The Dreamcast is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998, in Japan; September 9, 1999, in North America; and October 14, 1999, in Europe. It was the first sixth-generation video game console, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube, and Microsoft's Xbox. The Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001, ending Sega's 18 years in the console market.
The PS2 provided tough competition for the Dreamcast.
Die shot of the Dreamcast's ASIC
The limited-edition black "Sega Sports" model.
The Divers 2000 CX-1 is a special edition of the Dreamcast that was built-in to a television set.
A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games. While initial consoles were dedicated units with only a few games fixed into the electronic circuits of the system, most consoles since support the use of swappable game media, either through game cartridges, optical discs, or through digital distribution to internal storage.
A collection of home video game consoles, arranged in chronological order from bottom to top, at The Finnish Museum of Games, Tampere