogue though 👌😂
*Never clicked faster on a video before!*
Ditto!
Same 😂 glad it wasnt just me
Finally. Sega Dreamcast is getting some love.
very cool and underrated console. before its time
"It's thinking"
I still remember that commercial as a kid.
this console never came to where im from, wish i had the chance to play some games on it, great video Kai 😊
I was born in 1991. I had a Sega Dreamcast when they were still popular. Thanks for making this video. I also play Sega Dreamcast with a N64 controller.
I was born in 88,and at the time the Dreamcast came out...I was mind-blown. It was like having an arcade in my bedroom.
Thank you so much for making this video the Dreamcast is my favorite console of all time and I’m always fascinated with learning more and more facts about that beautiful console.
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Dreamcast is the most beloved console I never had, hopefully I'll be able to get one some day.
I'm really surprised to hear that people are still making games for the Dreamcast even after the console ended 20 years later.
10:12 This story is so tragic.... Like he believed so much in the dreamcast, and ultimately died with it. I can't imagine a CEO doing this today, for any company.
The only crime Dreamcast was guilty of was being born in the generation of the PS2. It had so many good ideas and pushed boundaries, and encapsulated a very specific visual aesthetic and era of games, pretty much the last era of real artistic innovation in the AAA space. It is absolutely insane how many classic games came out on that system in such a short time.
And yeah, that machine is a loud old bastard. I wanted to play my friend's once when I was a kid in the middle of the night, turned the volume down on the TV to 0 and everything, the machine turning on woke everyone up...
That 30k for that sonic themed monitor is bonkers
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Cool video my dude....
The Dreamcast truly is one of the best consoles that have a sad tragic story behind its development. It will be missed,always. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The fact that amazes me the most was that Ryuichi Sakamoto was the creator of the Dreamcast Startup. My family and I are crazy fans of YMO and Sakamoto. His music and YMO was brilliant.
I still love the Dreamcast it is a great system and didn't get the love back then it deserved. I loved it then and now.
I was easily the biggest DC fanboy in my whole elementary school in Portland, but people are stupid 🤷🏻♂️ what are you gonna do? (Except invite every hater to my house to play it like I did)
My dream is to get 2 more Dreamcast controllers and 3 more VMUs. Then have a 4-person Sonic Shuffle party! I think the game is way better than Mario Party and I wish it would get some kind of port but the VMUs showing you your hand so other players can't see it is genius game design!
Growing up, the 2 consoles I wanted was the gamecube and the dreamcast, I was fortunate enough to play on one dreamcast, but hardly anyone I knew had one or knew what it was
im sorry, I fell over laughing when "Carrier" of all games was mentioned as being "considered some of the best games ever made" X_D
My DC, bought in '00, still works perfectly, never needed any kind of repair 🙌🏻
The reason why it failed is very simple: the Dreamcast was way ahead of it's time (not having DVD as media also counts, but let's keep it simple).
One of the most underrated consoles .
Still have my mine
5:30 'Katana' was its project name/working title, it never was never actually intended to be called that. 😄
Childhood console! Always played RE3
The Sega Pico line is from Sega Toys, not Sega specifically. Sega Toys still make consoles, such as the Mega Drive Mini and the Astro City Mini.
Crazy taxi on the dreamcast is a core memory
9:45 I don't know, the Dreamcast I felt had pretty good marketing in the US. There were plenty of TV adverts and magazine ads for the console and its games.
I think it had more in Japan than the US, but more in the US than the UK (outside of gaming magazines).
There were hardly any TV adverts for it here.
The Dreamcast was too beautiful for this world. May you live eternally in the hearts of gamers, sweet prince
2:50 Coincidentally, there's a Strider series character named "Tong Pooh" that may be an inspired by the YMO song. RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto
I was thinking of getting a Sega Dreamcast before this video came out. And those variants based on Resident Evil - CODE: Veronica are beautiful.
The reason why the processor chip for the VMU was called “Potato” is because it’s meant to be a pun of potato chip.
I never got a chance to get anywhere near a Dreamcast (we had a PSOne, and my brother later got a PS2; nobody we knew had a Dreamcast), but I always wanted to play Shenmue. It just looked so interesting. And that startup music is so blissful 😍
You missed out. PS2 was so dry and bland. Only game I remembered on PS2 launch was SH2 just because it was so scary whereas 95% of Dreamcast’s launch was pure gold.
@@filipmartinez1162 ps2 is 100x better than the dreamcast lmao that's why it failed,, and sega went outta business
@@ramrodbldm9876 PS2 was only waited on by Cringe WEEABOO ass kids in my school that did their hair up like those queer final fantasy femboys that you like so much..
@@filipmartinez1162 PS2 is more successful than dreamcast haha. he/she didn't missed out anything more like they bought the right console and didn't waste money.
Leonard Nimoy voices the narrator in Seaman, not the Seaman itself.
2 of my childhood games I played on my cousin's dream cast, Soul Calibur 2 and Crazy Taxi 🥲💙
I love the sega dreamcast 🥲 it's my favorite console of all time.
Good video.
I never owned a Dreamcast but I am thinkful for the ports on GameCube
PS2 & Xbox. Skies of Arcadia Legends
& The Sonic Adventure games are some of my favourites.😊
I just bought spider man and street fighter third strike for my “gamecast” …super excited!!! , hope y’all have a blessed week
I love sega dreamcast. We got it about 10 years ago, at the time I didn't know anything about it but at about that time yt community started publishing ton of videos on it. I have built very nice collection, with ton of controllers, lightguns, around 6 VMUs and VGA box. Unfortunately I think VGA box died, around 2019 and that's when I packed it in the closet...
All of those games that are on the system are so unique and playable, it's really something. I also love that controller, one of the best from that generation, so comfortable.
I should really get new VGA box and hook the dreamcast again. I don't game much but I would game if on dreamcast.
I remember reading a old sega magazine in the UK being really sad to read that sega pulling out of the console business. I only heard or read issues with sega 32x/CD/Saturn (btw I love the saturn also my friend who had one introduced me to Tomb raider on it.) I was aware as a little kid that the dreamcast was a target for piracy back in the day and i was one of the cheapskate kids who got some of those games illegally at Flea Markets, but keep in mind I was a child who only could spend weekly 2 or 5 british pounds at the time, I also had the habit of refusing to spend on my school lunch money just so I could buy games legally or ilegally at flea markets for cheap.
The dreamcast introduced me to the Phantasy Star Online series, Shenmue, Space Channel 5, Rez, Fur Fighters, Unreal Tournament. I had a ton of games donated to me when I got one even having save files with high level or max level characters so I could just go on phantasy star n just curb stomp the enemies lol. I also had resident evil code veronica (ironically it scared the shit out of me when really it's a joke of a game), Tomb raider the last revelation, Soul Reaver 1, CRAAAAAAAZZZZZZY TAXI 1 and 2, Resident Evil 3 and of course..... sonic adventure 1 n 2.
I loved my Dreamcast. It was awesome
My brother and I used the fishing controller with Crazy Taxi.
The reel was the gas, it was awesome
The best video games console ever, thanks for you ❤.
I still have my Dreamcast , just pulled it from my attic and played crazy taxi and sonic adventure 2. Definitely still a great system
First console I played on. My uncle used to come over with the Dreamcast and MK Gold. I was a wee little lad and Quan Chi terrified me
dreamkast er godt. Mange tak for nye video, Kai! Jeg elsker din arbejde!
I bought one a bit blindly during the start of this year and man, it's so great!!
Great video, I got my DC exclusively for Code Veronica and it was worth it for those awesome graphics compared to RE on PS.
Nice video. You missed some cool facts about how Microsoft started dipping their toes in the console market with Dreamcast (years before XBox was even being designed), but it added a brutal stabbing in UK as a Dreamcast fact, so it balances out.
I really enjoyed playing Carrier on the Dreamcast.
I should play it, only played about 5 mins of it before the camera angles made me nauseous
Thank you for this, yellow magic orchestra is great thank you for the recommendation 🙏
I had a Dreamcast with 4 controllers 4 vmus, and 36 games, including typing of the dead with the keyboard. Never should have sold it, biggest gaming regret
Dreamcast utilized Hall Effect Joysticks all them years ago to prevent stick drift and yet now Console manufacturers probably purposely use potentiometers which wear out so they can continually sell more and more controllers which is a smack in the face of gamers especially since we know stick drift could’ve been fixed if they wanted to fix it but nope not current manufacturers and it’s sad that Sega put actually built high quality controllers which still work to this very day without drift problems
Ahh Yes Dreamcast also the logo was Blue in New Zealand as well
I really enjoyed the saturn and dreamcast. Great systems.
Absolutely outstanding many thanks for another fantastic video 🙂
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Still play my console to this day
i got the dreamcast when it came out and when i got code veronica a couple of days later my aunt took my dreamcast and we never saw her for years after that i was so gutted but thats family for ya in scotland
Dreamcast was also the first Hi-Definition/EDTV system. If they had Demo units with flatscreens in VGA mode I think it would have been a big selling point for the system. When the PS2 demo units first came out and had LCD screens with them I knew people would see it as futuristic (even though they only displayed Composite on those LCDs and it looked all shitty and smeary)
the thing that is shitty and smeary is your kds
Love that hes using Sonic adventures musics in the background ❤️
i love the fact that you cover something that i had personaly owned in my life i still miss my dreamcast it was stolen by my family members family sucks but you rock :D
well mine wasent loud untill it needed maintanace and a little grease you could also replace parts with CD player parts
Kai , I'm still waiting for the part 3 of your re3 stream. Loved the first 2 parts ❤
Coincidentally I dug out my Dreamcast last week and have been preparing to play some of my old games and get some more from ebay
Play in VGA mode. Practically an HD console with those cables.
@@filipmartinez1162 you're a b
I remember my father was going to buy a Dreamcast for my brother and me, it was a pirated one but he tought it was too expensive and instead bought us a chipped PS1. This was like in the year 2000 and since then I still play that good old PS1, but everytime I watch a video about how ahead of its time was the Dreamcast I kind of wish my father bought us that console instead.
Every new console owned was special in its own way but Dreamcast had a little extra special for me, I think it was the first time I had a arcade feeling and looking console at home with games like crazy taxi, Soul caliber, ready to rumble, hydro thunder, dynamite cop, power stone, house of the dead ect. It really felt like a whole new level of gaming at the time. Still haven’t really captured the arcade at home feel since in my opinion plus there were plenty of other great games on top of the arcade style ones, shenmue and resident evil are some of my all time favorites too.
My friend had Dreamcast at some point. We used to play Shenmue and Project Gotham Racing. Good times.
The history's world's greatest console ladies and gentlelman
Skies of Arcadia is still my favourite video game of all time.
My brother got this for his birthday in 99 but all we had to play for it until Christmas was the demo disc and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing. Granted his bday is only 3 weeks before Christmas but it felt like eternity back then
Dude same!! I was 12 and about to turn 13 that December. I remember thinking “how can it get any more polished then this !” Haha needless to say I was not good at forecasting the future for processing power or technology in general 😅
7:12 this is my favorite game on Dreamcast on that game
Hey I remember some of these facts from your RE3 stream last week
Great system , shame it didn't last longer , I wander what sega's next machine would have been . It was a real shame when they stopped producing hardware .
Damn. Number 3 was sad 😢
Oh man, This brings me back! I had such a love-hate relationship with the DC back in the day/!
he was understandly shook up hahaha omfg thats like the understatement of the century
I go to my friend just to play Dreamcast which I had a lot of fun with. I remember playing a LightGun Shooter with it.
Because it’s a “Potato Chip”!
Heads up, nimoy did not voice the seaman character. He was the narrator who would speak each day before you saw your seaman.
So glad sega released this console
Damn I miss my sega Dreamcast burn games..
Awesome vid Kai, as always!
Now I wanna play it again!
Easily the best console on the planet. I have little regrets spending $1000 on a modded console with completely replaced & recapped internals, including the awesome DCHDMI
WE LOVE THE DREAMCAST HERE ‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥
More facts:1) “Project Berkeley” was the code name for Shenmue.
2) Dreamcast hardware limitation permit character models from being able to move individual limbs such as fingers. Sony commercial campaigns for the PS2 constantly showed highlights of PS2 games moving fingers in the commercials.
3) The Dreamcast was developed in collaboration with M$ Bill Gates who assisted in the online features and added Windows CE and directX
4)The Dreamcast like the Sega Saturn has a internal Battery that stores internal options like Date and Time. If you Dreamcast asked you to input date and time on launch. The battery is dead. However. If you turn the Dreamcast on and don’t play any games. The battery recharges. Some people browse the net or just leave the lid up for a hr or 2.
Sad it was Sega's last console but least they went out with a good one