There are people who think this is the greatest video game console of all time. Is there truth to it being at that level or is this just a hipster meme?

>>715491665 (OP)
It was the perfect "all off the shelf" machine.
Perfect cheap CPU, perfect cheap GPU that works with cheap memory.
If the 3DO idea had any chance to succeed, it would be if it was the dreamcast, but manufactured by everyone.
However we don't live in that reality, we live on one where people believe in shit like console wars.

it had free games and most of them were okay

Saturn was better. Still better than PS2.

Dogshit controller that would not have lasted in the 3D era. Okay library. Overrated because it died young.

It's not the all time best but it was better than the dog's death it died.

Easily the console with the most SOVL of all time

>>715491665 (OP)
If you're interested in playing actual VIDEO GAMES then it doesn't get much better than the Dreamcast, maybe the Saturn is better if you count the JP exclusive games.

>>715492378
You know what, it's the best console of all time because of this

1998 and they released a 6th-gen console years before the others (PS2, Gamecube)

Janky 3D graphics

I'm rating CONSOLES not their game libraries, based on aesthetics and vibes it's the best console hands down

The Dreamcast was the final bridge between arcade games and home gaming. It had a bunch of arcade-perfect ports and a lot of games that still had things like scores and were focused on replayability but also started to introduce more long-form single player campaign style games.

>>715491665 (OP)
It's not even Sega's 2nd best console.

The console only lost because it didn't have a lot of games, because they actually had an official strategy of "bangers only".
They only allowed bangers, so they really denied a lot of shovelware.
I'm not joking.

>>715491665 (OP)
its only good if you have friends. Its more like an arcade machine rather than a game console made for singleplay

It wasn't the greatest but I really enjoyed playing games on it. I think N64 and PS2 games were a bit better overall. And my friend preferred the Xbox at the time. Or we just play on PC anyway

>>715491665 (OP)
As a zoomer, I mostly appreciate the hardware and the aesthetics like he said >>715493317

>>715495637
nah it had a great collection of single player games, mostly the jrpgs but like jet set radio and some stuff was designed to be unportable to ps2 lol

>>715491665 (OP)
Sega was ultimately doomed once Sony was on the market. Unforced errors with the Saturn or not. The other manufacturers had to fight the cost and technology advantage that Sony's functionally lower cost to implement DVD gave them. The Dreamcast would have had a fair shake if it could play DVDs, and it would have probably gotten a revised controller partway through the generation as well, much like the transition from the original PlayStation controller to the Dual Analogue and DualShock.
Of course, that was never going to happen economically, because Sony were basically paying themselves for DVD capabilities whereas everyone else had to pay full price.

>>715491665 (OP)
It was a massive leap in gaming. The graphics at the time were incredible and so was performance, OoT and Sonic Adventure launched about a month apart in Japan if I'm remembering correctly and OoT was 24FPS while SA1 was 60 FPS and it felt so smooth and clean in comparison. People will play SA1 now and think it's a bit janky but a game that looked and played that good back then was next level.

Then you had online play, the web browser, crossplay games with PC users, the memory cards that doubled as little gameboys/virtual pets, and most importantly a shit ton of games. I think the PS2 is the better console overall but the Dreamcast was really amazing when it was relevant, there was nothing else like it in the console market.

>>715496573
This. People forget just how wild it was to have that level of innovation packed into one console in '98/'99. The VMU alone felt like some futuristic sci-fi shit-playing mini-games, tracking health in Resident Evil, even having different screens for each game. The modem and web browser were straight-up witchcraft at the time. Plus, stuff like Phantasy Star Online was a legit game-changer.

Yeah, PS2 killed it, sure-but the Dreamcast felt like a console built for gamers by people who actually loved games. Its whole vibe was so unapologetically arcade-y and experimental. It wasn't just a console-it was a mood.

>>715496573
maybe youre right
>SoulCalibur has a metacritic score just below OoT on virtue of its graphics alone

Usually the consoles that get talked about the most fondly of are the ones that were easy to play pirated games on.
As you can see
>>715492169
I have a ton of great memories with the dreamcast, xbox, wii, DS, 3DS and PSP just due to how easy it was to play pirated games. It's easy to call these consoles the GOAT because I played a huge chunk of their libraries.

I've had one for about 15 years

The amount of truly horrible games on the system you can count on two hands. It was Sega at their creative peak that they've never been able to recapture. But what will make or break your opinion of the console is whether or not you prefer Arcade-y type games or not. If you do, it's absolutely worth it and one of the greatest systems because of it

>>715497990
>But what will make or break your opinion of the console is whether or not you prefer Arcade-y type games or not.
aint that every sega console

For all of the true gamers and real niggas out there who enjoy Rez on Dreamcast, check out sayonara wild hearts on switch and other devices. No one ever draws a connection between these games so it has to be me I suppose

>>715491665 (OP)
As someone who loved arcades, this was peak. Not only that, it had several good rpg games. But the cherry on top was playing quake 3 and PSO online.

It was pretty badass and didn't deserve its fate but it was only really alive for like 2 years. You had to kinda be there. If you just played Playstation til ps2 released then yeah you missed out. I was a Sega kid growing up though

>>715491665 (OP)
Its partly sega autism but it was also part of a really good generation of consoles with lots of great games. The arcade ports were amazing, but... you should play those games in arcades if possible.

>>715492237
>Saturn was better. Still better than PS2
No, wrong on both counts. Because you dont speak japanese so i know youre not plsying all the inport games for saturn and the dreamcast didnt have mgs, dmc, kh or silent hill. All it had was shenmue sonic adventure skies of arcadia taxi driver and soul cal and naomi fighting game ports, and even then it didnt have melty or ggxx

7/10 ahh system, too bad it didnt survive to the end of the gen but thats just reality. Died, so it doesnt have as impressive of a line up

It isnt better than the gcn either. Mario and zelda games mog everything the dc has. The dc is slightly better than the og xbox (which to be fair was a pretty good system)

>>715493317
>I'm rating CONSOLES not their game libraries
Thats fucking retarded, you nigger

>>715503685
>Because you dont speak japanese so i know youre not plsying all the inport games for saturn
The Saturn homebrew scene has been very active since the late 2010s, Japanese is not longer required.
>and the dreamcast didnt have mgs, dmc, kh or silent hill
Good.

>>715492237
PS2 mogs this shit so bad

>>715503740
how so?
a soulful console can have a shit library and a shit console can have a good library
seperate factors

whatif there were a console, that was so poorly designed, it used batteries that died all the time, it rrod often, was designed without fans or vents and overheated, the ui was non existent, it had crappy features, the console itself was hideous, but the games made for it were great?

I genuinely think it was the last true Japanese console. It felt like the last hurrah of a dying age back when Japanese electronics were cutting edge and did wacky incredible shit that no one else would think of. The PS2 is a better console because of the software but being real its so much more boring and played a big role in why games are so boring nowadays.

I don't think it's a GOAT console but it had AURA

I didn't grow up with one so I don't know if I get a say in the matter, but it's an incredibly unique console both in hardware and software. I think it says a lot that the games people still talk about today like Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, JSR, and Crazy Taxi all come from it, even if people didn't experience them there first

Kinda crazy how fucking insane the 6th gen was. Even the Xbox had some baller games. Probably the last time games were for people that actually played games. I'm not against "modern gaming" but you can tell t he vibe isn't the same.

>>715503945
Does the DS not count

>>715491665 (OP)
If you have to ask the question then you're too young to know the answer. Ask yur mum.

>>715492237
Its crazy that people think the PS2 was in anyway better than Dreamcast
>But muh GTA and MGS2 and X game
They all came out on PC

>>715491665 (OP)
It was the end of an era. Its type of gamer barely exists these days, I know this because I'm a relic. Also despite what zoomers say the Dreamcast was dead on arrival because Sega was already bankrupt. It could have never won, it was like the last futile ejaculation of a dying animal.

Friendly reminder that pic related has more soul than 80% of PS2 games.

>had a library full of fighting game ports
>got rid of the six face buttons from the Saturn
>there wasn’t even a second analog stick to justify it

>>715505149
>it was like the last futile ejaculation of a dying animal.
It was the building block for every console that came after it, retard.
>PS2 copied the living system menu
>GameCube copied soul
>Xbox copied literally fucking everything about it
>First console with online, webcam, microphone, web browser
>Analog triggers as standard

>>715505368
>It was the building block for every console that came after it
It really wasn't. Even your own greentext examples are fucking nonsensical bullshit. The Gamecube copied soul? Fuck off retard.

>>715505368
>i have zero reading comprehension abilites

It was based. I wish hipster faggots tulhat didn't own one in 99-2001 would stop hyping it up though. Comparing game libraries to it is retarded.
>hurdurr babies first dvd player has le more games
No shit and euroniggers were still buying ps2 games in 2010. Dreamcast had 2 years and was done

>>715495528
That sounds retarded so considering we're talking about Sega I believe it.

>>715495528
>300+ games in two fucking years
>It didn't have a lot of games
https://youtu.be/NsTiXhUwBgI

When the fuck is 北へ White Illumination getting a PC/Switch (2) port

>>715505551
>He thinks SoulCube didn't have Zoul
Bro. The best version of SOUL CALIBUR 2 was on GameCube.

>>715505765
Sega is still a major player. Yeah. They don't make hardware anymore (except if you count Game Gear Micro and Astro Mini actually being way fucking better than any mini console the other guys put out) but they still make games and theyre not suffering like almost every major publisher that isn't Nintendo.

For me it was playing Crazy Taxi, GTA2, Shemue, Tony Hawk 2, NBA/NFL2k1, Toy Commander, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Frogger, Sonic Adventure 1, and Sonic Shuffle on repeat.

>>715507469
She cute.

>>715491665 (OP)
It's good. Donno about "best", but it's very good

>>715492301
Great library for only being alive for 2 years

>>715508609
Most of the girls in it are cute.

>>715491665 (OP)
I don't know about greatest console of all time but it's a rather interesting piece of hardware that's got some pretty cool arcade ports and really weird niche titles. I think it's more of an oddity than anything else and that's to be appreciated.

>>715491665 (OP)
sega pandered to burger 90's kids
dreamcadt goes well with contrarians since it was a failed consoles
perfect mix for /v/irgins to love it

When the fuck are we getting a fantranslation of Sakura Wars 3? Also I was playing SA2 on my Dreamcast the other night and really would had liked it if the Sonic racing games felt as arcady as the kart mini game; Drifting around in that minigame is so satisfying.

>>715503781
its amazing how i see all of those covers and none of them looks interesting to play, maybe rockman but because i already know what game its going to be

>>715491665 (OP)
It's a pretty crazy point in the history in videogames.
That thing had perfect and improved arcade ports, Sega console style games, PSX style games, previews of what PS2 and later would become and PC ports looking awesome.

>>715503781
>its good the console didnt have games people wanted
damn and i thought i hated the dreamcast

>>715507048
>>300+ games in two fucking years
those are N64 numbers
a console infamously known for its lack of games

>>715491665 (OP)
>There are people who think this is the greatest video game console of all time.
There are for sure people who think it is. But that's not a very public opinion. I think the public opinion you are thinking off, is that the dreamcast was the last real gaming console. And THAT I think is true.

I think the next real gaming console will have voxels instead of polygons and AI filters/overlays. It will play classic games enhanced by AI to look like anything you like, super detailed smooth cartoon or smooth realistic graphics. No matter what game you play, you can choose what it looks like. Imagine street fighter 2 with smooth realistic animations but the original gameplay. That will be the next real gaming.

You know how much the graphic industry sucks? They are working on nonsense like raytracing and pushing polygons the size of voxels. The graphics industry is an absolute incompetent failure and the reason gaming sucks so much nowadays. What they needed to research is improving old games with ai filters. What they are researching is improving modern games with outdated methods. It's so braindead it's crazy....

>>715491665 (OP)
I wonder what type of person would think that.
Someone who likes videogames will obviously think the library is weak.
Sega fans will obviously prefer the megadrive.
MAYBE fighting game players because of the naomi like board with good arcade ports?
But even then you miss out on shit like Soul Calibur2 and Tekken5.

Its decent but not even better than the Saturn

>>715504024
The 6th gen was just the 5th or 4th gen but worse