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The Dream That Will Never Die: Dreamcast Gaming in 2016

The Dream That Will Never Die: Dreamcast Gaming in 2016

Dreamcast 2016John McCormick
I still remember the day I found out that SEGA were going to discontinue the Dreamcast. It was early 2001 and the PlayStation magazine I was reading (we used to actually read magazines back then) covered the demise of the Dreamcast before swiftly moving on to the successes of the PS2. Thanks to those successes and the massive preference for PlayStation over the SEGA Saturn the generation previous, Sony had almost single-handedly driven SEGA out of the console business leaving them to concentrate on software only from that day forth. With the Dreamcast topping out at a meagre 9 million and change in sales and the PS2 hitting the dizzy heights of over 150 million units sold, the Dreamcast was destined to be little more than a footnote in the pages of gaming history....
The Dream That Will Never Die: Dreamcast Gaming in 2016

The Dream That Will Never Die: Dreamcast Gaming in 2016

Dreamcast 2016John McCormick
I still remember the day I found out that SEGA were going to discontinue the Dreamcast. It was early 2001 and the PlayStation magazine I was reading (we used to actually read magazines back then) covered the demise of the Dreamcast before swiftly moving on to the successes of the PS2. Thanks to those successes and the massive preference for PlayStation over the SEGA Saturn the generation previous, Sony had almost single-handedly driven SEGA out of the console business leaving them to concentrate on software only from that day forth. With the Dreamcast topping out at a meagre 9 million and change in sales and the PS2 hitting the dizzy heights of over 150 million units sold, the Dreamcast was destined to be little more than a footnote in the pages of gaming history....
Sega Mega Drive Games Random Thoughts

Sega Mega Drive Games Random Thoughts

sega mega driveDarren James
The SEGA MEGA DRIVE was one of the most popular consoles in the 90s and for many of us it actually was the console that marked my childhood. With amazing games, intense gameplay and cool stories, it delivered some of the most interesting moments in my life, so let’s look back at some of the games that made this console famous. This is by no means my top 10, just a warm up for that and some random thoughts written down on a lazy Sunday....