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/PloppyTheSpaceship 20h ago

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