Sega's Dreamcast turns 10, inspires us to find that VMU and finish Shenmue

In at least a few time zones, today is 09/09/09. Aside from being the same day that Apple holds a keynote on the left coast, Leica launches something and The Beatles: Rock Band encourages gamers everywhere to call in sick, today also marks the ten year anniversary of Sega's iconic Dreamcast. Looking back, it's hard to believe that the always-Thinking console was only in production for two years, but even today it holds an oh-so-special place in our hearts. We still maintain that the defunct VMU could eventually be the next coming of the Tamagotchi, and there's still zero doubt that the designer of Seaman was on copious quantities of LSD during the conception process. Any particularly touching stories as we celebrate a solid decade of The Swirl? Share 'em below -- tissues are on us.

[Carney Posted Sep 15th 2009 9:35AM]

Had a great time playing Hydro Thunder and Soulcalibur on my friend's DreamCast.

For sheer nostalgia vaule I recently bought the PS2 Midway Arcade Treasures 3 for my PS3 to play Hydro Thunder and it looks and feels like a great port.

I also got the PS3 Soul Calibur IV and Hori's SC4 fighting stick, but was a bit more disappointed. The female characters' proportions and outfits went from attractive to embarrassingly exaggerated and ridiculously flimsy. The manual and moves were also non user friendly, because they weren't described in terms of the PS3 controls, but rather SC's own internal system.