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    Does Anyone Remember The Sega Channel?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Ajfountains, Aug 5, 2013.

  1. Ajfountains

    Ajfountains Notebook Deity

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    Over the weekend a few friends and I were reminiscing about our glory days of gaming. We started talking about the first online gaming we ever did, which system (pc/console) etc. It brought back memories of one of the most glorious summers of my childhood - the summer that I had....

    The Sega Channel
    Sega Channel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Did anyone else share the same childlike wonder and amazement?
     
    Ajfountains, Aug 5, 2013
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    Nick11 Notebook Consultant

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    Haha, I remember the Sega Channel. I was the most popular kid on the block when my parents purchased this for me.... soo ahead of it's time....
     
    Nick11, Aug 5, 2013
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    Ahh I'm a bit too young for this. Beside my father won't buy me one haha
     
    edwardamin13, Aug 15, 2013
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    The Sega Channel! I wanted a Sega so bad. I jumped on the downtrend (the Saturn). My parents wouldn't buy me a Genesis.
     
    hockeymass, Aug 15, 2013
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    It was an awesome summer. While we certainly have a plethora of digital distribution and rental/steaming services like gamefly, it always surpises me more publishers/devs haven't followed this model. Offer all your games for a monthly fee.
     
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    I once went to sega world in the uk lol
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 15, 2013
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    That was pretty remarkable. I was heavy into PC gaming at that time, just graduated college so it was of little interest to me. But pretty amazing technology for the time. Didn't rely on dial-up.
     
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    That was the coolest part. It was delivered via the cable service. Back then you still had to pay by the minute for dial up service plus whatever the phone company charged.
     
    Ajfountains, Aug 16, 2013
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    By the minute!? What service did you have? Usually you just needed a local dial-up number and paid a monthly service to your ISP, which at that time was primarily AOL.
     
    HTWingNut, Aug 16, 2013
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    AOL billed hourly till 1996.
     
    hockeymass, Aug 16, 2013
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