The Dreamcast looked pretty nice and I was going to get one to play around with (when you're old and single you do those things) but they discontinued it when I was ready to get one! In particular there was a really good football game that was developed with Jerome Bettis of the Steelers (I'm from Pittsburgh so I would have appreciated it)...I remember hearing about it on the news.
Sega really needed a Steve Jobs to turn their company around...the Saturn if I can recall was a flop and the Play Station outsold it big time (but the Nintendo 64 was still better). If they had found someone like Steve to invent the equivalent of the iMac or iPod they may still be developing DreamCast 2 or even 3 today. If Apple tried to enter the video game market again they may be able to if they somehow integrate the iPod with the system since the iPod is what is driving the company right now. Tell your PC friends that Apple has 80% of the market share...just don't mention that it's in MP3 players. And just so I don't get off topic since this is a vintage Mac list--I guess we could say when the DreamCast was discontinued everyone out there got "IIvx-ed". --- Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- NODEraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The Sega Dreamcast ran on Windows CE, and had a > > built-in modem and (I > > think) Ethernet. It came with either a CD that had > a > > web browser on > > it, or the browser was stored in ROM. > > It didn't run on Windows CE, but it could run games > and other software with Windows CE, which was on the > GD-ROM with the game or other software. > > The initial batch of consoles in Japan had a 33.6 > modem, upgraded to 56k with the release in the US > and Europe. There were two different Ethernet > adaptors > that could replace the modem. One (LAN adaptor) was > sold only in Japan but is NOT the most sought after > one. That one's the US and Europe WAN Adaptor. > > Dreamcast failed mainly because SEGA couldn't > raise the funds* to buy the (at the time) very > expensive DVD transport mechanisims, so they > designed > a special high density CD called the GD-ROM for > GigabyteDisc - Read Only Memory. Then SEGA went and > announced to the world that after Dreamcast, they > were through with game hardware. Great! Tell all > your > potential customers that they're getting the shaft > in a few years, no Dreamcast 2, nothing, nada is > coming down the pipe. However, they were working > with Hitachi on an upgraded video processor that > likely would've plugged into the side, either > sandwiching between the modem and DC or Ethernet, > or including Ethernet with the upgrade. > > > Sorry if I'm driving off-topic even more, but I > > found it interesting > > that the Dreamcast tanked in the face of > competition > > from the xBox and > > PS2. It was certainly more versatile. > > The 3DO and Pippin and other interactive boxes were > just a bit ahead of when the public was ready for > such a thing. > > *The money problems started when SEGA got what they > thought was going to be the prime intro slot at > the first E3, to debut the Saturn. After telling the > crowd all about the Saturn and finishing up with > the price of $299.95, Sony sent their geek out with > a stack of paper, then all he did was say $199.95, > which was the debut price of the original > Playstation. > > It will be total Fandemonium! > August (Fri) 4th, (Sat) 5th & (Sun) 6th, 2006 > http://www.fandemonium.org > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com > | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 > | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Vintage Macs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
