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[–] 3 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago (2 children)

    It literally says Windows CE on the console…

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