Dreamcast was the first console with online gaming capabilities built-in. In my experience the big thing that held online play back was that it shipped with a modem and the broadband adapter (bba) release was delayed. The console was discontinued shortly after the bba was released causing the supply of adapter to be very small and their price skyrocketed from about $30 to $100-$200. Some games only work with modem, some with both, some with only bba. I unfortunately had cable internet at the time and didn't get a bba before the price skyrocketed. This project is very exciting. Some day my plan of having a big Dreamcast LAN party will come true.