{"id":1094071,"date":"2026-01-25T11:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2024-the-new-grand-theft-auto-3-dreamcast-port-is-an-astonishing-achievement"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:59:17","slug":"the-new-grand-theft-auto-3-dreamcast-port-is-an-astonishing-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-new-grand-theft-auto-3-dreamcast-port-is-an-astonishing-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Grand Theft Auto 3 Dreamcast port is an astonishing achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-new-grand-theft-auto-3-dreamcast-port-is-an-astonishing-achievement.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nThe Dreamcast burned brightly from 1998 to 2001 but Sega&#8217;s financial situation famously ended its life early. As a result, many games &#8211; both announced and unannounced &#8211; were abruptly cancelled and as new games arrived on other platforms, many often wondered, would these titles have been possible on Dreamcast? Well, with an unofficial homebrew release of Grand Theft Auto 3 on the classic Sega machine, we finally have an answer for at least one of those questions.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2024-the-new-grand-theft-auto-3-dreamcast-port-is-an-astonishing-achievement\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2024-the-new-grand-theft-auto-3-dreamcast-port-is-an-astonishing-achievement\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dreamcast burned brightly from 1998 to 2001 but Sega&#8217;s financial situation famously ended its life early. As a result, many games &#8211; both announced and unannounced &#8211; were abruptly cancelled and as new games arrived on other platforms, many often wondered, would these titles have been possible on Dreamcast? Well, with an unofficial homebrew release of Grand Theft Auto 3 on the classic Sega machine, we finally have an answer for at least one of those questions. 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