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Come slash Do-Bois media. 9,99, a date which will live in infamy.

This was the day Sega released its ill-fated Dreamcast console in North America.

Loaded with technology that would be iterated and improved upon by imitators,

like a second screen in its controller and built-in internet capability, the console arrives state

side and province side accompanied by a top shelf lineup of launch titles, Soul Caliber,

NFL 2K, and naturally a game featuring its signature Blue Blur mascot, Sonic Adventure.

But seizing the opportunity to smother a rival in its crib, Sony released Square Soft's much anticipated Final Fantasy 8 for

PlayStation on the very same day, muting the reception for Sega's next-gen machine.

And while the Dreamcast would become beloved by enthusiast gamers for its library of innovative and engaging titles like Jet Set Radio, Shenmu, and Skies of Arcadia, as well as quirky novelties like M-rated zombie-tutur Typing of the Dead and Miracus rhythm

games somba day amigo, mainstream consumers were all too happy to wait instead for

Sony's upcoming PlayStation 2, which also promised to play movies in the exciting new DVD format.

On January 31st, 2001, less than two years after its North American launch, Sega of Japan

announced the console would end production and Sega would permanently

exit the hardware business.

The Dream was dead.

The Dream Cast was dead.

But Sega has since endured as a software publisher with potent franchises like persona,

Yakuza, aka Like a Dragon, and Total War, and of course the Yuunaka created Sonic the Hedgehog.

And while the past two decades of games featuring Sonic and his shitty friends have

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