dunno001 on 08 May 2010
| Stefl1504 said: I can't disagree with the list if I don't want to be fanboy... but since I am one just put the XBox 360 of the list and add the Dreamcast - for beeing the first console with online support at all! I don't really know about any SEGA consoles because I only owned the Saturn... so I can't say if any other SEGA console was more influential. |
Not quite. I knew there were modem-type devices for the NES and SNES, but a bit of digging revealed others, including the Genesis Sega Channel (which later was bought by AT&T, and led to their broadband access network), the Intellivision's PlayCable, or the Atari 2600's GameLine. All of these predate the Dreamcast, though none of them did online gaming. The winner for online gaming goes to the unlicensed TelePlay Modem from 1992. I do believe that Dreamcast was the first to have the modem built in to the system, though...
-dunno001
-On a quest for the truly perfect game; I don't think it exists...
