2: Sega Dreamcast – Sep. 9, 1999
Best Console Launch Lineups
I pour one out for the Dreamcast every year on 9/9. Although the system was doomed to fail, it still came heavy to the U.S. with one of the best console launch day game lineups of all-time.
If you’re a fighting game fan the Dreamcast was just comically loaded with incredible games including Power Stone, Mortal Kombat, and the legendary Soul Calibur.
Racing game fans had plenty to choose from as well with my personal favorite being Tokyo Extreme Racer. And unlike the Saturn, the Dreamcast made sure to come ready with a Sonic game in hand this time as well, with Sonic Adventure marking the Blue Blur’s first foray into 3D platforming.
How could the Dreamcast fail with a lineup like this and launch window games which included excellent JRPGs like Skies of Arcadia and Grandia II? Compare the U.S. launch with the Japanese launch and you’ll see why.
- Aero Wings
- Air Force Delta
- Blue Stringer
- Expendable
- Flag to Flag
- House of the Dead 2
- Hydro Thunder
- Monaco Grand Prix 2
- Mortal Kombat Gold
- NFL 2K
- NFL Blitz 2000
- Pen Pen Tricelon
- Power Stone
- Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
- Sonic Adventure
- Soul Calibur
- Tokyo Extreme Racer
- Trickstyle
- TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat
