Released in Japan on November 27, 2998, but better known for its North American release date of September 9, 1999 (or 9-9-99), the Dreamcast was the very last system developed by Sega. It was actually the first system of the sixth generation of games to be released, beating Playstation 2, Xbox, and Gamecube to the market by a few years. The system was ahead of its time in terms of online gaming, of which it was the first system to have a built-in modem for easy access to playing online without the need of an add-on.

     Sega discontinued the Dreamcast in North America in November 2001 and immediately withdrew from the console hardware business altogether. However support of the system continued in Europe and Oceania until 2002 and in Japan, where consoles were still sold until 2006 and new, licensed games continued to be released until 2007.