Basically a Saturn with built-in Netlink modem. I can't believe this was found after all these years!
http://mobile.segadatabase.net/?p=1627
Basically a Saturn with built-in Netlink modem. I can't believe this was found after all these years!
http://mobile.segadatabase.net/?p=1627
Last edited by c2000; 04-17-2013 at 12:55 PM.
Thanks for sharing, it's a total reminder of the past that never was. First thing to come to mind is like a bridge of saturn to dreamcast in connectivity design because it like the DC has the dailup jack built into it.
Wow, that's beautiful. There are now two Saturn units I'd pay thousands for.
I don't want you to hate me, I want you to want to hate me - GamersUniteMagazine.com
Is there anything cooler than prototype hardware in the gaming world? Man, nothing gets me more amped up than stuff like this!
Makes me wanna model a shell up and print in out
http://www.rashly3dfx.com/products/blackbelt.html
Link mentioned on sega-16, that this is basically the same case design of the Dreamcast system being developed with 3Dfx.
The Paunch Stevenson Show free Internet podcast - www.paunchstevenson.com - DP FEEDBACK
And weirder yet, the Pluto *01* has shown up for auction! http://www.gamegavel.com/item.cgi?show_item=0000752122
Russ Perry Jr, 2175 S Tonne Dr #114, Arlington Hts IL 60005
Got any obscure game stuff?
Odd that both have non-functional drive door latch mechanisms.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
What was with Sega and their "let's smush things together" phase? It's like they pulled every one of the permutations. Just wait. I bet someone will find a prototype for a Genesis/32X/SCD/Saturn console. The Sega Betelgeuse.
Last edited by TonyTheTiger; 04-20-2013 at 11:22 PM.
Awesome to see, but whatever. Not like you can get on the net with it.... Its just a saturn in a cool shell at this point.
My Feedback thread: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=144938
Considering that they are prototypes, it's entirely possible that the latch mechanism is something that just hadn't been sorted out yet. Based on the pics I've seen, the shell design is still in a pretty rough state, and there is no way that those parts came out of a tool intended for retail/production units.
That, or the same jerkoff at Sega didn't know the strength in his index finger and busted em both :P
Apparently one was "found" at a garage sale years before.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/20/ru...a-garage-sale/
Actually, re-reading the Assembler page, this is something that landed in somebody's desk some time later. Oh boy, how I wouldn't mind coming across a piece of hardware that way!
The Paunch Stevenson Show free Internet podcast - www.paunchstevenson.com - DP FEEDBACK
Retro-engineering has sort of become a staple of what I do lately, and I've become pretty adept at "eyeballing" it
I agree. It's a clean design, no doubt. The shell was likely cast from hand-built parts or CNC'd from a block of ABS or something else. I expect the former based on the imperfections in the form. I'm SURE there would have been tweaks to it before production, but the form factor seems pretty well fleshed out.
I wonder if the guy with the $1 unit ever opened his up. Anyone have a clue how to contact him? I know the guys at Assemble would literally kill to see the gutty-wuts.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-Pluto-/...item3a80d01f0f
One of two Pluto owners is trying to sell on ebay. Bidding at $10G's but not at reserve yet.
The Paunch Stevenson Show free Internet podcast - www.paunchstevenson.com - DP FEEDBACK
Current bid:US $9,999.99 reserve not met.
Nothing funny going on here. I wonder what the reserve price could possibly be.