Thread: Sega Wanted Xbox to Play Dreamcast Games

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It could have been a Dreamcast inside each Xbox.

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While there are many fond memories of gaming
that I often reflect back on, the Dreamcast has a special place in my mind and heart. Besides it being Sega's last hurrah as a platform holder, the console was truly ahead of its time with connected gaming perhaps the most widespread use of PowerVR's time rendering scheme.

Sadly, rampant piracy, brilliant competitive efforts from Sony, and market forces snuffed out Dreamcast before its time was truly up. But one little known fact was that Sega was pushing for Xbox to be fully compatible with Dreamcast software.

There wasn't any secret that Microsoft was looking to buy Sega, but what we're finding out just now is that then Sega Chairman Isao Okawa offered the Dreamcast assets for Microsoft it include in the Xbox, hoping that to give the Sega platform a chance to live on, if not a second wind.

"Before Mr. Okawa passed away," tweets former Microsoft exec Sam Furukawa, "he visited Gates several times, to see if it would be possible to add Dreamcast compatibility into the Xbox."

As sweet as that would have been, negotiations fell apart when Microsoft refused to include internet connectivity function in with Dreamcast games
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All this, if indeed true, will remain just a piece of video game lore, but it's still interesting nonetheless to think of what might have happened if Microsoft made the Xbox backwards compatible with the Dreamcast.

That would be badass to play MDK again.

The Dreamcast was a fine system.

Originally Posted by Faith

I wanna play me some crrrrrrrrrazy taxi xD

that woulda been kinda neat, oh well

+2

That game was awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi2T7iqL77w

Skies of Arcadia !!!!

Originally Posted by Warprosper

Skies of Arcadia !!!!

Great game. I was a little sad in the GC remake that didn't really add anything like I was hoping for. Or at least, I don't remember that many changes. Still hoping for some sort of sequel though, that'd be awesome.

fantasy star online and tokyo extreme racer. Dreamcast is No. 1 for me.

Virtua Tennis!!!! Not gonna lie, I'm not a tennis fan, but that was easily one of the best dreamcast games ever made, soooooo addictive!!!!!

Originally Posted by Warprosper

Skies of Arcadia !!!!

+1!

This is by far, without a doubt, my favorite console video game of all time. I have played through Skies of Arcadia maybe 6 times since I bought it and I still enjoy it every time. Great characters, good humor, fantastic combat system, badass weapons, and an interesting story make it the best RPG experience I've ever had.

The remake on GC was terrible, made the game infinitely easier by throwing you tons of extra money and experience from those battles with the added characters. Can't even come close to comparing with the original. I would love to see a remake on PS3 or Xbox 360, could be a really awesome game