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Sega Channel adapter

Sega · 1994

Released1994-12-12
Typenetwork
Rarityno data
WhyThere’s no units produced with a source and not enough listings. We don’t make things up.

The Sega Channel was an online game service developed by Sega for the Sega Genesis video game console, serving as a content delivery system. Launched on December 12, 1994, the Sega Channel was provided to the public by TCI and Time Warner Cable through cable television services by way of coaxial cable. It was a pay to play service, through which customers could access Genesis games online, play game demos, and get cheat codes. Lasting until July 31, 1998, the Sega Channel operated three years after the release of Sega's next generation console, the Sega Saturn.

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How to tell them apart

Cartridge-slot adapter (built by Scientific Atlanta) with a coaxial cable output on the rear, connecting to a cable-TV line; 4 MB of on-board RAM holds the downloaded game.

Details from sources

Launched 1994-12-12 by TCI and Time Warner Cable, expanded to Canada in late 1995 (about CAN$19/month). Rotated up to 50 games a month (70 from 1997). Reached about 250,000 subscribers at its peak; discontinued 1998-07-31. No model code found.

Data source: en.wikipedia.org

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