Sega Dreamcast
Sega's final nail in the coffin for gaming consoles, and rightfully so. It had a short lifespan of two to three years. I first came across this console at a used game store with my mother sometime around 2000 or 2001. The games we had were Sonic Adventure, Virtua Tennis, and Namco Museum. Many people have been considered to the best of the Sega consoles, and I can see why. There are games that I have yet to play such as Crazy Taxi, Shenmue, and Fire Pro Wrestling D.
| Game Cover | Game Title | Game Publish Date | My Experiences on the Game |
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Sonic Adventure | September 9, 1999 | Ironically, my first exposure to the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. I didn't play any of the classic Genesis games until Sonic Mega Collection on the GameCube. Aside from the outdated graphics and laughable voice acting, I thought the gameplay was solid at best, for the most part. The Sonic and Tails stages were fun. Knuckles treasure hunting stages were above average. I didn't like the Amy or Big stages. For Amy, it's just "run away from the killer robot" and that Amy runs a little slow. Big on the other hand, I can't even fish for Froggy to save my life, unless I'm really lucky. And E-102 Gamma's stages were fun. He can lock on the target enemies and earn more time after scoring them. The one thing about this game that will always stick with me is the Chao Garden. Raising the Chao, giving them animals to level them up, as well as competing in races were the most fun moments I had in any Sonic game. This was the definition of my childhood, that is until Sonic Adventure 2 where they made it even better. |
