Choosing the most advanced console of its generation is a tough decision, no doubt about it, especially when it’s been four decades there have been important leaps beyond powerand that they changed the way we play the game and the way we interact with other players.

It is not a question of performance and we should not fall into the error of limiting ourselves to a performance rating, as this would lead us to choose the most powerful console of its generation, which does not necessarily mean that we can consider it more advanced for this reason. They are different concepts and in the latter case we have to take other things into account.

With that in mind, I’m the first to get wet, and I’m telling you, in my humble opinion The Dreamcast was by far the most advanced console of its generation., and probably the most innovative in the entire history of video consoles. I know the Nintendo 64 introduced vibration in the controller and was the first to integrate an analog stick, I’m also aware that the Xbox innovated with the integration of the hard drive and that it marked a turning point with Xbox Live, but the truth is that in the end the Dreamcast marked a much bigger turning point within his generation.

Before the Dreamcast, 3D games were very crude and simple, had to resort to techniques like fog or pre-rendered environments to avoid performance issues, and texturing was terrible. The SEGA console marked a huge graphical leap, I still remember my first contact with games like Resident Evil Code Veronica or Metropolis Street Racer, it was simply impressive.

But the jump in graphics performance is only the tip of the iceberg. The Dreamcast was, in my opinion, the most advanced console of its generation because it brought such important advances as it did visual memory, it improved the gaming experience and was almost a miniature console and also because it came with a lot of peripherals including from a gun to a keyboard and mouseand because he had modem and all the software we needed to connect to the internet and play online.

It will seem ridiculous to us today, but we’re talking about a console that arrived in Japan in 1998 (to Europe in 1999) and offered fantastic value for money (39,999 pesetas in Spain, 240 euros to change). The Dreamcast took a huge leap in performance, first beginning to blur the barrier between console and PC and laying the foundation for the consoles we use today, with which we can surf the Internet and play games online. Now it’s your turn, we read in the comments.