Remember the Sega Dreamcast? What Happened to It?

The Sega Dreamcast was considered at one time to be the most powerful video games console ever created and thought by many to be one of the greatest under appreciated consoles ever - it was legendary. What happened to it?

In 1998/99 the console became available in the shops and did quite well. Then out of the blue in January 2001, Sega the company announced that they were shelving it! No more - that was it. It seemed that they were not making enough money and so continued to only produce games, leaving the console market behind.

However, it really was an entirely new standard in console gaming at the time in 1998 with accelerated graphics, a powerful processor, and lots of flexibility. I say "was" yet this console can still be purchased online and offline in some stores if you hunt around.

Sega Dreamcast was the first console to offer internet capability being equipped with the Planetweb browser, which was specifically designed for accessing web pages via a TV screen. One of the more unique factors for the day was the visual memory unit, a 128-KB memory card and a 48 32 resolution LCD monochrome screen. Might not sound much to you now but it was quite impressive back then.

Although considered to be in the same line of consoles as the Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2, and Microsoft Xbox, when it first entered the market, it found itself in direct competition with the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64 (N64) instead.

The Sega Dreamcast is a discontinued system that was largely considered to be ahead of its time and a gateway to a whole world of entertainment and of course, by today's standards it was so amazingly inexpensive.

John Milligan.

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