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Happy 17th Birthday, Sega Dreamcast

By
Luke Plunkett
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It might have been the Dreamcast’s 16th birthday in America a few months back, but today actually marks the console’s full and proper 17th birthday, since it was on November 27, 1998 that the Dreamcast was first released in Japan.

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RIP, little guy. Your controller is still a thing of wonder.

(Top image by BLUEamnesiac)

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