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Just wanted to know if you guys knew about it. Looked promising.
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Man that really sucks. If it would have come out i would have bot it. | |||
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yep, and new content would have been available for download for online games. | |||
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What sucked is that it was all packed up and ready for shipment, but Sega said no. | |||
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they did? God that sucks!  |
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Yes, I've heard of it. It did look very promising. It was speculated that the ZIP drive would be able to handle downloaded files from the internet (ie, new levels/maps/exclusive content) and would house MP3s for the proposed MP3 player SEGA had at E3, as well as being able to store VMU data. The unit itself was built into a modified DC Karaoke chassis.
Some better pictures can be found here: Picture one Picture two I hadn't heard that they were actually ready for shipment. If that's the case, then what happened to them, then? I wonder if Iomega has any of the prototypes. On a side note, is it confirmed that Tec Toys was given the go ahead by SEGA to produce Dreamcasts? If so, why aren't they producing broadband adapters or items like this? I may just start a new thread on this if it hasn't been discussed before. I know there was a mild debate about this over at DCEmu. Dreamcast ™ |
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Dunno. I bought my BBA as soon as I saw it on the Sega Store on Sega.com back in the day just for the hell of it. It wasn't until a few months went by when I put it to use. UT 24/7 baby!  |
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UT 24/7 baby! lucky BASTARD. |
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Dark Slayer 5000 wrote:
What sucked is that it was all packed up and ready for shipment, but Sega said no. sorry to burst a bubble, but they wern't all packed up and ready to go. after sega made one unit of the ZIP Disc's and MP3 player VMU they discovered that the cost would be to much to mass market it, as they found out with the dream eye. Yea there are only a few zip discs and mp3 vmu's in the world probably no more than 10  |
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And the crazy thing is, if sega had other money making revenue sources to support this, the Dreamcast would be still competing to this day with the other consoles. Why? Here is why.
Just imagine, a Dreamcast with a Broadband Adaptor and ZIP drive, and games such as Unreal Tournament, Outtrigger, Propellar Arena, Bomberman Online, and POD Speedzone were all still online? Shit. With that type of an arsenal the DC would be getting some serious mass respect. Man just thinking about this makes me oh so depressed. That setup would be AMAZING. |
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Steven wrote:
Dark Slayer 5000 wrote:
What sucked is that it was all packed up and ready for shipment, but Sega said no. sorry to burst a bubble, but they wern't all packed up and ready to go. after sega made one unit of the ZIP Disc's and MP3 player VMU they discovered that the cost would be to much to mass market it, as they found out with the dream eye. Yea there are only a few zip discs and mp3 vmu's in the world probably no more than 10 As they found with the dreameye?. Theres plenty of them about I got 2 myself  . They must have been produced in quite a few numbers I know lotsof people who have one even though it was only released in Japan.
Shame about the DC zip though 
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that's what I mean it was too costly to release it anywhere but japan seeing as the cost and you can buy even better digi cam's at the time but ack well I want one |
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it would've been a lot like the xbox's hard drive or the ps2's. With new content just like nikon said, it would've been amazing. | |||
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Well in a lot of ways the VMU was like a 'mini' hd in my opinion. Even though I need like 12 of them and shit lol. But just the fact that you can save emails, attatchments, images, pso snapshots, and new game download content, the VMU itself works jsut like a harddrive should its just smaller in size. The zipdrive would have definatly opened up more possibilities. Just think. What if they released Quake III Team Arena, and had a way to load up custom maps off the Zip Drive.
Oh pfff what am I thinking this could have EASILY been applied to 4x4 Evolution!!!!!!!!! Man we could all have the maps chillin archived off on a zip disc. Man this thing could have been perfect! |
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I agree with Nikon on that just Imagine Shenmue 2 with the ability to download more maps and areas and items and moves n stuff  /drools |
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