10 years ago At midnight last night after waiting 12 hours in line for my US launched Dreamcast (I picked up a Japanese one in 98 ) I stayed up all night and all day playing it.

Keep in mind that I already owned a Japanese system a year prior, but I loved it soo much that I had to get myself an American console as well, having already owned and beaten Sonic Adventure, House of the Dead, Power Stone and Blue Stinger's Japanese versions. 9.9.99 still holds a special place in my heart because it was the first time I got to play Soul Caliber, I rem when I brought home my US console and popped in Soul Caliber I was literally blown away again by the awesomeness of the Dreamcast. Even though I had Virtua Fighter 3 before it and numerous other awesome Dreamcast fighters, it was Sold Caliber that reallly raised the bar on 3D 128bit fighters. The game was absolutely breathtaking!

The Dreamcast represents my favorite period of time as a gamer, I remember back then I was actually excited about the games that were coming out. The games that were released on the Dreamcast were some of the funnest games I have ever played. Games like Resident Evil Code Veronica, Project Justice, Bangi-o, Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, Power Stone 1 and 2, Blue Stinger, Dead or Alive 2, Jet Grind Radio, Phantasy Star Online just to name a few. But the game that really blew me away and still remains my favorite game of all time was Shenmue.

Shenmue was the first game that I literally felt a true connection to the world, the story, and the characters. I felt like I was actually living in this world that Sega created, it was a feeling like no other and I remember the day I got the Japanese version of the game I literally played it all day, and while I couldn't understand the story, I was blown away by the cinematics, the world, and the entire way of playing the game. I remember it literally took me about a month to beat the game using trial and error to try and figure out what to do, not being able to understand any of it because it was in Japanese, but I didnt care because the game was just absolutely gorgeous and addicting. Once the game came out in the US I was finally able to understand the story, and take in the games amazing experience all over again. I have beaten Shenmue probably well over 20 times, and have loved every sec of each play through.

Today I'm celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Dreamcast, I'm officially calling this day Viva La Dream, I took off today from work so I could play nothing but good ole Dreamcast for 24hrs straight. I've been playing a healthy dose of Jet Grind Radio today, with a few rounds of Soul Caliber, Power Stone 2, and Street Figher Third Strike in the mix. And I plan on playing some Shenmue, Sonic Adventure, and Resident Evil Code Veronica later.

So are any of you celebrating the Dreamcast's anniversary today? Comment back if you have any memories or stories of your 9.9.99 experiance.

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If there's one question I get a lot from people, its when and if I will show off my room. And while I have showed off bits and pieces of it in various vblogs, I have finally come to terms and decided to show it all off. But unfortunately my room has way to much stuff to fit in a 10 min video blog.

So after much consideration I decided to go ahead and get a total acess account. Which will be nice for when I release Sega vol 2 and other vblogs in the future. I dont have to worry about time constraints. Anyways thanks everyone for all the comments you've left me on all my blogs, and I hope you enjoy these video blogs as I do them for you guys and I really do enjoy making them. So thanks again everyone, and I hope you enjoy this one

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