Happy 10th birthday Dreamcast!

[quietchat]

That's right, the last console that Sega ever made has turned 10 years old, the reason why Sega is now just a third party company instead of a first party, taken out by Sony's Playstation 2.

http://kotaku.com/5355311/happy-birt...res-a-new-game


And to commemorate this day, Sega is releasing a brand new dreamcast game. Sadly though it's been a long time since new games have been made for it, and it's odd to think that new games would even be made. I believe that games still get periodically released over in japan, but oh well.

Celebrate today by plugging in sega's first dedicated disk reading console and have a merry time.

[Bobadoe]

Oh the console that back then I wish I had and now am glad I didn't.

It was just to sad to see Sega go that way.... Killed by the DVD.

[suigintou]

Sega's first dedicated disc-reading console? Excuse me? What happened to the Sega Saturn?

There aren't any good reasons for a normal gamer to own a DC anymore. All its best games have been ported or remade. I mean, it's cool if you're a collector (my reason for owning one), but other than that...*shrugs*

[quietchat]

...... *Looks it up* .... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rn_blanche.jpg

That looks like a cartridge there on the right, and a cartridge port in the back of the console

[Bobadoe]

Originally Posted by quietchat

...... *Looks it up* .... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rn_blanche.jpg

That looks like a cartridge there on the right, and a cartridge port in the back of the console

I never noticed the cartridge port before...

Wow... I cannot believe I missed it.

[suigintou]

Originally Posted by quietchat

...... *Looks it up* .... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rn_blanche.jpg

That looks like a cartridge there on the right, and a cartridge port in the back of the console

So what, just because it also had a cartridge port, it's not as dedicated? "It's more universal, so it's not as dedicated. HURR."

But actually, sir, that cartridge slot isn't even for games. It's for add-ons like extra RAM, cheat devices, game save devices, etc. So yeah, no, the Dreamcast was not first.

[quietchat]

Ah, but if you go that route then you should be saying that the Sega CD was the first.

[suigintou]

Originally Posted by quietchat

Ah, but if you go that route then you should be saying that the Sega CD was the first.

That was an add-on, not a console. The Saturn was a full, disk-reading console. The Sega CD was just an extra thing you threw on the bottom of your Genesis/Mega Drive. And almost none of the Sega CD games were exclusive to that format, rather they were mostly just ports of cartridge games.

So no, you're still wrong.

[Bobadoe]

Originally Posted by suigintou

That was an add-on, not a console. The Saturn was a full, disk-reading console. The Sega CD was just an extra thing you threw on the bottom of your Genesis/Mega Drive. And almost none of the Sega CD games were exclusive to that format, rather they were mostly just ports of cartridge games.

So no, you're still wrong.

Can't you just feel the love???

[quietchat]

Goody, un-intended debate!

Technically, you have contradiction. Even though the Sega CD was an add-on to the Genisis console, it didn't require the cartridge port, and it had it's own CD games. The most it required from the Genisis was its hardware to run it, and a stand alone Sega CD was being planned at one point anyway. By this definition, it is the same as the Saturn, and therefore if you argue that the catridge isn't required for the games, then CD gets included.

So, that means that either the Sega CD is the first dedicated disk reading system by Sega, or you have to say the catridge port nulls it all together, which at the same time takes out the Saturn, leaving us with a disk reading ONLY Dreamcast console. Boy do I love friendly debate ^^

Getting back on topic however: Even though everyone says that the 3-D Sonic games all blow, I loved the first Sonic Adventure game, and the second, on the Dreamcast. My favorite memory was playing as Sonic in the (either second or third) stage, where you get sucked up by a tornado and all of the sudden you're super high up. And for whatever reason, I didn't follow the grating path that led down, I turned Sonic to the opposite side of the floating island, and leapt right off. Half a minute later, I landed on the final island at the bottem with a time that was nearly half of what I usually clock in at on the stage.