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Dreamcast

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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Best-selling game
Sonic Adventure (2.5 million) (list)
Connectivity
Modem, broadband adapter (separate)
CPU
Hitachi SH-4 @ 200 MHz
Dimensions
195.8 × 190 × 75.5 mm (7.71 × 7.48 × 2.97 in)
Discontinued
WW: March 31, 2001
Display
Composite · RF modulator · SCART · S-video · VGA (via adaptor)

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Dreamcast

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Avg. degree1.99
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Dreamcast

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related to Development · 43
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
related to Controllers and accessories · 34
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
related to Decline · 33
Dreamcast → According, Bellfield, David Rosen, During, Eventually, His, In September, Instead, Irimajiri, Japanese, March, Microsoft, Moore, Moreover, Nintendo, Okawa, On May, People, PlayStation, PS2
related to Network services · 33
Dreamcast → AT, August, Because, Dream Passport, Dreamcast's, Dricas, Excite, GameCube, Genuity, GTE, GTE Internetworking, Home, Internet, Isao, ISAO Corporation, ISAO's, ISP, Its, Japan, July
related to Competition · 29
Dreamcast → Although Sega's, At, Dreamcast's GD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Europe, GameCube, January, Japan, Ken Kutaragi, March, Microsoft, Nintendo, North America, On March, PlayStation, Poor Japanese, PS2, Sega, Sega's, Sega's Japanese
related to Reception and legacy · 25
Dreamcast → As, At, Bellfield, Blake Snow, BusinessWeek, EA, Electronic Gaming Monthly, However, If, In, In December, In GamePro, Japan, Next Generation, Nintendo, Okawa's, PS2, Reasons, Saturn, Sega
related to Hardware · 24
Dreamcast → ADPCM, ARM7 RISC CPU, ASIC, CPU, Dreamcast's, GFLOPS, Graphical, Hitachi SH-4, In, It, Its, MB, MHz, MHz NEC PowerVR2, MHz Yamaha AICA, MIPS, PCM, RAM, RISC, Saturn's
related to Game library · 22
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related to Storage · 22
Dreamcast → After, D-pad, Dreamcast-compatible, For, In, Iomega, It, Jump Pack, LCD, MB, NFL, Performance's, PWM, Sega, Sega CD, Sega Saturn, Sega's, Sonic Adventure, The VMU, Tremor Pack
related to Models · 20
Dreamcast → Another, Code, Color, CX-1, Divers, Dreamcast Direct, Hello Kitty, In North America, Japan, Japanese, Resident Evil, Seaman, Sega, Sega Sports, Sega Sports-branded, Sonic's, Special, The R7, Toyota, Veronica

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sega game games sega's launch console million us saturn hardware sold video japan online playstation dreamcast's 2000 software units also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DreamcastBest-selling gameSonic Adventure (2.5 million) (list)1.00infobox
DreamcastConnectivityModem, broadband adapter (separate)1.00infobox
DreamcastCPUHitachi SH-4 @ 200 MHz1.00infobox
DreamcastDimensions195.8 × 190 × 75.5 mm (7.71 × 7.48 × 2.97 in)1.00infobox
DreamcastDiscontinuedWW: March 31, 20011.00infobox
DreamcastDisplayComposite1.00infobox
DreamcastDisplayRF modulator1.00infobox
DreamcastDisplaySCART1.00infobox
DreamcastDisplayS-video1.00infobox
DreamcastDisplayVGA (via adaptor)1.00infobox
DreamcastGenerationSixth1.00infobox
DreamcastGraphicsNEC PowerVR2 @ 100 MHz1.00infobox
DreamcastIntroductory price¥29,000 (equivalent to ¥32,000 in 2024)1.00infobox
DreamcastIntroductory priceUS$199 (equivalent to $380 in 2025)1.00infobox
DreamcastIntroductory price£200 (equivalent to £380 in 2025)1.00infobox
DreamcastManufacturerSega1.00infobox
DreamcastMediaGD‑ROM, CD‑ROM1.00infobox
DreamcastMemory16 MB RAM1.00infobox
DreamcastMemory8 MB video RAM1.00infobox
DreamcastMemory2 MB audio RAM1.00infobox
DreamcastOnline servicesDricas1.00infobox
DreamcastOnline servicesSegaNet1.00infobox
DreamcastOnline servicesDreamarena1.00infobox
DreamcastPredecessorSega Saturn1.00infobox
DreamcastReleasedJP: November 27, 19981.00infobox
DreamcastReleasedNA: September 9, 19991.00infobox
DreamcastReleasedEU: October 14, 19991.00infobox
DreamcastReleasedAU: November 30, 19991.00infobox
DreamcastRemovable storage128 KB VMU1.00infobox
DreamcastSoundYamaha AICA @ 67 MHz with ARM7 CPU, 64 channels1.00infobox

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