As a side note, you left out a huge set of categories. 2D fighting
games. DC really won on that one.

Shoot-em-up vertical games. Again, DC really had a nice huge library.

And best of all… RPGs. The PS2 did have a good library too, but there were so many beautifully done ones that the Dreamcast was THE console for it’s generation if you really loved RPGs. Note the development dates on the 2 as well, while both the PS2 and Dreamcast were out, the DC by far had a huge lead. Once it was ruled down to just the Xbox and PS2, the PS2 took over since there really wasn’t any alternative for programmers – again, target audience, what % of them own a system, what % are likely to buy the game. That makes the decision.

Sadly, since then it’s been difficult to find a good RPG system.
Wii? Xbox360? PS3? Where are all the RPGs in the US? I want my good ol’ turn based ones! (Granted, there are a few, like Oblivion for example, but it’s not console-specific, and it’s sort of… restricted. No turn-based strategy driven battles. That aside I love the game, but I still want a nice old-school Final Fantasy/Xenogears/Dragon’s Quest/Chrono Trigger/etc type game every now and then.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5chJoEh0X6c

With out DC we would not have Xbox.

Both good systems and deserve a spot on any gamers shelf. But FU*@ DC had the most innovative games and hard ware and VMU Motion reactive Fishing rod come on cool shit and way the fuck ahead of anything, we would not have a lot of the stuff we have now if Sega did not Drop the Dreamcast and in my opinion DC IS STILL THINKING :) and will never stop :.

Given the tools that they had the dreamcast homebrew community created some amazing homebrew way before the Xbox. I was using programs like GypPlay and a Divx player on my dreamcast to watch movies way before I managed to mod my Xbox, and use XBMC.

The dreamcast community was the first homebrew community that I joined, and I joined it as it was flourishing. There is respect due for the dreamcast that people rarely give in my opinion.

Dreamcast came first 9/9/99
Xbox came LATER 9/15/01

I dont think any1 can argue about the Xbox’s hackability. I mean XBMC is pretty much the greatest thing ever (nothing can compare to its functions for the price u can get 1 for) and I use it every day. I also own a Popcorn Hour NMT I now use for all my HD media…

Alas the overpriced under-availability of limited accessories is kicking us in the pants (yet again). The Component Cable with Optical Audio for XBOX1 is the same way….

I was 15 when the DC dropped, and 17 when the xbox dropped, those 2 years were vital upbringing AFAIC…

I have 2 DC’s in the house that i’d love to get linux up and running on, but the lack of ethernet adapter built in puts me off. Why is the broadband adapter so damn expensive for the DC?

Then follow a simple tutorial to back up your current config, burn it to a CD with bootable Linux and format the new hard drive on a PC. Swap disks and you are done.

@Sheepsblood:

If you are going to do an xbox360 would you use two Apples to make a widescreen (aka FPD1775w) version? The fpd1775w is an actual 1280×720 pixels, so the quality is amazing (there is an eMachines model without DVI and HDCP, only VGA, but it costs about the same.)

simple statement:

get a hacked save to a unhacked machine. with no machine hacking. [normally requires another hacked machine]

have fun.