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The Dreamcast is the final home video game console manufactured by Sega. It was released in Japan on November 27, 1998, and worldwide in late 1999. It succeeded the Sega Saturn and was the first sixth-generation console, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube, and Microsoft's Xbox.
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The extracted context around Dreamcast shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Dreamcast → According, Accounts, Alliance Semiconductor, America, As, Blackbelt, Both, Charles Bellfield, Company, Considering, CPU, Dural, He, Hideki Sato, Hitachi SH-4, IBM's Tatsuo Yamamoto, In, Initially, Irimajiri, Irimajiri's Another extracted example is Dreamcast → Activision, Agetec, Agetech's Arcade Stick, Although, American, Both, Color, D-pad, Edge, Game Boy Advance, Game Informer's Andy McNamara, Hall, IGN, Interact's Alloy Arcade Stick, It, Mad Catz, Nintendo's GameCube, Oratorio Tangram, Sam Kennedy, Saturn. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 353 structured relationships around Dreamcast. Examples in this analysis include Dreamcast → Best-selling game → Sonic Adventure (2.5 million) (list) and Dreamcast → Connectivity → Modem, broadband adapter (separate). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreamcast | Best-selling game | Sonic Adventure (2.5 million) (list) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Connectivity | Modem, broadband adapter (separate) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | CPU | Hitachi SH-4 @ 200 MHz | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Dimensions | 195.8 × 190 × 75.5 mm (7.71 × 7.48 × 2.97 in) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Discontinued | WW: March 31, 2001 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Display | Composite | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Display | RF modulator | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Display | SCART | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Display | S-video | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Display | VGA (via adaptor) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Generation | Sixth | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Graphics | NEC PowerVR2 @ 100 MHz | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Introductory price | ¥29,000 (equivalent to ¥32,000 in 2024) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Introductory price | US$199 (equivalent to $380 in 2025) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Introductory price | £200 (equivalent to £380 in 2025) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Manufacturer | Sega | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Media | GD‑ROM, CD‑ROM | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Memory | 16 MB RAM | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Memory | 8 MB video RAM | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Memory | 2 MB audio RAM | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Online services | Dricas | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Online services | SegaNet | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Online services | Dreamarena | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Predecessor | Sega Saturn | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Released | JP: November 27, 1998 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Released | NA: September 9, 1999 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Released | EU: October 14, 1999 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Released | AU: November 30, 1999 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Removable storage | 128 KB VMU | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dreamcast | Sound | Yamaha AICA @ 67 MHz with ARM7 CPU, 64 channels | 1.00 | infobox |
The concept neighborhoods around Dreamcast bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Sega, Games and Sega's. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Dreamcast, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Dreamcast with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Dreamcast to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Legacy & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Dreamcast · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout