Dreamcast

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has certainly done the rounds. After debuting at the arcade in the year 2000, it went on to find a home on the original Xbox, Dreamcast, and PlayStation 2. Now almost a decade old, the venerable 2D fighter has been...

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...of the line for the company as a console maker. The storied lineage of the Sega Master System, Genesis, and Saturn hit a wall as the Dreamcast was quickly overshadowed by the Sony PlayStation 2. The system was discontinued in 2001. History...

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...my two games. I moved to Los Angeles, and they came out with a couple other systems. I went through Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, then I heard about Xbox. And I had a double hernia -- I was moving a giant sea chest and I got a double hernia...

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...LIVE, online multiplayer for consoles was also free. For $25, you could buy a modem for your Sega's Dreamcast that allowed Daytona USA and Sega GT buffs to race over an internet connection. Sony's PlayStation 2 supported a network adapter that...

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The Dreamcast was starting to become a millstone around Sega's neck. The beginning of the end for the Dreamcast came with the launch of Sony's PlayStation 2 in 2000. Despite launching at almost twice the price of the Dreamcast, the...

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...but ultimately was killed off by the ubiquitous Sony PlayStation 2. Moore talks about the Dreamcast in greater depth on his EA Sports blog, so do check it out. Oh, he also throws SEGA Japan under the bus when he clears up a...

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...is a video game console produced by Microsoft. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's PlayStation 2, Sega's Dreamcast, and Nintendo's GameCube. The integrated Xbox Live service allows players...

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...sixth-generation console for its time. Known as the pioneer of online gaming, Dreamcast was the first game system ever to include a console and modem to support Internet access. In March of 2001, just three years after its...

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...30, 2000 putting Sega ahead of the Nintendo 64 in that period. However, Sony's launch of the much-hyped PlayStation 2 that year marked the beginning of the end for the Dreamcast. On January 31, 2001, Sega announced that it was ending...

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