Editing Dreamcast (section)

==== Ports and third-party games ====
Before the launch of the Dreamcast in Japan, Sega announced its [[List of Sega arcade system boards|NAOMI]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 16, 2015 |title=Hardware Classics: Sega Dreamcast |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/04/hardware_classics_sega_dreamcast |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305004817/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/04/hardware_classics_sega_dreamcast |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=March 3, 2021 |website=[[Nintendo Life]]}}</ref> arcade board, a cheaper alternative to the [[Sega Model 3]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Ohbuchi |first=Yutaka |date=September 17, 1998 |title=How Naomi Got Its Groove On |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-naomi-got-its-groove-on/1100-2464869/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224213728/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-naomi-got-its-groove-on/1100-2464869/ |archive-date=December 24, 2017 |access-date=December 9, 2014 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> NAOMI shares the same technology as the Dreamcast, with twice as much system, video, and audio memory and a 160&nbsp;MB [[Flash memory|flash ROM board]] in place of a GD-ROM drive, allowing nearly identical [[Porting|home conversions]] of [[arcade game]]s.<ref name="IGN History of Dreamcast" /><ref name="Unified" /> Games were ported from NAOMI to the Dreamcast by several leading Japanese arcade companies, including [[Capcom]] and [[Namco]].<ref name="IGN History of Dreamcast" /> The Dreamcast also used parts similar to those found in personal computers with Pentium II and [[Pentium III|III]] processors, allowing a handful of ports of [[PC games]].<ref>{{cite web |date=June 21, 1999 |title=The PC Predicament: An In-Depth Look at PC Ports on the Dreamcast |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/06/22/the-pc-predicament-an-in-depth-look-at-pc-ports-on-the-dreamcast |access-date=June 22, 2021 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203350/https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/06/22/the-pc-predicament-an-in-depth-look-at-pc-ports-on-the-dreamcast |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=June 21, 1999 |title=The PC Predicament: Part 2 - Sega speaks on PC to Dreamcast development |url=https://dreamcast.ign.com/news/8528.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991010024757/https://dreamcast.ign.com/news/8528.html |archive-date=October 10, 1999 |access-date=June 22, 2021 |website=IGN}}</ref>

To appeal to the European market, Sega formed a French affiliate, [[No Cliché]], which developed games such as ''[[Toy Commander]]''.<ref name="IGN History of Dreamcast" /><ref>cf. {{cite magazine |date=October 25, 1999 |title=''Toy Commander''-Dreamcast |url=https://gameinformer.com/reviews/review_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=4179 |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001203142900/http://gameinformer.com/reviews/review_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=4179 |archive-date=December 3, 2000 |access-date=October 24, 2014}} cf. {{cite web |last=Justice |first=Brandon |date=November 4, 1999 |title=''Toy Commander'' |url=https://ign.com/articles/1999/11/05/toy-commander |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024084840/http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/11/05/toy-commander |archive-date=October 24, 2014 |access-date=October 24, 2014 |website=IGN}}</ref> Sega Europe also approached [[Bizarre Creations]] to develop the racing game ''[[Metropolis Street Racer]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 7, 2012 |title=The Making Of: ''Metropolis Street Racer'' |url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-making-of-metropolis-street-racer/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105084730/http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-making-of-metropolis-street-racer/ |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |access-date=March 5, 2015 |work=Edge}}</ref> Although [[Acclaim Entertainment|Acclaim]], SNK, [[Ubisoft]], Midway, Activision, [[Infogrames]], and Capcom supported the Dreamcast during its first year,<ref name="gamasutra1" /> third-party support proved difficult to obtain due to the failure of the Sega Saturn and the profitability of publishing for the PlayStation.<ref name="RetroinspectionD" /> Namco's ''[[Soulcalibur (video game)|Soulcalibur]]'', for example, was released for the Dreamcast because of the relative unpopularity of the ''[[Soul (series)|Soul]]'' series at the time; Namco's more successful ''[[Tekken (series)|Tekken]]'' franchise was associated with the PlayStation console and PlayStation-based arcade boards.<ref name="IGN History of Dreamcast" /> Capcom produced a number of fighting games for the Dreamcast, including the ''[[Power Stone (video game)|Power Stone]]'' series, and a temporarily exclusive<ref name="Dreamcast Dozen">{{cite web |last=Whitehead |first=Dan |date=January 2, 2009 |title=The Dreamcast Dozen |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/the-dreamcast-dozen-article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104120302/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/the-dreamcast-dozen-article |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=November 4, 2014 |website=[[Eurogamer]]}}</ref> entry in the popular ''[[Resident Evil (series)|Resident Evil]]'' series, ''[[Resident Evil – Code: Veronica]]''.<ref name="Best GamesRadar" /><ref name="IGN Top 25">{{cite web |date=September 11, 2009 |title=The Top 25 Dreamcast Games |url=https://ign.com/articles/2009/09/11/the-top-25-dreamcast-games?page=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105061155/http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/09/11/the-top-25-dreamcast-games?page=1 |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |access-date=November 5, 2014 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>{{sfn|Mott|2013|pages=421, 432–434}} The Dreamcast is known for several [[shoot 'em up]]s, most notably [[Treasure (company)|Treasure's]] ''[[Bangai-O]]'' and ''[[Ikaruga]]''.<ref name="IGN History of Dreamcast" /><ref name="Dreamcast Dozen" />{{sfn|Mott|2013|pages=382, 465}} Sega also revived franchises from the Genesis era, such as [[Appaloosa Interactive]]'s ''[[Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future|Ecco the Dolphin]]''.<ref name="gamasutra1" />