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1076837 No.1076837 [Reply] [Original]

Does anybody remember Sega Channel?
Streaming full games for 14.95 a month with unlimited access in 1994. 1990's Sega was so BASED. Also general 1990's sega love thread.

>> No.1076839

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTcIqsFEQNk

>> No.1076846

Atari 2600 had downloadable games. Nintendo had the BS-X before Sega channel as well. It's not that unique or groundbreaking

>> No.1076851

>>1076837
>SEGA

Ha, that's cute.

>> No.1076854

Yeah man I love shmups and mediocre platformers non-stop

>> No.1076872

>>1076846
Satellaview/ BS-X release April 23, 1995 Sega Channel was December 1994.

>> No.1076880

>>1076872
You mean Nintendo was playing "catch up to SEGA and rip off their ideas"? Who would have ever though?

>> No.1076881

My cousin had this growing up I thought he was god

>> No.1076879

>>1076846
Atari download didn't support any games from Atari, Mattel, Coleco, and Activision or any other decent developer. Purchases would also time out after a week.

>> No.1076886
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1076886

I think I spent my entire 1995 summer playing Seca Channel and Rise of The Triad.

>> No.1076894
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1076894

At the time, the Sega Channel was the only way for the US to play Pulseman.

>> No.1076937

I had Sega Channel when I was younger but I had forgot what it was called and for years I would ask all my friends if they knew what I was talking about and everyone thought I was crazy.

>> No.1077514

How many Sega Channel exclusives are extinct now, unreleased on any other media? Is there a definitive list?

>> No.1077675

>>1077514
From what I know the exclusives were just games from other regions they never bothered to localize like Golden Axe 3. Though I do think there was a multiplayer puzzle game for it.

>> No.1077710

>>1076894

Huh, really? Neat.

>> No.1078097

>>1076837

IIRC Sega Channel was available only in the US, Japan and.... argentina. Maybe some other country too.

I'm from that argentina, and I remember the TV ads. I didn't give a fuck. I was already downloading roms and playing them on GenEm at 5kb/s off Node99.

I remember reading the later-founder of AOL also did a startup proto-internet around Atari 2600 where you could shop, stream music (not digitally I assume) and buy and sell stocks.

All from different carts I imagine.

>> No.1078130

>>1077675
Actually there were Sega channel games that were "new levels" and stuff for existing games. I can't remember what they are right now though.

>> No.1078242

>>1076837
Did anyone bothered to crack the way this thing work? To me it looks like a flashcart with an integrated modem so I always wanted to get one just to check if I could use it as such.

>> No.1078245

>>1078097
It was available in chile, bolivia and brazil too.

>> No.1078279

>>1077514
mega man the wily wars was offered in the channel

>> No.1078282

my buddy had sega channel, so based, we couldn't believe all the games

>> No.1081205

http://youtu.be/AYt9MR5f4xw

>>1078242
If you shut it off or lost power you lost the game.
Wikipedia says it 4MB DRAM. Not exactly a 'flash' cart but similar idea.