GameSpot TV: Dreamcast Launch Special

[@03chrisv]

I remember being so happy to finally have arcade quality graphics on a home console. The Dreamcast was amazing for its time.

[@gt0783]

Happy 23rd birthday Dreamcast. It feels like yesterday I was sitting in Algebra drawing the Dreamcast swirl logo on 9/9/99.

[@systematicallyshocked]

Dude I still have this perfect memory of my teacher saying “there will never be another Nine, Nine, Nighty Nine” and all I could think about was “yeah, the Dreamcast!” 😂

[@matthewmensah481]

Happy 25th Anniversary Sega Dreamcast 🌀🎮 1999-2024 🥳🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉

[@paulhsu2965]

Happy 25 anniversary.

[@jbizzle8491]

I remember buying a used black SegaSports edition Dreamcast back in 2003 at GameXCrazy (Hollywood Video's Gamestop equivalent) for a mere $28 including tax, with matching controller! I bought all the goofy arcade games for it including Hydro Thunder, Crazy Taxi, House of the Dead, Soul Caliber, etc. I had like 4 VMUs (2 were clear), 2 rumble packs, and a light gun. Truly an amazing system! I still forget to this day why I sold it. Even back then it was a special system, just the market didn't appreciate it is all.

[@Schizophrenia222]

Adam Sessler at the launch of the Dreamcast. Incredible.

[@systematicallyshocked]

I watch this once a year every winter, thanks for that! I just never commented till now. Man the Dreamcast was great. I still play it as well

[@csmith3243]

Got my Dreamcast on Christmas 99. Loved it and still is my favorite system

[@epicon6]

Got mine on November 22nd 99🌀

[@DraculaXHunter101]

One of the most underrated and groundbreaking video game consoles ever produced. The Sega Dreamcast truly was ahead of its time. Hard to believe we're approaching the 20th Anniversary of it's USA launch.

[@hereticpharaoh7343]

21st now.

[@whoodiniluweinie805]

Dreamcast paved the wave for online gaming there will never be another console like it. if I was I billionaire I would definitely resurrect sega again as a prominent company.

[@therealbossplaya]

WE WOULD BE BUSINESS PARTNERS BECAUSE I WOULD DO THE SAME IF I HAD THE MONEY AND SONIC WOULD BE A SEGA CONSOLE EXCLUSIVE AS HE SHOULD FOR THE NEW 2018 SYSTEM....DAMN IF ONLY.

[@teamhammerbros8466]

umm throwing in a slow modem no one wanted and didnt work for games of the time, was outdone but the eventuality that consoles would go online regardless. This was proven because of things like the Satellaview that already worked that way in Japan in the early 90’s.

[@cameron6262]

@@teamhammerbros8466 thats not true at all, the dial up modem actually worked very well back in the day. Play some of the ressurected servers if you still have doubts...

[@teamhammerbros8466]

@@cameron6262 trying to defend dial up internet is like trying to defend the horse and buggy. No 56k rately worked well. And citing servers on Broadband now, doesnt really add to your point about servers back then.

[@cameron6262]

@@teamhammerbros8466 they still run via 56k dial up speed even on private servers.. go lookup dreampi... you have no idea what you are talking about dude. At the time.. 56k was in the vast majority of homes. You do know the packets of some games hardly need any bandwidth right? Seems like you never had 90s internet. Also not defending dial up lol just pointing out what you're saying is entirely incorrect.

[@zrobeast]

2:52 Holy geez, Jeff looks like he's 15 years old.

[@oldskoolretrovideogames174]

My Favorite console of all time

[@JoeSavySC2]

One of the best consoles I ever owned. Excellent memories.

[@jetstreamdefalpha5411]

Bs

[@handlethis78]

Back when sessler still held himself together, unlike now. Those were the good years.

[@systematicallyshocked]

I read an article that said mushrooms can change a persons persona entirely making them someone different going forward. Considering he had drug issues he’s had to have ran into a few in his time. Something mind effed him.

[@TheChazOtt]

6:56 oh the irony...

[@cameron6262]

TheChazOtt if it werent for mil cd that would of been true. Also compressed cdis suck compared to a gdi

[@mutalix]

Lmao I loved the DC but Sega didn't even care for piracy security, as compared to Saturn which only relatively recently got its system cracked.

[@Wesley_C]

Dreamcast, the legend.

[@jamesmoss3424]

The Dreamcast is still brilliant today. 😀👍🎮

[@wordsshackles441]

this!

[@mistamontiel00]

"Should I buy it" what fuckin question is that

[@StealthMaster86]

I remember seeing it in the news and was blown away by it. I wanted one, but unfortunately I never got one. I did get to try it out and it was pretty cool.

[@mattmc5069]

It's ironic that as those two guys discuss the future of gaming and discuss the dreamcasts modem capabilities the one guy casually mentions windows And practically in his next sentence says 5 years from now games will be very different. Who knew...

[@matthewgonzalez721]

Hooray Sonic adventure!

[@oscarmike1131]

Still play Soul Calibur 1 today

[@MultiPhil44]

if only we knew. . .

[@RetroFan]

My youth

[@alleyday]

Happy Birthday Dreamcast!

[@xretroman]

I love Lauren fielder / Gomez. What's she up to now?

[@rockstar6786]

Only if Sega would have got 3rd party support. The console was such a great concept and what gaming is today but Dreamcast lost steam and then never recovered

[@WKZworks]

I was there. The problem was the PS hype machine. I remember EB employees telling customers to "Just hold out for PS2".

[@dreamcastninja88]

The 128-bit Neo Geo/PC Engine

[@kevinvandeford5562]

eeesh boy were they wrong

[@odysseywow]

I'm so sad that the Dreamcast ended up underperforming. There needs to be more competition

[@jgfear]

Dreamcast was unlucky as it was launched the same year as the PlayStation 2 . I was lucky to own both systems and I will say this the Dreamcast was a damn good console .

[@ehyouman]

Fucking Peter Moore..........

[@NobodyLovesLife]

Dutch angles galore!

[@Sicbay138]

Sold my dreamcast and all my games about a decade ago for like 50 when money was real tight.....boy do I regret that. Not long after that, interest in old consoles boomed, and now it's apparently gonna cost me like 300-400 if I wanted to get back the console, accessories, and all the games I had, lol...Ugh.

[@neorebu]

use emulators in pc brother, playing Blue stinger in 4k right now

[@ShadowWarrior88]

The best system ever made hands down

[@maceomillions2192]

Danyle Gaines How Sway???

[@warrenscott1456]

it had alot of firsts

[@WKZworks]

Dreamcast was the absolute last time I've been excited about video games. Nowadays they're kind of a "take-it-or-leave-it" ordeal to me. Dreamcast was something really special. A final hurrah for Sega in the console market, but after two decades, the magic is gone.

[@timothycrawford3476]

The Dreamcast was the last time I was really excited about a console, you know that special feeling you got as a kid. There's been nothing compared to it, to this day I still talk about it.

[@systematicallyshocked]

Dreamcast is close second to me like that behind GameCube (shoot maybe N64). PS3 right now has that same feeling when I think back only because the end of its life just has sooo much to it before the ps4 era came with constant micro transactions. My ps3 is full of games I can just turn on and play. Today I’d give it to the Switch. Compared to the Xbox and PlayStation it’s become another one I can look forward to when playing games. Put in a Nintendo card, don’t need to wait for it to download or install large files. Put in and play. Even if a game has a DL it’s usually a small 5-10 second dl.

[@dreamcastninja88]

The last PC Engine

[@gameboizchannel]

7:02 - Well, that wasn't true.

[@cornerarcade7913]

Wow he knew about Dolphin emulator in 1990s? Lol

[@G18999]

Adam looks and sounds exactly the same 23 years later!

[@teamhammerbros8466]

wow, it’s a shame how many “journalists” back then got swayed by marketing hype. 128 bit? Best launch ever? Man this video only ages well for Sessler.

[@zogmorp]

Sega set a new sales record by selling more than 225,132 Dreamcast units in 24 hours, earning the company $98.4 million in what Moore called "the biggest 24 hours in entertainment retail history". Within two weeks, U.S. Dreamcast sales exceeded 500,000. By Christmas, Sega held 31 percent of the North American video game marketshare.

[@mutalix]

@@zogmorp I think for the time, it was amazing, but nowadays is as impressive.

[@earlyriser03]

They may have regurgitated the marketing hype but how is that any different from today? Dreamcast had one of the most successful console launches ever up until that point. Then PS2 came and obliterated it.