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Ryudo on 30 April 2008
sublime78 said:
I don't know if anyone already said this, but to the OP I think the Saturn was the first to go online. And actually I kinda remember some service for the Genesis that would do something similar, not sure on that one.

Thumbs up though! Dreamcast rocks. I passed up buying one for 20 bucks and Grandia 3 (?) for 5. Wish I had never gotten rid of my first one though.. Heh, I will always remember 9.9.99 and my jaw hitting the floor as we played Soul Calibur and Sonic.

 Saturn was not the first,far from it.

 

NES and Atari systems had the ability but was far less known then. The NES was more of a Lan like idea but had a range of maybe few houses down the street.

SNES/Genesis had a 3rd party service called X-Band and big developers supported it the most known was Street Fighter II. 

 

 

As for the topic,I still have the DC hooked up in my EC and play it often..no reason not to. :) 



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NYANKS on 30 April 2008
sublime78 said:
I don't know if anyone already said this, but to the OP I think the Saturn was the first to go online. And actually I kinda remember some service for the Genesis that would do something similar, not sure on that one.

Thumbs up though! Dreamcast rocks. I passed up buying one for 20 bucks and Grandia 3 (?) for 5. Wish I had never gotten rid of my first one though.. Heh, I will always remember 9.9.99 and my jaw hitting the floor as we played Soul Calibur and Sonic.

Ok, people and sources seem to say that Dreamcast was the first to go online.  Can someone just clear this up, I'm pretty sure I'm right but I hate being unsure.



NYANKS on 30 April 2008
Ryudo said:
sublime78 said:
I don't know if anyone already said this, but to the OP I think the Saturn was the first to go online. And actually I kinda remember some service for the Genesis that would do something similar, not sure on that one.

Thumbs up though! Dreamcast rocks. I passed up buying one for 20 bucks and Grandia 3 (?) for 5. Wish I had never gotten rid of my first one though.. Heh, I will always remember 9.9.99 and my jaw hitting the floor as we played Soul Calibur and Sonic.

 Saturn was not the first,far from it.

 

NES and Atari systems had the ability but was far less known then. The NES was more of a Lan like idea but had a range of maybe few houses down the street.

SNES/Genesis had a 3rd party service called X-Band and big developers supported it the most known was Street Fighter II. 

 

 

As for the topic,I still have the DC hooked up in my EC and play it often..no reason not to. :) 


Ok wow, now I'm befuddled.  The SNES, Genesis and Atari had some kind of online. Wow. Can someone confirm this.  Not that I don't trust you though.  I've just never heard of this, like you said, most people don't know.  I guess Dreamcast was first online with advertising behind it.  Or was it the first that was actually good or worked efficiently?



NYANKS on 30 April 2008
Ryudo said:
sublime78 said:
I don't know if anyone already said this, but to the OP I think the Saturn was the first to go online. And actually I kinda remember some service for the Genesis that would do something similar, not sure on that one.

Thumbs up though! Dreamcast rocks. I passed up buying one for 20 bucks and Grandia 3 (?) for 5. Wish I had never gotten rid of my first one though.. Heh, I will always remember 9.9.99 and my jaw hitting the floor as we played Soul Calibur and Sonic.

 Saturn was not the first,far from it.

 

NES and Atari systems had the ability but was far less known then. The NES was more of a Lan like idea but had a range of maybe few houses down the street.

SNES/Genesis had a 3rd party service called X-Band and big developers supported it the most known was Street Fighter II. 

 

 

As for the topic,I still have the DC hooked up in my EC and play it often..no reason not to. :) 


Double post. Apologies.

Ryudo on 30 April 2008

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

And I was partially wrong on the NES thing but it was online but could not play against others but had a modem for the Famicom.

"# Famicom MODEM is a modem that allowed connection to a Nintendo server which provided content such as jokes, news (mainly about Nintendo), game tips, and weather reports for Japan; it also allowed a small number of programs to be downloaded. A modem was, however, tested in the United States, by the Minnesota State Lottery. It would have allowed players to buy scratchcards and play the lottery with their NES. It was not released because minors were able to play the lottery illegally and anonymously."-Wiki



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GhaudePhaede010 on 30 April 2008

XBAND for Genesis. Mortal Kombat online...

Anyway, all I can add to this topic is that if the games were not so expensive today, I would probably own quite a few more of them. But as it is, next tax season, I plan to buy games for my Saturn and Dreamcast.

Dreamcast was excellent and still lives on today through XBOX 360. All those great 1v1 fighters, shumps, and beat em ups. Great sports titles, RPG games, and obscure/niche titles (Samba anybody?) put this system, a system I once despised at launch, somewhere near the top of my gamer list.

But Jesus Christ is certainly saved for DS as it stands. Dreamcast never had the chance but when I look at the selection of DS games I want to buy, I run out screaming in a mix of agony and pleasure. The DS is what basically saved me from quitting console gaming.



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NYANKS on 30 April 2008

Well, technically the DS isn't a console. lol. Okay I love the DS but the only Jesus Christ possibilities are the original Game Boy, PS2, SNES, and PERHAPS the Dreamcast. But most people would not choose the last and neither can I in good conscience. For my money it's PS2. Even though I can't say anything against the Dreamcast, I think it is remembered so well because it never had time to suck, it was gone so fast.  I mean it might not have had to endure any slow periods software-wise, although I can't really remember as I didn't have it.



Kasz216 on 30 April 2008
NYANKS said:
sublime78 said:
I don't know if anyone already said this, but to the OP I think the Saturn was the first to go online. And actually I kinda remember some service for the Genesis that would do something similar, not sure on that one.

Thumbs up though! Dreamcast rocks. I passed up buying one for 20 bucks and Grandia 3 (?) for 5. Wish I had never gotten rid of my first one though.. Heh, I will always remember 9.9.99 and my jaw hitting the floor as we played Soul Calibur and Sonic.

Ok, people and sources seem to say that Dreamcast was the first to go online. Can someone just clear this up, I'm pretty sure I'm right but I hate being unsure.


  Dreamcase was the first to have online in the system without having to buy anything extra.  It was the first machine that could go online out of the box... and really pushed the feature.



NYANKS on 30 April 2008
Kasz216 said:
NYANKS said:
sublime78 said:
I don't know if anyone already said this, but to the OP I think the Saturn was the first to go online. And actually I kinda remember some service for the Genesis that would do something similar, not sure on that one.

Thumbs up though! Dreamcast rocks. I passed up buying one for 20 bucks and Grandia 3 (?) for 5. Wish I had never gotten rid of my first one though.. Heh, I will always remember 9.9.99 and my jaw hitting the floor as we played Soul Calibur and Sonic.

Ok, people and sources seem to say that Dreamcast was the first to go online. Can someone just clear this up, I'm pretty sure I'm right but I hate being unsure.


  Dreamcase was the first to have online in the system without having to buy anything extra.  It was the first machine that could go online out of the box... and really pushed the feature.


Thanks, now everyone's claims can be reconciled, everyone was kind of right.  Thanks, but still wow, I didn't know SNES and Genesis could do it at all. Crazy.



Kasz216 on 30 April 2008
NYANKS said:
Kasz216 said:
NYANKS said:
sublime78 said:
I don't know if anyone already said this, but to the OP I think the Saturn was the first to go online. And actually I kinda remember some service for the Genesis that would do something similar, not sure on that one.

Thumbs up though! Dreamcast rocks. I passed up buying one for 20 bucks and Grandia 3 (?) for 5. Wish I had never gotten rid of my first one though.. Heh, I will always remember 9.9.99 and my jaw hitting the floor as we played Soul Calibur and Sonic.

Ok, people and sources seem to say that Dreamcast was the first to go online. Can someone just clear this up, I'm pretty sure I'm right but I hate being unsure.


Dreamcase was the first to have online in the system without having to buy anything extra. It was the first machine that could go online out of the box... and really pushed the feature.


Thanks, now everyone's claims can be reconciled, everyone was kind of right. Thanks, but still wow, I didn't know SNES and Genesis could do it at all. Crazy.


Or at least I think that's the case.   There might of been some crazy "gaming computer" console early on that had a modem, but i doubt it.