Happy 9th birthday Dreamcast

[squirrelnut]

9/9/99. We hardly knew ye.

[Tupin]

Next year will be it's big party.

Still, happy birthday Dreamcast.

[emceelokey]

It's weird to think that it's already been 9 years since the DC's launch and wha't even more amazing is that Sony plans on keeping the PS3 around for 10 years. I honestly couldn't even try to think of the DC living past '04. I could'nt even imagine the Xbox being competetive past '06. Even if the PS3 has killer games in 2013 I stil think people will want a new system just for the sake of having a new system.

[Nebagram]

To be fair the PS1 and PS2 still had/has life after a prolonged period of time... but screw them, this is the Dreamcast's day and the Dreamcast's thread. May the spiral live forever!

[Hitman Tyler]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREAMCAST!!!!

I knew something in me to buy another dreamcast last month... LOL

[RPG_Fanatic]

Happy B-day

[dao2]

/o

Dreamcast

[SnowKitty]

damn, 9 years already? :o

[SpaceHarrier]

I still remember the day we met, in late August. Hollywood Video's Dreamcast promotion gave a rental test drive of the creamy white system.

So I took Sonic Adventure for a spin.

That was the day the neighbor hit the fire hydrant outside our house, letting a geyser of water spray 15 feet high for 30 minutes.

Then we met again on 9/9/99. Such a sweet reunion. I still have my launch day promo T-shirt I got for pre-ordering the system.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/ayumifanatic/segadreaaaaamcast.jpg
Best picture I could get

[Viraneth]

In celebration, I bought Soul Calibur on Saturday for $2

[Poofta!]

mmm... and while we're gathered here today, lets celebrate the 7 year anniversary of its death. for me, its a happier day. sega deserves it for making me spend cash on everything of thiers between the genesis and now.

[kps67]

I can't believe it was 9 years. Wow. Still one of the best titles in any game anywhere was Test Drive 6 - Fear Factory's remake of Cars. The only time I loved sitting through the titles...and the video!

[squirrelnut]

^you nailed it on the head. i would play that game until my thumb was raw

[segagamer4life]

^you nailed it on the head. i would play that game until my thumb was raw



Happy Bday DC... I still play you, and I was sad to see you go from the mainstream..... oh well here is to the DC2, maybe someday!!

[Tron 2.0]

Happy birthday DC one of the most under rated console that sega made.

Good for ports of arcade games and shoot'em ups as well.

Just a while ago i got it out again afther getting under defeat for it.

[Policenaut]

Thanks for MvC, Garou, CvSNK, Grandia, Shenmue, House of the Dead 2 and so many, many great games that I still enjoy.

[Damaramu]

Ha! In before midnight, central time!

Happy Birthday Dreamcast! I own three of you and I still play one regularly (the others are backups!)

So many fond memories of playing 4 player San Fran Rush 2049, Toy Commander, etc, with the guys! Fun times...

[josekortez]

Dreamcast is still my favorite system even though I don't play it as often as I should. I did fall asleep with it on the bed next to me last week, which is another story entirely.

When I get some dough, I plan to buy another shoot 'em up for the DC, but for now, I think I'll try to get around to playing that import copy of Guilty Gear X that's been sitting on the kitchen counter for several months now...

[kps67]

Oh and can I also say that NFL2K kicked MADDEN'S ASS!

Which is why EA had to buy the exclusive rights!

[jdc]

Long live the Swirlie. Last month I actually had the house to myself for a week while my wife went away. I took my DC and entire library upstairs to the living room and kicked back and played the system, outside of the "man cave gaming room", for the whole week. The gaming room has an LCD tv, which the DC tends to look like crap on. The living room has a nice 27" tube tv, which the DC always looked great on.

[Dastardly Dylan]

And it was a sweet day yesterday, not alot of homework, school wasn't much of a hastle, and I came home and played the Dreamcast on it's Birthday :)

Happy Birthday Dreamcast, I love ya buddy. :snuggle:

[SegaAges]

DC is , by far, the best system I have ever bought.

My best gaming memories are on my DC.

[diskoboy]

9/9/99 - 9 years later.

It's hard to believe It's already been that long. It's also hard to believe my Dreamcast is my second most played console in my entire collection, even though I've beaten every game I have, several times over.

I got in a celebratory play of Jet Grind Radio and Samba de Amigo, for this momentous occasion.

Need to start making plans for the big 1-0 celebration, next year.

[TonyTheTiger]

Holy crap. You're not going to believe this but I actually found the receipt from Toys "R" Us dated 9/10/99. A Dreamcast, an extra controller, and Soul Calibur are listed on there. I remember that night well. I had come home from school on Friday and knew the DC launched the day before. I didn't think much of it until later that night when on a whim I bummed a ride from my aunt to the Toys "R" Us in Elizabeth, NJ (3% sales tax ftw!). It was dark so it must have been around 8pm or so when I bought it. The receipt is a little faded but I think it says 8:32. I remember the store being relatively empty. As I walked through the isles (they still were using the awesome yellow tickets) I spotted Final Fantasy VIII. I specifically remember thinking to myself, "Oh, right. That came out today. Should I get that? Nah. I'm here for the Dreamcast."

I grabbed the DC ticket. I wanted Sonic Adventure but they were sold out. I was scanning the games and took a few minutes to decide. My aunt, pointing to Mortal Kombat Gold said "What about Mortal Kombat?" Just then I spotted Soul Calibur. I hadn't been following that game too closely. And though I didn't own it at the time, I remember thoroughly liking Soul Edge/Blade. I wasn't entirely certain if this was the sequel though because I hadn't been paying attention. But I looked at it closely and trusted my instinct. I also saw Soul Fighter and felt sorry for the game because its title inevitably made it appear to be a cheap knock off. Since Soul Calibur was a fighting game, I grabbed a second controller. Went looking for a VMU but all sold out, dammit.

I got home that night and set up the console in my room. I hit the power button and got startled by the noise. I wasn't used to consoles being so loud. I played Soul Calibur well into the wee hours of the morning. I spent more time than I'd want to admit unlocking everything, shutting the console off for the night, and, because I couldn't save, spent the next day unlocking the same stuff all over again.

At the time, I specifically remember thinking how it wasn't a big deal. When I was a kid, getting a new system was an amazing moment but I remember thinking at the time that the whole "magic" of it had been lost to what I suspected was the effect of age. Yet, now that I'm remembering it, it feels good. In fact, I think it feels better now than I remember it feeling then. And I still don't own Final Fantasy VIII.

[fpbrush]

Nice story TonyTheTiger,

I like to think of the Dreamcast as the system that "brought the magic back" for alot of us :)

[Arcade_Ness]

Happy B-Day Dreamcast! I hardly play it but I'm getting a copy of Jet Grind Radio soon. Good times will be had.

[sonoranreptile]

Happy belated birthday indeed to one of my top 3 favorite consoles ever! I just burned up my black sports edition and went out and got another one a few days ago to finish playing Evil Twin and Silver. SAAAAYYYGAAAAA!!!!!

[Adol]

And in about 11 weeks,i'll be happy to celebrate its 10th birthday (yeah,the DC originally came out on november 1998 in Japan...i was so happy back at the time :)