Sega Channel anyone

[skywhr]

Did you have Sega Channel or know old-school video games?

If you know the name of the game that was on Sega Channel that was like Qix and Jezzball but you had complete control over the cursor . I've been trying to think of it/find it for a month.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: skywhr
Did you have Sega Channel or know old-school video games?

If you know the name of the game that was on Sega Channel that was like Qix and Jezzball but you had complete control over the cursor . I've been trying to think of it/find it for a month.

And we were your last resort skywhr? I don't have the answer, but I'm certain someone here does!

 

[skywhr]

ehhhhhh

 

[skywhr]

gimme a bier

 

[AsianriceX]

Ultimate Qix?

 

[cheezy321]

Wow, you mentioning the Sega Channel just brought back a lot of memories. I used to love reading gamepro every month and I remember reading about it and thinking it was so cool.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: skywhr
gimme a bier

I feel for you so, cheers skywhr! :beer:

 

[Leros]

I just wikipediaed Sega Channel. I had no idea such a service existed. Thats way cool for the time.

 

[Pepsi90919]

i remember reading about this in Sega Visions and still have no idea what it is

 

[JD50]

My friend had the Sega Channel, it was great at the time.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
i remember reading about this in Sega Visions and still have no idea what it is

From what I've gathered:

There was a cable channel you could subscribe for that would deliver Sega stuff, kinda like Xbox live. You got this sega cartridge that fit in the sega genesis and it had a coax jack on it. You could download games onto it from the sega channel.

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
i remember reading about this in Sega Visions and still have no idea what it is

From what I've gathered:

There was a cable channel you could subscribe for that would deliver Sega stuff, kinda like Xbox live. You got this sega cartridge that fit in the sega genesis and it had a coax jack on it. You could download games onto it from the sega channel.

What the? Did it act like a modem?

 

[Jeraden]

I had one of them. It was offered as part of your cable tv package. It basically just downloaded a Sega game and stored it on the cartridge, and then you could play it off the cartridge. The negatives were it was slow as molasses to download a game, so I just download 1, play it until I beat it/get sick of it, then download another one. It wasn't really practical to keep switching the games around since it took so friggin long to download them. I can't remember how long it took, but I know it seemed like forever!

edit: well I read the wikipedia article on it and it said games should only take 1 minute to download. I guess my service was hosed because it was at least half an hour or longer for me.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

sega channel was years ahead of its time.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

I wanted it really bad but we lived in the middle of nowhere and had one of those massive dishes since cable was not available

 

[JohnCU]

oh man i loved that. i remember the first of the month when the new games would come out. freakin awesome.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
sega channel was years ahead of its time.

As was the DC IMO IcebergSlim!

 

[natep]

I had Sega Channel. My house was THE house to be at.

Although, after a while it got a little repetitive. How many times can I play Golden Axe and have fun? Not that many. I also never beat Comix Zone and it was on almost every month. I can't think of the game in question though, sorry.

 

[Auryg]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
sega channel was years ahead of its time.

As was the DC IMO IcebergSlim!

Most definately. They need to bring back LCD screens on controllers - great for secret information.

 

[Instan00dles]

god I loved sega channel, brings back memories

 

[onlyCOpunk]

I loved the Sega Channel I had it for like a year and loved waking up at 630am that day of the month when they would change the games.

Kind of wish it still existed today, sob.