Sega Dreamcast Makes North American Debut

Sega Dreamcast Makes North American Debut puts another piece of PC gear into the September hardware pile, and 1999 is not exactly short on that right now.

Tens of thousands of consumers in the U.S. and Canada flooded retail outlets early this morning as the Sega Dreamcast videogame console was made available for the first time in North America. Midnight marked the launch of the 128-bit, Internet-ready Sega Dreamcast, which is available now at more than 15,000 retail locations across the U.S. and Canada for a suggested price of $199. Several retail outlets opened their doors at 12:01 a.m. this morning to allow consumers who just couldn’t wait until normal store hours for the chance to get their hands on the new videogame system.

The hardware race is getting mean, and the upside is simple: gamers keep getting faster, stranger toys to bolt into their rigs.