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Sega Dreamcast NA Release (1999)

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This event began 09/09/15 and repeats every year until 07/10/50

The Dreamcast launched in North America on September 9, 1999 at a price of $199—which Sega's marketing dubbed "9/9/99 for $199". Eighteen launch titles were available for the Dreamcast in the U.S. Sega set a new sales record by selling more than 225,132 Dreamcast units in 24 hours, earning the company $98.4 million in what Moore called "the biggest 24 hours in entertainment retail history". Within two weeks, U.S. Dreamcast sales exceeded 500,000. By Christmas, Sega held 31 percent of the North American video game marketshare. Significant launch titles included Soul Calibur, an arcade fighting game that was graphically enhanced for the system and went on to sell one million units, and Visual Concepts' high-quality football simulation NFL 2K. On November 4, Sega announced it had sold over one million Dreamcast units. Nevertheless, the launch was marred by a glitch at one of Sega's manufacturing plants, which produced defective GD-ROMs.



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RIP-Felix

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20 years at midnight!

I'm ready for it! I have my NA Launch Day Dreamcast all modded up for the next 20 years. $1999 worth of mods to comemorate the 9/9/2019 anivarsary of one of my favorite consoles. ODE replaces the GDROM with an SD card, Wireless Bluetooth controller and Light Gun, new power supply that allow the console to be powered on/off by Bluetooth, New silent fan that pushed more air, and the DCHDMI to get the best possible image from the console on modern TVs. You can read about the build here.

To sum it up. I will commemorate this anniversary by playing a game that's been high on my need to play list for years - Skies of Arcadia. Seriously, how have I never played this!

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