Sega's machine is the first major video game console designed with the future in mind. New technology can easily be added to Dreamcast through its expansion slot and serial port. A Dreamcast-compatible Zip drive is already available in Japan, and it's a safe bet that Sega has even more cool hardware on the way. Computer game players complain that video games don't offer enough complexity because the machines lack keyboards. Dreamcast opens the gates to deeper, more complex games by allowing more control and input options.
Games can make use of each key, increasing the number of controls by a factor of fifteen.
The keyboard also lets you compose e-mail messages when accessing the Internet through Dreamcast's modem. It plays audio CDs. It connects to the Internet and lets you browse the Web or e-mail friends. Dreamcast does it all, and does it well. Where would the C Programming Language be today without him.