What's your favorite Sega home console?

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I am biased by omission. I haven’t really ever played any Sega system not called Dreamcast. I haven’t even played the games on NSO.

But I did love the Dreamcast. I never owned one, but worked at a video store where we had the systems. Customers would come in while we were playing NFL2K and ask “who’s playing?” As if there was a real game on. That was a first for console gaming.

Soul Caliber gave Tekken a run for its money. Soul Reaver looked beautiful, but my favorite experience on the system was absolutely ReVolt, a racing game with RC cars that had expansive levels, fun weapons, and excellent split screen racing. I still have yet to play a game that captures the magic of that game with RC cars, which really is a shame.

We saw the writing on the wall even at launch. The strength of the Sony brand at the time was probably the strongest any company in gaming has ever had. The Dreamcast was dead on arrival, but what was there was excellent. It’s hard to say whether it could have carved out a bigger legacy had production not been terminated, but given the poll results it seems like that short time period left a lasting impression.