Happy Birthday Sega Dreamcast

<p>Some dates just have a very special meaning to me&comma; mostly because they are a play on digits&period; For instance&comma; the Sega Dreamcast was released on 9&sol;9&sol;99&comma; which was a big deal back then&comma; and <em>Skyrim<&sol;em> was released on 11&sol;11&sol;11&period; These are neat little tricks that help you remember the titles and systems&comma; but they also hold great memories for me&period; Personally&comma; I can&&num;8217&semi;t believe that it&&num;8217&semi;s been 17 years since Sega released its final console to the masses&period; I remember waiting with heightened anticipation for Dreamcast&&num;8217&semi;s release&comma; just due to the fact that a new <em>Resident Evil<&sol;em> would launch alongside it&period; Since I was a poor college student&comma; I didn&&num;8217&semi;t have the funds to purchase the system right on the release date&period; Luckily I had a friend who bought one&comma; but never really used it&comma; so I went out and bought <em>Resident Evil&colon; Code Veronica<&sol;em> so that I could play Capcom&&num;8217&semi;s latest treasure on someone else&&num;8217&semi;s console&period; Many a night were spent in my dorm room fighting the evil T-virus monsters and searching for life-giving herbs&period; I think that is my favorite memory from the system&&num;8212&semi;just the chance to play the last &&num;8220&semi;tank-control&&num;8221&semi; entry in the <em>Resident Evil<&sol;em> series&period; Here are some old commercials to tickle your nostalgia&comma; and make sure you leave your favorite memories in the comments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>1&rpar;<&sol;strong> I totally remember watching this ad on my tubed television&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"375" data-videoid&equals;"cZZcyYuFWqI" title&equals;"Funny Sega Dreamcast commercial"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;cZZcyYuFWqI"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;cZZcyYuFWqI&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Funny Sega Dreamcast commercial"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>2&rpar;<&sol;strong> Here&&num;8217&semi;s another one&comma; this time for Sonic&excl; Maybe this will be his career after <em>Sonic Lost World<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;ePCB9fwma1I<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>3&rpar;<&sol;strong> These were some great commercials to see on <em>WB<&sol;em> when I was younger&period; I never saw this one as a kid&comma; but I&&num;8217&semi;m sure if I had&comma; I would have grabbed  a copy of it before the prices skyrocketed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"375" data-videoid&equals;"c9NC357iVvU" title&equals;"Illbleed Sega Dreamcast Commercial"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;c9NC357iVvU"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;c9NC357iVvU&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Illbleed Sega Dreamcast Commercial"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The late &&num;8217&semi;90s were some great and experimental times for gaming&comma; what I would call its &&num;8220&semi;awkward&&num;8221&semi; phase&period; Thankfully gaming has gone from ugly duckling to beautiful swan&comma; but even now I love to fire up my Dreamcast and play some 32-bit goodness&period; What are your favorite Dreamcast memories&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;