Originally posted by: MAME
haha, it's funny; as of this time, there are exactly TWO games that are online compatable for the gamecube
Originally posted by: Dacalo
Originally posted by: MAME
haha, it's funny; as of this time, there are exactly TWO games that are online compatable for the gamecube
You are thinking too short term.
They are probabaly getting ready for the next generation console.
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Originally filed in April 1999. SEGA Dreamcast came out 9/9/99. Probably trying to trump SEGA. Thing is, SEGA had previous consoles with online gaming, including the Genesis and the Saturn.
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Originally filed in April 1999. SEGA Dreamcast came out 9/9/99. Probably trying to trump SEGA. Thing is, SEGA had previous consoles with online gaming, including the Genesis and the Saturn.
That's when their original patent was filed. This was a continuation of it.
Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Patents are pretty ridiculous nowadays. I'm starting to think they're becoming almost irrelevant due to the absurdity of what gets approved.
??Originally posted by: Wahsapa
snes had online play too. .
The two patents detail a "home video game system with hard disk drive and Internet access capability", but the second filing adds provision for "substantially real-time" online multi-player gaming, connection via an online gaming service, support for online "player performance data", using the connection to download information and do so securely through an authentication process, and the communication across the Net of "audio input signals".
Originally posted by: Modeps
??Originally posted by: Wahsapa
snes had online play too. .
I've never heard of the Genesis or the snes having online capabilities, considering the internet wasnt even really widely used by the general public at all when they came out... although maybe point to point with modems? please expound.
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Originally posted by: Modeps
??Originally posted by: Wahsapa
snes had online play too. .
I've never heard of the Genesis or the snes having online capabilities, considering the internet wasnt even really widely used by the general public at all when they came out... although maybe point to point with modems? please expound.
It was called the X-Band Modem or something similar, if I recall correctly. Google it.
Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
i swear to god, if nintendo starts suing, im not going to buy their next gen console. and i have only bought nintendo products since NES first came out.
Originally posted by: vi_edit
I'm almost positive Sega had something like this for the Genesis 32(or was it 64?) add on thing that never took off. I'm pretty sure one of those add on things had a modem for game hosting.