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With its novelty controllers, internet connection and audacious games, the Dreamcast briefly held the spotlight 25 years ago.
The Dreamcast just got a new port of Mario Kart 64, and after a couple months of work, it's here and ready to play.
Ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden thinks current Xbox hardware isn't 'persuasive' enough to win over gamers and resurrect the ...
I.e., the day the New York Times revealed that Walz, back before he was a governor, was apparently so obsessed with the Sega Dreamcast video game console that his wife once had to take it away ...
Sega’s Dreamcast was the first console to come with an internet modem, allowing players to connect the console to their network and play certain games online in real-time, including the first ...
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has been reminded of the Dreamcast when watching what Xbox has been up to lately.
The Dreamcast was a great system, and there’s an argument to be made that the only reason it wasn’t more popular was that it was just slightly too far ahead of its time.
Ever since the release of the Sega Genesis Mini and the Game Gear Micro, fans have been clamoring for a similar mini console based on the Dreamcast. While the system was a financial disappointment ...
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has said he believes Microsoft is at a "fork in the road" and is questioning whether the ...
The Dreamcast's 1.2GB discs and the Gamecube's 1.5GB discs couldn't hold a candle to the 4.7GB that could be stored on a PS2 or Xbox DVD, of course. At $199, Dreamcast is launching at the same ...
Dreamcast helped raise Sega's share to about 5.5 percent as of last fall, according to research group NPD. At that time, Sony controlled about 56 percent of the market and Nintendo about 38.5 percent.
Engadget started up in 2004, so we missed the rise (and fall) of the Sega Dreamcast by a few years. We've still covered the company's ups and downs over the past decade and a half (and can't wait ...