Past

-Atari


-Nintendo


-Sega

Genesis

Dream Cast


-Sony

Sega Dreamcast-
Sega's last console, the Dreamcast, was released in 1998 in competition with the PS2. It was released 15 months earlier than the PS2, but it did not gain enough popularity in time, and was a failure and was taken off the shelves in 2001.

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Picture of the Dream Cast console

Specs-
128 bit
Graphics-
7.0 mil polygons/second
Memory-
16MB Main RAM
8MB Video RAM
2MB Sound RAM

Sound-
Yamaha AICA Sound Processor

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Picture of the Bang! Gunship Elite video game
Picture of the Dead or Alive 2 video game
Picture of the Frogger 2 Video game
Picture of the Half-Life video game
Picture of the Ooga Booga video game
Picture of the Sonic Adventure video game




 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Games-
Bang! Gunship Elite- This is a 3D space dogfighting game. You are the pilot of a scientificly advanced spaceship and the Alliance wants you to fight for them against the Sektar race.



Dead or Alive 2-
Released in 2000, this is arcade style fighting game. The graphics were quite good, and it was a very popular game, especially in Japan.

 


Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge-
In this game, you can move in four directions to dodge cars and boulders and navigate your way through complicated levels. you could be Frogger, Lillie Frog, Tad and Treeby.


Half-Life-
Half-Life is a first person shooter with a science fiction story. You are Dr, Gordon Freeman, a physicist caught in the middle of a research facility that has been overrun by aliens. You must shoot your way out. The game won over 50 awards.


Ooga Booga-
Ooga Booga is an online game for the Dreamcast. In this multiplayer game, you are in the middle of a tribal ritual fight. Using shrunken heads, riding animals, spells or staffs, you fight to impress your goddess.

 

Sonic Adventure- Released in with the Dreamcast, this game was another game depicting Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends. Dr. Robotnik has learned of a monster named Chaos, and plans to use it to conquer earth, Sonic must stop him.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accessories-

Rumble Pack- Also known as the jump pack, this accessory made the controller shake in sequence with the game you were playing.

Controller- The controller was, by some, considered big and hard to hold. It had four buttons, one joystick, a D-pad, and two triggers.
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Picture of the Dreamcast controller

Visual Memory Unit VMU- The main use for the VMU was for a removable memory source, but could be used as an alternate screen display or a handheld game.
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Picture of the Visual Memory Unit

Light Gun- The Light gun was not released in the US because of the recent school shootings. It was planned to be used on games like The House of the Dead 2, and others.
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Picture of the Lightgun
Picture of the Lightgun
Dreameye-
The Dreameye was a digital camera/Webcam for the Dreamcast, but it was only released in Japan. It came with a stand, microphone headset, batteries, software, and the connection cables.
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Picture of the Dreameye