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26 facts about the Sega Dreamcast
The Sega Dreamcast is a video game console ahead of its time.
If you ever own Dreamcast, check out these amazing facts!
The Sega Dreamcast is the first 128-bit console on the market.
The name of this console was declared as "Katana", but was later changed to Dreamcast.
It was released on November 25, 1998, in Japan.
Just a year after its release, Dreamcast has successfully sold to Nintendo!
That same year, it also broke the Sony PlayStation record for having more than 200,000 pre-orders!
It used to integrate 56k modem to connect to the Internet and play online.
Dreamcast is also the first console to enable real-time online play.
It is also the only game console to offer the ability to surf the Internet and send e-mail!
Sega Dreamcast is also capable for VGA and that is why a special VGA cable was also released at the same time.
This is the first game console to feature a motion controller.
Shenmue and Shenmue 2 are the two most expensive games ever made for Dreamcast.
The CDs used in this control panel can be easily read from standard CD-ROM drives.
At the time of its release, it was the only console with a hit game across all genres.
It is said that the Xbox console is inspired by Sega Dreamcast.
The first version of this console was released at the price of $ 199.99.
The Dreamcast console logo means "source of power".
The makers of Dreamcast have a plan for the 3D games to be launched on this console.
Due to great competition, in 2001 Sega announced that it would stop broadcasting Dreamcast.
Even so, the console was still sold out until 2007 in parts of Japan.
As of 2002, 10.6 million units had been sold worldwide.
In different parts of the world, the color of the swirl in the logo differs.
Although Dreamcast was short-lived, their manufacturers produced a few different versions of the console.
As of November 2007, Dreamcast had 688 official games, with some unofficial games still being released for hard fans.
Although Dreamcast has been discontinued, some of the more popular games can still be played online!
Since Dreamcast's features are ahead of their time, it's still appreciated, and many of the new modern consoles featuring online play have a lot to thank Sega Dreamcast.
Dreamcast's newest game "Ghost Blade" was released on September 21, 2015.
