Eulogy to a great console

[GetGamer News]

I always was a sucker for Sega. Hell, I still have my Dreamcast hooked up, right beside my PS2. The way I see it, the PS2 is where the big Hollywood style productions are. The Dreamcast is where the spirit of independent production leaves on in the amazing homebrew scene.

I was looking around for information on the history of the system, and stumbled across the below site. If you’re at all interested in the history of the last of Sega’s line of consoles, this site is a must read. A staggering amount of detail on the history of the machine, the software… Everything a Sega nut could ever want to know about that cool little white box that died such a painful death.

The wars now may be a three way between Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft, but from comments left in the past, I’m know I’m not alone in my appreciate of Sega, so fellow Sega nuts, enjoy!

http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000170023908/

[Red Devil]

I also still have my Dreamcast hooked up next to my PS2. It's a great console and deserved better than its painful death. The Sonic Adventure games were great, as was Sega Rally 2. Jet Set Radio was another a great game, and one of the first few examples of cell-shading. The VMU was another brilliant feature, allowing you to download mini games onto a memory card and play them later. Add all that to internet access and you have to wonder why it failed... :(

[sasimi]

it failed because sony was getting technology alot faster then sega was. same with nintendo. and sega saw it wasnt gonna last very long and to save money they droped ouyt of the consol business and started to sell their ideas for games.

[HuRRiCaNe22491]

It's a great console and deserved better than its painful death. The Sonic Adventure games were great, as was Sega Rally 2. Jet Set Radio was another a great game, and one of the first few examples of cell-shading. The VMU was another brilliant feature, allowing you to download mini games onto a memory card and play them later. Add all that to internet access and you have to wonder why it failed... :(

I agree completely. I don't know what else to say, except that I have my Dreamcast on the same shelf as my PS2 and GameCube as well.