As a kid my mom had blocked any internet site that even hinted at having bad stuff on it, and then I got a Sega Dreamcast and was so amazed it came with internet connection. And I got that thing in my room and got it set up to the internet without all my moms lame blockers, and boy did I look at everything I wasn't supposed to!!

Dreamcast and GameCube will always have a special place in my mind. Just fantastic consoles.

Day 1 owner of a Dreamcast console here. It was one of the saddest days of my childhood when they discontinued the Dreamcast. It was a game changing, way ahead of it’s time console and had so many good games. Thanks for posting this! Tons of nostalgia.

The Dreamcast legitimately felt, looked, and sounded like the future. It was ahead of its time but not on time enough to stay afloat…

VMUs were a game changer for sports games, allowing you to pick your play without your opponent seeing it since it was displayed on your controller.

I would totally watch a 1 hour video of you just putting games in and playing them and talking about their history...

Sega Dreamcast was and still is my favourite console. I'll never forget seeing it running Soul Calibur in a local electronics and video games store back in 1999. I just had to have it. The graphics, the animation, the fluidity of those fighting moves, it was leagues above anything else available at the time, it just blew my mind. So many wonderful games and memories on this platform, I still play my favourite Dreamcast games under emulation on my SteamDeck.

One of the coolest things about the Dreamcast was the VMU. I remember playing NFL 2K, this of course being well before online gaming, so you play against your buddies on the same TV. With the VMU you could call your plays on the VMU itself so your buddy couldn’t see what plays your calling. I thought that was so dope.

I had the Dreamcast when it just came out. The year 2000 was incredible. Soul Calibur, Powerstone, Jet Set Radio, Code Veronica, Virtual Tennis, MSR, Shenmue. It felt like nearly every week something great came out. It seemed unbelievable that they packed it in early the next year when it was months before decent games for the PS2 came out like GTA or MGS

To think it has been over 24 years. Time sure flies.

That Dreamcast startup is so smooth. It still holds up

Powerstone and Powerstone 2 were such insanely great party games, right up there with goldeneye on the n64.

Dreamcast was so good.

I got the Dreamcast when it was new in the US for Christmas 1999 and it was the most amazing console I've ever seen. The only comparison to how amazed I was by it was the N64 in 1996. I can't believe how futuristic it felt and how much faith I put in the future of it, only for it to die a quick death in the early 2000s. People make fun of the DC these days but it really was incredible for its time, with Soul Calibur, Sonic Adventure and Shenmue being my absolute favorites.

Man as a kid my grandparents had a couple of these, the green see through and the off white cream looking one. They had a burned cd full of games my dad made them, and they always played a pool table game. I use to watch them for hours and even play with them.they both passed now, but the memories just came back. Thank you.

This system will always have a special place in my heart because it reminds me of my first cousin who was like a brother to me, I call him my brother. When we were little we’d stay up all night playing this when I visit, he lived out of my state so every time my family traveled to see my uncle and aunt and his family it was a treat, and because my family never bought me video games he’d introduce me to all the video games he had, me and him were the closest we would buddy up, play, stay up late talk and eat and play Tokyo Xtreme on this as well as many many rounds of Tekken 3. Until his brother came home and forced us to go to sleep. But those nights were special to me, because of him and this system. Now my brother has passed, but his memory still lives with me as well as the things he introduce me to like this system and gaming in general among many other things. So whenever I see this system I miss him. It’s special just like he is. This system to me will never go away. Just like the love I have for him. Miss you Steve. Can’t wait to play Tokyo Xtreme with you on this again when I get there. :]

I was also really impressed by Sonic Adventure back in 1999. It was so different from any other console of that time...

Most underrated system of all time . Crazy taxi (was a great arcade port ) Soul caibur was excellent Shenmue ….there was nothing like it then Sonic Adventure was great Best version of tomb raiders Skies of Arcadia Phantasy star online Ready to rumble boxing Power stone Just to name a few Hoping a Dreamcast mini gets made . I’m guessing it’s coming for the 25th anniversary which is under 2 years away .

I know everyone has their memorable Dreamcast game, but I feel like Crazy Taxi deserved a look back here! That game was shockingly polished and so much fun!

It’s crazy to think back that it’s been 23 years since . Damn time flies .

Great video. The DC was such a big part of my childhood. Got it for my birthday in 2000 at age 12. Shenmue was mind blowing, and because it could played burned discs, I experienced so many unique games that I'd otherwise never have even heard of. This system is more than just games to me, it's peak late 90s/Y2K energy. The before times, if you know what I mean.

Still my favorite console of all time. I loved the Dreamcast so much. This video really made me want to get another Dreamcast. Thank you for the walk down memory lane.

This was my favorite console, the aesthetic, the controller. It really felt like it was something special, and then playing phantasy star online I realized that it was indeed absolutely special. Felt like going to disney world for the first time.

Can’t believe how much a new one goes for. In the late 2000s I saw these online sealed for like $100.

What a time travel ❤ Takes me back to the day when I got my PAL Dreamcast, around the beginning of the year 2000... Played so much Jet Set Radio and Metropolis Street Racer... Probably the console as whole where I clocked more hours than anything else (specially in Power Stone 2). But I got to say that the PAL box is still way more striking with its simplicity with that blue swirl!

I’ll never forget working at electronics boutique when this thing released, we had like a pile of 100 Dreamcast in the back and instead of flying off the shelves on release day, half the customers were telling me they’re waiting for this PlayStation thing instead.

I will never get tired of you playing Unreal Tournament.

First console I ever got was a Sega Genesis, I was probably 4-5 years old and it had already been out for a hot minute. Got the Dreamcast as a Christmas present either in 1999 or in 2000, I was blown away. I still have so many memories playing it. I ALSO HAD A RHINO GAMES NEARBY !!!

Love that ominous demo disc sci-fi ambiance.

Great video. I was 13 when my grandparents bought me the Dreamcast on 9/9/99 and I have a lot of fond memories of it. I got Soul Calibur and played it into the wee hours of the night even though it was a school night. I pretended to go to sleep and just kept on playing in my bedroom. My brother got NFL 2K and he played it a lot. I hated sports games but I still recognized how good that game was. My dad even got into NFL 2K for a short time. I remember when my grandparents let me hook up the Dreamcast to their living room TV, going through the V1 demo disc games... Sonic Adventure, Ready to Rumble, Sega Fishing. My dad was a parish councilman at the time, and when I was forced to go to one of his boring-ass council meetings, I took the VMU and played mini-games on it. The 56k modem was how I first accessed proper porn LOL. The images loaded slow as fuck but it beat the hell out of trying to make out a tit on the grainy-ass late night Cinemax shows or the Picasso-esque playboy PPV channel. I was a big fan of Virtua Fighter in the arcades and desperately wanted a Saturn when I was younger to play it, but I never got one. Around Halloween of 99', I rented Virtua Fighter 3TB and had a blast. I have a memory of going to a high school bowling activity in my freshman year. But I couldn't wait to get home and try out the Sega Mouse & Keyboard my mom had bought me to play Quake 3 online. My dad's old Gateway 2000 (upgraded with a 3DFX Voodoo2) could play Quake 2 just fine but could not run Quake 3. So playing Quake 3 online was a dream. And then, in the Dreamcast's twilight years, I used it to emulate games. I think I remember running MAME on it, though I could be mistaken. The Dreamcast was fucking great and really shaped my late childhood / early adolescence.

Greatest console of all-time, I got this baby 09/09/99 and it was one of the most memorable days of my life!!!

I bought mine off my brother back in 2001 and loved it! My daughter grew up playing Sonic Adventures, Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm, and Jet Set Radio. I had it up until last month when a house fire took it, my sega, NES, GameGear, and their respective games with it to gamer heaven. RIP my little DreamCast, 22 years old. 😞 I also enjoyed thrifting when I was a kid up until 2001 when I graduated highschool. I enjoyed it so much I volunteered most summers at the Salvation Army where my G-ma was the GM. Good times and great finds! Nostalgia is a nasty bug yet fond bug to be bit by.

I chose dreamcast when it first came out over ps2. Loved seeing crazy taxi and jet set radio that made me love those colourful and cartoonish graphics sold me easily and was never disappointed with some amazing games like power stone, sega bass fishing, tee off golf, and many more

Shenmue. Way ahead of its time. I've always imagined a Dreamcast 2.

So much nostalgia. I was lucky enough to have friends who had Dreamcasts, but my parents didn't see fit to have a phone line put in to my room so while I could play in my room, I was never able to get it online. Which sucked because my favorite game was Phantasy Star Online.

I never owned a Dreamcast, and none of my friends did. So it's awesome to see this unboxing! Thank you.

Got the Dreamcast exactly 22 years ago on Thursday. It's amazing how all the little sounds and sights brought me instantly back to those memories.

i remember walking through a costco back when i was about 10 years old, and i saw nfl 2k on dreamcast being displayed on a tv. i was absolutely blown away, it looked like the most realistic game i had ever seen. couldn't believe that this console failed as badly as it did. it was ahead of its time.

This is so AWESOME! A system waaay ahead of its time!

The most underrated system of it’s generation.

So much nostalgia here! I do believe the Dreamcast was and is still my favorite console. Truly ahead of its time. Thinking of playing Shenmue, MDK2, MakkenX again on the Dreamcast takes me back to simpler times.

I remember buying a Dreamcast at age 19, I’m 42 now. I bought this game called Omikron the Nomad Soul.. played it nonstop for 2 years before getting into WoW beta and still playing WoW. 😂

Virtua Tennis! I bought a new unused in box DC from Think Geek in 2009 for the same nostalgic reasons as you. Relive all the memories from the turn of the millennium.

That startup sound brought back a lot of memories over here. Thank you. I seem to remember reading somewhere that using burned disks put a little more strain on the drive because it couldn't read items on disk as quickly. Maybe I’m wrong. Also seem to remember that anything after the year 2000 were unable to read them. Thank you for the great content. As someone with no vision I love how you describe everything you do instead of just adding music while you unbox something. It really makes it feel like I can be there sharing the moment and it’s a breath of fresh air. Thank you for what you do. Preserving these gems of history is important.

I got a dreamcast in 1999, when I was 5 years old. My dad was a sega fan and owned a sega megadrive in the 90's. I LOVED Sonic adventure, it's the game that has been the most influential on me. I also had 101 dalmatians and Rayman 2, which were both great games. I played my dreamcast for YEARS, but only had 4 games or so, and now I know why: there were no games around since it was cancelled so quickly. (Also, dad had a principle: you have to finish a game in order to get a new one!) My friend bought a dreamcast some years ago, and we went through Sonic adventure together, 20 years later. It was still amazing. I love this console!

Soul Calibur was so amazing. I remember it got a 10 out of 10 in the game magazine I was reading and that blew my little mind haha. I played SC for hours every day for weeks with friends and family members. I remember thinking graphics have peaked nothing will top SC on the DreamCast. Sadly a year later the DC was dead and we all got a PS2 with GTA3.

I loved my Dreamcast. I even grabbed a second one for a spare when it became clear that the Dreamcast was going away. Thanks LGR you bastard. You've now got me perusing eBay looking for Dreamcast games, even though I already have a bunch.

playing sonic adventure 2 on this almost 2 decades ago is one of my best childhood memories.

The Dreamcast was so arcade perfect you could build an arcade cabinet around it, put it in an actual arcade and people would have a hard time telling the difference. So many fond memories of Capcom vs SNK, MvC, MvC2, Street fighter 3, what an arcade fighter beast.

Skies of Arcadia for Dreamcast was utterly amazing.

Still have mine and set it up occasionally. Sports games were also top tier on this system. I went from a N64 to a Dreamcast and the jump in graphics was immense. I’ll never forget those precious memories. ❤

33:00 To add onto what you're saying about people buying a PS2 because it also had a DVD player, it was also a pretty decent DVD player if I remember correctly. There were a lot of cheap/crappy players on the market at the time so getting a Sony DVD player that also played those games was a bit of a no-brainer. There was also an optional remote you could buy. Microsoft charged you an extra 30 bucks for the remote and dongle if you wanted DVD playback on your XBOX. I knew several people that had parents that bought a PS2 as the family DVD player in the living room.

LGR, you're still my favorite gaming channel. After 6 years of watching you to this very day, you're not only still bringing the goods, but you're actually getting better at it. Keep up the fine work my friend 👍

Dreamcast 2 should become a reality. This console was amazing.

There’s something so comforting about a soft, hazy crt image.

I had Dreamcast magazine ads hung on my wall in anticipation and I Got one on launch day 9-9-99 ! Absolutely loved it !! Sonic adventure, NFL 2K, Power Stone, Soul Calibur, Dead or Alive,Shenmue, I even had Seaman🤣 you remember that one ?!! Really more of a gimmick than a game. I miss those days, playing 2 player football games with friends IN PERSON and picking my plays on the vmu so my opponent couldn’t see my pics, such a good idea for the time !!

Yours is my absolute favorite KZfaq channel! It feels like I'm exploring this stuff right along side you! Not full of yourself as some others get on here. May sound silly, but it's a joy watching how happy you get!

Jet Set Radio for Dreamcast .... best (or at least top 5) game soundtrack ever. That was the reason I bought a Dreamcast. Also that Utopia thing.... I had *completely* forgotten I had a memory of the random reindeer spinny thing! Glad to have that back in my brain. The Jet Set Radio pirate radio guy is basically the original vlogger - ahead of his time. I'm going to listen to the soundtrack now.

That box is an *instant* nostalgia hit, damn! Christmas '02 all over again 😪

I love how on the back it says ''just plug it into any phone line, and you're on to millions of wonderful people across this great nation who want nothing more than to mop the floor with you''🤣

That console had so much potential. If only it could play DVD’s.

I absolutely loved this console when it first came out. I got it for Christmas the year it came out. Good memories

Was there at launch, still my favorite system. It was simply ahead of it's time. We really need Power Stone 3.

I LOVED this game system so much as a 10-12 year old in the 90's. Toy Commander, Soul Caliber, Phantasy Star Online, Re-Volt, Legacy of Kain... All of the best gaming experiences of my life TO THIS DATE were had on the Dreamcast.

Remember when I got Shenmue for Christmas back in 2000, was a magical time.

I remember being a sophomore in 2002 and my friend Brian having a Dreamcast and PS2 and we always played the Dreamcast. I had an N64 and was always genuinely impressed by the Dreamcast, especially with TS Pro Skater compared to PS2. Man what a great video

The "Console Set-Up ASMR Set To Soft Smooth Jazz" bit was worth a sub on it's own, but your attitude, knowledge, and taste are wholesome and so so appreciated. Looking forward to digging through your work. Cheers!

Dude.... I was a retail manager back then for On Cue helping out in Buford SC, we had 3 of these systems come in, and no one would buy them, they discounted them to 25 bucks and I bought one(wish I had bought all 3) but I've kept it new in box, along with two new controller, and 3 new memory cards. I've debated selling it as a package deal, but just not sure I could part with it, crazy you found one, I knew I wasn't the only one, but it has to be incredibly rare...... I made those Emu Disks as well. (still have them and the browser and demo disks), still have those....Rhino games was only in Florida and Ga I worked there before going to On Cue, which later turned into Sam Goody. Final edit... you opened that on my birthday, so Happy birthday lol.

A close friend of mine owned a Dreamcast. Every Friday we went to a computer club in the city and afterwards, around 1-2 AM, we got back to his home and stayed the night to beat each other up in Soul Calibur. Such fond memories about that time

Thank you for sharing the Dreamcast experience. This system achieved mythic status to me and my friends who never knew anyone with one. Such was the nature of living in the 90s American boonies.

my mom bought me a dreamcast from target near the end of it's life. we felt ripped off but I still liked playing it. I always reflect on how interesting that console was. Games were decent

The choice of music for this video is pure gold.

I was born in 1981 and grew up with all the old school consoles and the Dreamcast is probably my favorite console of all time. Such a good library of games. I bought mine on launch day and still use it today with a few repairs along the way.

I enjoyed the Dreamcast. Way ahead of it's time. Crazy taxi was my go-to.I played the generator disk an embarrassing amount of times. I mastered tony hawk's warehouse level.

If your Dreamcast still has the sticker along the bottom of the console, there should be a rectable with four letters (NTSC? I believe?) followed by a circle with a number inside it. If the number is a 1, your console is "first wave" and was produced without the copyright laser; meaning you can play burned games with no issue.

When I was in high school, I found 4 dreamcasts in a bin, with some games. I took them and I went to see one of my teacher who pulled up screwdrivers and helped me make one out of these four by troubleshooting them. All 4 had different issues, yet I am happy to say that the console still works to this day.

Insta click..... Nothing better to enjoy a cup of coffee to in the morning then an LGR video ☕

Shenmue was literally one of my favorite games of all time, and still is.

Love the jazz while plugin in the old school tech on the old school TV. Great vibes

I bought 2 used at $50ea at a local game store many years ago. Great console. I loved the DC. Such a shame it didn't take off.

I've always liked the PAL cases for DC games. Can be a pain though if they break.

I still have my Dreamcast I got in 2000. It is still my favorite console with some outstanding titles.

This brought back so many memories!! That you so much for sharing!

“…it does something to my soul.” LOL. Love it! ❤

very cool video! I actually still have the box for mine, which my father bought in 2000, I believe. The Dreamcast's story is frankly so sad. It's gotta be the only console ever that got discontinued not because nobody liked or wanted it, but because of internal drama and turmoil at Sega, which had been chronically mismanaged on the hardware department pretty much ever since after the Mega Drive came out... It got killed off way too early. And yet, I really don't think the sales figures are that bad for a console that stayed afloat for so little time. Not only that, but the games library we got in that short span of time is nothing short of stunning in quality. It's no wonder everyone that bought the console is so loyal to it. One can only imagine the directions the console would've gone in had it actually managed to stay afloat to properly compete with the PS2, the Xbox and the GameCube.

One of my favorite Dreamcast games, which I see you have in your stash, is Toy Commander. Toy Commander was a real fun single player game, but it really shined in multiplayer mode. I was really good at that game and developed all sorts of strategies to kick my opponents butts! I never understood why there wasn't a sequel to that game on another console.

I remember getting this bc someone pawned it to my dad and never took it back. My cousins had the ps2, friends too, so I was stuck with the star wars pod racer for a month until we found someone who sold games for it. I love this console.

LGR videos are always something else.. i absolutely love this channel! Please never stop baking these sweet masterpieces

this was the console that allowed me to go online, in 1999, and search and buy all the old comics i was trying to get growing up. The idea that you could surf online was amazing, the online multigames 2K games this thing was so far ahead of everything else. Would have like to see how Sega evolved if this didnt get killed.

Id definitely tune in for an hour long “LGR plays Dreamcast” video/stream. Theyd make for some good long videos between unboxing vids.

Wow I'm so glad I clicked on ur video. I've been tryna remember the name for slave zero for the past couple years but I couldn't remember it and here you are showing it off. Crazy that game was amazing on pc

I’ve had five Dreamcast systems but the laser stopped working, the internal battery died, or the disc wouldn’t spin. But there’s so much nostalgia for me with that console. The Sonic games, Rush 2049 and the 7 years I searched for it (plus the game mode my brother and I made after enabling certain cheats, we called it Tag), Dead or Alive, Grandia II being my first ever rpg, Skies of Arcadia and the fantastical setting it presented to me… fantastic classics. Btw Power Stone 2, for sure, is four players. Both games are still two of the most fun fighting games ever. Environmental object interaction was novel back then, and so well executed here. I loved seeing an actual 3D game from capcom when they still made street fighter 2d. Rush 2049 was special though. Increased angles for jumps, futurists cities, badass soundtrack, NO LOADING SCREENS ON A CD-BASED GAME! You’re showing literally all the games I had and loved so deeply. Seriously. Soul Caliber was in my library as well, and I’d listen to the music in the art museum to play myself to sleep as a teen. I didn’t have UT, my shooter was Goldeneye with my brother and friends. But all the rest were in my library.

22 is my lucky number and Dreamcast was my first console I used on my own. I burnt so many emulation disks trying out Super Famicom games by name only. The internet was not as good of a resource in 2000. Oh, and the Dreamcast games rule as well. ❤

Thank you for this. The memories that you shared were great- and videos like this certainly bring my own to the fore. Being able to go through each piece of the boxed unit, as though it was new, was great. I could go on and on about my own experience, and maybe I will someday in a different medium- but right now I am grateful for this trip back in time from your perspective.

What a beautiful wonderful little console. Why is it that so many people now days love the Dreamcast?

Dreamcast has been the console I've been collecting for the most the last couple of years. So many good titles and the system itself is just really cool. I remember seeing them for $50 new at Walmart. Should have bought a handful at that time.

My friend had a Dreamcast when it was new and a big screen tv. His family was pretty wealthy so we would always play there. As a PS1 owner I remember the Dreamcast looking so amazing, in particular Crazy Taxi. Thanks for showing Soul Caliber especially, we played so much of that as well as the sequel it was really great to see it!

As Rich was reminiscing it made be realise from PS2/Dreamcast and before the real joy of gaming was sitting with a friend on the couch and gaming together. Eating, shit talking, listening to music. It was joyous and encouraged leaving your house to meet up with friends

I am very impressed by your games collection !

I remember playing Power Stone mini games on the memory card in school!! What a hell of an idea to implement that feature.