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[–] 12 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Sega engineers? I know the XBOX was always seen as the spiritual successor to the Dreamcast, because it was continuation from software by Sega just when Sega stopped with hardware. So far so good. But how does it come it was engineered by Sega?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (7 children)

    Well, for one thing, compare a Dreamcast controller to an original Xbox controller

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    The Dreamcast also ran a form of Windows CE and had its own version of Xbox Live. Dreamcast was a prelude to what 21st century gaming would be like more or less.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    Woah, this is the first I'm hearing about it running windows CE. Got anything where I can read more?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    BTW the Windows CE label was even on the console I think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast#/media/File:Dreamcast-Console-Set.png (ah yes, I remembered it correctly) I was always wondering what this has anything to do with Windows. I think it wasn't a full Windows anyway, and components were modular. Never digged into this myself, which is a shame because I'm interested. Found following interesting link:

    In the end, this didn't materialise into a full desktop interface or integration with Microsoft's online services. Instead, it served as an optional layer of abstraction to simplify hardware operations.

    In conclusion, 'Windows CE for Dreamcast' was merely a secondary SDK of choice for developers.

    - https://blink.copetti.org/writings/consoles/dreamcast/operating-system/

    It was an opt in feature, not the main operating system I think. Don't know what the actual OS of the Dreamcast is.

    And the obvious links:

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    It literally says Windows CE on the console…

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