![]() ![]() Soul Calibur is actually what sold me on the system. Sega's system – which came only four years after the launch of its previous console, the Saturn, and was considered to be the final chance for the firm in the increasingly competitive hardware arena – may have ultimately faltered in the face of the unrelenting hype surrounding the upcoming PlayStation 2, but was one hell of a way for the Japanese veteran to bow out of the console market. It's incredible to think that at the start of the '90s we were still playing on NES consoles, yet as the decade drew to a close we had a machine as adept in the art of 3D visuals as the Dreamcast. While many retro systems feel like relics, Sega's console somehow still feels like the future, even after all this time. The Sega Dreamcast turns 20 today – it launched on November 27th, 1998 in Japan – and if you, like us, grew up with this remarkable machine, this particular anniversary will make you feel very old indeed. ![]() The Dreamcast turns 20 in North America today - yes, 9/9/99 was now two decades ago - and in honour of the occasion we're republishing this article from last November when the console reached the same milestone in its homeland. ![]()
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