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This is a list of video games for the Dreamcast video game console that have sold or shipped at least 250,000 copies or more. Sega launched the Dreamcast in Japan on November 27, 1998, in North America on September 9, 1999, and in Europe on October 14, 1999.[1][2] In North America, first day sales for the console reached $100 million dollars.[3]

On January 31, 2001, Sega announced that they would be transitioning to third-party developers and publishing games for Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft's consoles, while the Dreamcast was discontinued on March 31, 2001.[4]

According to PC Data, the top ten best-selling Dreamcast Games in 2000 were, in order: NFL 2K1, Crazy Taxi, NBA 2K1, Shenmue, Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, NHL 2K, World Series Baseball 2K1, Sonic Adventure, NBA 2K and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.[5] At 2.5 million copies, Sonic Adventure is the best-selling Dreamcast game.

According to GamePro, the Dreamcast's game library was celebrated.[6] In January 2000, Electronic Gaming Monthly wrote that "with triple-A stuff like Soul Calibur, NBA 2K, and soon Crazy Taxi to kick around, we figure you're happy you took the 128-bit plunge".[7] In a retrospective, PC Magazine referred to Dreamcast's "killer library" and said that Sega's creative influence and visual innovation had been at its peak.[8]

## List

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Game  | Developer(s)  | Publisher(s)  | Release date  | Sales  | Genre(s)

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Sonic Adventure | Sonic Team | Sega | December 23, 1998  | 2.5 million[9][10] | Action-adventure
Soulcalibur | Project Soul | Namco | August 5, 1999  | >1.3 million[11] | Fighting
Shenmue | Sega AM2 | Sega | December 29, 1999  | 1.2 million[12] | Action-adventure
Resident Evil – Code: Veronica | Capcom Production Studio 4 | Capcom | February 3, 2000  | 1.14 million[13] | Survival horror
NFL 2K | Visual Concepts | Sega | September 9, 1999  | 1.13 million[14] | Sports
Crazy Taxi | Hitmaker  | Sega | January 27, 2000  | 1.11 million[14] | Street racing
NFL 2K1 | Visual Concepts | Sega | September 7, 2000  | 1.01 million[14] | Sports
NBA 2K1 | Visual Concepts | Sega | October 31, 2000  | 504,000[5] | Sports
Sonic Adventure 2 | Sonic Team | Sega | June 19, 2001  | 500,000[15] | Platform, action adventure
Seaman | Vivarium Inc.
Jellyvision | Sega | July 29, 1999  | 399,342[16] | Simulation
NHL 2K | Black Box Games | Sega | February 9, 2000  | 348,000[5] | Sports
World Series Baseball 2K1 | Wow Entertainment | Sega | July 20, 2000  | 347,000[5] | Sports
NBA 2K | Visual Concepts | Sega | November 11, 1999  | 311,000[5] | Sports
Virtua Fighter 3tb | Sega AM2 | Sega | November 27, 1998  | 308,707[16] | Fighting
Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning? | Red Entertainment | Sega | March 22, 2001  | 304,135[16] | Cross-genre
Sega Rally 2 | Sega AM Annex  | Sega | January 28, 1999  | 290,000[17] | Racing
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | Neversoft | Activision | September 19, 2000  | 286,000[5] | Sports
Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens | Red Entertainment | Sega | March 21, 2002  | 257,386[16] | Cross-genre

## See also

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* Video games portal

* List of best-selling video games
* Lists of best-selling video games by platform
* List of Dreamcast games

## References

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1. ^ "Dreamcast Launch Plans Unveiled". IGN. April 20, 1999. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
2. ^ Robinson, John (September 10, 1999). "Dreamcast Launch Not All Fun And Games". CNN. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
3. ^ Olenick, Doug (September 20, 1999). "Dreamcast First-Day Sales Hit $100 Million". Twice Magazine. Vol. 14, no. 21\. pp. 1, 34.
4. ^ Watts, Jonathan (February 1, 2001). "Sega to end production of Dreamcast console". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
5. ^ a b c d e f "The Best-Selling Games Of 2000". ZDNET. Business. January 11, 2001.
6. ^ Snow, Blake (May 4, 2007). "The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time". GamePro. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2007.
7. ^ "...Should you buy a Dreamcast or Wait?". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 126\. EGM Media, LLC. January 2000. p. 150.
8. ^ Wilson, Jeffrey L. (May 28, 2010). "The 10 Greatest Video Game Consoles of All Time". PCmag.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014. "A collection of creative, fun, and quirky games that you'd be hard-pressed to find in such abundance on any other platform."
9. ^ Pétronille, Marc; Audureau, William (2014). "3D Games: Sonic Adventure". The History of Sonic the Hedgehog (Pix'N Love ed.). Udon Entertainment. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-926778-96-9.
10. ^ Boutros, Daniel (August 4, 2006). "A Detailed Cross-Examination of Yesterday and Today's Best-Selling Platform Games". Features. Gamasutra. p. 7\. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016.
11. ^ "Namco Arcade : Namco America : Soul Calibur II". October 21, 2002. Archived from the original on October 21, 2002. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
12. ^ Stone, Sam (February 3, 2022). "Shenmue: A History of Sega's Most Ambitious Franchise". CBR.
13. ^ "Platinum Titles". Financial Information. Capcom Investor Relations. pp. 56–76\. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016.56-76&rft_id=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/finance/million.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+best-selling+Dreamcast+games" class="Z3988">
14. ^ a b c "US Platinum Video Game Chart". Games sold over Million Copies since 1995. The Magic Box. December 27, 2007. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021.
15. ^ Lab, Jesse (April 24, 2022). "20 Years Later, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Was the Most Important Sonic". The Escapist. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
16. ^ a b c d "Sega Dreamcast Japanese Ranking". Japan Game Charts. May 4, 2009. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
17. ^ "Game Data Library - 1999 Weekly". sites.google.com. Retrieved February 16, 2024.

## Further reading

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* Thorpe, Nick; West, Josh (June 25, 2022). "The 25 Best Dreamcast Games Of All-Time". GamesRadar+.
* Jones, Elton (December 22, 2023). "The 45 Best Sega Dreamcast Games of All Time". One37PM.
* IGN Staff (May 18, 2022). "The 10 Best Dreamcast Games". IGN.

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