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Clear case Dreamcast
 1998
clear case
 Originally codenamed Dural then Black Belt then Katana - the dreamcast boasted better performace than sega's model 2 arcade boards. It met with a lukewarm reception in Japan and better sales in the US an europe weren't enough to save it from eventual extinction. The most underrated consle ever.
Dreamcast Specs
Processor
 Hitachi SH-4 running at 200 Mhz.
360 MIPS
Memory
 16MB main RAM
Display
 8MB video RAM. 3 million polygons/second peak rendering rate . Perspective-Correct Texture Mapping. Point, Bilinear, Trilinear and Anisotropic Mip-map filtering. Gouraud shading. z-buffer. Colored light sourcing. Full scene anti-aliasing. Hardware-based Fog
Bump mapping. 16.77 million colors.
Hardware-based texture compression
Shadow and Light volumes. Super sampling
Sound
 2MB sound RAM.
32bit RISC CPU. DSP for real-time effects. 64 sound channels. Full 3D sound support. Hardware-based audio compression.
Ports
 4 controller ports.
Built-in 56kbps modem
Built-in high-speed expansion ports
Dreamcast Peripherals
Mouse
Keyboard
Fishing reel input device.
Visual Memory pak.
Saves and plays self contained VMU games/trade files with other VMU's.

8-bit CPU. 128K byte memory.
48x32 LCD display. Lithium battery x 2 (CR 2032), auto off function
PWM 1 channel sound source
Maracas controller. Used in music and rythm games like Samba De Amigo
Clear blue, red, green & yellow controllers. Digital and analog directional controls + dual analog triggers.
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History

Nov 1998
Japanese Launch

1999
US/European Launch.

Dreamcast sales reach 1 million