The long lamented beauty that was the Dreamcast console was born into this cruel console world 10 years ago to the day. Though its life was short lived, it is cherished in the hearts of many longer-living core gamers.

Sega’s final foray into the hardware market before it went the software-only route, the Dreamcast was released in Japan on November 27, 1998; it wouldn’t take almost a year for the console to reach the west though, launching in the US on September 9, 1999 and Europe on October 14 the same year.

It would be the first fully online enabled console, pioneering online social interaction and gaming when Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network were nary but a distant twinkle in their creators’ eyes.

Alas, it lived a short life; despite a brisk uptake in its later life-span, pressure from the looming shadow of the PlayStation 2 saw production of the console ceased in January 31, 2001.

Rest in peace, noble Dreamcast. You’ll never be forgotten.