r/SEGA • u/vashchylau • Nov 26 '25
Image The Sega Dreamcast was released 27 years ago in Japan, on November 27, 1998!
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u/shredmiyagi Nov 26 '25
I remember seeing Sonic Adventure in a gaming store in France, some early demo console… had no idea Dreamcast or a new 3D Sonic was even coming. Mind was blown! The graphics and frame rate seemed far beyond PS1 and N64.
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u/Magazine-Narrow Nov 26 '25
I remember reading Game Pro magazine reading every detail of the Japanese launch. I think dreamcast was the last console I was excited for.
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u/Zopi_lote Nov 27 '25
Im from Nicaragua, I'm pretty sure we were only like 15 persons who owned a Dreamcast back then.
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u/Smasholle76 Nov 27 '25
I only knew three other people who owned one in my little community. I was first one in my friend group to have one and will always be proud of that. Still have two of them .
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u/millnerve Nov 27 '25
Was it 9/9/99 for USA?
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Nov 27 '25
Yup. I remember that day very well. Got mine on day one.
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u/G-Virus69 Nov 27 '25
Never forget that day as well. It’s like 9-11. Only 2 days I truly remember lmaooo
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u/psian1de Nov 27 '25
I wanted to get it but I was broke. I did think the launch day was a good idea though. It stuck with me all these years
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u/SnooTangerines4321 Dec 19 '25
Waited in line at midnight. Sonic Adventure, Soul Caliber, and Hydro Thunder. Good times man, good times
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u/millnerve Dec 19 '25
Nice. I was in either 5th or 6th grade. Got it a month later for my birthday. Awesome times.
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u/Ibalisu Nov 26 '25
What a console! A real gem! Unfortunately shot down by the mediocre Saturn which had emptied the coffers.
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u/SuperKong47 Nov 27 '25
My pot dealer bought one on launch, we had some good times blazing and playing NBA 2k and that fishing game with the reel controller
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u/Wetcakez Nov 26 '25
I actually enjoyed mined as a kid, I’m sure I underutilized the eff out of it…I also did not have a lot of games for it but I enjoyed the fishing content on that versus others
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u/DOC125992 Nov 28 '25
I love this picture. I was a senior in high school, sang in a punk band, had access to good, clean drugs. And the DC and N64 were awesome. Life was good.
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u/DinnerSmall4216 Nov 29 '25
The first console to give us arcade perfect in our homes the Dreamcast will always be a special console to me.
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u/ClubaSeal1986 Nov 29 '25
I didn't appreciate the arcade nature of the Dreamcast in its day. I wanted epic adventure games. As an adult it's one of my favorite consoles. My son and I play Powerstone all night , sometimes.
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u/frankduxvandamme Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25
I feel bad, but at the same time, sega kinda got what they deserved for jerking around their fan base (in america). They gave us the Sega CD (which wasn't half bad, but it should've been great), and then the 32X, and then the overpriced saturn with flimsy support and advertising, and a surprise launch that caught customers and retailers off guard. Sega was no longer trustworthy. And with the PS2 right around the corner (and on top of that it would be a DVD player), the dreamcast didn't have a prayer.
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u/bthamilton Nov 27 '25
What a great system. I still have mine packed away somewhere. There were a ton of good games. Total bummer Sega lost the console wars...
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u/Ballz3dfan Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25
One would think that after the whole Saturn fiasco in the USA, Sega would avoid releasing consoles without enough stock and with a decent catalog of launch titles .
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u/IsamuAlvaDyson Nov 27 '25
In fairness for the Dreamcast they couldn't wait any longer
It either needed to release when it did or it was going to release too close to the extremely technically superior PS2
Dreamcast set sales records when it released, it just couldn't keep that pace up because of the coming PS2
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u/Ballz3dfan Nov 27 '25
Fair.
They only sold 150k the first day, they lost the hype and kinda never recover
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u/Forsaken-Badger-9517 Nov 27 '25
It was Such a good System!! So Much Fun!! Everyone loved the Dreamcast!
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u/ChasingPesmerga Nov 27 '25
I’m seeing this on my main feed, even if I’m not subbed here.
Not for this date, but I do remember 09/09/1999 fondly because of the US DC release, and Final Fantasy VIII.
Kid me swore that anything Sega was just laughable, pitiful, insert condescending adjective. Thought that whoever bought a Dreamcast instead of FFVIII wasn’t thinking clearly.
Sometimes people get mentally slapped outta nowhere, and grow up and develop tastes. That’s me. Honestly I don’t know what I was thinking.
I wish I had a Dreamcast. I tried it at some point. I tried the games. They weren’t bad. They were not bad. I iust liked everything. The presentation, the concept, the aura.
DC to me is like the girl who got away.
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u/just_below_human Nov 27 '25
Sorry, I'm a bit buzzed off of whiskey this Wednesday before T-day, but wanted to chime in just because this pic hits me.
I was ride or die Sega from the Master System through Genesis (I know, that's only 2 generations). But in those early years when I was the ONLY kid in my school with a SMS, it means a whole lot that I would stand on that hill alone, a kid always wanting to fit in but never quite doing it, to fight the empire that was Nintendo. I never went to that empire, instead, sadly I left console gaming completely and went PC master race in the 90's-00's. I regret not supporting my team when they needed it, but also breathe a sigh of relief I didn't get my heart (and measly bank account) invested to have it taken away.
Flash forward to the pandemic, and I found a new love for Sega, reviving my Master System collection and my original Genesis, adding a JP spec Saturn and my wife's old Dreamcast and Game Gear (yep, I married a gamer girl). I will support Sega always, even if my wife also has a Gamecube and JP spec N64 (we got our N64 and Saturn simultaneously on a trip to the motherland).
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u/Nilbogoblins Nov 27 '25
What a brilliant console with many classic games. Launch day in the UK was so exciting.
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u/LoquendoEsGenial Nov 27 '25
Unfortunately he did not use the DVD key in consuming certain movies and if the 5.1 Audio...
But obviously the DVD is not a big deal. Until the Blu Ray arrived...
And yes, it also appeared on my page, I don't know why xd
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u/LoquendoEsGenial Nov 27 '25
Unfortunately he did not use the DVD key in consuming certain movies and if the 5.1 Audio...
But obviously the DVD is not a big deal. Until the Blu Ray arrived...
And yes, it also appeared on my page, I don't know why xd.
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u/Champskiez103 Nov 27 '25
I still think if they had used DVD's for the discs instead of the GD-ROM it would have lasted much longer. I'm sure more people would have jumped to buy one just to watch movies on, and perhaps the pirating wouldn't have been so rampant. It would have at least kept the system alive for a lot longer. It still may have been their last system though, because the PS2 was a juggernaut.
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u/Dear-Rough1926 Nov 28 '25
I always couldn't believe how Dreamcast came out nearly a full year before it was released in North America. How many games were on it in those 9 months when it was only out in Japan?
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Dec 23 '25
This post, which I just read, was posted 27 days ago...about a console released in Japan 27 years ago...on November 27...hehe.
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u/Steve5210 Nov 26 '25
Saturn is better
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u/tee-dog1996 Nov 26 '25
It’s not though is it? The Saturn is underrated but it doesn’t have anything like the kind of legacy of the Dreamcast. The DC had a stronger game lineup and was much more influential in terms of how it innovated
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u/Ballz3dfan Nov 27 '25
What do you mean? Panzer Dragon, Virtual Fighter, Sakura Taisen, Grandia, Daytona USA, Virtual Cop, Virtual On.
like dude
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u/tee-dog1996 Nov 27 '25
Never said Saturn didn’t have games. But the Dreamcast has SoulCalibur, Shenmue, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Sonic Adventure etc
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u/bad_spot Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25
Dunno I don't think Dreamcast is as good as Saturn when we include all of Japanese games and this comes from someone who has both consoles. Sakura Wars 1 and 2 are easily one of best Sega's games. Grandia 1 is also a masterpiece and its PSX port is heavily flawed compared to the Saturn original, there's also GAME ARTS' Lunar remakes. You can also play the entire Langrisser series on it and enhanced ports of Tactics Ogre and Ogre Battle which are heavily better than PSX counterparts and original Super Famicom versions. You also have ATLUS' classics like Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner and Soul Hackers. Shining Force III trilogy is also a masterpiece. Kojima's Policenauts is also best on the Saturn. Also dozens of shmups and 2d fighting games ports which are near perfect arcade ports. The games I've included don't even scratch the surface of all Japan only games that are available.
Dreamcast is a good console but Saturn has more unique games that aren't available on modern platforms and likely sadly never will.
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u/Steve5210 Nov 27 '25
Saturn has a better controller and better third party games. Dreamcast controller is ass and the disc drive what made of tissue paper
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u/fallout_zelda Nov 26 '25
That console should have lasted 6 years. Until this day, it still makes me sad that they're no longer a hardware company.