"The power button on my Dreamcast emits a glow. The warm, rosy glow of nostalgia for a time when game progress was saved on Memory Cards, a time before HD televisions, when online gaming was done with a 56k modem, and controllers still had wires. Hardcore gamers talk about the Dreamcast the way that car lovers talk about a ’57 Chevy, the way that junkies talk about that first pure high. That high was powerful, but short-lived; the Dreamcast debuted in 1999, but was already done with by 2001..."

In a move that's sure to be embraced by its fans, Sega is rumored to release a Dreamcast collection disc for next-gen consoles after the title was spotted on GameStop's release lists.

"It's pretty basic and does little more than provide a case for the Nano (buttons don't actually work to control the Nano), but that's the beauty of it. This is so simple anyone could do it. Merely remove the guts from your unused VMU and seal in your Nano. Bing! You're done."

There's just so many versions of SEGA's retired Dreamcast, from special editions to mods that take weeks to perfect. One SEGA fan in Germany decided to give his Dreamcast systems even more personality by airbrushing them with his favorite brands. The results are quite astonishing.

"Sega’s swan song is long-but-forgotten in the gaming community, with a cult following amassing thousands of people. Gamers, modders, and plain-ol’ fans have taken up arms, and have proven to the world that this system is still thinking."

"Now that it’s come out into the open and Sega has revealed to the gaming masses that Dreamcast games will in fact be available on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 via their respective download networks within the next several months, many gamers who remember how awesome a system the Dreamcast have begun collectively rejoicing. Personally speaking, I can’t truly convey my illiberality – the console was ahead of it’s time so much that the technology didn’t exist to fully realize it. Neverthe..."

"Tokyo PC shop Tsukumo has gutted the Dreamcast console and stuffed it with all sorts of stuff: a compact Sony NEC Blu-Ray BD-5500A drive, HDMI output, a Western Digital 160GB hard drive, and a MINIX 780G-SP128MB motherboard. The controller plugs have been turned into Flashdrive-friendly USB ports. It runs on Windows XP Professional."

Part One of the interview published just a couple of hours ago, and now the second part of the interview is up. Read how Peter Moore went up against Sony firstly as part of Sega with the Dreamcast, and then as Microsoft with the XBOX.

Today is the Dreamcast's ninth birthday, and the UGO Games Blog has written up nine things to help you celebrate! Some of them include baking a cake, stealing your sister's Tamagotchi, and playing Soul Calibur IV.

As reported earlier here at GameGrep, Dreamcast.com has been asking Dreamcast owners whether they do own the console, and register for a Dreamcast email address tied to the Gmail account you specify. Many people believed it to be tied to the console's 10th anniversary. Unfortunately for those who already have submitted their emails, Sega no longer owns the domain, which means that this site is an attempt to phish your Gmail account. DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS TO DREAMCAST.COM.

Supermoderator Edit (11/03/08): Do not submit your details to the Dreamcast.com website, it has been confirmed a scam by Sega of Japan.

- Ren of Heavens


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Sega has updated it's Dreamcast Japanese website to see the amount of people who still own a Dreamcast. It's still unknown to why Sega are doing this but there is always hope.

Due to a high number of people accessing the web page after the news have spread, you will be lucky enough to pass the homep...

Following yesterdays news of the rumour that SEGA could be making a Dreamcast 2, SEGA have flat out denied that they're planning on making a new console. The company stated that they don't intend to get back into the console making business, as they'd rather carry on with their success in the games market.

It's been a long time coming but the Dreamcast is now finally dead in SEGA's eyes as they end any and all support for the system. Dreamcast came out almost ten years ago, it's been fun!

"If you can think of a genre, chances are the Dreamcast has a game that will change the way you perceive it. It may also show you genres you didn’t think existed. The Dreamcast is a microcosm of the modern day debate about innovation in gaming. On one hand, the console was a financial failure. On the other hand, some of its most innovative games still have few or no equals. If you ever get the feeling that you are growing tired of gaming, I cannot think of a better cure than the Dreamcast."