Is Dreamcast better than PS2?

Compared to the rival PlayStation 2, the Dreamcast is more effective at textures, anti-aliasing, and image quality, while the PS2 is more effective at polygon geometry, physics, particles, and lighting.
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Is it worth getting a Dreamcast?

So is the Sega Dreamcast worth buying? The Dreamcast is worth buying because of the nostalgia alone. It is especially worth buying because of the many accessories that it offers such as the “fishing reel” that made all the fishing games on the console so much fun!
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Does Dreamcast have good games?

The Dreamcast's legacy remains intact as one of the greatest video game machines ever made despite its technical shortcomings when compared to the competition at the time.
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What resolution is Dreamcast?

For the first time, a console utilized the full resolution of televisions. The Dreamcast displayed games in 640 x 480 where the previous generation of consoles typically displayed at 320 x 240, depending on the fuzziness of analogue televisions to hide it.
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Was the Dreamcast a failure?

Despite its strengths, the Dreamcast never caught on. It was a commercial failure for SEGA, selling around 9 million units, and the company discontinued the Dreamcast in March 2001, less than 3 years into its lifespan.
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5 Things Sega Dreamcast did better than Sony Playstation 2



What was Sega's last console?

The Dreamcast was Sega's final home console, with its discontinuation in 2001 marking the end of the company's eighteen years in the console market.
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What was the last Dreamcast game?

However, buoyed by the success of the NAOMI board in Japanese arcades, games continued to trickle out for the Dreamcast in Japan despite the console's lackluster success there; its final licensed game was Karous, released only in Japan on March 8, 2007, coinciding with the end of GD-ROM production the previous month.
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Will Sega make a new console?

Sega still doesn't have the resources that its modern-day console competitors do, and hoping for new Sega hardware is pretty much wishful thinking at this point. While the company itself has not said "never," signs point to "no."
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How much is a Dreamcast?

What is this? Used consoles without any games or controllers tend to go for around $50, but boxed consoles or units that come bundled with games go for much more. Refurbished consoles, i.e those that have been cleaned up and made good-as-new, sell for anywhere between $99 -$629.
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What can I do with a Dreamcast?

25 Things Only Super Fans Knew The Sega Dreamcast Could Do
  • 21 Take Pictures And Edit Them On Your Console.
  • 22 Use A VGA Hookup For HD Gaming. ...
  • 23 Use Unique Memory Cards. ...
  • 24 Every Dreamcast GD-Rom Disc Held A Hidden Surprise. ...
  • 25 Pirate Every Genesis Game On A Dreamcast. ...
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Will there be a Sega Dreamcast mini?

Sega Dreamcast Mini, More Mini Consoles Teased In Famitsu Magazine, Next Mini Console Won't Release Before 2022.
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Why did Sega stop making consoles?

Although there are many reasons that Sega no longer makes consoles, the main reason is that they stopped making consoles when the Dreamcast cost them millions of dollars. They simply were not up to the task of competing with Playstation, Xbox, and Nintenod.
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How many Sega consoles are there?

Sega, for instance, is out of the console-making business now but produced a total of ten different gaming systems before calling it quits as far as hardware goes.
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Is Sega still popular?

Sega is the Japanese video game company behind Sonic the Hedgehog. In the '90s, it grew to immense fame by challenging Nintendo's dominance in the West. Sega has fallen out of popularity due to some self-inflicted wounds, but still produces games for other consoles.
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What is the oldest game console?

Odyssey series

In 1972 Magnavox released the world's first home video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey. It came packaged with board game paraphernalia such as cards, paper money and dice to enhance the games.
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Is Sega owned by Nintendo?

Although Sega is not owned by Nintendo, they do have the rights to many of the Sega games. This is why there are some Sega games on the Nintendo Switch as well as other Nintendo devices. Sega and Nintendo have a great relationship, but Nintendo does not own Sega.
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Why did the Xbox fail in Japan?

On the Japan release of the Xbox in 2002, consumers weren't impressed by the console and controller's girthy build. Homes in Japan are generally small, so having a console taking up so much space just added to the list of issues that Microsoft faced trying to break into the Japanese market.
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Can Dreamcast still go online?

Sega continued to provide online support for Phantasy Star Online and Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 until September 30, 2003; the online servers for both games were shut down at that point, officially ceasing online gaming on the Dreamcast in the United States.
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Can the Dreamcast play DVDs?

As a matter of fact, yes! Dreamcast comes with a DVD drive that supports movie DVDs. You can watch all movies from a DVD with a resolution of up to 480P on your Dreamcast console.
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How many US Dreamcast games are there?

Given that Sega is done with the Dreamcast, they have released a list all of the US Dreamcast games that they released.
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Are all Dreamcast games 480p?

If you use an RGB cable, the few 240p games that are available will look great, but all other games will only output in 480i.
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Is the Dreamcast widescreen?

The Dreamcast cannot render natively in a 16:9 resolution - the output of the console will remain 4:3, however the codes below will alter geometry to avoid a "stretched" look when appearing on a widescreen television (or emulator).
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