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“It’s Thinking” - SEGA Dreamcast Advert [1999]

Thirteen years ago, this quirky console was released in North America to much fanfare. According to Wikipedia:

“In the US alone, a record 300,000 units had been pre-ordered and Sega sold 500,000 consoles in just two weeks (including a record 225,132 sold during the first 24 hours). In fact, due to brisk sales and hardware shortages, Sega was unable to fulfill all of the advance orders. Sega confirmed that it made $98.4 million on combined hardware and software sales with Dreamcast following the September 9, 1999 launch.”

I remember buying one around the time Sonic Adventure 2 launched, and I still hold the console in high regards. There were so many oddball games for the system that I’m surprised that many of them haven’t showed up as downloadable titles during the current generation. Screw Crazy Taxi — let’s see Seaman, Puyo Puyo Fever, and Power Stone available to purchase in 2012!

(Source: playerspulse)