The 10 Best Dreamcast Games
The SEGA Dreamcast was one of the most innovative consoles ever. It also marked the end of an era. Aware that its time in the console business was almost over, Sega said to hell with it and went all-in on fascinating, weird experiments, from the delightful rhythm games like Space Channel 5 to strange curiosities like Seaman.
In compiling a list of the 10 best Sega Dreamcast games, we sought to create a snapshot of the Dreamcast's legacy, which encompassed everything from burgeoning online play to wild peripherals. We kept the focus on North America for the most part, which meant omitting many of the excellent shoot 'em ups from Japanese video game developer G.rev, but we did manage to sneak in Rez — a pioneering rhythm game that was always meant to be on Dreamcast.
The Dreamcast is long gone, but the games listed here live on as some of the most beloved games ever made. Here are the 10 best Sega Dreamcast games of all time.
A spin-off of The House of the Dead 2, The Typing of the Dead was initially designed to improve one's typing and practice how fast one can type, however, its idiosyncratic gameplay and humor make it so much more than that. Instead of a light gun, you’re using a computer keyboard and the power of proper spelling and grammar to fend off hordes of undead.
The Dreamcast didn't have many RPGs, but the ones it did have were good. Along with Skies of Arcadia, Grandia 2 is generally considered one of the two best RPGs on the platform, lauded for its excellent soundtrack and even better battle system. While Grandia itself has faded, its mechanics have sprung up in a variety of RPGs over the years, from Ubisoft’s Child of Light to Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.
Grandia 2 was also one of the
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