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Xxain on 17 April 2013

BTW you need to talk CAPCOM about Power Stone. It interesting how often people thing SEGA is responsible for Power Stone.



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Lostplanet22 on 17 April 2013
Xxain said:
XBOX is generally credited with bringing online to consoles( Though DC had online too). Just to think SEGA already done it more than decade ago. They were ahead their time.

Playing online was a very popular thing to do on Xbox live and many did it.  People knew DC had online though but not that 'Many' great games to play online;.



 

AnthonyW86 on 17 April 2013
happydolphin said:
To be completely honest, I'm not downplaying this, but online was part of Nintendo's strategy for the longest time. I believe this was part of that vision:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famicom_Modem

''It allowed the user access to a server that provided game cheats, jokes, weather forecasts, and a small amount of downloadable content.''

No actual online multiplayer gaming so that's definitely not the same. I know you really like Nintendo but this is kind of pushing it...



richardhutnik on 17 April 2013

Must... resist... making an... Uranus joke.

Fail



Shiroyasha on 17 April 2013
AnthonyW86 said:
happydolphin said:
To be completely honest, I'm not downplaying this, but online was part of Nintendo's strategy for the longest time. I believe this was part of that vision:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famicom_Modem

''It allowed the user access to a server that provided game cheats, jokes, weather forecasts, and a small amount of downloadable content.''

No actual online multiplayer gaming so that's definitely not the same. I know you really like Nintendo but this is kind of pushing it...


Might want to read the next sentence... " It did provide online play but all of its games with online play were ports of cartridge games and are now very rare to find"



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S.Peelman on 17 April 2013

Neat. I always like this stuff, good find .

About the online argument:

XBox is basically credited for making online multiplayer accessible on consoles. An integrated experience. Most people know XBox wasn't the first to implement online elements.

Dreamcast was the first to feature full online features. Before that the N64 had an add-on which allowed you to play certain games online and the SNES had an add-on on which you could download games; so, digital distribution. Both only in Japan though. SEGA had a similar service for the Mega Drive in Japan and later came up with SegaNet for the Saturn and the Dreamcast. The Famicom Modem has been mentioned and hell, even the Atari 2600 and the Intellivision both had an add-on which allowed you to download DLC through a phone-line.

Stuff's just evolved over the generations that's all, and the XBox was the first to really nail it.



kain_kusanagi on 17 April 2013

I love my Saturns. I have a launch model and the redesign. I wish I could add this to my collection. It looks sweet.



theprof00 on 17 April 2013

Imagine how much this would go for on Ebay.
Saturn was a sick system. Loved Battle Arena Toshinden



Mr Puggsly on 17 April 2013
Xxain said:
XBOX is generally credited with bringing online to consoles( Though DC had online too). Just to think SEGA already done it more than decade ago. They were ahead their time.

Correction, Xbox is credited for pushing online gaming on consoles. They helped make it more mainstream.

For the record, there was an online gaming device for SNES and Genesis called the Xband. I used to see it at Blockbuster but I had little understanding of online gaming in the mid 90s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBAND

There are plenty of videos on Youtube of people playing games on Xband as well.



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bigCchris on 17 April 2013
Xxain said:
I acknowledged DC had online just XBOX made it big.


correct, what sucks if sega had played their cards right they could still be in the hardware business today, they should have jump on the rift that began between nintendo and third parties during the 64 era into the gamecube area, instead of losing it to sony. Bummer, the dreamcast was awesome.



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