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I had always wanted a Dreamcast.
I had been wanting one since the very second I learned of its existence.
Why? Because I thought that it was the coolest thing ever, a godsend that would finally deliver on all those promises gaming and computer magazines liked throwing around while talking big about the advent of truly next-gen machines capable of rocking your socks off with all their features and capabilities.
And this glorious plastic shell certainly threatened with fulfilling all of those geeky fantasies with its keyboard support, internet capabilities, Linux compatibility and VMUs, but I'll admit that this is the one feature I was most curious about when acquiring the system:
Like many others, I didn't know what to make out of it and promptly began dreaming about turning my console into a second PC I could install Age Of Empires and other computer favorites on, enjoying them from the comfort of my own living room — but alas... that was not to be.
Still pretty cool, though. And I'm genuinely glad that SEGA made a — frankly very rare — good judgement call on their way out by forfeiting Windows CE as software powering their final console.
It's crazy to think how dead the DC would be today if they hadn't.
I had been wanting one since the very second I learned of its existence.
Why? Because I thought that it was the coolest thing ever, a godsend that would finally deliver on all those promises gaming and computer magazines liked throwing around while talking big about the advent of truly next-gen machines capable of rocking your socks off with all their features and capabilities.
And this glorious plastic shell certainly threatened with fulfilling all of those geeky fantasies with its keyboard support, internet capabilities, Linux compatibility and VMUs, but I'll admit that this is the one feature I was most curious about when acquiring the system:
Like many others, I didn't know what to make out of it and promptly began dreaming about turning my console into a second PC I could install Age Of Empires and other computer favorites on, enjoying them from the comfort of my own living room — but alas... that was not to be.
Still pretty cool, though. And I'm genuinely glad that SEGA made a — frankly very rare — good judgement call on their way out by forfeiting Windows CE as software powering their final console.
It's crazy to think how dead the DC would be today if they hadn't.
