The Sega Dreamcast was the greatest system that never really had a chance. When most systems die after a year and a half, it is because they are terrible systems with horrendous game libraries (see 32x, Atari Jaguar). The Dreamcast had arguably the greatest first 18 months of any console in history. The unfortunate thing is those 18 months were all we got.

Why did the Dreamcast die?

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"It's Thinking!"

Our very own Lucas Janke never had a Dreamcast when it was first around. After having been at Gamer Time for a while, his co-workers finally convinced him to pick one up. Sadly, before he ever had a chance to try it out, his house burned down taking his game collection down with it.

Shortly after that, he found one at a garage sale on the cheap. Not just someone’s old gaming console. No, this one was brand new in the box. He has been waiting to open it, so we are very happy to be able to bring you the unboxing of a brand new Dreamcast on the console’s ten year anniversary.

See all the pics after the break.

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"Happy 10 Year Anniversary, Dreamcast!"

On 9/9/99, Sega released one of the greatest consoles to ever grace the video game market. It had tons of great, original content, awesome arcade ports, and was designed to be played with friends right out of the box.

It was the first console to ship with a built-in modem and promote online gaming and the launch line-up was amazing. Today, 9/9/09, we will be posting retrospectives, some reviews of our favorite Dreamcast games, and thoughts from around the Internet on why we loved Sega’s ill-fated gaming system.