The Dreamcast (Japanese: ドリームキャスト Doriimukaasuto) was the last video game console made by Sega, and is the successor to the Sega Saturn. The Dreamcast is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles and was released in late 1998, before its contemporaries - the PlayStation 2, the Nintendo GameCube and the Xbox.
Sega discontinued the Dreamcast in North America in November 2001 and withdrew entirely from the console hardware business. Howeve...
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