BLAST PROCESSING! Episode 29: Nightmares and Dreamcasts

[erich]

In this week’s episode, Erich joins the ranks of disgruntled Xbox 360 owners, Tim contemplates a return to Halo, Adam rekindles his love affair with the PSP, and Symposium Ad Nauseum takes a vacation so the boys can pay tribute to a very special console.

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[Mach6]

Sega has only itself to blame for the Dreamcast's demise. I was a big-time Genesis fan during the 16-bit wars with the SNES, but I lost my "Sega faith" with the disappointing Sega CD. Sega further damaged its crediblity with the 32X & Saturn. (For the record, I never owned a Sega CD, 32X, or Saturn.) When it came time to upgrade to a next-gen system in 1999-2000, many gamers thought "fool me once or twice shame on Sega" & "I don't want to be fooled again, so I'll wait a year to buy the PS2". The Dreamcast had a short existence because of the horrible reputation Sega got from its previous systems.

[Steve T Power]

The Dreamcast befuddles me. It's basically a system of Capcom fighters and old school shoot em ups. There's some gravy in the lineup, but 90-odd percent of the titles released were either crappy 90's Quarter munchers or Playstation 1 ports.

That said, I still enjoy the machine, but it can't even remotely compare to the PS2, which i would rank as the single best console in history based on the software lineup.