Online Gaming in 1983 - Sega SC3000H

[emwearz]

A follow up to my earlier system review of the Sega Sc3000H computer / console hybrid, I show you how you can, using an online tape emulator, stream and play games on your Sega SC3000H console.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u3Ffr1w704

[Rurouni_Fencer]

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't there tech available for an 80's Atari system that could stream/download games via modem, in addition to the SC3000?

[emwearz]

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't there tech available for an 80's Atari system that could stream/download games via modem, in addition to the SC3000?

I am not sure to be honest, Atari is not my strong point. The SC3000 was not designed with the 'streaming online' in mind when they implemented the audio in, many consoles (C64, etc) from that era used Tape as a medium.

[Golgo 14]

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't there tech available for an 80's Atari system that could stream/download games via modem, in addition to the SC3000?

You're thinking of the CVC Gameline.

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


My Mom and I got a long sales pitch from some guy at a K-Mart when this thing first came out. No sale because the games mostly stunk. Also, I loved my cartridges and games, so the idea of erasing a game once you got tired of it to make room for another didn't appeal to me.

Fun fact: Gameline failed and from the ashes of CVC arose AOL.

[BRIK]

Cool idea. Too bad you couldn't play any decent games.

[Rurouni_Fencer]

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't there tech available for an 80's Atari system that could stream/download games via modem, in addition to the SC3000?

You're thinking of the CVC Gameline.

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


My Mom and I got a long sales pitch from some guy at a K-Mart when this thing first came out. No sale because the games mostly stunk. Also, I loved my cartridges and games, so the idea of erasing a game once you got tired of it to make room for another didn't appeal to me.

Fun fact: Gameline failed and from the ashes of CVC arose AOL.

That's what I was thinking of.. Thanks! Interesting that the tech was there, (pre-Al Gore internets!) But I agree - even today I love my physical medium, and I hate when I have to make room on my meager 20GB HDD for new XBLA games..

[emwearz]

Cool idea. Too bad you couldn't play any decent games.

The site doesn't really have any decent games, I got hold of some tape dumps from different sources online of some decent looking goings, but every time, no matter what program I used to convert it, no matter what audio out settings I used, the console would register the name of the game, but I would always get tape errors.

[BRIK]

Cool idea. Too bad you couldn't play any decent games.

The site doesn't really have any decent games, I got hold of some tape dumps from different sources online of some decent looking goings, but every time, no matter what program I used to convert it, no matter what audio out settings I used, the console would register the name of the game, but I would always get tape errors.

That sucks. I actually think that plane flying/building bombing game looks quite fun though. You just need to figure out why it crashes at the end lol.