15 years later and it’s still thinking: Our fondest memories of the Sega Dreamcast

Where were you 15 years ago today? I can tell you exactly where I was … picking up my Dreamcast.

9/9/99 was the U.S. launch date of Sega’s most forward-thinking chunk of hardware. Unlike today, where consoles struggle to monopolize the living room’s multimedia experience, the late ’90s and early 2000s were the sunset of an era where console hardware was rigidly focused on doing one thing very well: deliver better gaming content than the competition.

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