1 SEGA launched it in the US on 9/9/1999 before the PS2 Xbox and Gamecube
2 It was discontinued 18 moths after launch and was the last console SEGA released
3 It’s 1.2GB GD-Rom disks didn’t support the new DVD movie format - a major part in it’s downfall
4 It was the first console to have a built in modem and internet play using SegaNet (Dreamarena in Europe)
5 GD-Rom (Gigabyte Disc Read-only Memory) optical discs had the pits on the disc packed more closely together giving a higher storage capacity 1.2 gigabytes almost double the storage capacity of a typical CD
6 Shenmue the ground breaking Dreamcast game was the most expensive game ever produced at release
7 The last official game was released in 2007 In US it was NHL 2K2 in February 2002
8 It was the only main console in 20 years NOT to have a game produced by EA Games
9 The main processor was a 32-bit Hitachi RISC chip clocked at 200 MHz (6 times faster than the Genesis)
10 730 games were officially relaxed for the Dreamcast
11 It had a mini games panel that fitted into the control called a VMU (Visual Memory Unit)
11 Despite the special disk format it was hacked and most games could be downloaded, burned and played on normal discs
12 The VMU (VMS in Japan and VM in Europe) had 128Kb of memory a speaker and buttons
13 The processor inside the VMU was called a potato and they could be coupled together to trade files
14 The Dreamcast logo contained a swirl in different colours Orange - Japan Asia Blue PAL Europe and US Red in other regions
15 Alien Front Online was the first game to support online in-game chat
16 The OS was developed by Microsoft after 2 years work with SEGA
17 NO operating system resides in the device until it is loaded in on a disc with each game
18 The operating system that loaded included an optimised version of Windows CE
19 The last two officially released games were Karous, and Triggerheart Exelica, and were exclusive to Japan
20 It was the first game console to render full frames (as opposed to interlaced only)
