The Dreamcast is 20 years old: let's see why it's still so loved - Happy 9/9/99!

On September 9th 1999, SEGA launched what would become their last console (no offense, Genesis Mini). Even after 20 years, fans of the system are still as attached to the Dreamcast as they were on day one, and if that's not proof of how ahead of its time it was then I don't know what could be. The VMUs, online capabilities... even if the Dreamcast was the first home console of the 6th generation, feature-wise it wasn't until the original Xbox that it had found a worthy successor.

It wasn't only the hardware that made it great, though. In its short lifespan the Dreamcast managed to amass an amazing library of games, with now-classics such as Shenmue, Crazy Taxi, Skies of Arcadia, Jet Set Radio, Rez, Space Channel 5, Sonic Adventure, Seaman and more. Had SEGA not retired from making consoles we would even be counting games like Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future, Outrun 2 or Super Monkey Ball as part of its library. It's the greatest showcase of SEGA's wackiness and something that sadly we'll never see from them again.

However, you know what they say: "don't be sad it's over, be happy it happened". SEGA still makes great console games, their output has been diversifying a lot lately, the Dreamcast is still loved, there's surely worse fates than that (looking at you, Konami). Even if we'll never see anything like it again, complaining would be unfair to the amazing memories the console provided us with. Thank you, Dreamcast - and happy 9/9/99!