I enjoy my XBox and Wii, but part of me still yearns for my golden Sega years. Many people never got to use the Sega Channel, but those who did have fond memories because it was their first “online” console experience. When you watch this remember, this is not streaming through the internet, but was an actual broadcast channel that you needed special equipment to receive. Great stuff.
If you are one the lucky 250,000 people who had a subscription, these should take you back:
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Daniel Th1rte3n: Gorgeous! The Superman is breathtaking!
The Retroist: That superman looks really nice, but the Rocketeer in that style is one I would pay to see.
Saturday World: I saw these on Tumblr the other day. Really fantastic work! I would love to see a Fleischer... The Retroist: @peachy – In the interest of science and the study of spontaneous combustion, I really need to...
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VicSage: What a fantastic memory of the Phantom Menace, Sean, thank you for sharing it with us. :) While I do think... VicSage: Another fantastic review, Joshua. I really enjoyed the collecting aspect they introduced into the second... VicSage: Awesome stuff as always, Peachy! I agree with Atari Adventure Square 100%, that ending on Quantum Leap is...
There was actually one console/cable system that predated the Sega Channel… I remember reading about it in flyers for my parent’s cable company, but I didn’t have the system it used until after the service was discontinued…
Dang it, the URL got filtered out…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayCable
Intellivision and PlayCable?
Did not see that URL got flagged. Approved it. PlayCable looks pretty cutting edge for its time. Going to have to do some more research. Thanks Wormwood.
What year is this from? The second video says that the Sega Channel is available on the Internet through CompuServe, so I’m curious the era.
metagirl – 1994