Sega Channel

[xpitbull]

I dont know if you know hat im talking about, i think it was called the sega channel, my brother told me this morning i was amazed but i think he confused me a little. He said that you would call the cable company and ask for it, then they'll give you like a device and you could play games for just 14.99 a month (he said some times they let you play games that dont even where on the market)
If somebody knows more, please

[electricjoe13]

I vaguely recall it was something that existed about the time of Saturn

[Gspark]

umm are u sure thats what he was talking about becuase thats kind of out of the ordinary

[NukeAssault]

Sega Channel was a project developed by Sega for the Sega Genesis gaming system. For a monthly subscription, the gamer would get an adapter which, once connected to their cable television connection would provide them with unlimited access to over 50 games, with new games appearing every 2 weeks. The games would be downloaded in about a minute and play just like the normal versions.

Sega also ran several promotions through the service. Special previews for up-and-coming titles were provided; some import games not found in the United States were exclusive to the service; cheats and tips were handed out.

The service was also available in some parts of the United Kingdom on certain cable services.

Although fairly successful the service ended up failing; more up to date consoles were making the Genesis obsolete.

[Gspark]

so does that mean it never came to the usa scince it was in some parts of the United Kingdom or it did come to the USA

[xpitbull]

My brother used to use the system when he was younger, and he said it was very good, but it suddenly start failing, everytime with less games so he cancel his subscriptions and it kind of die

[Diamond]

I heard about this back in grade school. Never had cable back then though. Everyone talked about it. Everyone wanted it.

[xpitbull]

Yeah, it was a big deal for hardcore gamers back then. Back then most houses had cable tv so for the cable company so they were making big profits

[jt_mares]

yeah my best friends dad worked for the cable co back when it was around, coolest thing in the world, it was for sega genisis, we would have sleepovers at his house at the end of the month and stay up till the next months games showed up them play them like crazy. Wow just wondering where did you hear about it? Not many people i know have ever heard of it.

[BigPolo]

Yup I was a subscriber from the day it started to the day it died. It was actually a cool little service that let me play tons of games for alot cheaper than it was to rent them. You just turned it on and had a special cartridge that accepted a cable hookup and it logged you on. You went through the choices and chose the game you wanted to play. Very neat service that alot of you younger gamers never experienced. Quite innovative in its day!

[BigPolo]

Yup I was a subscriber from the day it started to the day it died. It was actually a cool little service that let me play tons of games for alot cheaper than it was to rent them. You just turned it on and had a special cartridge that accepted a cable hookup and it logged you on. You went through the choices and chose the game you wanted to play. Very neat service that alot of you younger gamers never experienced. Quite innovative in its day!


Oh and sorry, but yeah it was available in the U.S. as I live in Florida!

[Morder]

I remember being so jealous of my friends when they had it a long time ago.

[Jeet]

they also had this thing where you could play other people online in games, such as Mortal Kombat II
EDIT:HAHA THAT WAS MY 360th post :tee: