Dreamcast [and discussion of the year 1999]

What were you playing in 1999? Did you have a Dreamcast? Did you have some other console? Oh, and any specific fond memories in particular?

I remember going on vacation to Alaska before the DC was released. I saw this awesome video game store at this HUGE mall it was like xbox huge and they had pokemon playing on the television and gamefan magazine in the racks and they had a fucking dreamcast hooked up before it was out in the states. Shit was so cash. Played the fuck out of sonic adventure.

Also remember going to a video game tournament before the DC was released here. It was at some store locally and they had a bunch of DC systems hooked up with various games. And one of the tournaments involved power stone. Shit was crazy. I won one of the tournaments and got free vidya.

In the year 1999 I owned an N64 and the PS1. Sometimes I would play PC games but other than MoH AA my memories of them are hazy. My younger brother broke the PS1 in 2000/2001 so I never experienced many classics back then. I did have and love Croc (might have been PC), Crash, Spyro and a Harry Potter game as well as a few others.

I do have some very fond memories of the Dreamcast. Particularly this one occasion. I was ushered to a party of one of my parents friends and their kids had a Dreamcast. They were all competing on SC1,the eldest child constantly winning with Astaroth, and naturally I was 'allowed' a shot.

Basically, I chose Kilik and, like Kid Gohan, my hidden power levels were unleashed. For some reason the other players had never tried button combinations or blocking. One by one I stomped them until it was the eldest kid's go. She actually understood that you could do certain moves by pressing more than one button. Still beat her, and again in a rematch, upon which she cried for her Father to play against me.

I beat him too. The girl was left crying and her manchild father now disliked my ten year old self. From that day forth I learned to control my extraordinary power levels lest they cause such carnage again.

I also remember going around my cousin's and having my mind blown by all the amazing Dreamcast games