The Dreamcast also had features that no other console did, like a built in 33.3kbps dial-up modem at a time when online gaming was the sole domain of rich people with big PC rigs. To be fair, with launch ads like this Sega wasn’t really selling its features too well This meant Sega enjoyed offering vastly superior graphics to its competitors for nearly 18 months, something that the company assumed would help it get off to a massive head start over its rivals. Releasing in 1998 in Japan (and 1999 in the west), Sega’s console was the first of its generation by a clear year and a half (PS2 came in 2000, followed by Xbox and GameCube in 2001). It’s a shame, because the Dreamcast was miles ahead of its time: not just figuratively, but literally. I mean, obviously you know, I’m just saying that for effect.īack in the day Sega was a major competitor too, with the Master System and Mega Drive / Genesis shifting in hefty numbers worldwide.Īfter its fourth standalone console – the overpriced Saturn – crumbled against the Nintendo 64 and newcomer Sony’s game-changing PlayStation, Sega’s next system would either make or break the company’s future. It wasn’t always just Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo competing in the video game hardware race, you know. If one of your favourites isn’t on the list, feel free to give it a shoutout in the comments below ( politely though, mind) and tell everyone what it meant to you. So yes, I know Legacy Of Kain isn’t on there: stop riding me, dawg. In case you missed them, I’ve already covered the 30 best DS games and 30 best GameCube games.Īs before, because this is my own personal list and not a collaborative effort for a magazine or website, there will be some glaring omissions of games I simply didn’t play or didn’t like. This is the third in my ’30 Best’ series of articles in which I discuss my favourite games ever on a system-by-system basis for the first time.
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