Nerd Venting
15 years ago
General
I'm a total loser for this, but dammit I have to do it.
I heard that they were reopening my favorite Play N Trade store so I went to check it out today. I walk in and there's a lot more "new" stuff out than before (new for me meaning PS2 and newer). But that's fine, a lot of people aren't selling much for classics these days, so I check out what classics they have.
After checking out row after row of Bayou Billy on NES as well as a few very beaten up and over priced Dreamcast and Playstation games, I turn my attention to a glass case containing consoles for sale as well as little notes on the consoles. I start to read the Dreamcast note and it stated that it was "the second console to use CD-ROM." I turn away from it and look at a timeline stating "Other stores think they're too cool for the classics, but not us!" and on the timeline I notice that they put the PS2 before the Dreamcast and states that the PS2 came out in 1999.
The Playstation 2 was released March 4, 2000 in Japan and October 26, 2000 in the US while the Dreamcast was released November 27, 1998 in Japan and September 9, 1999 in the US.
Now for the list of consoles to use CD-Rom before the Dreamcast:
1988 NEC PC Engine CD-Rom(1990 Turbo Grafx CD)
1991 NES Turbo Duo
1991 Sega Mega CD(1992 Sega CD)
1992 Philip's CD
1993 Panasonic 3DO
1993 Amiga CD 32
1994 Sega Saturn
1994 Sony Playstation
1994 SNK Neo Geo CD
1995 Atari Jaguar CD
1995 FM Towns Marty
1995 Bandai Playdia
1996 Bandai Pippin
Second, huh? Did Doc Brown have anything to do with that?
I feel better now. And no I don't take it that seriously, I just have fun showing how "professionals" fuck up.
I heard that they were reopening my favorite Play N Trade store so I went to check it out today. I walk in and there's a lot more "new" stuff out than before (new for me meaning PS2 and newer). But that's fine, a lot of people aren't selling much for classics these days, so I check out what classics they have.
After checking out row after row of Bayou Billy on NES as well as a few very beaten up and over priced Dreamcast and Playstation games, I turn my attention to a glass case containing consoles for sale as well as little notes on the consoles. I start to read the Dreamcast note and it stated that it was "the second console to use CD-ROM." I turn away from it and look at a timeline stating "Other stores think they're too cool for the classics, but not us!" and on the timeline I notice that they put the PS2 before the Dreamcast and states that the PS2 came out in 1999.
The Playstation 2 was released March 4, 2000 in Japan and October 26, 2000 in the US while the Dreamcast was released November 27, 1998 in Japan and September 9, 1999 in the US.
Now for the list of consoles to use CD-Rom before the Dreamcast:
1988 NEC PC Engine CD-Rom(1990 Turbo Grafx CD)
1991 NES Turbo Duo
1991 Sega Mega CD(1992 Sega CD)
1992 Philip's CD
1993 Panasonic 3DO
1993 Amiga CD 32
1994 Sega Saturn
1994 Sony Playstation
1994 SNK Neo Geo CD
1995 Atari Jaguar CD
1995 FM Towns Marty
1995 Bandai Playdia
1996 Bandai Pippin
Second, huh? Did Doc Brown have anything to do with that?
I feel better now. And no I don't take it that seriously, I just have fun showing how "professionals" fuck up.
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