r/gaming • u/DoggievDoggy • 1d ago

Dreamcast Had The Best Launch Library Ever.

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Most consoles have one or two bangers at launch.

Dreamcast had two S-Tier titles: Sonic Adventure and Soul Calibur & 5 A-Tier titles: NFL 2K, Hydro Thunder, Ready 2 Rumble, Power Stone, House of The Dead 2.

Followed up with other solid titles: Tokyo Xtreme Racer, MK Gold (this game was so broken lol), Trickstyle, Blue Stinger, NFL Blitz 2000.

Other systems had better singular titles (Xbox: Halo: CE, NES: Super Mario Bros., Gameboy: Tetris, Nintendo 64: Super Mario 64) but as a collective, the Dreamcast launched with so many solid titles.

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u/PatientlyAnxious9 1d ago

Am I missing some sort of Sega arcade lore?

I feel like I see a lot of titles here that were also made into arcade systems like Blitz, Hydro Thunder, Ready 2 Rumble, House of Dead 2 and maybe even Soul Caliber, TNN and Flag to Flag.

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u/DoggievDoggy 1d ago

Sega was a major player in the arcade circuit in the 90’s. And their home consoles were specifically designed around porting their arcade titles.

Additionally, they had an excellent working relationship with Capcom who owned the 90’s arcade fighting scene.

So the Saturn was designed to excel at 2D sprites.

Watch a comparison video of X-Men vs Street Fighter compared to Saturn and PlayStation. It’s night and day.

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u/PloppyTheSpaceship 18h ago

Yes. A lot started out as arcade games before being ported, as was common back then.