The Sega Dreamcast In 2000 Was Doomed (And We Didn’t Know It)

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[aldoushuxleysghost]

I was there on 9-9-99 to get my Dreamcast at midnight launch at EB Games. I was 22 years old at the time; freshly graduated from college and in the workforce. I started a buzz at my new job in the lab as my infectious excitement enticed four coworkers to get their own Dreamcast. When I hear your memories, it triggers some of my own. It's heartwarming to think back on better days. Thanks for another nostalgia trip

[jeffherr]

Your dad was a freaking Legend man! He shared your interests, and supported you all the way to the end. What gift your childhood was Tyler. Glad you get to share it with your daughter now.

[AJR-zgpy]

This channel offers a rare glimpse of not just gaming back then - but life as well. VERY few people actually recorded and documented experiences as extensively as your pops :) I'm about to turn 38 so this is a BLAST from the past, from an era long gone by lol

[mdavis]

Parents importing a jpn dreamcast before US launch for epic 13th bday?! Holy cow legendary!

[franswatroublesworth]

You’re dad was the man with those camera angles every time you were playing a game he always captures the end and it’a dope!

[TorontoWire]

Bro had the Dad we all wished we had growing up.

[robzo]

Dreamcast will forever have my heart. This video just took me back 24 years ago, and watching you guys live through it makes me cherish those times even more today. It’s always a great day when My Retro Life pops up in the notification screen with new content to enjoy.

Thank you always Tyler for what you do for this community.

[MyRetroLife]

Hey guys! Thanks for watching the new episode. What were you playing on Dreamcast back in 2000? Have a great week!

[PixelShade]

I was never a Sega fanboy myself, but owning the Dreamcast at the start of the millenia is something that is extremely hard to describe for those who weren't there. It was a console like no other, offering an unimaginable leap in performance. Even as a PC gamer you never saw games anywhere close to the same kind of granular fidelity 60fps action that the Dreamcast offered.. Sega did EVERYTHING right with machine. And graphically, most of its games hold up to this day!... No wonder most of us were completely heartbroken when Sega left the console industry.

[vent]

I am a fellow Houstonian Gen Xer, I just discovered your channel and it brings back so many memories.

I had an awesome Dad (He passed in 2017), he was a lot like yours but he didn't document everything like your dad did.

Our Generation grew up with video games and the video games grew up with us.

It's a dynamic that the current generation can't experience.

I worked for one of the smaller game stores in town (Gameproz) but we dealt in imports and retro before that became as big as it is now, I finished college in 2000 and actually invested in one of the stores, purchasing it in 2002.

I did well until GameStop surrounded my location (4 stores within 3 miles of mine) I had to close it up within 2 years but it was a blast while it lasted.

[thezeddy]

The Dreamcast didn't just die. It got the old yeller treatment

[TioPakko]

The Sega Dreamcast is still one of the greatest consoles ever made.

[blademaster]

I bought the Dreamcast on a whim when I worked at CompUSA. I bought it with Sonic Adventure and Soul Calibur. Completely blown away when I broke it out and started playing. PSO wound up being how me and my best friend were able to play games together while he was away at college.

[joshdietrich]

I don’t know how I’ve never noticed this before: you have your dad’s voice! I think that adds to the awesomeness of your channel: it’s like having a piece of your dad narrating every video!

[thevicious]

Shenmue was one of the most life changing games I have ever played.

[harrymcrorie]

I wasnt even born when the dreamcast came out . But getting one a few years ago, made me realise how underrated it is . Love playing imports on mine . Also, thank you tyler for making these videos. They help me calm down during my battle with my autism as an adult and i get excited for every new video . Thank you for what you do .

[thehomeboidrew]

I spent so many hours with my brothers playing techromancer on the Dreamcast and countless other video games. Such a good console that will never be forgotten.

[FudgethePudge]

Somehow had your channel come up. Were the same age, you loved the same games I loved, and your dad acted in the exact same ways for you that mine did for me. I wish you all the success in the world with your channel buddy!

[MiguelSoares-yckf]

Man, i am from Brazil. At that time, It was not easy to buy new releases of vídeo games. The sacrifice we had to do here to buy was bigger than you guys in U.S.A. Even saying that, i always admire your father in the vídeos you do, because, Even If you probaly always knew you would have the vídeo games, your father always made a big effort to impress you as son. For me now, with 41 years old, like a father, it's beatiful for me seeing that. I like your vídeos, i watched many, i like because i lived this era, not like you, i don't had this consoles until i can pay for them, but i remember the expectation, i would love tô have them at their release, and i like to see who could have. But, the First thing let me continue tô watch many videos of yours, is about your dad, his Care inspire me.

[nicfromwales]

I’m the same age as you, and I was there, too, in 1999-2001, just in awe of SEGA at their creative peak and unabashedly trying to convince all of my family and friends to buy into the dream. Your videos bring back all of the feels.