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d21lewis on 09 June 2020
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Wyrdness said:
d21lewis said:

-Johnny Turbo (TurboGrafx-16 mascot for a short while, worth a Google if you want a laugh) said that the Turbo CD was out two years before the Sega CD.

-Neo Geo had memory cards before Sega

-There were wireless controllers (that sucked) way before the Wavebird. I remember many for the NES.

-Not sure about retro video game service but there were plenty of old games on the XBL service prior to the Virtual Console. I guess you could say Nintendo did it more thoroughly.

-There's a lot of "unnofficial" attempts at online gaming. Some were just digital downloads. Some actually allowed head to head play like Xband and Sharkwire. According to a quick Google search, the Apple Pippin was the first out of the box with built in online.

-Guru Larry (Larry Bundy Jr.) had a video that blew my mind about things I thought Nintendo did first, including the NES controller.

https://youtu.be/56AoH-ZPk9s

(I keep having to flip back to the last page to see the post)

We're talking about the executions that consoles used which are now the standard not what came first so outside of the TurboGrafx and NeoGeo example what's said is correct because the implementations used are the executions by the said companies for example online services today are all based on on Live's execution and platforms are online gaming capable out the box due to DC's execution which MS followed suit the Pippin I hear was a mini PC and not a online gaming console it was for browsing and development.

XBL didn't have retro games before VC as XBL store was only introduced in 2009 before that it was purely an online gaming platform, VC launched in 2006 with the Wii the were no retro games on Live at this point in fact Sony even had retro titles before Live from what I recall as they were quick to implement their own service.

I specifically avoided the ones that said things like "Modern analog stick" or "modern motion controls" etc. I'll have to go back and look at the post to even see what I was answering but even if the Pippin wasn't considered an console, there was at least one other that I'm forgetting. I'll edit later.

I never owned an original Xbox but, from what I understand, it had downloadable classic games like Ms. Pac-Man. I owned an Xbox 360 and it had downloadable classic games like Contra in at least 2006 because I bought it. I'm pretty sure Sega channel had downloadable games even earlier but I don't feel like checking. At the very least, there were Digital Download games before 2006. As far back as the 80s but I assume the original post is specifically talking about "legacy games".