Some other random tidbits.
Nintendo released a 3d goggle system for the Famicom in April 1988. The game it was released with was 3d hot rally developed by Nintendo. It was the first Mario kart the cover art features Mario driving.
The famicom had a modem and disk drive that attached to it. This enabled users to download content from kiosks and bring them home or in the case of the modem download it. Though the main use was primarily horse race betting it also was a online game in the early 1980s.
The Super Famicom also had a modem which as far as I know did not support online gaming but allowed people to download games, as well as news and even had a satellite radio channel.
The Sega Channel was pure innovation though and on top of all this Sega has always been better about taking their riskier peripherals and innovations overseas. Where Nintendo was more cautious with the US and Euro markets.
All the above said though it was truly the Dreamcast that set the stone for modern day online gaming for consoles. Intergrating the modem(something neither the PS2 or the GC did) was the first step forward. Including a browser made people more friendly to the idea.
BTW both the PSP and DS have a TV tuners in Japan by third party manufacturers. Also the Turboexpress was the first to have one.
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