Sega Saturn Modem
HSS-0127 · Sega · 1996
Why
There’s no units produced with a source and not enough listings. We don’t make things up.Sega Net Link (also called Sega Saturn Net Link) is an attachment for the Sega Saturn game console to provide Saturn users with internet access and access to email through their console. The unit was released in October 1996. The Sega Net Link fit into the Sega Saturn cartridge port and consisted of a 28.8 kbit/s modem, a custom chip to allow it to interface with the Saturn, and a browser developed by Planetweb, Inc. The unit sold for US$199, or US$400 bundled with a Sega Saturn. In 1997 Sega began selling the NetLink Bundle, which included the standard NetLink plus the compatible games Sega Rally Championship and Virtual On: Cyber Troopers NetLink Edition, for $99.
Describe the series or family, not just this item. For now, in English only. Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0How to tell them apart
Cartridge-slot analogue modem with a card slot (for XBAND media cards / prepaid cards).
Details from sources
14,400 bps (Sega official). Internet, PC communication, and XBAND network play with compatible software and a media card; 'Sega Saturn Networks' service. Manufacturing contracted to TDK (ja.wikipedia). Later codes HSS-0148 and HSS-0160 per ja.wikipedia (differences not documented). en.wikipedia Net Link article gives JPY 15,000 at launch.
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