Sega Dreamcast (Part 1) - Gaming Historian

[@Detroit_Dawg]

"Stay tuned next week for part 2...." Meanwhile nearly 4 years later, like the SNES CD, we're still waiting

[@kit-ekat8139]

It wasnt posted on youtube

[@Zaden6661]

11 years later we’re still waiting

[@Szwancolot]

He posted 16 minutes episode. Starts the same, contains both parts.

[@ericv4189]

12 years later.

[@Lurker1222]

Your videos are fantastic. I am going back and watching your whole library :)

[@jakdin]

Agreed! I just met Norman yesterday at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2017, and sadly had not heard of his show! Boy, do I feel bad... but, I'm making it up and going to watch all the shows and purchase all of his stuff! :)

[@sailormouth8356]

One of the first videos I remember watching from KZbin, brings back memories I tells ya

[@spiderjerusalem100]

The Dreamcast was so far ahead of it's time, it was the first home console to feature online play, the graphics were mind blowing and many of it's games are very fondly remembered and considered as classics. It's a damn shame that it failed. I love the Playstation 2 but it would have been awesome to see a Dreamcast 2 aswell and maybe even a Dreamcast 3 when the X360 and PS3 came out.

[@lashingrook7168]

Up to this exact day I have watched every video that you have produced

[@darragullrr499]

I’m Watching back all your episodes you’re my favorite KZbinr

[@HBKnowItAll]

Him in 2009: "I cut this video up to two parts because this video is long!" (16 Minutes) Also him a decade later: Releases the hour long video "The Story of Tetris"

[@zmbdog]

Back then youtube had a 15 minute limit.

[@Danbotology]

Good to see these back up man.

[@jessel.thefanmanholt5867]

I know I'm almost ten years too late, but I love the addition of the Ranger X theme as a piece of incidental music. Well done!

[@swissmrkc]

heck yeah!!!! havent watched it yet but you are devoting 2 vids to this..cant wait. I'm a few months away from my dreamcast vid blitz of reviews

[@Retro90sgamer]

As a huge Sega fan I really enjoyed this! This was an awesome watch! Great content!

[@cloudtx]

I remember wanting a Dreamcast so bad when I first knew of it during my childhood. Before knowing about the PS2, the DC was my dream next gen (at that time) console.

[@emorytodalen6627]

Is there a part 2 to this video??

[@alfonsogutierrez9218]

Sega dreamcast and Sega Saturn great game consoles.

[@nerymuniz6427]

Yep truly undervalued consoles

[@FoundationsofPause]

AGREED! The SEGA Dreamcast was the console that really broke my fanboyism towards Nintendo. Even though I enjoyed both Genesis and Super Nintendo. I always preferred Nintendo, and never had the money for a PS1. Dreamcast gave me games like, Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur, Shenmue, Sonic Adventure, Jet Grind Radio. It helped shape my tastes in way no Nintendo game could ever do.

[@ericpaladin]

Great video...and I loved your musical shout out to Ranger-X. One of the greatest, and most underrated games for the Genesis.

[@latenightboycampos8705]

This review brought a tear to my eye great narration

[@Sneakytoke]

i remember opening my Dreamcast on Christmas day. good times

[@MilesProwerFan4ever]

your show is the BOMB! the only classy, and yet entertaining to watch! :) im eating popcorn and soda while watching your show! you my friend are making vids the right way :D

[@NextNate03]

About 4 years later, still waiting for part 2!

[@ericingram3270]

it was removed because of copyright reasons

[@benlees9713]

Please do an updated version of this. The Dreamcast was my favorite system of all time

[@cyrollan]

It is (and was) an incredible console. So sad that it failed

[@benlees9713]

@@cyrollan Still my favorite system of all time

[@davidsantiagoalonso]

next week episode 2 - YAY!

[@justincase43]

this is the episode that hooked me onto the gaming historian (and retrowaretv)

[@javidThoman]

Great History,thanks.

[@23Revan84]

great review and history just how i remembered it, wow the dreamcast is an awesome system and i have now and use it more than my ps3 or xbox. odd but older games just have it a special place in my heart.

[@theharmelodynetwork]

Agreed! A part 2 would be awesome!

[@LanCeeXD]

1:57 Is that the Atari 5200 beside the TV?

[@nerymuniz6427]

Yep

[@uberyoutuber3892]

Thank you for this. I've become a recent collector in anything Sega and have amassed quite a collection. The Dreamcast was an amazing console, but for being just barely better than the PS1 it was too late to the market and devs were too hyped to put out newer and better games for the PS2. So, why would a company continue making PS1/DC games at that point, well they wouldn't...and they didnt.

[@elmo1234]

Which will be released first: Dreamcast Part Two or Half-Life 3?

[@popaname]

It's on his website. Once you are on the website go to Videos at the top. Click systems. After that go to previous entries until you find Sega Dream Cast. There will be a part one and part 2.

[@jbmaru]

Really great video BTW!

[@HughMacEachern]

27 people don't know how awesome LCD screen controllers were.

[@TheIsraelMossad]

??

[@HughMacEachern]

@TheIsraelMossad replying to a 10 year old comment, risky. The dreamcast controllers had little lcd screens on them. At the time I commented, 27 people disliked the video. It was a pretty basic comment. But whatever. Congrats

[@MPT1983]

This sums up my Dreamcast experience,I used to work part time in a gaming outlet back in 2000 during the holiday season,alot of people would come in and check out the Dreamcast and would say,hmmm it looks cool but I think il wait for the PS2,and when the PS2 was released we had a number of people trying to trade in there Dreamcast for PS2s,sad really it was a good machine and if Sega had waited awhile longer and put more work into it they could have had a real winner on their hands.

[@kimthompson5233]

I've got to admit, I like this intro style best! Better than the current theme, at least.

[@cyrollan]

I freaking love the Dreamcast!!! Just recently I resurrected mine with a new GD-ROM drive. So much fun

[@sophiethuork9953]

If your wondering where part two is its not going to happen because norm had to not upload the video for copyright issues but you can still see on another chAnell

[@CasualVideoGamer]

"Hey kids, Ren & Stimpy making too much sense for you?" Lol!

[@SPac316]

Yep, the Dreamcast is still awesome. Even after ten years!

[@JazGalaxy]

You missed the absolutley mindboggling event wherein Sega went to E3 and told attendants of their keynote that they were unveling a new console, and that you could essentially buy it immediately. Think how crazy it would be for a console to do that today? I remember walking into my local software store and thinking "is that... THAT IS. It's a SATURN. What is that doing here?!" Developers couldn't market their games effectively and it pissed them off.

[@GlitchCrunch]

I actually just got a dreamcast as a christmas gift last year, and now i play it more then my 360 :3

[@EarthboundSNES]

which remix is the mario song "mushroom kingdom"? the one at the beginning.. it is awesome.

[@TheIronhide4ever]

Part 2 was great!

[@doomotron6160]

What the theme at the start ( 0:00 - 1:20 )?

[@Joealfeo]

Corneria

[@ouzaloid]

thank you, I found the second part by taping the name of that one in google, changing part 1 with part 2

[@supercj12]

HOLY SHIT, when i heard the music at 6:14, i instantly knew it was from Ranger X. Had no idea how to play the game or understand it, but i played it back when i was a kid.

[@eduardomerino9707]

The beginning of this video was beautiful

[@BrianTBooher]

Though this video is almost 8 years old, the information still holds. I bought a Sega Dreamcast from Gamestop a couple of months ago. For a system that has a manufacturing date of May 1999, it came in near mint condition. Whoever owned it last took good care of it before selling it to Gamestop. I have Hydro Thunder and Gauntlet Legends for the DC and they are wonderful arcade ports. Compared to the Nintendo 64 and Playstation ports, the DC versions was superior. Had the DC come with a DVD player built in, Things would have been different.

[@NotZippy1]

Love the intro!

[@TDude64]

Pretty much at the time, DVDs was becoming the video storage standard that it is today. Plus, at the time it was the cheapest DVD player. So in 2001, wouldnt you want to buy not only a game console that was backwards compatible with original PS games but can also play this new movie storage that eventually will become the primary way on getting your movies.

[@WebVManReturns]

I was looking at my boxed Dreamcast when I thought I would check KZbin for a Dreamcast video and there this was, sitting right on my homepage. : )

[@lieutenantyoshi5704]

I wish I had one. It had some really fun games I played at the mall like Crazy Taxi and Sonic Adventure. Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima soundtrack was also a nice touch to this video.

[@evilbetty007]

Are you ever going to make the 2nd part.

[@Silvergun_Raven]

What song is this from the beginning with the piano?

[@jesternario]

The second part can be found at Retroware TV main site.

[@LikaLaruku]

My cheap mother left me stuck with a Sega Genesis until I was old enough to work (2003), I eventually bought all the consoles I missed out on. The problem for me with the Dreamcast was the lack of console exclusive RPGs, which is probably limited to Phantasy Star Online & Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. I looked up the RPG reviews that compared how they played on each console & Dreamcast always came out on the bottom. Sonic in 3D game me headaches, I only ended up keeping 5 of the games I bought.

[@ShadeWMD]

The Dreamcast had so many damn great games. What a shame...

[@muiscnight]

I owned both dreamcast and ps2 in my lifetime even tho I got to play my first sonic game which is the most excited I got for any game in my life the PS2 will always be the best console I ever owned

[@DimitrisP99]

@DrClay999 well back then Dvd players were about the same price as a game system which means that you would save a lot of money It was also one good dvd player

[@UltraVert]

@mcfrosticles So was there no part 2?

[@turbonorsking]

isnt that melody in the beginning from "Letters from Iwo Jima"? fuck, I wanna see that film again

[@fareedbakhit]

i know it's something like smoothing up the the pixels and the sharp ends of polygons and fix the graphics and how it would run.

[@felphero]

the problem with sega consoles is that they were always rushing ahead trying to release their stuff before anybody else, thinking making things before other people was more important than sheer quality

[@waltermh111]

I got a little sad / nastalgic starting this video. I never owned any sega systems, but I played a little of each of them. What makes me sad is that while I was always too limited in time and budget to own every console, I always respected sega. I remember the rivalry with the sega genesis growing up. I was part of the console wars, because I only had 1 system, and I wanted the games on my system, and to pick a side justifying my side Still, my friend had a genesis, and the war didnt stop...

[@CalcProgrammer1]

FYI the Dreamcast, PS2, GameCube, and Xbox were all 32 BIT consoles. Contrary to what you may believe, the number of bits has little to no bearing on actual game quality after consoles (and PC's) had reached 32. 64 bit operations allow for very accurate computation, but provide little benefit to games which don't need that accuracy. The real performance boosts come from improved CPU and GPU architectures, more RAM, faster clock speeds, and larger storage devices, NOT the number of bits!

[@adhamwashere5320]

What remix of the Super mario song is at 1: 56

[@gregleftout]

what version of the mushroom Kingdom is playing at 2:19

[@ChristopherHouser]

The last true gaming console... memories here. After the Dreamcast I got an Xbox, and hacked it like many others. Consoles haven't been the same since then.

[@thunderchild1083]

I was the only person who owned a Dreamcast in my area when it came out, i think that it was an awesome console, definitely on par with the PS2. To be honest I would say it’s probably one of my favourite consoles of all time

[@vyse128]

I got as much, if not more enjoyment from my Dreamcast as my SNES. I absolutely loved this console.

[@AngeloRyanMaalat]

The Dreamcast didn't fail, we as gamers failed the Dreamcast

[@sapslaj]

The Dreamcast was a 32-bit system in terms of CPU instruction set (RISC). The memory bus was 64-bit, and the GPU was 128-bit.

[@sonicboompcj]

@MrKennyWilliams good point the saturn did fail horrably.

[@GTI1dasOriginal]

Yep... One of those moments in life I've been a complete and utter idiot. I remember these "obsolete" Dreamcasts being for sale a few months after Sega anounced production being halted. Our local electronicsstore had about a dozen of them still in stock and decided to sell them (new in box) WITH every thinkable peripheral, LOTS of extra games (about 15 as I remember correctly) as a "bundle" for Hfl 100,-, which is approx 45 Euro''s.

[@pankero1]

GTI1dasOriginal How much for a dramcast?

[@BanjoKazooietheNintendofan]

Don't worry we all make errors.

[@AtomicTridium]

Alberto Mora lol DRAMCAST like the rapper dram haha funny funny

[@AtomicTridium]

Alberto Mora yea i know it was unintentional on.your part but all I can think of is the MEMES

[@steaksoldier]

It is safe to say the Dreamcast is one of my favorite home consoles of all time (right behind the SNES at number 1)

[@BanraiTeraByte]

can you reupload part 2?

[@RightNow14]

Part 2 made me cry, :(

[@thequeenundisputed]

That's a good price! I'm hoping to buy one soon as well. I also need to get an N64. I've been using my sisters all these years and its time to get my own. Nice avatar by the way, I love Ouran HSHC.

[@TwilightRev8lver]

yeah even back in the bit days console power was very hard to pin down. like the snes was technically a beefed up 8bit system something i didn't know and the gba is 32 bit system.

[@SassyJazzy]

Did he make a part 2 for this?

[@MrSuzukahime]

maybe but i think if the dreamcast had the hardware like the ps3 psn story it would love so much longer but thats my imo than again i still dreamcast just got cut to early i mean how long did it take for the ps2 to have a online game

[@animalmother8037]

I should never have gotten rid of my dreamcast. Had some really great titles on it. Crazy Taxi, Soul Caliber, MVC 2 and others :(

[@hyrulesavior2008]

please make the part 2

[@SirenoftheVoid]

wow,you remember the purchase time down to the minute?! you must have really loved it

[@makedaevilmage]

Wow the 2nd part really got to me ... SUBBED :)

[@DarkKnightSonic]

14, and Dreamcast is my favorite system!

[@garrettviewegh9028]

There is a slight silver lining for the Dreamcast. Some fans still play it today. Those that don’t have one, look for it. Some game devs have even made indie games that play on it. Goes to show people still value the Dreamcast for what it was. Even if it may be very of compared to consoles today. It left a powerful impact on how gaining would evolve.

[@IronCobraDesecrator]

Still one of the best consoles ever to hit the market in my opinion.

[@cobainfat]

What happened to part two?

[@99percentatheist83]

Have they made it with backwards compability with the Saturn, that might have saved it as well. As well as making the software for the Saturn a bit cheaper.

[@Magnifai]

nope. N64 and Atari Jaguar was 64 bit, Dreamcast was first 128 bit system.

[@gokusama666]

LINK FOR PART 2 PLEASE?

[@SuperSonicNick]

The Dreamcast didin't go out with a bang, it went out with a "SONIC BOOM!"

[@thequeenundisputed]

How much did you get it for?

[@trashmid404]

I am 2000's kid but i love old games.

[@RetroAllianceGaming]

@23Revan84 I agree 100% I also have an 360 and wii but i play my dreamcast more then anyof them sega is a very special company and the dreamcast was and is to me the best game system ever made. ona good note games are still being made for the system now 12 years later!! redspot games is releaseing sturmwind soon a great shooter game that looks amazeing. sega we love you bring us a dreamcast 2!!

[@christiansoldier11]

i'm not sure, but i think it's this video that made me buy a dreamcast (and get rid of my PS2... well i'm going to anyway) for another episode, could you look into the Worlds of Power series ( books based on video games such as Simons Quest, Mega Man 2, Blaster master and others)

[@GLJosh]

The on system I wish I still owned. That had some pretty nice on rail shooters.

[@Hotshotmech38]

0:00 - 1:20 *sniff sniff* That.... Was beautiful....

[@Macabre215]

HAL is busy making Kirby games and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo, and Ape is busy making Pokemon...games on the DS for Nintendo. This could be a reason why the old developers aren't bothering with Earthbound. It's a franchise that isn't a cash cow like the other three I mentioned. I still think the SNES is the best system Nintendo ever released, especially when you look at what its library contains.

[@goddimmus]

Its like...the AVGN had a little brother. Very cool show. Im gonna have to check out more.