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358 relations: @Home Network, AAA (video game industry), Acclaim Entertainment, Action game, Action Replay, Activision, Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation, AeroWings, Airforce Delta (video game), Alliance Semiconductor, Ancestry.com, API, Appaloosa Interactive, Application-specific integrated circuit, Arcade game, ARM architecture family, ARM7, Arsenal F.C., AS Saint-Étienne, Association football, AT&T Corporation, AT&T Internet, Atari SA, Australian Customs Service, Avant-garde, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Bangai-O, BBC News, BBC News Online, Bernie Stolar, Bing Gordon, Bizarre Creations, Bloomberg Businessweek, Blue Stinger, Bomberman Online, Branding agency, BT Group, Bump mapping, California Management Review, Capcom, CD-ROM, Cel shading, Central processing unit, Chorus Limited, ChuChu Rocket!, Cinema of China, CNET, CNN, Color depth, Commercial off-the-shelf, ... Expand index (308 more) »
- Products and services discontinued in 2001
- Products introduced in 1999
- Sixth-generation video game consoles
- Windows CE devices
@Home Network
@Home Network was a high-speed cable Internet service provider from 1996 to 2002.
See Dreamcast and @Home Network
AAA (video game industry)
In the video game industry, AAA (Triple-A) is a buzzword used to classify video games produced or distributed by a mid-sized or major publisher, which typically have higher development and marketing budgets than other tiers of games.
See Dreamcast and AAA (video game industry)
Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game publisher based in Glen Cove, New York.
See Dreamcast and Acclaim Entertainment
Action game
An action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction time.
Action Replay
Action Replay is the brand name of a cheating device (such as cheat cartridges) created by Datel.
See Dreamcast and Action Replay
Activision
Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California.
Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation
Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation (ADPCM) is a variant of differential pulse-code modulation (DPCM) that varies the size of the quantization step, to allow further reduction of the required data bandwidth for a given signal-to-noise ratio.
See Dreamcast and Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation
AeroWings
AeroWings, known in Japan as, is a flight simulator for Sega's Dreamcast video game console.
Airforce Delta (video game)
, known as Deadly Skies in Europe, is a combat flight simulation game released in 1999 for the Dreamcast and the first in the Airforce Delta series.
See Dreamcast and Airforce Delta (video game)
Alliance Semiconductor
Alliance Semiconductor Corporation was an American semiconductor company active from 1985 to 2006 and originally based in San Jose, California.
See Dreamcast and Alliance Semiconductor
Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.
See Dreamcast and Ancestry.com
API
An is a way for two or more computer programs or components to communicate with each other.
Appaloosa Interactive
Appaloosa Interactive (formerly Novotrade International) was a corporation, founded in 1982 in Hungary, that produced video games, computer programs and television commercials during the 1980s and 1990s.
See Dreamcast and Appaloosa Interactive
Application-specific integrated circuit
An application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is an integrated circuit (IC) chip customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use, such as a chip designed to run in a digital voice recorder or a high-efficiency video codec.
See Dreamcast and Application-specific integrated circuit
Arcade game
An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades.
ARM architecture family
ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors.
See Dreamcast and ARM architecture family
ARM7
ARM7 is a group of 32-bit RISC ARM processor cores licensed by ARM Holdings for microcontroller use.
Arsenal F.C.
The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Holloway, North London, England.
See Dreamcast and Arsenal F.C.
AS Saint-Étienne
Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire, abbreviated as A.S.S.E. and commonly known as Saint-Étienne, is a French professional football club based in Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
See Dreamcast and AS Saint-Étienne
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
See Dreamcast and Association football
AT&T Corporation
AT&T Corporation, commonly referred to as AT&T, an abbreviation for its former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, was an American telecommunications company that provided voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications and professional services to businesses, consumers, and government agencies.
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AT&T Internet
AT&T Internet is an AT&T brand of broadband internet service.
See Dreamcast and AT&T Internet
Atari SA
Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA) is a French video game holding company headquartered in Paris.
Australian Customs Service
The Australian Customs Service was an Australian Government agency responsible for Australian border protection, duties and taxes between 1985 and 2009.
See Dreamcast and Australian Customs Service
Avant-garde
In the arts and in literature, the term avant-garde (from French meaning advance guard and vanguard) identifies an experimental genre, or work of art, and the artist who created it; which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable to the artistic establishment of the time.
Bandai Namco Entertainment
is a Japanese multinational video game publisher owned by Bandai Namco Holdings.
See Dreamcast and Bandai Namco Entertainment
Bangai-O
Bangai-O is a multidirectional shooter developed by Treasure and released in 1999 on the Nintendo 64 in Japan.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.
See Dreamcast and BBC News Online
Bernie Stolar
Bernard Stolar (October 9, 1946 – June 22, 2022) was an American businessman and a prominent figure in the video game industry for many years.
See Dreamcast and Bernie Stolar
Bing Gordon
William "Bing" Gordon is a video game executive and technology venture capitalist.
Bizarre Creations
Bizarre Creations Limited was a British video game development studio based in Liverpool, best known for their racing titles Metropolis Street Racer (Dreamcast) and the follow-up ''Project Gotham Racing'' series (Xbox, Xbox 360, mobile phones and Zune HD).
See Dreamcast and Bizarre Creations
Bloomberg Businessweek
Bloomberg Businessweek, previously known as BusinessWeek (and before that Business Week and The Business Week), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year.
See Dreamcast and Bloomberg Businessweek
Blue Stinger
is a 1999 action-adventure game developed by Climax Graphics for the Dreamcast.
See Dreamcast and Blue Stinger
Bomberman Online
Bomberman Online is a multiplayer video game developed for the Dreamcast console platform.
See Dreamcast and Bomberman Online
Branding agency
A branding agency is a firm that specializes in creating and launching brands and rebranding.
See Dreamcast and Branding agency
BT Group
BT Group plc (formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England.
Bump mapping
Bump mapping is a texture mapping technique in computer graphics for simulating bumps and wrinkles on the surface of an object.
See Dreamcast and Bump mapping
California Management Review
California Management Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal on management that is affiliated with the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
See Dreamcast and California Management Review
Capcom
is a Japanese video game company.
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data computers can read—but not write or erase—CD-ROMs.
Cel shading
Cel shading or toon shading is a type of non-photorealistic rendering designed to make 3D computer graphics appear to be flat by using less shading color instead of a shade gradient or tints and shades.
Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer.
See Dreamcast and Central processing unit
Chorus Limited
Chorus is a provider of telecommunications infrastructure throughout New Zealand.
See Dreamcast and Chorus Limited
ChuChu Rocket!
is an action puzzle game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega.
See Dreamcast and ChuChu Rocket!
Cinema of China
The cinema of China is the filmmaking and film industry of the Chinese mainland under the People's Republic of China, one of three distinct historical threads of Chinese-language cinema together with the cinema of Hong Kong and the cinema of Taiwan.
See Dreamcast and Cinema of China
CNET
CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
Color depth
Color depth or colour depth (see spelling differences), also known as bit depth, is either the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel, or the number of bits used for each color component of a single pixel.
Commercial off-the-shelf
Commercial-off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) products are packaged or canned (ready-made) hardware or software, which are adapted aftermarket to the needs of the purchasing organization, rather than the commissioning of custom-made, or bespoke, solutions.
See Dreamcast and Commercial off-the-shelf
Composite video
Composite video is an baseband analog video format that typically carries a 415, 525 or 625 line interlaced black and white or color signal, on a single channel, unlike the higher-quality S-Video (two channels) and the even higher-quality component video (three or more channels).
See Dreamcast and Composite video
Computer monitor
A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial or textual form.
See Dreamcast and Computer monitor
Confidential Mission
is a light gun game published by Sega, first available as an arcade game, then ported to the Dreamcast.
See Dreamcast and Confidential Mission
Corporate spin-off
A corporate spin-off, also known as a spin-out, or starburst or hive-off, is a type of corporate action where a company "splits off" a section as a separate business or creates a second incarnation, even if the first is still active.
See Dreamcast and Corporate spin-off
Country of origin
Country of origin (CO) represents the country or countries of manufacture, production, design, or brand origin where an article or product comes from.
See Dreamcast and Country of origin
CPU cache
A CPU cache is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from the main memory.
Crazy Taxi (video game)
is a racing video game developed and published by Sega.
See Dreamcast and Crazy Taxi (video game)
CRC Press
The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.
CRI Middleware
(formerly CSK Research Institute Corp.) is a Japanese developer providing middleware for use in the video game industry.
See Dreamcast and CRI Middleware
Cult film
A cult film or cult movie, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following.
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram
is a 1998 Japanese Sega Model 3 arcade action game that was ported to the Sega NAOMI arcades and the Dreamcast home console in Japan in 1999 and North America in 2000.
See Dreamcast and Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram
D-pad
A D-pad (short for directional pad) is a flat, typically thumb-operated, directional control.
Datel
Datel (previously Datel Electronics) is a UK-based electronics and game console peripherals manufacturer.
Deferred shading
In the field of 3D computer graphics, deferred shading is a screen-space shading technique that is performed on a second rendering pass, after the vertex and pixel shaders are rendered.
See Dreamcast and Deferred shading
Dennis Publishing
Dennis Publishing Ltd. was a British publisher.
See Dreamcast and Dennis Publishing
Deportivo de La Coruña
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña, is a Spanish professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football league system.
See Dreamcast and Deportivo de La Coruña
Diablo (video game)
Diablo is an action role-playing video game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment in January 1997, and is the first installment in the video game series of the same name.
See Dreamcast and Diablo (video game)
Dial-up Internet access
Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to establish a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) by dialing a telephone number on a conventional telephone line.
See Dreamcast and Dial-up Internet access
DirectX
Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms.
Display resolution
The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor, or other display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.
See Dreamcast and Display resolution
Downloadable content
Downloadable content (DLC) is additional content created for an already released video game, distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher.
See Dreamcast and Downloadable content
Dreamcast online functionality
The Dreamcast is a home video game console by Sega, the first one introduced in the sixth generation of video game consoles.
See Dreamcast and Dreamcast online functionality
Dreamcast VGA
The Dreamcast VGA Box is an accessory for the Dreamcast, a video game console produced by Sega, that allows it to output to a computer monitor or a high-definition television (HDTV) set through a VGA connector in 480p, otherwise known as progressive scan.
See Dreamcast and Dreamcast VGA
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.
Dynamic-link library
A dynamic-link library (DLL) is a shared library in the Microsoft Windows or OS/2 operating system.
See Dreamcast and Dynamic-link library
Dynamite Cop
Dynamite Cop, known in Japan as, is a 1998 beat 'em up video game published by Sega and initially released in arcades on Sega Model 2 hardware.
See Dreamcast and Dynamite Cop
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future is an action-adventure game developed by Appaloosa Interactive.
See Dreamcast and Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
Edge (magazine)
Edge is a multi-format video game magazine published by Future plc.
See Dreamcast and Edge (magazine)
EE Times
EE Times (Electronic Engineering Times) is an electronics industry magazine published in the United States since 1972.
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California.
See Dreamcast and Electronic Arts
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) is a monthly American video game magazine.
See Dreamcast and Electronic Gaming Monthly
Enhanced-definition television
Enhanced-definition television, or extended-definition television (EDTV) is a Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) marketing shorthand term for certain digital television (DTV) formats and devices.
See Dreamcast and Enhanced-definition television
ESPN NFL 2K5
ESPN NFL 2K5 is an American football video game developed by Visual Concepts for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles.
See Dreamcast and ESPN NFL 2K5
Eurogamer
Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.
EyeToy
The EyeToy is a color webcam for use with the PlayStation 2.
Famitsu
, formerly, is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa.
FCB (advertising agency)
Foote, Cone & Belding (FCB), is one of the largest global advertising agency networks.
See Dreamcast and FCB (advertising agency)
Fighting game
A fighting game is a genre of video game that involves combat between two or more characters.
See Dreamcast and Fighting game
First-person (video games)
In video games, first-person (also spelled first person) is any graphical perspective rendered from the viewpoint of the player character, or from the inside of a device or vehicle controlled by the player character.
See Dreamcast and First-person (video games)
Flag to Flag
CART: Flag to Flag, known as in Japan, is a racing video game developed by ZOOM Inc. and published by Sega for the Dreamcast console.
See Dreamcast and Flag to Flag
Flash memory
Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.
See Dreamcast and Flash memory
Floating-point unit
A floating-point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating-point numbers.
See Dreamcast and Floating-point unit
Floigan Bros.
Floigan Bros.
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FLOPS
Floating point operations per second (FLOPS, flops or flop/s) is a measure of computer performance in computing, useful in fields of scientific computations that require floating-point calculations.
Fourth generation of video game consoles
In the history of video games, the fourth generation of video game consoles, more commonly referred to as the 16-bit era, began on October 30, 1987, with the Japanese release of NEC Home Electronics' PC Engine (known as the TurboGrafx-16 in North America). Dreamcast and fourth generation of video game consoles are 1990s toys and 2000s toys.
See Dreamcast and Fourth generation of video game consoles
Freepost
Freepost is a postal service provided by various postal administrations, whereby a person sends mail without affixing postage, and the recipient pays the postage when collecting the mail.
Future plc
Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Among its many titles are Country Life, Homes and Gardens, Decanter, Marie Claire, and The Week. Zillah Byng-Thorne was chief executive officer from 2014 to 2023, when she was replaced by Jon Steinberg.
Game Developer (website)
Game Developer (known as Gamasutra until 2021) is a website created in 1997 that focuses on aspects of video game development.
See Dreamcast and Game Developer (website)
Game Informer
Game Informer (GI) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles.
See Dreamcast and Game Informer
GameCube
The is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. Dreamcast and GameCube are 2000s toys, discontinued video game consoles, home video game consoles and sixth-generation video game consoles.
GameCube – Game Boy Advance link cable
The GameCube Game Boy Advance cable (DOL-011) is a video game accessory manufactured by Nintendo which is used to connect the Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld console to the GameCube (GCN) home console.
See Dreamcast and GameCube – Game Boy Advance link cable
GamePro
GamePro was an American multiplatform video game magazine media company that published online and print content covering the video game industry, video game hardware and video game software.
Gamer Network
Gamer Network Limited (formerly Eurogamer Network Limited) is a British digital media company based in Brighton.
See Dreamcast and Gamer Network
Games Domain
Games Domain was a video game website founded by Dave Stanworth and based in Birmingham, UK.
See Dreamcast and Games Domain
GameSpot
GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+ (formerly GamesRadar) is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews.
GamesTM
GamesTM (styled as gamesTM) was a UK-based, multi-format video games magazine, covering console, handheld, PC and Arcade games.
GD-ROM
The GD-ROM (gigabyte disc read-only memory) is a proprietary optical disc format developed as a collaboration between Sega and Yamaha for the Dreamcast.
Godzilla Generations
is an action game developed by General Entertainment and published by Sega for the Dreamcast in 1998.
See Dreamcast and Godzilla Generations
Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.
See Dreamcast and Google Books
Gouraud shading
Gouraud shading, named after Henri Gouraud, is an interpolation method used in computer graphics to produce continuous shading of surfaces represented by polygon meshes.
See Dreamcast and Gouraud shading
Grantland
Grantland was a sports and pop-culture blog owned and operated by ESPN.
Graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.
See Dreamcast and Graphics processing unit
GTE
GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation (1955–1982), was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System.
Hall effect
The Hall effect is the production of a potential difference (the Hall voltage) across an electrical conductor that is transverse to an electric current in the conductor and to an applied magnetic field perpendicular to the current.
Haptic technology
Haptic technology (also kinaesthetic communication or 3D touch) is technology that can create an experience of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user.
See Dreamcast and Haptic technology
Hayao Nakayama
is a Japanese businessman and was the former President and CEO of Sega Enterprises, Ltd from 1983 to 1999.
See Dreamcast and Hayao Nakayama
Hello Kitty
, also known by her real name, is a fictional character created by Yuko Shimizu, currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi, and owned by the Japanese company Sanrio.
Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
Hirokazu Yasuhara
(also credited as Carol Yas) is a Japanese video game designer.
See Dreamcast and Hirokazu Yasuhara
Hitachi
() is a Japanese multinational conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Hollywood Video
Hollywood Entertainment Corp., more commonly known as Hollywood Video, was an American video rental store chain.
See Dreamcast and Hollywood Video
Home video game console
A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games. Dreamcast and home video game console are home video game consoles.
See Dreamcast and Home video game console
Homebrew (video games)
Homebrew, when applied to video games, refers to software produced by hobbyists for proprietary video game consoles which are not intended to be user-programmable.
See Dreamcast and Homebrew (video games)
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and battery-powered equipment, founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda and headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Hydro Thunder
Hydro Thunder is an arcade inshore powerboat racing video game originally released by Midway Games in February 1999 and later released for the Sega Dreamcast as a launch title later that year.
See Dreamcast and Hydro Thunder
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.
IEEE Micro
IEEE Micro is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the IEEE Computer Society covering small systems and semiconductor chips, including integrated circuit processes and practices, project management, development tools and infrastructure, as well as chip design and architecture, empirical evaluations of small system and IC technologies and techniques, and human and social aspects of system development.
IGN
IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.
Ikaruga
is a shoot 'em up developed by Treasure.
Imagination Technologies
Imagination Technologies Limited is a British semiconductor and software design company owned by Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, a private equity fund based in Beijing that is ultimately owned by the Chinese government.
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Incoming (1998 video game)
Incoming is a 3D shooter video game developed and published by Rage Software.
See Dreamcast and Incoming (1998 video game)
Indie game
An indie game, short for independent video game, is a video game created by individuals or smaller development teams without the financial and technical support of a large game publisher, in contrast to most "AAA" (triple-A) games.
Informa
Informa plc is a British publishing, business intelligence, and exhibitions group based in London, England.
Inline skating
Inline skating is a multi-disciplinary sport and can refer to a number of activities practiced using inline skates.
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Installed base
Installed base of a product is the number of units that are currently in use by customers.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) professional association for electronics engineering, electrical engineering, and other related disciplines.
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Instructions per second
Instructions per second (IPS) is a measure of a computer's processor speed.
See Dreamcast and Instructions per second
Interlaced video
Interlaced video (also known as interlaced scan) is a technique for doubling the perceived frame rate of a video display without consuming extra bandwidth.
See Dreamcast and Interlaced video
International Computers Limited
International Computers Limited (ICL) was a British computer hardware, computer software and computer services company that operated from 1968 until 2002.
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International Data Group
International Data Group (IDG, Inc.) is a market intelligence and demand generation company focused on the technology industry.
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Internet service provider
An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides myriad services related to accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet.
See Dreamcast and Internet service provider
Iomega
Iomega Corporation (later LenovoEMC) was a company that produced external, portable, and networked data storage products.
Isao Okawa
(May 19, 1926 – March 16, 2001) was a Japanese businessman and the former Chairman of Sega.
Jet Set Radio
(originally released in North America as Jet Grind Radio) is a 2000 action game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Dreamcast.
See Dreamcast and Jet Set Radio
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
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Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
Katana
A is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands.
Ken Kutaragi
is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman.
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Kenji Eno
was a Japanese musician and video game designer.
Killer application
A killer application (often shortened to killer app) is any software that is so necessary or desirable that it proves the core value of some larger technology, such as its host computer hardware, video game console, software platform, or operating system.
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Kilobyte
The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
Last Hope (video game)
Last Hope is a single-player horizontally scrolling shooter for the Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, and Dreamcast systems.
See Dreamcast and Last Hope (video game)
Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications was an American multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
See Dreamcast and Level 3 Communications
Light gun
A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games, typically shaped to resemble a pistol.
Liquid-crystal display
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers.
See Dreamcast and Liquid-crystal display
List of commercial failures in video games
As a hit-driven business, the great majority of the video game industry's software releases have been commercial disappointments.
See Dreamcast and List of commercial failures in video games
List of Dreamcast games
The is a home video game console developed and sold by Sega.
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List of Dreamcast homebrew games
Many games have been independently developed for the Dreamcast by independent developers.
See Dreamcast and List of Dreamcast homebrew games
List of Sega arcade system boards
Sega is a video game developer, publisher, and hardware development company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with multiple offices around the world.
See Dreamcast and List of Sega arcade system boards
Lockheed Martin
The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace and defense manufacturer with worldwide interests.
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Mad Catz
Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. was an American-Canadian company that provided interactive entertainment products marketed under the Mad Catz, GameShark (gaming products) and TRITTON (audio products) brands.
Madden NFL
Madden NFL (known as John Madden Football until 1993) is an American football sports video game series developed by EA Orlando for EA Sports.
Megabyte
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
Memory card
A memory card is an electronic data storage device used for storing digital information, typically using flash memory.
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.
Metropolis Street Racer
Metropolis Street Racer (MSR) is a racing video game developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Sega exclusively for Dreamcast.
See Dreamcast and Metropolis Street Racer
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Middleware
Middleware is a type of computer software program that provides services to software applications beyond those available from the operating system.
Midway Games
Midway Games Inc., known previously as Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known as simply Midway, was an American video game developer and publisher.
See Dreamcast and Midway Games
Millennium Soldier: Expendable
Millennium Soldier: Expendable, known in Japan as, and in North America as just Expendable, is a run and gun video game that was released by Rage Software for Microsoft Windows in 1999.
See Dreamcast and Millennium Soldier: Expendable
Mini CD
Mini CDs, or pocket CDs, are CDs with a smaller diameter and one-third the storage capacity of a standard 120 mm disc.
Modchip
A modchip (short for modification chip) is a small electronic device used to alter or disable artificial restrictions of computers or entertainment devices.
Modem
A modulator-demodulator or most commonly referred to as modem is a computer hardware device that converts data from a digital format into a format suitable for an analog transmission medium such as telephone or radio.
Modularity
Broadly speaking, modularity is the degree to which a system's components may be separated and recombined, often with the benefit of flexibility and variety in use.
Monaco Grand Prix: Racing Simulation 2
Monaco Grand Prix: Racing Simulation 2, also known as just Monaco Grand Prix or Racing Simulation: Monaco Grand Prix, is a Formula One racing game developed and published by Ubisoft for the Windows, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, and Dreamcast.
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Mortal Kombat Gold
Mortal Kombat Gold is a 1999 fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series that was published by Midway Home Entertainment.
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Motherboard
A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, MB, base board, system board, or, in Apple computers, logic board) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems.
Motion controller
In computing, a motion controller is a type of input device that uses accelerometers, gyroscopes, cameras, or other sensors to track motion.
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Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois.
MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.
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Music video game
A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs.
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Namco
was a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company, headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo.
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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NBA 2K
NBA 2K is a series of basketball sports simulation video games developed by Visual Concepts and released annually since 1999.
NEC
is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Neo Geo Pocket Color
The (NGPC) is a 16-bit color handheld game console developed and manufactured by SNK. Dreamcast and Neo Geo Pocket Color are 1990s toys, 2000s toys, products and services discontinued in 2001, products introduced in 1999 and sixth-generation video game consoles.
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Newsweek
Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.
Next Generation (magazine)
Next Generation was a US video game magazine that was published by Imagine Media (now Future US).
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NFL 2K
NFL 2K is an American football video game series developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega.
NFL 2K (video game)
NFL 2K, sometimes called Sega Sports NFL 2K, is a video game based on the NFL developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega for the Dreamcast in 1999.
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NFL 2K1
NFL 2K1 is an American football simulation video game that uses remediation, and was published by Sega and developed by Visual Concepts.
NFL Blitz 2000
NFL Blitz 2000 is a video game released in the arcades in 1999 and then ported to the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Windows, and Game Boy Color.
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NGDEV
NGDEV, formerly NG:Dev.Team, is a German video game developer and publisher.
Nick Montfort
Nick Montfort is a poet and professor of digital media at MIT, where he directs a lab called The Trope Tank.
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Nintendo
is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto.
Nintendo 64
The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. Dreamcast and Nintendo 64 are 1990s toys, 2000s toys, discontinued video game consoles and home video game consoles.
Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power was a former video game news and strategy magazine from Nintendo of America, first published in July/August 1988 as Nintendo's official print magazine for North America.
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Non-disclosure agreement
A non-disclosure agreement (NDA), also known as a confidentiality agreement (CA), confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), proprietary information agreement (PIA), or secrecy agreement (SA), is a legal contract or part of a contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to.
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Non-player character
A non-player character (NPC), also called a non-playable character, is a character in a game that is not controlled by a player.
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Non-volatile memory
Non-volatile memory (NVM) or non-volatile storage is a type of computer memory that can retain stored information even after power is removed.
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O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media, Inc. (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) is an American learning company established by Tim O'Reilly provides technical and professional skills development courses via an online learning platform.
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Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK magazine)
Official Dreamcast Magazine (commonly abbreviated as ODCM) was a video game magazine published by Dennis Publishing in the United Kingdom between 1999 and 2001.
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Online game
An online game is a video game that is either partially or primarily played through the Internet or any other computer network available.
Ooga Booga
Ooga Booga is an online multiplayer video game for the Dreamcast, focusing on the combat of "Kahunas" using thrown shrunken heads, riding animals, staffs, or using spells.
Open world
In video games, an open world is a virtual world in which the player can approach objectives freely, as opposed to a world with more linear and structured gameplay.
Order-independent transparency
Order-independent transparency (OIT) is a class of techniques in rasterisational computer graphics for rendering transparency in a 3D scene, which do not require rendering geometry in sorted order for alpha compositing.
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Panasonic
is a Japanese multinational electronics company, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan.
Paragon Publishing
Paragon Publishing Ltd (or Paragon for short) was a magazine publisher in the UK, which published computer games and other entertainment titles from 1991 to 2003.
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Paramount Streaming
Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media, CBS Interactive, and ViacomCBS Streaming) is a division of Paramount Global that oversees the company's video streaming technology and direct-to-consumer services; including Pluto TV and Paramount+.
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PC game
A personal computer game, also known as a computer game or abbreviated PC game, is a video game played on a personal computer (PC).
PC World
PC World (stylized as PCWorld) is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG.
PCMag
PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.
Pen Pen TriIcelon
, known simply as Pen Pen in Europe, is a video game created by one of the first Japanese companies to reveal Dreamcast development, General Entertainment, otherwise known as Team Land Ho! It was released in Japan as one of four launch titles, as well as all other regions.
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Pentium II
The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture ("P6") and x86-compatible microprocessors introduced on May 7, 1997.
Pentium III
The Pentium III (marketed as Intel Pentium III Processor and Pentium !!!, informally PIII or P3) brand refers to Intel's 32-bit x86 desktop and mobile CPUs based on the sixth-generation P6 microarchitecture introduced on February 28, 1999. Dreamcast and Pentium III are computer-related introductions in 1999.
Peter Moore (businessman)
Peter Moore (born 1955) is a British-American business executive.
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Phantasy Star Online
Phantasy Star Online is an online role-playing game (RPG) developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega in 2000 for the Dreamcast.
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Platformer
A platformer (also called a platform game, and sometimes a jump 'n' run game) is a sub-genre of action video games in which the core objective is to move the player character between points in an environment.
PlayStation
is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. Dreamcast and PlayStation are home video game consoles.
PlayStation (console)
The (abbreviated as PS, commonly known as the PS1/PS one or its codename PSX) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Dreamcast and PlayStation (console) are 1990s toys, 2000s toys, discontinued video game consoles and home video game consoles.
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PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 are 2000s toys, discontinued video game consoles, home video game consoles and sixth-generation video game consoles.
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PlayStation models
A number of models of Sony's PlayStation (PS) video game console were produced from 1994 to 2006.
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Polygon
In geometry, a polygon is a plane figure made up of line segments connected to form a closed polygonal chain.
Polygon (website)
Polygon is an American entertainment website by Vox Media covering video games, movies, television, and other popular culture.
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Porting
In software engineering, porting is the process of adapting software for the purpose of achieving some form of execution in a computing environment that is different from the one that a given program (meant for such execution) was originally designed for (e.g., different CPU, operating system, or third party library).
Power Stone (video game)
is a 3D fighting game made by Capcom.
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PowerPC 600
The PowerPC 600 family was the first family of PowerPC processors built.
PowerVR
PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies (formerly VideoLogic) that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and DirectX, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration.
Prima Games
Prima Games is a publishing company of video game strategy guides in the United States.
Private server
Strictly, a private server is any machine or virtual machine used as a server that is privately administrated.
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Progressive scan
Progressive scanning (alternatively referred to as noninterlaced scanning) is a format of displaying, storing, or transmitting moving images in which all the lines of each frame are drawn in sequence.
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Pulse-code modulation
Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a method used to digitally represent analog signals.
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Pulse-width modulation
Pulse-width modulation (PWM), also known as pulse-duration modulation (PDM) or pulse-length modulation (PLM), is any method of representing a signal as a rectangular wave with a varying duty cycle (and for some methods also a varying period).
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Quake III Arena
Quake III Arena is a 1999 multiplayer-focused first-person shooter developed by id Software.
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Quick time event
In video games, a quick time event (QTE) is a method of context-sensitive gameplay in which the player performs actions on the control device shortly after the appearance of an on-screen instruction/prompt.
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Racing game
Racing games are a video game genre in which the player participates in a racing competition.
Rail shooter
Rail shooter, also known as on-rails shooter, is a subgenre of shoot 'em up video game.
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Random-access memory
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code.
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RCA connector
The RCA connector is a type of electrical connector commonly used to carry audio and video signals.
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Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing is a boxing video game developed by Midway Studios San Diego, and published by Midway in September 1999 for the Dreamcast.
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Red Ventures
Red Ventures is an American media company that owns and operates brands such as Lonely Planet, CNET, ZDNet, The Points Guy, Healthline, and Bankrate.
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Reduced instruction set computer
In electronics and computer science, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer architecture designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks.
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Regional lockout
A regional lockout (or region coding) is a class of digital rights management preventing the use of a certain product or service, such as multimedia or a hardware device, outside a certain region or territory.
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Resident Evil
Resident Evil is a Japanese horror game series and media franchise created by Capcom.
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Resident Evil – Code: Veronica
Resident Evil – Code: Veronica is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom and originally released for the Dreamcast in 2000.
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Retro Gamer
Retro Gamer is a British magazine, published worldwide, covering retro video games.
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
Rez (video game)
Rez is a musical rail shooter game developed by United Game Artists and published by Sega for the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2.
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RF modulator
An RF modulator (radio frequency modulator) is an electronic device used to convert signals from devices such as media players, VCRs and game consoles to a format that can be handled by a device designed to receive a modulated RF input, such as a radio or television receiver.
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Rieko Kodama
, also known as Phoenix Rie, was a Japanese video game artist, director, and producer employed by Sega from 1984 until her death.
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Role-playing game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.
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Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
is a video game developer housed within the Japanese video game company Sega as part of its division.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
was a Japanese composer, pianist, record producer, and actor who pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO).
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S-Video
S-Video (also known as separate video, Y/C, and erroneously Super-Video) is an analog video signal format that carries standard-definition video, typically at 525 lines or 625 lines.
Samba de Amigo
is a rhythm game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega.
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SCART
SCART (also known as italic or italic, especially in France, 21-pin EuroSCART in marketing by Sharp in Asia, Euroconector in Spain, EuroAV or EXT, or EIA Multiport in the United States, as an EIA interface) is a French-originated standard and associated 21-pin connector for connecting audio-visual (AV) equipment.
Seaman (video game)
is a virtual pet video game developed and published by Vivarium for the Dreamcast.
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Sega
is a Japanese multinational video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
Sega AM1
is a development department within Japanese toy and amusement game company Sega Fave that also previously existed as Wow Entertainment and AM1 spent most of its early existence under the leadership of Rikiya Nakagawa and developed a number of arcade games for Sega.
Sega AM2
previously known as is a video game development team within the Japanese multinational video game developer Sega.
Sega AM3
, known as from 2000 to 2004, is a defunct division of Sega, a Japanese video game company.
Sega Bass Fishing
Sega Bass Fishing, known in Japan as, is an arcade fishing video game developed in 1997 by Sega for the Sega Model 3 hardware.
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Sega CD
The Sega CD, known as in most regions outside North America and Brazil, is a CD-ROM accessory for the Sega Genesis produced by Sega as part of the fourth generation of video game consoles.
Sega Genesis
The Sega Genesis, known as the outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. Dreamcast and Sega Genesis are 1990s toys and home video game consoles.
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Sega Rally 2
Sega Rally 2 is an arcade racing game developed by Sega for the Model 3 arcade hardware.
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Sega Saturn
The is a home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America, and July 8, 1995, in Europe. Dreamcast and Sega Saturn are 1990s toys, discontinued video game consoles and home video game consoles.
Sega Saturn Magazine
Sega Saturn Magazine was a monthly magazine from England covering the Sega Saturn, a home video game console.
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Sega Sports R&D
, or Sega Sports R&D, was a development division of the Japanese video game company Sega.
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Segagaga
is a 2001 role-playing simulation video game developed by Hitmaker and published by Sega for the Dreamcast in Japan.
Shenmue
is an action-adventure game series created, produced and directed by Yu Suzuki.
Shenmue (video game)
Shenmue is a 1999 action-adventure game developed by AM2 of CRI and published by Sega for the Dreamcast.
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Shoichiro Irimajiri
and raised in Kobe is a Japanese engineer and businessman.
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Shoot 'em up
Shoot 'em ups (also known as shmups or STGs) are a sub-genre of action games.
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Simulation video game
Simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities.
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Sixth generation of video game consoles
In the history of video games, the sixth generation era (in rare occasions called the 128-bit era; see "bits and system power" below) is the era of computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld gaming devices available at the turn of the 21st century, starting on November 27, 1998. Dreamcast and sixth generation of video game consoles are 1990s toys, 2000s toys and sixth-generation video game consoles.
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Skies of Arcadia
Skies of Arcadia is a 2000 Dreamcast role-playing video game developed by Overworks and published by Sega.
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SNK
is a Japanese video game hardware and software company.
Sonic Adventure
is a 1998 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Dreamcast.
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Sonic Adventure 2
is a 2001 platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega for the Dreamcast.
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Sonic Team
is a video game developer owned by the Japanese video game company Sega as part of its Sega CS Research and Development No.
Sonic the Hedgehog
is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega.
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Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)
is a 1991 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Genesis/Mega Drive.
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Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
is a fictional character created by the Japanese game developers Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima.
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Sony
, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is a Japanese-American multinational video game and digital entertainment company of Sony.
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Soulcalibur
is a weapon-based fighting game franchise developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Soulcalibur (video game)
is a weapon-based 3D fighting game developed by Project Soul and produced by Namco.
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Space Channel 5
Space Channel 5 is a music video game developed and published by Sega.
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Spatial anti-aliasing
In digital signal processing, spatial anti-aliasing is a technique for minimizing the distortion artifacts (aliasing) when representing a high-resolution image at a lower resolution.
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Speed Busters
Speed Busters (known in North America as Speed Busters: American Highways) is a video game developed by Ubisoft's Montreal studio for Microsoft Windows in 1998.
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Sports commentator
In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as a sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real-time live commentary of a game or event, traditionally delivered in the present tense.
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Sports video game
A sports video game is a video game that simulates the practice of sports.
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Square Enix
is a Japanese multinational holding company, video game publisher and entertainment conglomerate.
Steven L. Kent
Steven L. Kent (born August 28, 1960) is an American writer, known for both video game journalism and military science fiction novels.
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STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics NV (commonly referred to as ST or STMicro) is a multinational corporation and technology company of French-Italian origin.
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SuperH
SuperH (or SH) is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hitachi and currently produced by Renesas.
Superscalar processor
A superscalar processor (or multiple-issue processor) is a CPU that implements a form of parallelism called instruction-level parallelism within a single processor.
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Synesthesia
Synesthesia (American English) or synaesthesia (British English) is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.
System
A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole.
Take-Two Interactive
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in New York City founded by Ryan Brant in September 1993.
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Tekken
is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco).
Telstra
Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets related products and services.
Tetris
Tetris (Тетрис) is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer.
The 3DO Company
The 3DO Company, also known as 3DO, was an American video game company.
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The Escapist (magazine)
The Escapist (formerly known as Escapist Magazine) is an American video game website and online magazine.
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The Free Dictionary
The Free Dictionary is an American online dictionary and encyclopedia that aggregates information from various sources.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The House of the Dead 2
is a horror-themed light gun shooter arcade game and the second game in The House of the Dead series of video games.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Register
The Register is a British technology news website co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee and John Lettice.
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The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine.
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The Typing of the Dead
is an arcade game that was developed by WOW Entertainment and published by Sega for the NAOMI hardware.
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The Ultimate History of Video Games
The Ultimate History of Video Games is a 2001 non-fiction book by Steven L. Kent.
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TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat
TNN Motorsports HardCore Heat ("Great Buggy" in early development), known in Japan and Europe as, is an off-road racing video game for the Dreamcast, developed and published by CRI, and published by ASC Games and Sega in 1999.
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Tokyo International Forum
The is a multi-purpose exhibition center in Tokyo, Japan.
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Tokyo Stock Exchange
The, abbreviated as Tosho (東証) or TSE/TYO, is a stock exchange located in Tokyo, Japan.
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Tokyo Xtreme Racer (video game)
Tokyo Xtreme Racer, known as in Japan and Tokyo Highway Challenge in Europe, is a racing video game for the Sega Dreamcast.
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Tom Kalinske
Thomas Kalinske (born July 17, 1944) is an American businessman who has worked for Mattel (1972–1990), Sega of America (1990–1996) and LeapFrog (1997–2006).
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Touch typing
Touch typing (also called blind typing, or touch keyboarding) is a style of typing.
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Toy Commander
Toy Commander is an action game for the Dreamcast developed by No Cliché and published by Sega.
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Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan.
Treasure (company)
is a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo known for its action, platform, and shoot 'em up games.
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TrickStyle
TrickStyle (stylized as trICkStyLE) is a futuristic racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Dreamcast and Microsoft Windows.
Trilinear filtering
Trilinear filtering is an extension of the bilinear texture filtering method, which also performs linear interpolation between mipmaps.
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Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world.
UBM Technology Group
UBM Technology Group, formerly CMP Publications, was a business-to-business multimedia company that provided information and integrated marketing services to technology professionals worldwide.
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UC Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria, is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria.
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United Game Artists
(UGA) was a subsidiary of Sega headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
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Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes.
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USA Today
USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games.
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Video Graphics Array
Video Graphics Array (VGA) is a video display controller and accompanying de facto graphics standard, first introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in 1987, which became ubiquitous in the IBM PC compatible industry within three years.
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Video random-access memory
Video random-access memory (VRAM) is dedicated computer memory used to store the pixels and other graphics data as a framebuffer to be rendered on a computer monitor.
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Videotelephony
Videotelephony (also known as videoconferencing or video call) is the use of audio and video for simultaneous two-way communication.
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Virtua Fighter
is a series of fighting games created by Sega AM2 and designer Yu Suzuki.
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Virtua Fighter 3
is the sequel to 1994's Virtua Fighter 2 and the third fighting game in the Virtua Fighter series, developed and published by Sega in 1996.
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Virtua Tennis
Virtua Tennis (Power Smash in Japan) is a series of tennis simulation video games started in 1999 by Sega AM3.
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Visual Concepts
Visual Concepts Entertainment is an American video game developer based in Novato, California.
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VMU
The Visual Memory Unit (VMU), also referred to as the (VMS) in Japan and Europe, is the primary memory card produced by Sega for the Dreamcast home video game console. Dreamcast and VMU are sixth-generation video game consoles.
Voodoo2
The Voodoo2 (or Voodoo2) is a set of three specialized 3D graphics chips on a single chipset setup, made by 3dfx. Dreamcast and Voodoo2 are products introduced in 1998.
Wii Remote
The Wii Remote, informally referred to with the portmanteau Wiimote, is the primary game controller for Nintendo's Wii home video game console.
Windows Embedded Compact
Windows Embedded Compact, formerly Windows Embedded CE, Windows Powered and Windows CE, is a discontinued operating system developed by Microsoft for mobile and embedded devices.
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Working Designs
Working Designs was an American video game publisher that specialized in the localization of Japanese role-playing video games, strategy video games and top-down shooters for various platforms.
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Xbox (console)
The Xbox is a home video game console manufactured by Microsoft that is the first installment in the Xbox series of video game consoles. Dreamcast and Xbox (console) are home video game consoles and sixth-generation video game consoles.
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Yamaha Corporation
is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer.
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Z-buffering
A depth buffer, also known as a z-buffer, is a type of data buffer used in computer graphics to represent depth information of objects in 3D space from a particular perspective.
Zip drive
The Zip drive is a removable floppy disk storage system that was announced by Iomega in 1994 and began shipping in March 1995.
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die is a video game reference book first published in October 2010.
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1999 Jiji earthquake
The Chi-Chi earthquake (later also known as the Jiji earthquake or the great earthquake of September 21), was a 7.3 ML or 7.7 Mw earthquake which occurred in Jiji (Chi-Chi), Nantou County, Taiwan on 21 September 1999 at 01:47:12 local time.
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1Up Network
1Up.com was an American entertainment website that focused on video games.
2D computer graphics
2D computer graphics is the computer-based generation of digital images—mostly from two-dimensional models (such as 2D geometric models, text, and digital images) and by techniques specific to them.
See Dreamcast and 2D computer graphics
32-bit computing
In computer architecture, 32-bit computing refers to computer systems with a processor, memory, and other major system components that operate on data in 32-bit units.
See Dreamcast and 32-bit computing
32X
The 32X is an add-on for the Sega Genesis video game console. Dreamcast and 32X are 1990s toys.
3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics, sometimes called CGI, 3-D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics, are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering digital images, usually 2D images but sometimes 3D images.
See Dreamcast and 3D computer graphics
3dfx
3dfx Interactive, Inc. was an American computer hardware company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1994, that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units, and later, video cards.
480p
480p is the shorthand name for a family of video display resolutions.
See also
Products and services discontinued in 2001
- 64DD
- Dreamcast
- Korg OASYS PCI
- LaserDisc
- LaserDisc player
- Neo Geo Pocket Color
- PowWow (chat program)
- Rolex Oysterquartz
- Windows 1.0
- Windows 2.0
- Windows 2.1
- Windows 3.0
- Windows 3.1
- Windows 95
- Windows NT 3.5
- Windows NT 3.51
Products introduced in 1999
- 64DD
- Advantium
- Big Mouth Billy Bass
- Britney Spears doll
- Bulleit Bourbon
- Chanel J12
- Dasani
- Dreamcast
- Durabrand
- Eclipse (breath freshener)
- Go-Gurt
- Hendrick's Gin
- Heroes (confectionery)
- J'adore (fragrance)
- Korg OASYS PCI
- Korg Triton
- Krabby Patty
- Lego Education
- Lego Rock Raiders
- Lego Star Wars
- Line 6 DL4
- Luna bar
- McSpicy
- Mohamed Dia
- Neo Geo Pocket Color
- Nesquik (cereal)
- Pallini Limoncello
- PlayJam
- Plumpy'nut
- Qoo
- Romeo y Julieta (cigarette)
- Rosa 'Fourth of July'
- San Nicasio
- Savage Striker
- Sierra Mist
- Sky Sports Active
- SoundSticks
- Splenda
- Swiffer
- Takis (snack)
- TiVo
- Virtual queue systems at Disney Parks
- Wonka Xploder
- World of Springfield
- Yahoo! Briefcase
Sixth-generation video game consoles
- ApeXtreme
- Cybiko
- DISCover
- Dreamcast
- GP32
- Game Boy Advance
- Game Boy Advance SP
- Game Boy Micro
- GameCube
- GameKing
- Leapster
- N-Gage (device)
- N-Gage QD
- Neo Geo Pocket Color
- Nuon (DVD technology)
- PSX (digital video recorder)
- Panasonic M2
- Phantom Entertainment
- Pixter
- PlayStation 2
- Pokémon Mini
- Red Jade
- Sega Pico
- Sixth generation of video game consoles
- Tapwave Zodiac
- V.Smile
- VMU
- Visteon Dockable Entertainment
- WonderSwan
- XGameStation series
- Xavix
- Xbox (console)
Windows CE devices
- Casio BE-300
- Casio Cassiopeia
- Compaq C series
- Compaq Contura
- Dreamcast
- FLEPia
- HP Jornada
- HP Xpander
- Handheld PC
- IBM WorkPad Z50
- IPAQ
- MSN Companion
- Meizu M8
- MobilePro
- Personal Internet Communicator
- Philips Nino
- Philips Velo
- Pocket LOOX
- Pocket PC 2000
- Portable Media Center
- Vadem Clio
References
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