Consoles: The Dreamcast's Life After Death

Published: April 21, 2020, 5:13 a.m.

b'Gaming consoles are pioneering machines. The Dreamcast pushed the limits of what even consoles could do. But that wasn\\u2019t enough to guarantee commercial success. Despite that failure, fans say no other console has accomplished so much. \\n\\nThe Dreamcast was meant to restore Sega to its glory days. After the disappointing Saturn, Sega pitted two teams against each other to build a new console. Andrew Borman describes the Dreamcast as a generational leap in hardware. Jeremy Parish explains how big a departure its production was from Sega\\u2019s usual processes. Mineko Okamura provides an insider\\u2019s insight on developing the Dreamcast. Brian Bacino recounts the console\\u2019s massive U.S. launch. But despite record U.S. sales, Sega had to pull the plug on the Dreamcast. Too good to let die, homebrewers like Luke Benstead plugged it back in.'