Widespread gaming history myths

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o.pwuaioc wrote:
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jalvarez82 wrote:Question.

Was it the Dreamcast that really introduced online gaming? I think there was a system before it that tried it out. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Genesis? SNES? Famicom? 2600?
Wow, I never knew the 2600 did that.
The 2600 never had online gaming because there was no online at that point, and more importantly I never heard of it. ;)
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o.pwuaioc wrote:
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Lokkenjawnz wrote:I don't know if it's just me, but a lot of these myths aren't myths at all, just peoples' opinions.
This is the biggest myth of all.
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The myth is that the aforementioned myths are opinions.
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MrPopo wrote:
o.pwuaioc wrote:?
The myth is that the aforementioned myths are opinions.
It's a myth that he said the aforementioned myths are opinions. Yours implies that he thinks they all are, his doesn't.

Fact: Saying that not all licensed games suck is purely an opinion.
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MrPopo wrote:
MrPopo wrote:
Lokkenjawnz wrote:I don't know if it's just me, but a lot of these myths aren't myths at all, just peoples' opinions.
This is the biggest myth of all.
?
The myth is that the aforementioned myths are opinions.
my head is spinning... :p
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jalvarez82 wrote:Question.

Was it the Dreamcast that really introduced online gaming? I think there was a system before it that tried it out. Correct me if I'm wrong.
No, it didn't. The PC did, and the first console to feature it was the SNES. There is a rare modem you can buy for it, which a very few games are compatible with for multiplayer.
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sheath wrote: The 2600 never had online gaming because there was no online at that point, and more importantly I never heard of it. ;)
oh really?

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noiseredux wrote:oh really?

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Pfft, I could make the same article in photoshop tomorrow morning. ;)

Seriously though, that is awesome! I had no idea and I wonder how well it would have worked. I guess file sizes for 2600 games are probably small enough for phone line transmission, I just don't recall even 14.4kbps modems being common until the late 80s.

Still, this isn't online multiplayer, so my tomfoolery stands.
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just saying. :wink:
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o.pwuaioc wrote:
MrPopo wrote:
o.pwuaioc wrote:?
The myth is that the aforementioned myths are opinions.
It's a myth that he said the aforementioned myths are opinions. Yours implies that he thinks they all are, his doesn't.

Fact: Saying that not all licensed games suck is purely an opinion.
Not if you can provides tons of evidence of high scoring reviews for a variety of licensed games. An opinion becomes fact when you have evidence to back it up
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I heard a myth once about the color of the original PSX. As I remember, the myth was supposed to be that Sony obtained a license to use Nintendo's patented version of gray in their brief co-venture to make the CD-add on for the SNES. Supposedly Sony used that color just to piss off Nintendo after their partnership fell through.

It was...maybe 11 years ago that I read about this. Seemed credible then - but ludicrous now.
Maybe now Nintendo will acknowledge Metroid has a fanbase?
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