Yes most people who were into Sega at the time knew and? The first portable MP3 player was released in 1997 before Sega's dream event even happened and creative had an hdd based one as early as late 1997 early 1998.Did you know that Sega had a VMU + MP3 player in the works?
This was announced before the Ipod.
True, but at least they released some Genesis and Master System games on the Wii. The 3DS also has Game Gear games.
Sega was all about raw power and pixels. The Genesis had a much faster CPU which allowed it to push more sprites on screen at a faster rate, they tried to market that fact by calling it "Blast Processing", even though, contrary to popular belief, the Genesis actually did have an advantage in this area, which is why SNES games suffer slowdown with much less happening on screen than the Genesis. SNES had Genesis beat in the color palette department though...
It was not the first. Sega Channel actually happened less than a year before Satellaview.The first streaming game service was Super Famicom's Satellaview and there was already online console multiplayer on the Genesis and SNES through the XBAND peripheral.
My Dreamcast is still plagued by the Hardware reset issue. Had to plug some toothpicks between the dents to alleviate the issue. Probably it wasnt made in Japan.
No big issue for arcade games, but I avoid playing any other genre with long times between saves,
One of our controllers also had 6 face buttons (additional C and Z). It was a pretty crappy controller though and I don't remember how the extra buttons were used.
Of course. I forgot about the Sega Channel for the Genesis! You could download exclusive games in the US like Golden Axe III, The Willy Wars and Pulseman.
Not to sound like nitpicking - but these are strictly speaking false.
He's referring to on-line play on the Saturn but you're right about Capcom's "For Matching Service" line of games. These games are usually excellent ports and some are very sought after, like Street Fighter 2 X which is arguably one of the best versions of Street Fighter 2 and the base for the HD Remix.
He's referring to on-line play on the Saturn but you're right about Capcom's "For Matching Service" line of games. These games are usually excellent ports and some are very sought after, like Street Fighter 2 X which is arguably one of the best versions of Street Fighter 2 and the base for the HD Remix.
Also let's not forget they were also starting to push voice-chat with Alien Front On-line and Planet Ring at the end of Dreamcast's life.
You know that, when the Dreamcast died, they were essentially creating the Wiimote, right?
It was intended to be used for NiGHTS 2. It was a pointer-based motion controller. Gunvalkyrie on the Xbox was originally a Dreamcast game, which would have used this motion controller in one hand with a normal dreamcast pad in the other hand, and would have controlled like Metroid Prime 3 on the Wii.
Did you know that Sega had a VMU + MP3 player in the works?
This was announced before the Ipod.
Holy crap. This is the most incredible news to me of all.Did you know that Sega had a VMU + MP3 player in the works?
This was announced before the Ipod.
Why did the service start after the Dreamcast was discontinued!?
This thread has some pretty great quotes in it.
I think it can be argued NEC/Hudson was playing in this space earlier with variants like PCE GT/Turbo Express and PCE LT predating MegaJet and Nomad by a good half decade. Then again Game Gear was basically an upgraded handheld SMS around the same time so Sega was right there with them. Meanwhile Nintendo went in the other direction with Super Game Boy way back too.
You know that, when the Dreamcast died, they were essentially creating the Wiimote, right?
It was intended to be used for NiGHTS 2. It was a pointer-based motion controller. Gunvalkyrie on the Xbox was originally a Dreamcast game, which would have used this motion controller in one hand with a normal dreamcast pad in the other hand, and would have controlled like Metroid Prime 3 on the Wii.
It's a shame this wasn't released. At least we could play SoulCalibur with motion controls using the fishing controller, though. XD
