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Sega Game Toshokan

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Developer: Sega

Peripherals supported: Mega Modem

Genre: Miscellaneous

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-11-03^[1]	¥12,80012,800	G-4503

Sega Game Toshokan (セガゲーム図書館), meaning Sega Game Library, is a Sega Mega Drive cartridge distributed with select Mega Modems. With the Mega Modem connected, this cartridge in the cartridge slot, and a ¥4,800 six months subscription^[2], consumers could download and play select Mega Drive games exclusively available through the service.

History

The Sega Game Toshokan service started on 3 November 1990, with Putter Golf and Pyramid Magic Yokokuhen being the launch titles. More titles would be distributed between 1990 and 1992, including non-game software such as Sega Music Collection.

Two such games, Flicky and Shi no Meikyuu: Labyrinth of Death (called Fatal Labyrinth overseas), later saw retail release outside Japan. Another, Teddy Boy Blues, was a port of an earlier game that had already been released internationally on the Sega Master System. A fourth, Columns, was already released in Japan retail. All the others were never released outside Japan and originated on Game Toshokan. Many of the games were eventually rereleased as part of the Game no Kanzume series, several Sega Ages compilations, and Sega's B-Club! service for downloading Mega Drive games to play on a PC.

The paid service ended in September 1992, possibly continuing for existing subscribers or as a free service until March 1993. It was said to have had 3,500 subscribers at the time that the service was announced to end.^[3]

List of titles

16t (1991)
Aworg: Hero in the Sky (1991)
Columns (1990)
Fatal Labyrinth (1990)
Flicky (1991)
Hyper Marbles (1991)
Ikasuze! Koi no Doki Doki Penguin Land MD (1992)
Kiss Shot (1992)
Medal City (1991)
MegaMind (1991)
Paddle Fighter (1991)
Phantasy Star II: Amia's Adventure (1991)
Phantasy Star II: Anne's Adventure (1991)
Phantasy Star II: Huey's Adventure (1991)
Phantasy Star II: Kinds's Adventure (1991)
Phantasy Star II: Nei's Adventure (1991)
Phantasy Star II: Rudger's Adventure (1991)
Phantasy Star II: Shilka's Adventure (1990)
Phantasy Star II: Yushis's Adventure (1991)
Putter Golf (1990)
Pyramid Magic (1991)
Pyramid Magic Editor (1991)
Pyramid Magic II (1991)
Pyramid Magic III (1991)
Pyramid Magic Special (1991)
Pyramid Magic Yokokuhen (1990)
Riddle Wired (1991)
Robot Battler (1991)
Sega Music Collection (1991)
Sega Net News (?)
Sonic Eraser (1991)
Teddy Boy Blues (1992)

Exclusives

Kinetic Connection ① Nei Second (lost)
Kinetic Connection ② Ohana Batake (lost)
Kinetic Connection ③ Shirogane wa Warau yo (lost)
Kinetic Connection ④ Mogura no Oasobi (lost)
Kinetic Connection ⑤ Lightning Nei (lost)
Pyramid Magic Sōshuuhen (lost)
Taiketsu! Columns (lost)

Production credits

Main article: Sega Game Toshokan/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Game Toshokan/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Flyer

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-11: "November 1990" (1990-10-XX)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-12: "December 1990" (1990-11-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-02: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)

Physical scans

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Rom case Mega Modem

Technical information

Main article: Sega Game Toshokan/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	c185c819
MD5	63d1c64e1f3363171b63a75ce67b1f60
SHA-1	9673b519c16883c146924c347ec6764281fa3a57

128kB

1990-07

Cartridge (JP)

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese)

References

↑ https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/modem.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-09-07 02:45)
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-08), page 74
↑ Mega, "Vol. 194" (TH; 1992-12-29), page 5

Sega Game Toshokan
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[:File:Mdfan_JP_1990-11.pdf_p74-2] Mega Drive Fan, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-08), page 74

[:File:Mega_TH_1992-46.pdf_p5-3] Mega, "Vol. 194" (TH; 1992-12-29), page 5

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-{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (セガゲーム図書館), meaning '''''Sega Game Library''''', is a [[Sega Mega Drive]] cartridge distributed with select [[Mega Modem]]s starting 3 November 1990, with ''[[Putter Golf]]'' and ''[[Pyramid Magic Yokokuhen]]'' being the launch titles. With the Mega Modem connected, this cartridge in the cartridge slot, and a [[Sega Meganet]] subscription, consumers could download and play select Mega Drive games exclusively available through the service, which were released between 1990 and 1992.
+'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (セガゲーム図書館), meaning '''''Sega Game Library''''', is a [[Sega Mega Drive]] cartridge distributed with select [[Mega Modem]]s. With the Mega Modem connected, this cartridge in the cartridge slot, and a {{currency|JP|4,800}} six months subscription{{magref|mdfan|10|74}}, consumers could download and play select Mega Drive games exclusively available through the service.
-Two such games, ''[[Flicky]]'' and ''[[Shi no Meikyuu: Labyrinth of Death]]'' (called ''[[Fatal Labyrinth]]'' overseas), later saw retail release outside Japan. Another, ''[[Teddy Boy Blues]]'', was a port of an earlier game that had already been released internationally on the [[Sega Master System]]. A fourth, ''[[Columns]]'', was already released in Japan retail. All the others were never released outside Japan and originated on Game Toshokan. Many of the games were eventually rereleased as part of the ''Game no Kanzume'' series, several Sega Ages compilations, and Sega's B-Club! service for downloading Mega Drive games to play on a PC.
+==History==
+The ''{{PAGENAME}}'' service started on 3 November 1990, with ''[[Putter Golf]]'' and ''[[Pyramid Magic Yokokuhen]]'' being the launch titles. More titles would be distributed between 1990 and 1992, including non-game software such as ''[[Sega Music Collection]]''.
+Two such games, ''[[Flicky]]'' and ''[[Shi no Meikyuu: Labyrinth of Death]]'' (called ''[[Fatal Labyrinth]]'' overseas), later saw retail release outside Japan. Another, ''[[Teddy Boy Blues (Mega Drive)|Teddy Boy Blues]]'', was a port of an earlier game that had already been released internationally on the [[Sega Master System]]. A fourth, ''[[Columns]]'', was already released in Japan retail. All the others were never released outside Japan and originated on Game Toshokan. Many of the games were eventually rereleased as part of the ''Game no Kanzume'' series, several [[Sega Ages]] compilations, and Sega's B-Club! service for downloading Mega Drive games to play on a PC.
 The paid service ended in September 1992, possibly continuing for existing subscribers or as a free service until March 1993. It was said to have had 3,500 subscribers at the time that the service was announced to end.{{magref|megath|1992-46|5}}
-==List of Titles==
+==List of titles==
+{{BulletPointGameList|MD|category2=Game Toshokan games}}
 ===Exclusives===
 {{multicol|
-* ''[[16t]]''
+* ''[[Kinetic Connection ① Nei Second]]'' (lost)
-* ''[[Aworg: Hero In The Sky]]'''
+* ''[[Kinetic Connection ② Ohana Batake]]'' (lost)
-* ''[[Hyper Marbles]]''
+* ''[[Kinetic Connection ③ Shirogane wa Warau yo]]'' (lost)
-* ''[[Ikasuze! Koi no Doki Doki Penguin Land MD]]''
+* ''[[Kinetic Connection ④ Mogura no Oasobi]]'' (lost)
-* ''[[Kinetic Connection ① Nei Second]]''
+* ''[[Kinetic Connection ⑤ Lightning Nei]]'' (lost)
-* ''[[Kinetic Connection ② O Hanaba Take]]''
+* ''[[Pyramid Magic Sōshuuhen]]'' (lost)
-* ''[[Kinetic Connection ③ Shirogane Wa Warau Yo]]''
+* ''[[Taiketsu! Columns]]'' (lost)
-* ''[[Kinetic Connection ④ Mogura No O Asobi]]''
+}}
-* ''[[Kinetic Connection ⑤ Lightning Nei]]''
-* ''[[Kiss Shot]]''
-* ''[[Medal City]]''
-* ''[[MegaMind]]''
-* ''[[Paddle Fighter]]''
-* ''[[Phantasy Star II: Amia's Adventure]]''
-* ''[[Phantasy Star II: Anne's Adventure]]''
-* ''[[Phantasy Star II: Huey's Adventure]]''
-* ''[[Phantasy Star II: Kinds's Adventure]]''
-* ''[[Phantasy Star II: Nei's Adventure]]''
-* ''[[Phantasy Star II: Rudger's Adventure]]''
-* ''[[Phantasy Star II: Shilka's Adventure]]''
-* ''[[Phantasy Star II: Yushis's Adventure]]''
-* ''[[Putter Golf]]''
-* ''[[Pyramid Magic]]''
-* ''[[Pyramid Magic II]]''
-* ''[[Pyramid Magic III]]''
-* ''[[Pyramid Magic Editor]]''
-* ''[[Pyramid Magic Sōshūhen]]''
-* ''[[Pyramid Magic Special]]''
-* ''[[Pyramid Magic Yokokuhen]]''
-* ''[[Riddle Wired]]''
-* ''[[Robot Battler]]''
-* ''[[Sega Music Collection|Sega Music Collection: Bonanza Brothers]]''
-* ''[[Sega Music Collection|Sega Music Collection: Phantasy Star Ⅲ]]''
-* ''[[Sega Music Collection|Sega Music Collection: Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
-* ''[[Sega Net News]]''
-* ''[[Sonic Eraser]]''
-===Arcade ports (not incluing games with physical release overseas)===
+==Production credits==
-* ''[[Teddy Boy Blues]]''
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Production credits}}
-* ''[[Taiketsu! Columns]]''
-===Also released in physical media===
-* ''[[Columns]]''
-* ''[[Shi no Meikyuu: Labyrinth of Death]]''
-* ''[[Flicky]]''
-}}
 ==Magazine articles==
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 ==Technical information==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
 ===ROM dump status===
 {{romtable|
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+{{SegaGameToshokanOmni}}
 [[Category:Meganet games]]
 [[Category:Game Toshokan games| ]]
+[[Category:Online services]]