Reason Three - The Games: So Much Goodness, We'll Forgive the Couple Duds

The Dreamcast launched with an extremely strong library of titles. We've had a chance to try just about everything that's been released -- from the friendly cheesiness of Ready 2 Rumble to the total insanity of the new Sonic to the utter crap that is Mortal Kombat 4. Okay, we'll forgive them Mortal Kombat 4. But there's still a lot to rave about.

Uhm, maybe Pen-Pen didn't translate from Japanese very well... The Dreamcast opening lineup isn't all roses, but there are still a handfull of massive hits to choose from.

Shaithis: Soul Calibur really impressed me. And, in terms of 'Fun as hell to play if you don't know anything about it,' NFL Blitz 2000 was a lot of fun. Sonic definitely had some cool parts, but I'm more of a fan of how they did Mario 64, where you can wander around more and you're not on a direct path. The Penguin game [Pen Pen TriIcelon] just creeped me out. I didn't see very much of it, but the penguin-type thing running around with the dog's face was more than enough.

Tungsten: Soul Calibur had to be the best one. NFL Blitz 2000 was great, too, it's hysterical to watch...

Sluggo: Sonic is great, I loved the old Sonic games and this certainly seems like it adds a lot with the 3D world. Sort of like Heretic II meets Sonic the Hedgehog. NFL 2K is a very serious game, tremendous graphics, a good football game for people who take it seriously. Soul Calibur is fantastic, it just looks so good you want to dig into it more and more, I can't get enough of it. Some of the games? Not so good. Pen Pen's TriIcelon? It's just such an odd title. Some of the games were just horrible. Blue Stinger, it was so bad it was almost comical, it was everything wrong -- a badly acted, badly written piece. Like something from MST3K.

Despite a few klunkers in among the titles, there are some amazing hits in there, a little for everyone. Soul Calibur may very well be the best fighting game to ever hit a console, rendered stunningly and twice as good as the arcade. For sports fans, you've got NFL 2K, an amazing football sim, or NFL Blitz 2000, with ridiculous over-the-top arcade action. And action game fans should love Sonic, an addictive game that captures all the speed of the originals.

Next: Get a hold of yourself! The Dreamcast controller.