9.9.99 X 25 = 🌀
During the Playstation 2 era, I really enjoyed finding those titles people were sleeping on. Games like Katamari Damacy, Gitaroo Man, and this strange little title that seemed custom-made just for me.
Here was a game being treated like… an instrument? With its own light show? Who in the world made this?
That’s when I became a Sega Dreamcast fan.
Of course, I bought Rez for the Playstation 2 circa 2006 and Sega had stopped making the Dreamcast and (sadly) any new hardware by then. But the more I looked into the Dreamcast, the bigger a fan I became.
The development teams seemed more like boutique art studios.
The console was way ahead of its time, and we’re still learning how far ahead of the curve it really was:
And that startup sequence? 🤌🏽
My love for the Dreamcast is well documented, so I won’t bore you with the stuff you can easily find. But here are a few specialty items you might enjoy today:
- Woofmute - a talented developer who tinkers with Sega Dreamcast titles in interesting ways.
- Modern Vintage Gamer - some Dreamcast tinkering, some reporting.
- RetroFighters - makers of fantastic controllers.
- Racketboy - loads of great reviews and lists on some hidden gems.
Finally, if you haven’t seen it, Archipel’s The Dreamcast (née A Dream Cast) is still available on YouTube at no charge:
▶️ Part 1
▶️ Part 2
Happy anniversary to the Sega Dreamcast and shout out to all the teams who made it a magical platform. Going into 2025, perhaps I’ll have the time and resources to convert a well-known computer into something like a Divers 2000 CX-1 experience:
Or maybe Sega will decide to bring Segagaga to the masses. 🙂