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Dreamcast had the most impressive launch-day games of any console ever
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Date: June 3rd, 2025 5:52 PM Author: jade circlehead water buffalo Soul Calibur - 9/9/99
Power Stone - 9/9/99
Mortal Kombat Gold - 9/9/99
Sonic Adventure - 9/9/99
Expendable - 9/9/99
Blue Stinger - 9/9/99
TrickStyle - 9/9/99
Hydro Thunder - 9/9/99
Tokyo Xtreme Racer - 9/9/99
Flag to Flag - 9/9/99
Monaco Grand Prix - 9/9/99
Pen Pen Trilcelon - 9/9/99
TNN MotorSports Hardcore Heat - 9/9/99
The House of the Dead 2 - 9/9/99
Air Force Delta - 9/9/99
Aero Wings - 9/9/99
NFL 2K - 9/9/99
NFL Blitz 2000 - 9/9/99
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing - 9/9/99
Web Browser - 9/9/99 |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 7:39 AM Author: Lascivious Personal Credit Line this seems to have mattered a lot
btw what was the latest hardware sega put out |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 9:52 AM Author: Fishy Space Cr this is like 3 years worth of ps5 games (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48985850) |
Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:25 PM Author: Gold Ratface I agree 100%. It got swiftboated. Also for some reason PS1 just caught a second wind around that time and was popular af. People would rather play Resident Evil 3 and Parasite Eve than actual next-gen games. N64 was almost completely dead by 9/9/99.
People also underestimate how many Gamers gave up on N64 and said fuck it and got PS1s. Another Console at that point was a bridge too far. If people bought a PS1 in '95, no N64, and then Dreamcast came in '99, more would've gotten the Dreamcast. But ps1 sold more than the previous year like every year it existed until 2000.
By the way, it's never been about the games. Never has been, and never will be. |
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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:45 PM Author: chestnut tanning salon deer antler If it's not about the games, what is it about? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48985146) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 7:31 AM Author: Gold Ratface It’s always been about the Console War. Anything you hear to the contrary is a feint. It’s about the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Consoles like PS2 and Switch sell ridiculous amounts BECAUSE they Won. People want to Win. A lot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48985579) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 7:04 PM Author: chestnut tanning salon deer antler I can understand kids caring about console wars, but if you're an adult with a minimally remunerative job you can be an idort easily. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48987309) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:16 PM Author: Glittery library gay wizard Same reason VHS won over Betamax even though the latter was objectively superior. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48987802) |
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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:43 PM Author: Bistre trailer park hydro thunder's graphics look pretty good for 1999 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48985143) |
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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:00 PM Author: Saffron plaza nibblets The simultaneous release of The Matrix and the NVIDIA GeForce 256 in 1999 make video games seem stupid all the sudden (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48985176) |
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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:58 PM Author: soul-stirring station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48985219) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 12:04 AM Author: cracking background story nowag Need to bring back Ready to Rumble. Afro Thunder was 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48985226) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 9:59 AM Author: Mahogany Cerebral Stead how is one Boxing Game different from any other. Press A to punch guy in face. It's all been the Same since Punchout imo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48985873) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 2:08 PM Author: cracking background story nowag This was very stylized and cartoony. Each character had a special attack and it was like a Mortal Kombat 10 hit combo. Didn’t take itself too seriously and was fun. Don’t think we’ve had a boxing game like that since. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48986597) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 12:08 AM Author: lake curious elastic band MTV VMAs and Dreamcast at midnight on 9/9/99 was a peak experience. I think I even copped FFVIII on that day too but that game ended up gay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48985234) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 7:32 AM Author: Gold Ratface It’s horrible. Upvoted. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48985581) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 9:32 AM Author: jade circlehead water buffalo Same here. Picked up the Dreamcast + Sonic/House of the Dead/R2R + FFVIII and came home just in time to see Chris Rock roast JLo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48985761) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 9:29 PM Author: lake curious elastic band I was a sportsnut so got NFL 2K and Soul Calibur. Got Sonic Adventure pretty soon after.
I also remember the video game chain I got it at had the most 90s name: "Software Etc" |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:12 PM Author: jade circlehead water buffalo I wanted those games too but made a deal with my friend that he would be getting those games and we'd play them all at each other's houses. We even got them at Software Etc too.
Wtf, just realized you're probably the friend I'm talking about. |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:33 AM Author: Gold Ratface https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/916387-nintendo-64/79210586 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48986149) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 4:49 PM Author: Flatulent vibrant karate stop digging up past glories (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48987048) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 9:30 PM Author: lake curious elastic band the posts were better before he started relying heavily on AI to make them all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48987661) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 9:33 PM Author: Gold Ratface Some of the AI posts are 180. But people look at Ingenious Writing and just check out for some reason. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48987673) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 4:47 PM Author: cream senate candlestick maker it was an incredible time to be alive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48987039) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 9:43 PM Author: soul-stirring station tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48987711) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 6:42 PM Author: Brindle location I remember that day. I skipped the last two periods to drive to best buy and scoop it up. Wasn't sold out. Marveled at the texture quality on Sonic and thought "holy shit, this is next gen!" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48987258) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:25 PM Author: Gold Ratface Little did you know you were about to lose the gen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48987931) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 12:28 AM Author: Infuriating spot stain I got Sonic Adventure, Hydro Thunder, and Soul Calibur. You didn't even have to preorder or wait in line to get one. My mom just went to target mid-morning and grabbed it for me. Drove home a few hours from university that afternoon and went buckwild with it. Made sure to rent FF8 and burn it that weekend before I went back. Epic times.
I think the next game I got may have been NBA 2k and then when I saw how insane it was I went back and picked up NFL 2K.
I still have my dreamcast and all games. About 50 or so, including an Ikaruga import.
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Date: June 5th, 2025 12:37 AM Author: pea-brained lilac degenerate newt Sonic Adventure sucks like every other Sonic game (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48988040) |
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Date: June 6th, 2025 1:18 PM Author: cowgod (cowgod) 2D Sonics are in contention for GOAT platformer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48992380) |
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Date: June 6th, 2025 1:37 PM Author: LathamTouchedMe I remember everyone my age (young-teen) was thinking "yeah it's great but playstation 2 and nintendo's next console are right around the corner and those will probably be better." At that point nintendo and sony had their armies of supporters and Sega was an afterthought, not to be trusted. Everyone remembered the badass looking "first-release" consoles in the early 90's that went nowhere (Jaguar, 3DO, Sega's 50 different post genesis iterations). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733051&forum_id=2:#48992416) |