Despite its short lifespan, the Dreamcast is fondly remembered for pioneering features such as online gaming and for its impressive library of games, including Sonic Adventure, Shenmue and Crazy Taxi. Its discontinuation marked the end of Sega’s involvement in the home console hardware market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hardware Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Processor<\/strong>: 200 MHz Hitachi SH-4 RISC CPU<\/p>\n\n\n\n Graphics<\/strong>: PowerVR2 GPU clocked at 100 MHz, capable of displaying 16.77 million colours and handling 3 million polygons per second<\/p>\n\n\n\n Memory<\/strong>: 16 MB of RAM, 8 MB of VRAM, and 2 MB of audio RAM<\/p>\n\n\n\n Storage<\/strong>: 1 GB GD-ROM discs<\/p>\n\n\n\n Audio<\/strong>: Yamaha AICA 64-channel sound chip, providing high-quality 3D sound<\/p>\n\n\n\n Connectivity<\/strong>: Built-in 56k modem for online play, four controller ports<\/p>\n\n\n\n Video Output<\/strong>: Supports up to 480p resolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n Original Release Date:<\/strong> 14th Oct 1999 (Europe)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Discontinued:<\/strong> 31st March 2001 (Worldwide)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cost (New in 1999):<\/strong> \u00a3199.99, dropped to \u00a3149 in late 2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cost (In 2024 Prices):<\/strong> \u00a3375 (Initial release price)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Modifications I have performed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n None<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cost to me for computer \u00a370.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cost to me for repairs and upgrades \u00a30.00<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite its short lifespan, the Dreamcast is fondly remembered for pioneering features such as online gaming and for its impressive library of games, including Sonic Adventure, Shenmue and Crazy Taxi. Its discontinuation marked the end of Sega’s involvement in the home console hardware market. Hardware Specifications Processor: 200 MHz Hitachi SH-4 RISC CPU Graphics: PowerVR2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1990s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions\/1312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}