The Sega Dreamcast was released in 1999 and was the last home console from the acclaimed video game company -- and boy did they go out with a bang. While the console ultimately failed thanks to the massive successes of the far superior PlayStation 2, the Dreamcast had featured some legendary games with it's dying breaths.

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Sonic Adventure, 2K Football and Soulcalibur all launched with the console and remained some of the system's best. While many great games wouldn't be released until far later into it's life-cycle, for today let's take a look at the best the Dreamcast offered in 1999.

10 House Of The Dead 2

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Staring off our list is a classic arcade shooter that has sadly passed away with the closing of arcades across the country. Now you may have the random movie theater or beach arcade that will still host this gem.

The game is simple -- a zombie pops up -- you shoot it. But as the game gets increasingly difficult with hordes of enemies surrounding you and boss encounters, you'll eventually realize this is one of those easy to learn, but hard to master games. Thankfully players didn't have to spend any extra quarters when this game landed on the Dreamcast.

9 Monaco Grand Prix 2

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With the successes of Mario Kart, Crash Tag Team Racing and Crazy Taxi it was rare to see developers step into the realm of realistic racing -- and successes were even more uncommon. While Monaco Grand Prix 2 was far from the household name that those aforementioned racers were, it was one of the best of it's type at the time.

The game gave such a splendid sense of speed and it was only complimented with a solid frame-rate. One of the few drawbacks however, were that no official licenses were used for the game, but it was still one of those titles that early Dreamcast owners cherished.

8 Sonic Adventure

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For most Sonic fans Sonic Adventure 1 and are the holy grail of the 3D games. The problem is, Sonic just doesn't work in 3D, not then, not now, not ever. While these games do deliver a great deal of fun and a sizable helping of nostalgia, it all comes with drawbacks.

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Whether that be the clunky platforming or the frustration you'll feel as Sonic speeds his way off the map costing you your last life. It's still one of the most iconic games of the late-90's and has some badass sequences like outrunning a whale. A classic game riddled with problems.

7 NFL Blitz 2000

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NFL Blitz was the football version of NBA Jam. Before EA got to hog the NFL license, there used to be an overabundance of creative football games that were even fun to the non-sports fan. Games like NFL Blitz turned football on it's head, encouraging a much more outrageous play style.

There was no pass interference, excessive celebrations were the norm and penalty flags were a thing of the past. The clock was always running so every game felt like a wild ride that would leave your hands clammy and likely showboating to your friend. Get wise NFL, FREE THE LICENSE!

6 Ready 2 Rumble

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There's always those one or two obscure fighting games that you grow up playing thinking it's the best thing since sliced bread. It could've been Ultimate Muscle or Naruto: Clash of Ninja off of the GameCube, or maybe a classic like Punch-Out on the NES; or it could've been something in the middle like Ready 2 Rumble.

It's the fun of Punch-Out meets the wackiness and fighting mechanics of Ultimate Muscle. Sure you're not going to get the realism that you get in Fight Night or the UFC games, but you get one addicting game that you'll lose hours with friends.

5 Hydro Thunder

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Sure Hydro Thunder is another arcade game port like House of the Dead 2, but it's just so much fun that we couldn't help but put it this high up. Much like all classic arcade racing games, you have to reach a distant checkpoint without letting the clock reach zero, all while racing some stiff competition.

So what makes this different than those rigid arcade racers? You're on a boat... yup that's all it takes to shake up the formula. You'll be skrting all over the place as you kick up water and smash into the completion. It's a blast, and takes no extra quarters to play.

4 Trickstyle

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But if there's one racing game that not only updates the arcade racing game formula, but may be one of the best in the genre it's Trickstyle. It predates games like SSX and Jet Set Radio, but you can definitely see that those games took after it's freestyle game play.

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It's a futuristic racing game where you navigate famous cities like London, Tokyo and Manhattan on a hoverboard. It may not look the prettiest in 2020, but boy is it still a heck of a lot of fun. You can even get it on Steam where it's received a few refreshing updates, including HD graphics.

3 2K Football

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Sure all you kids know Madden, but what do you know about 2K Football? Madden might have the honor of coming first all the way back in 1988, but it was 2K who took the tiresome football formula to the next level. The graphics were some of the best any had seen and the game play was tiiiiight -- it almost felt more real than watching football itself.

Madden was forced to step up it's game once 2K dropped on the scene and it was heated competition all the way until the NFL gave the license to EA in 2004, leading to the stagnation we see today in football games. FREE THE LICENSE!

2 Power Stone

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For awhile it looked like Power Stone was going to be the next big thing. It had everything from an incredible game that was seething with detail and life to an animated series that lasted half a year. It was a 3D arena fighting game that felt part Smash Brothers and part Castle Crashers -- yes, it was that good.

The levels had animated backgrounds and interactive areas like breakable windows. It was a party-must have if you owned a Dreamcast and it probably could've competed with a game like Smash if it was released on a more popular console. Well, at least one fighting game made it off the console...

1 Soulcalibur

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Soulcalibur was just too good a game that even being ported as an exclusive for the Dreamcast wasn't enough to stop the force that it would become. Even in the early days of the series, gamers knew that this was something special.

It lacked the complicated combos of games like Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter, but made up with it with some of the most satisfying weapon-based combat ever to be put in a game. It also had a story that cemented it as a standout in a gene that is plagued with clones and rip-offs. It's still one of the best in it's genre today, go ahead and pick it up on your next pay-day.

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