I don't know about being the best, but its definitely up there.

Sega was always pretty crappy.

I don't think we should include all of those strange/pointless systems like the Phillips one you mentioned in naming the worse. Only the ones that found moderate success..

 

Turbografx 16?
NeoGeo?

 

I've had it for 13 years, and I still have it hooked up and play it.

I forgot:

 

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The Dreamcast was an amazing machine.

The top notch fighting game selection hasn't been seen on another console since. Powerstone, Powerstone 2, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Street Fighter III, Street Fighter Alpha 3 ... this damn thing was a Capcom stomping ground.

Can't forget classics like Soul Calibur and SNK vs Capcom 2.


Sports ... back in 1999, Sega cut loose NFL2K. This dominated all NFL games at the time. There was no denying that this title was an inspiration for EA's first Madden attempt for the PS2.

Anyone remember Virtual Tennis?


Puzzle games were to be found too ... Bomberman was spectacular (especially with the Sega NetPlay) along with the many variations of Tetris.

Action titles like Resident Evil and Shenmue ... even the insane action of Crazy Taxi.

Factor in the "self booting", downloadable games ... this system was a beast. This is coming from the guy with every freaking console ... every game ever made though 2001. Trust me on this, get a Dreamcast and have at it.

 

Wow. I just remember the Dreamcast being some sort of flop. I guess the underground knew what was up. I wasn't into gaming when the Dreamcast was out.

 

Around 2001, broadband started making its way into homes. You could have easily punched into an FTP (via search engine) and rip complete directories of Dreamcast games.

From there, warm up a program called "DiscJuggler" by Pradus to burn the game. Place into system and play.

This tore down the gaming walls. Japanese games were flooding hard drives and you'd be playing the newest games 2 weeks before the release date. This was the start and end of it all.

Besides the quality of the games available, it was the start of the true next gen graphics. This console held its own against the PS2 until it was discontinued. First and second year PS2 games had NOTHING on Soul Calibur.

Not directed at anyone in particular, but if you can't recognize the many levels of user end success (from hacking to high quality graphics), you really don't belong in the conversation.

 

Ok.... This makes more sense to me, then. It got hacked. Damn.
I wonder what's going to happen with the PSP. Mine is modded, and there's not a game I play via memory stick.

Drew, do you remember Hotline?

 

Hotline? I might need a reminder ... this doesn't quite ring a bell. :thinking:

The Dreamcast hacking was so widely known that it killed the system. The PS2 did it's fair share of damage, but no Dreamcast owner bought games.

The PSP, Wii, 360, and PS3 are very safe. You can hack those machines, but it involves a heck of alot more than burning a cd. I'd say that the NDS is in trouble too ... but the console expands over so many demographics. Ask any male, 18 to 30 what an "R4" is and they'll tell you. Ask an 8 year old boy ... nothing. Ask a 21 year old girl .. nothing.

The Dreamcast had a narrow target market (18+ year old male) ... when that group figured out how to hack ... it was over.

 

Crazy that it went down like that.

Hotline was a file sharing community. People set up servers from home or a college campus, and had people sign up for subscriptions on lame sites to get a password to get in. You could download almost anything. This was around '99-'01 that I was into it. I thought maybe Dreamcast guys were setting up servers to share games.