The American Launch - September 9th, 1999
North American Launch Lineup
In contrast with the meager offerings that the Japanese launch had with only 4 titles for the entire launch of the Dreamcast, North America saw the Dreamcast launch with a whopping 19 titles. Key "heavy hitter" titles included games like Sonic Adventure, Sonic's much anticipated 3D game and Soul Caliber, a game praised for its amazing visuals on the Dreamcast. Three of these launch titles (Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur and NFL 2K) respectively occupy the number 1, number 2 and number 5 best selling Dreamcast game of all time slots, selling (worldwide that is) 2.5 million copies (1.27 million in the US, 440'000 in Japan and the other 790'000 likely in Europe and Canada), 1.3 million and 1.13 million respectively. Blue Stinger was supposedly available for purchase the day before the September 9th launch. While not a launch title, every Dreamcast console came with the first version of the Web Browser disc. The complete list of North American Launch titles is as follows:
| North American Launch Game Lineup | |
|---|---|
| Aero Wings | Air Force Delta |
| Blue Stinger | Expendable |
| Flag to Flag | Hydro Thunder |
| Monaco Grand Prix | Mortal Kombat Gold |
| NFL 2K | NFL Blitz 2000 |
| Pen Pen Tricelon | Power Stone |
| Ready 2 Rumble Boxing | Sonic Adventure |
| Soul Calibur | TNN MotorSports Hardcore Heat |
| Tokyo Xtreme Racer | The House of the Dead 2 |
| TrickStyle | — |
