Sega Channel

For the Asian version, see Sega Channel (Asia).

Sega Channel
Made for: Sega Mega Drive
Manufacturer: Sega, Scientific Atlanta, General Instrument
Licensor: STT Video Partners
Type: Network tool
Release Date RRP Code US 1994-06-01 DE 1996-12 NL 1996-11-06 UK 1996-07-01 CA 1995-12 AR 1996-10

Sega Channel was a project developed for the Sega Mega Drive video game console, allowing the streaming of digital content through cable television (CATV). Rather than purchase individual video games physically, the Sega Channel would see customers pay a monthly subscription fee, allow them to stream games directly to their home.

While a similar attempt at such a service had been tried with the Intellivision some years prior, the Sega Channel is seen as the first successful venture for home console video games, particularly in North America where broadcasts spanned a four year period between 1994 and 1998. Attempts across the world to bring the Sega Channel to consumers; this iteration was primarily seen across the Western world, while slightly different Sega Channel service was offered in Asia.

System

While the specifics varied by country, the fundementals of the Sega Channel are the same across the world; customers would sign up with a cable television package which offered a Sega Channel stream, and use a special adapter to allow the Mega Drive console decode the Sega Channel television signal. Adapters were primarily available through mail order, though some were given to customers who had just signed up with a compatible TV package as part of their subscription deal. They could also be purchased from headends or offices of participating cable companies.

Adapters came in several shapes and sizes but share the same basic design; they are to be placed within the Mega Drive's cartridge slot and then linked to the cable television box via an RF connector. Adapters also require their own external power supply, and depending on the model, came with plastic spacers to make sure the unit can fit comfortably in both the original Mega Drive/Genesis and Mega Drive/Genesis II consoles. Unlike other add-ons for the system, such as the Sega Mega-CD, Sega 32X (or even the earlier Mega Modem), the Sega Channel adapter only requires the cartridge slot to function, meaning it is theoretically compatible with any device with a Mega Drive cartridge slot.

Diagram of the delivery system (US).

The Sega Channel service differed from other television channels as there was nothing to "watch". Instead, digital data would be broadcast through the cable provider and received by the Sega Channel adapter, which in turn would attempt to convert it into program code. Much like an ordinary television channel, the user had no means of determining what was broadcast; while the contents were transmitted on a loop, the adapter is often forced to "wait" until it got access to the data it required.

This system is very similar to closed captioning or Teletext, just with all of the transmission being reserved for digital data, rather than the small areas between the frames of the image.

Several signals were involved during the broadcast of Sega Channel; one to broadcast menus (which was on continuously) and another to broadcast individual games and content. This second signal would cycle through content individually, leading to potential thirty seconds wait times until the correct piece of content was being broadcast. If the broadcast matched with the request from the adapter, the program would be downloaded and stored in the unit's RAM. Nothing was saved permanently; if the user turned off the device all saved data would be lost, tough a soft reset of the console was still a possibility.

As a radically different system to a standard cable channel, extra precautions would need to be taken by the cable operators before broadcasting. At the time, all cable services were analogue and would therefore pick up noise, potentially disrupting transmissions. The signal would therefore need to be cleaned by the providers as much as possible. Sega's assistance in these matters meant that despite being a gaming company, they had a major influence in the cable television infrastructure across the world.

Distortion, however, was unavoidable in many cases and so downloads would often fail (bearing in mind that some games were 4MB in size). The solution was simply to reset the console and try again. Typically a broadcast would loop indefinitely for about a month, after which it was swapped out for a different broadcast with new menus and games. This allowed the Sega Channel to constantly evolve; on occasion, Sega would update the software mid-month to accommodate competitions or special one-day broadcasts (such as allowing full access to the newly released Primal Rage for 24 hours).

Some accessories are said to have caused trouble with the Sega Channel adapter, namely the Konami Justifier.

History

Development

Pacific SoftScape, a development company best known for having previously created X-Men, was chosen by Sega of America to develop the software used for the North American release of the Sega Channel, with company programmer Dave Castelnuovo creating the BIOS used in the system's physical adapters. During this early stage of development, the service was known under the working title of the Sega Network.

“	The producer first approached me when I was still on staff at SOA. I composed an initial set of songs in GEMS for the Genesis. After I had left SOA and moved back to Santa Monica, they contracted me to do a few more and finish the initial interface and intro screens. I think most of the versions were about 90% my music from what I can tell from Youtube!	„
— David Javelosa

Early Sega Channel logo created by Alan Brooks and drawn by Alan Murphy.

Many of the service's themes were composed by Sega of America audio director David Javelosa. One of the menu themes, "The Dungeon/Wings N Wheels", was originally composed for Ecco: The Tides of Time, but ended up being reused for the Sega Channel instead. Another Javelosa-created menu theme, "Think Tank/The Arcade", was originally written as a 1993 composition titled "Loving U Remix" (originally by Javelosa's band Los Microwaves for their 1981 LP Life After Breakfast), and was later released on the artist's self-published 1999 album More Music For Teenage Sex. Some music was also composed by John Baker, who had supplied the music for ToeJam & Earl. The earlier Sega Channel menus share a similar aesthetic with that game as well.

Later, the service changed working titles from Sega Network to SegaTV or Sega TV, with references to this name found in a 2000 legal filing regarding Time Warner affiliates, unused error strings in Sega Channel (Demo Cartridge 4), in official Sega 32X documentation files and even an early logo found in the portfolio of artist Alan Murphy. The change to its final name of Sega Channel would not occur until fairly late in the development process.

STT Video Partners, the joint venture which owned and managed the Sega Channel, reached out to New York-based design firm Alan Brooks Design to create the service's famous logo. Alan Brooks would come up with a striking design consisting of an angular human figure holding a television and Mega Drive Control Pad - a well-received piece of iconography which eventually gained both a name (Sega Pat) and a status as the Sega Channel's fondly-remembered mascot.

Pre-release and testing

The Sega Channel was primarily envisioned for the North American audience due to relatively widespread cable adoption and the strong positioning of Sega of America at the time. The service was initially announced in April 1993, as a joint venture between Sega, Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) and Time Warner Cable, with the support of Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation (SNET). At the time, TCI was the largest television cable provider in the United States, and Time Warner was the second largest, each boasting millions of customers and extensive overseas tele-communications businesses.

Initial plans were to get the Sega Channel service running by early 1994, though a series of delays saw it pushed back several months. Initial testing of the service actually took place in Japan, where it was trialed among 500 Japanese homes during the first few months of 1994. Manufacturers Scientific-Atlanta finally shipped some US headends in April before demonstrating the system at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association show of 1994. On Sega's end, the firm announced and demonstrated the Sega Channel at Summer CES 1993 in early June.

Trials covering 5,000 North American customers in twelve US test markets began on June 6th with Capitol Cablevision (Charleston, South Carolina), and continuing with TCI Cablevision of Texas Inc. (Beaumont, Texas); TCI of New York Inc. (Buffalo, New York); Cablevision of Gastonia (North Carolina); TCI Cablevision of Wyoming Inc. (Cheyenne, Wyoming); TCI Cablevision of Mid-Michigan Inc. (East Lansing, Michigan); TCI Cablevision of Alabama Inc. (Hoover, Alabama); Time Warner Cable (Nashua, New Hampshire); TCI Cablevision of Oregon Inc. (Portland, Oregon); Warner Cable of Reston (Virginia); American Cablevision (St. Louis, Missouri); and TCI Cablevision of Walnut Creek (California).

Reaction was positive and a planned national rollout was put in place for December.

Also planned was an agreement with the Californian-based Interactive Network Inc., allowing Sega Channel users to submit high scores to a central database through a telephone line. The status of the planned pilot scheme is not currently clear.

Release

United States

The US service was the biggest and most actively maintained of all the Sega Channels, being available to one third of the US population and peaking at around 250,000 subscribers. At the time, new, boxed Mega Drive/Genesis games were retailing for roughly $60, and one or two day rental charges were averaging around $4 across the country. A survey conducted by Sports Illustrated for Kids in 1995 even suggested the younger demographic were five times more likely to want Sega Channel over a new console.

Test markets aside, the Sega Channel officially launched in the US on December 12th 1994 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with NHL star Mario Lemieux present at a promotional event. At the time, the service was being offered for $12.95 a month with a one-off $25 activation fee, with over fifty games were available at any one time, and the contents changing on a monthly basis. Adapters were manufactured by Scientific-Atlanta and General Instrument (two of the largest manufacturers of cable TV equipment) and were meant to be returned to the cable company upon cancellation of the service.

Rollouts continued across 1995, with Suburban Cable of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania broadcasting the service beginning that March and Seattle, Washington in April.

Three more cable companies, Continental Cablevision (soon after renamed to MediaOne), Adelphia (which went bellyup in 2002 after an accounting scandal) and Cox Cable started offering the Sega Channel in early 1996, giving access to a further 8 million potential consumers.

A "wireless" version of the service was displayed in July 1996 at the WCA Show in Denver, Colorado, becoming the standard later in the year. Some plans, however seemingly failed to materialize, such as the rollout of special headsets, 3D glasses and a sharing of technologies with Catapult's XBAND project.

A TCI Sega Channel billboard located in Provo, Utah.

Beginning January 17th, 1997, the schedules began to be changed fortnightly, with the service offering 70 games a month (working out as 35 games every two weeks, i.e. technically less choice).

The US is the only region thought to have had a purely automated service, albeit not country-wide. From a central office in Denver, Colorado (where TCI was headquartered), the channel was transmitted to the Galaxy 7 satellite, and then relayed back down to cable operators across the country. Other regions saw Sega physically send out compact discs to operators. Following a series of failures starting in June 1998, the Galaxy 7 satellite spun out of geostationary orbit in November 2000, and is now drifting across space.

As well as downloadable versions of full games, Sega of America offered "Test Drives"; demo versions of upcoming or recently released games, either with features disabled or strict time limits on play. It also ran several promotions through the service for Triple Play 96, Primal Rage, Earthworm Jim 2 and Mortal Kombat 3. Sega of America were also keen to offer video game news and tips through the Sega Channel, and occasionally showcased subscriber artwork.

Also offered were "Express Games": an additional option where for $2.95, upcoming and newly released titles were available to rent for 48 hours (although technically the rental period only lasted until midnight the following day). These were generally games which had appeared as Test Drives the previous month, and as with other retail titles would not appear on the standard service until at least 90 days after retail release. Express Games first appeared in certain US test markets in July of 1995 with The Adventures of Batman and Robin, and continued through a limited number of US cable operators into 1996, before seemingly being quietly withdrawn.

The US Sega Channel is also notable for its "exclusive" games which have not been seen since broadcast. Such titles include Ocean Software's The Flintstones movie tie-in, Garfield: The Lost Levels, a Mega Drive version of The Chessmaster and the Sega Channel-branded Klondike. Several others were not released physically in the US, such as Donald in Maui Mallard, Mega Man: The Wily Wars and Nightmare Circus, European games Battle Frenzy, Hurricanes, Mr. Nutz and Power Drive, and Japanese imports Alien Soldier, Golden Axe III and Pulseman.

The Sega Channel lasted until June 30th 1998 before being closed down for good. Sega of America did look into a Sega Saturn-compatible variant but the plan never materialized.

List of games

• 688 Attack Sub (?)
• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (?)
• Addams Family Values (?)
• The Adventures of Batman & Robin (?)
• Aero the Acro-Bat (1994)
• Aerobiz Supersonic (?)
• After Burner II (1994)
• Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (1994)
• Alien Soldier (1996)
• Alien Storm (1994)
• Altered Beast (1994)
• Animaniacs (?)
• Arcus Odyssey (No results?)
• Ariel the Little Mermaid (?)
• Arrow Flash (?)
• Art Alive! (1994)
• Art of Fighting (?)
• Astérix and the Great Rescue (?)
• ATP Tour Championship Tennis (?)
• Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt! (?)
• B.O.B. (?)
• Ballz 3D (?)
• Barbie Super Model (1994)
• Barkley Shut Up and Jam 2 (?)
• Barkley Shut Up and Jam! (1994)
• Barney's Hide & Seek Game (1994)
• Bass Masters Classic (?)
• Bass Masters Classic: Pro Edition (?)
• Batman Returns (?)
• Battletech: A Game of Armored Combat (1994)
• Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest (No results?)
• Beavis and Butt-Head (?)
• The Berenstain Bears' Camping Adventure (1994)
• Best of the Best: Championship Karate (1994)
• Bio-Hazard Battle (1994)
• Blades of Vengeance (?)
• Bloodshot (No results?)
• Body Count (?)
• Bonanza Bros. (?)
• Bonkers (?)
• Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure (?)
• Boxing Legends of The Ring (?)
• BreakThru! (1996)
• Brett Hull Hockey '95 (?)
• Brutal: Paws of Fury (No results?)
• Bubba 'N' Stix (?)
• Bubble and Squeak (1994)
• Bubsy II (?)
• Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (?)
• Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble (?)
• Cadash (?)
• California Games (?)
• Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (No results?)
• Castlevania: Bloodlines (1994)
• Chakan (?)
• Championship Pool (?)
• Championship Pro-Am (1994)
• Chase H.Q. II (?)
• The Chessmaster (1996)
• Chiki Chiki Boys (?)
• Chuck Rock (?)
• ClayFighter (?)
• Clue (?)
• Coach K College Basketball (?)
• College Football's National Championship (?)
• College Football's National Championship II (?)
• Columns (1994)
• Combat Cars (1994)
• Comix Zone (?)
• Contra: Hard Corps (?)
• Crack Down (?)
• Crystal's Pony Tale (1994)
• Cyborg Justice (?)
• David Crane's Amazing Tennis (?)
• David Robinson's Supreme Court (1994)
• Decap Attack (?)
• Desert Demolition Starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote (?)
• Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (?)
• Dick Tracy (?)
• Dino Land (?)
• Dinosaurs for Hire (1994)
• Disney's Aladdin (?)
• Donald in Maui Mallard (?)
• Doom Troopers (?)
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1994)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun (1994)
• Dynamite Headdy (1994)
• Earthworm Jim (1994)
• Earthworm Jim 2 (?)
• Earthworm Jim VideoHints 1 (1995)
• Earthworm Jim VideoHints 2 (1995)
• Ecco Jr. (?)
• Ecco the Dolphin (1994)
• Ecco: The Tides of Time (?)
• El Viento (?)
• ESPN Baseball Tonight (1994)
• ESWAT: City Under Siege (?)
• Eternal Champions (?)
• Ex-Mutants (1994)
• Exile (?)
• ExoSquad (?)
• F-15 Strike Eagle II (?)
• Fatal Fury (1994)
• Fatal Labyrinth (1994)
• Fever Pitch Soccer (?)
• FIFA International Soccer (No results?)
• FIFA Soccer 95 (?)
• Final Zone (?)
• Flashback (?)
• Flicky (?)
• The Flintstones (1996)
• Forgotten Worlds (?)
• Fun 'n' Games (1994)
• G-LOC: Air Battle (?)
• Galaxy Force II (?)
• Garfield: Caught in the Act (?)
• Garfield: The Lost Levels (1996)
• Gargoyles (?)
• Garry Kitchen's Super Battletank: War in the Gulf (?)
• General Chaos (?)
• Generations Lost (?)
• Ghouls'n Ghosts (1994)
• Gods (?)
• Golden Axe (1994)
• Golden Axe II (1994)
• Golden Axe III (1996)
• Granada (?)
• The Great Waldo Search (?)
• Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! (1994)
• Growl (?)
• Gunstar Heroes (1994)
• Hard Drivin' (?)
• Heavy Nova (?)
• Home Alone (?)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (?)
• The Humans (1994)
• Hurricanes (?)
• Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition (1994)
• IMG International Tour Tennis (No results?)
• The Incredible Hulk (No results?)
• International Rugby (?)
• Iron Hammer (1996)
• Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings (?)
• James "Buster" Douglas Knockout Boxing (No results?)
• Jeopardy! (?)
• Jeopardy! Deluxe Edition (?)
• Jeopardy! Sports Edition (?)
• Jewel Master (?)
• Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football (1994)
• Junction (?)
• The Jungle Book (1994)
• Jungle Strike (No results?)
• Jurassic Park (?)
• Kawasaki Superbike Challenge (?)
• Kid Chameleon (1994)
• Klax (?)
• Klondike (1996)
• Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (1994)
• Last Battle (?)
• Lethal Enforcers (No results?)
• Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (?)
• Light Crusader (?)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (?)
• M-1 Abrams Battle Tank (?)
• Mario Andretti Racing (1994)
• Mario Lemieux Hockey (1994)
• Marko's Magic Football (?)
• Marsupilami (?)
• Math Blaster: Episode 1 (?)
• Mega Bomberman (?)
• Mega Man: The Wily Wars (1994)
• Mega Turrican (1994)
• Mercs (?)
• Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994)
• MiG-29 Fighter Pilot (?)
• Monopoly (?)
• Mortal Kombat (1994)
• Mortal Kombat 3 (?)
• Mr. Nutz (1995)
• Mutant League Football (No results?)
• Mutant League Hockey (?)
• Mystic Defender (1994)
• NCAA Final Four Basketball (?)
• NCAA Football (?)
• NHL All-Star Hockey '95 (?)
• Nightmare Circus (1996)
• Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama (?)
• Olympic Summer Games (?)
• Olympic Summer Games: Test Drive (1996)
• The Ooze (?)
• Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45 (?)
• OutRun (?)
• OutRun 2019 (No results?)
• OutRunners (?)
• Ozone Kid (No results?)
• Paperboy 2 (?)
• Pebble Beach Golf Links (?)
• Pelé II: World Tournament Soccer (No results?)
• Pelé! (1994)
• PGA European Tour (No results?)
• PGA Tour Golf (No results?)
• PGA Tour Golf II (No results?)
• PGA Tour Golf III (?)
• Phantasy Star II (1994)
• Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (1994)
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (?)
• Pink Goes to Hollywood (1994)
• Pinocchio (?)
• Pirates! Gold (1996)
• Pit-Fighter (?)
• Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (?)
• Power Drive (1994)
• Power Monger (?)
• Primal Rage (?)
• Prince of Persia (1994)
• Pulseman (1995)
• The Punisher (?)
• QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (?)
• Race Drivin' (?)
• Ranger-X (1994)
• Rastan Saga II (?)
• Red Zone (?)
• The Revenge of Shinobi (1994)
• Richard Scarry's Busytown (?)
• Rings of Power (?)
• Risk (?)
• Ristar (?)
• Road Rash (?)
• Road Rash 3: Tour De Force (?)
• Road Rash II (?)
• RoboCop Versus The Terminator (1994)
• Rocket Knight Adventures (1994)
• Rolo to the Rescue (?)
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny (1994)
• Rugby World Cup 1995 (?)
• Saint Sword (?)
• SeaQuest DSV (?)
• Sesame Street Counting Cafe (?)
• Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (?)
• Shadowrun (1994)
• Shaq Fu (?)
• Shining Force (1994)
• Shining Force II (1994)
• Shining in the Darkness (1994)
• Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (No results?)
• Side Pocket (1994)
• Skeleton Krew (?)
• Skitchin' (?)
• Sonic & Knuckles (1994)
• Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (?)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (1994)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (?)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (?)
• Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (1994)
• Space Harrier II (1994)
• Space Invaders 90 (?)
• Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (?)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past (?)
• The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light (No results?)
• Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition (?)
• Streets of Rage (1994)
• Streets of Rage 2 (?)
• Streets of Rage 3 (1994)
• Strider (?)
• Strider II (?)
• Sub-Terrania (1994)
• Sunset Riders (?)
• Super Battleship: The Classic Naval Combat Game (?)
• Super Hang-On (1994)
• Super League (1994)
• Super Monaco GP (1994)
• Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (1994)
• Super Thunder Blade (No results?)
• Super Volley Ball (?)
• Sword of Vermilion (1994)
• TaleSpin (?)
• Taz in Escape from Mars (?)
• Taz-Mania (?)
• TechnoClash (?)
• Theme Park (?)
• Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1994)
• Thunder Fox (?)
• Time Killers (?)
• Tinhead (?)
• Tiny Toon Adventures: ACME All-Stars (?)
• Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure (1994)
• ToeJam & Earl (?)
• ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (?)
• Traysia (?)
• Triple Play 96 (?)
• Ultimate Qix (1994)
• Unnecessary Roughness '95 (?)
• Urban Strike (?)
• Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (?)
• Vectorman (?)
• Virtua Fighter 2 (?)
• VR Troopers (?)
• Wacky Worlds (1994)
• Warrior of Rome (?)
• Warrior of Rome II (?)
• Waterworld (1996)
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (?)
• Whip Rush (No results?)
• Will Harvey Presents The Immortal (?)
• Wimbledon Championship Tennis (?)
• Winter Olympics (?)
• Wiz 'n' Liz (1994)
• World Championship Soccer II (1994)
• World Cup Soccer (?)
• World Heroes (?)
• World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (No results?)
• World Series Baseball (?)
• WWF Royal Rumble (1994)
• X-Men (?)
• X-Men 2: Clone Wars (?)
• Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (?)
• Zombies Ate My Neighbors (No results?)
• Zool (1994)
• Zoop (?)

• Berenstain Bears' Pico
• Comix Zone Page 2
• Double Dribble: Championship Edition
• EWJ Race
• Gotron
• Mortal Kombat 3 (T.D.)
• Primal Rage Test Drive
• Primal Showdown
• Super Street Fighter II (Limited Edition)
• Triple Play '96 (Limited Edition)
• World Series Baseball '96 L.E.

Schedule

In the US, the Sega Channel service updated monthly from July 1994 until 1997, and then fortnightly from January 17th until July 31st 1998.

• 1994-07-18
• 1994-08-17
• 1994-09-17
• 1994-12-01
• 1995-01-01
• 1995-02-01
• 1995-03-01
• 1995-04-01
• 1995-05-01
• 1995-06-01
• 1995-07-01
• 1995-08-01
• 1995-09-01
• 1995-10-01
• 1995-11-01
• 1995-12-01
• 1996-01-01
• 1996-02-01
• 1996-03-01
• 1996-04-01
• 1996-05-01
• 1996-06-01
• 1996-07-01
• 1996-08-01
• 1996-09-01
• 1996-10-01
• 1996-11-01
• 1996-12-01
• 1997-01-01
• 1997-01-17
• 1997-01-31
• 1997-02-14
• 1997-02-28
• 1997-03-14
• 1997-03-28
• 1997-04-11
• 1997-04-25
• 1997-05-09
• 1997-05-23
• 1997-06-06
• 1997-06-20
• 1997-07-04
• 1997-07-18
• 1997-08-01
• 1997-08-15
• 1997-08-29
• Airplane menu
• Easter Island menu
• Ocean menu
• Taj Mahal menu

Canada

After the US, the second region to see a version of the Sega Channel was Canada. In September of 1995, Canadian firms Shaw Communications and Rogers Cablesystems announced the formation of a 50%-50% joint venture to distribute the Sega Channel in Canada, in the form of a company founded as SC Interactive Video. Greater Vancouver was the first to receive the Sega Channel in December 1995 via Rogers, with the service gradually rolling out across the rest of Canada via both Rogers and Shaw throughout 1996.

The service was offered at a rate of $19.95 a month, and was similar to the US variant, also including 50 games a month. One difference to the US version was a requirement of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for there to be a minimum of 10% Canadian content. The Sega Channel of Canada planned to spend in excess of a million dollars on the development of more Canadian designed games for the Sega Channel in order to meet this quota, although in reality the quota was generally met by including multiple annual variants of EA Canada's sports titles such as FIFA.

In March 1997 Shaw Communcations acquired SC Interactive Video in full, becoming solely responsible for the distribution of the service, which at the time was available in 10,000 Canadian homes.

List of games

• The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995)
• Arcus Odyssey (No results?)
• Batman Returns (1995)
• Crystal's Pony Tale (1995)
• Doom Troopers (1995)
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1995)
• Earthworm Jim 2 (1995)
• Ecco: The Tides of Time (1995)
• FIFA International Soccer (No results?)
• FIFA Soccer 95 (1995)
• Flashback (1995)
• Flicky (1995)
• Garfield: Caught in the Act (1995)
• Ghouls'n Ghosts (1995)
• Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! (1995)
• IMG International Tour Tennis (No results?)
• Jeopardy! Sports Edition (1995)
• Kawasaki Superbike Challenge (1995)
• Marko's Magic Football (1995)
• MiG-29 Fighter Pilot (1995)
• Mutant League Hockey (No results?)
• Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama (1995)
• Paperboy 2 (1995)
• Pelé! (1995)
• PGA Tour Golf II (No results?)
• Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (No results?)
• Pit-Fighter (1995)
• The Punisher (1995)
• Ranger-X (1995)
• Ristar (1995)
• Rocket Knight Adventures (1995)
• Shining Force (1995)
• Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (No results?)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1995)
• Space Harrier II (1995)
• The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light (No results?)
• Super Thunder Blade (No results?)
• Taz in Escape from Mars (1995)
• Theme Park (1995)
• Tiny Toon Adventures: ACME All-Stars (1995)
• Unnecessary Roughness '95 (1995)
• Urban Strike (1995)
• Vectorman (1995)
• Wacky Worlds (1995)
• World Cup Soccer (1995)
• Zombies Ate My Neighbors (No results?)

Europe

In January of 1996 Tele-Communications International Inc., the global branch of the US TCI, obtained the rights to distribute and market the channel in Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Malta, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. A month later TCII put forward plans to commence distribution arrangements in western Europe immediately, expecting to involve its program distribution ventures, Flextech in the UK and Multithematiques in France, as well as other organizations, in bringing Sega Channel to new markets. By the time of the UK launch in June 1996, TCI announced that they had signed agreements with Deutsche Telekom in Germany, Eneco in The Netherlands, and Telenor in Norway.

The service was set to be available in four languages: English, French, German and Spanish, though it is suspected only an English service was broadcast to Western Europe (which is to say, Australasia and Israel never received Sega Channels), and while plans were put in place to offer a direct-to-home satellite service, this also never came to fruition.

This version of the Sega Channel only offered 25 games per month, with the contents shared across Europe. It is not thought any games were made exclusive to the European service, however several US titles that did not see physical releases in Europe were made available.

On the whole, the European Sega Channel is not thought to have been widely experienced, owing to a then-rapidly declining 16-bit market (noting that by mid-1996, the 32-bit Sega Saturn and PlayStation consoles had already been on the market six months), and less developed cable television networks than the US and Canada. For the countries that could receive the Sega Channel, none are thought to have been able to offer the service nationwide.

Nevertheless, TCI was said to be "happy" with the European Sega Channel's performance in 1996, though that didn't stop the service from disappearing in the following year.

United Kingdom

See also: Sega Channel EU schedule.

Sonic, Knuckles and Andi Peters at the UK Sega Channel launch.

The United Kingdom was the first region of Europe to receive the Sega Channel, where it was provided by Flextech (part owned by Tele-Communications International) who invested £1 million into the project. The UK market was seen to be the biggest in Europe (with one million Mega Drive consoles purchased at the time), seeing a staggered release of the Sega Channel across the Telewest cable network during 1996.

Sega Channel was officially "launched" in London on the 19th of June 1996, though it is not thought to have come into service until July 1st, where it debuted with tests in Telewest's "South East" franchise (Maidstone, Gravesend, Basildon, Chelmsford). The channel then launched in the North East franchise (Gateshead, South Tyneside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside) on the 1st of September, and the North West franchise (Liverpool, Knowsley, St Helens, Wigan, Blackpool) on the 1st of October. The subscription fee was £10 a month.

The Telewest network in the UK, circa 1997. The South East, North East and North West franchises received the Sega Channel, but availablity for rest is unknown.

Sega Channel's North West launch was celebrated at Camelot Theme Park in Chorley, Lancashire on 5th October, coincided with one of events of local radio station Red Rose Rock FM's 1996 roadshow.

The Netherlands

The Sega Channel was announced to start in June 1995 for ƒ35 a month but did not began broadcasting until November 6, 1996. The service was provided by Eneco, beginning in the Rotterdam area, with Dordrecht and Schiedam planned for early 1997.

Eneco estimated that 20,000 Mega Drive owners would be covered by the service, but only 50 signed up in the first month, starting a trend of poor sales. Despite this, there was no plans to close the channel as long as the operator was provided with CDs, and so it continued throughout 1997, closing at the end of 1997, the same time as the other European Sega Channel services were axed. At the time of closure the service was still limited to Rotterdam, with the planned expansions never occurring.

Customers had to deposit ƒ399 to cover modem and set-up fees, and were charged ƒ20 to use the service.

Germany

In Germany the service was launched as a test service in Kaiserslautern by Deutsche Telekom in late 1996. Whilst still running in October 1997 it was still limited to it's Kaiserslautern test, and was presumably discontinued at the end of 1997 with the rest of the international service.

Customers were charged a DM80 set-up fee and a DM28 monthly cost.

Others

Several other cable providers had plans to relay this version of Sega Channel in their respective countries, but it not known if any version actually launched:

Australia

Plans were reportedly put in place Austar and Galaxy to distribute the Sega Channel, though it is not thought anything happened. Galaxy went bankrupt in 1998.

Finland

In 1997, ION Finland, Sega's official distributor, announced that the Sega Channel would be available that year

France

TCI originally said that they planned to involve Multithematiques in a French Sega Channel service, although this doesn't appear to have happened.

Ireland

Cablelink (now known as NTL) claimed they would launch the Sega Channel in Ireland from October 1996.

Norway

Along with the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands, Telenor was announced as the supplier for Norway.

List of games

• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1996)
• Aerobiz Supersonic (?)
• Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (?)
• Alien Soldier (1996)
• Alien Storm (1996)
• Arcade Classics (1996)
• Arcus Odyssey (No results?)
• Art Alive! (?)
• Art of Fighting (?)
• ATP Tour Championship Tennis (1996)
• Ballz 3D (?)
• Barkley Shut Up and Jam! (?)
• Barney's Hide & Seek Game (1996)
• Bass Masters Classic (1996)
• Batman Returns (1996)
• Battletech: A Game of Armored Combat (?)
• Beavis and Butt-Head (?)
• The Berenstain Bears' Camping Adventure (1996)
• Best of the Best: Championship Karate (?)
• Bio-Hazard Battle (?)
• Body Count (?)
• Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure (?)
• Brutal: Paws of Fury (No results?)
• Bubsy II (?)
• Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble (?)
• Cadash (?)
• California Games (1996)
• Championship Pool (?)
• Chase H.Q. II (?)
• The Chessmaster (1996)
• Chiki Chiki Boys (?)
• Chuck Rock (1996)
• Clue (?)
• Columns (?)
• Comix Zone (1996)
• Crack Down (?)
• Crystal's Pony Tale (1996)
• Cyborg Justice (?)
• David Crane's Amazing Tennis (?)
• David Robinson's Supreme Court (?)
• Decap Attack (?)
• Dino Land (?)
• Dinosaurs for Hire (1996)
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1996)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun (1996)
• Dynamite Duke (?)
• Dynamite Headdy (?)
• Earthworm Jim (1996)
• Earthworm Jim 2 (?)
• Ecco Jr. (1996)
• Ecco the Dolphin (?)
• Ecco: The Tides of Time (?)
• Ex-Mutants (?)
• Fever Pitch Soccer (?)
• Final Zone (?)
• Flicky (1996)
• Forgotten Worlds (1996)
• G-LOC: Air Battle (1996)
• Gain Ground (?)
• Galaxy Force II (?)
• Garfield: Caught in the Act (1996)
• Garfield: The Lost Levels (?)
• Garry Kitchen's Super Battletank: War in the Gulf (?)
• Gemfire (?)
• Ghouls'n Ghosts (1996)
• Golden Axe II (1996)
• Golden Axe III (1996)
• Granada (?)
• Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! (?)
• Growl (?)
• Gunstar Heroes (1996)
• Hard Drivin' (1996)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1996)
• The Humans (?)
• Hurricanes (1996)
• The Incredible Hulk (No results?)
• International Rugby (1996)
• Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings (1996)
• James "Buster" Douglas Knockout Boxing (No results?)
• Junction (?)
• Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (?)
• Kid Chameleon (?)
• Klondike (?)
• Light Crusader (?)
• The Lost Vikings (?)
• Mega Bomberman (?)
• Mercs (?)
• MiG-29 Fighter Pilot (1996)
• Monopoly (1996)
• Mr. Nutz (?)
• NCAA Final Four Basketball (?)
• Nightmare Circus (1997)
• Olympic Summer Games (1996)
• The Ooze (1996)
• OutRun 2019 (No results?)
• Paperboy 2 (?)
• Pelé II: World Tournament Soccer (No results?)
• Phantasy Star II (1996)
• Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (?)
• Power Drive (1996)
• Primal Rage (?)
• Pulseman (1996)
• Ranger-X (1996)
• Rastan Saga II (?)
• Red Zone (?)
• The Revenge of Shinobi (1996)
• Richard Scarry's Busytown (?)
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny (?)
• Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (?)
• Shadowrun (1996)
• Shining Force II (1996)
• Sonic & Knuckles (?)
• Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (No results?)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (1996)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (?)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1996)
• Space Harrier II (1996)
• Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (?)
• The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light (No results?)
• Streets of Rage (1996)
• Streets of Rage 2 (?)
• Streets of Rage 3 (?)
• Strider II (?)
• Striker (1996)
• Super Hang-On (1996)
• Super League (?)
• Super Monaco GP (?)
• Super Thunder Blade (No results?)
• Super Volley Ball (No results?)
• Taz in Escape from Mars (1996)
• Taz-Mania (?)
• ToeJam & Earl (?)
• ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (?)
• Ultimate Qix (?)
• Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (?)
• Vectorman (?)
• Vectorman 2 (?)
• Virtua Fighter 2 (?)
• VR Troopers (?)
• Wacky Worlds (?)
• Whip Rush (No results?)
• World Cup USA 94 (1996)
• Wrestle War (?)
• X-Men (No results?)
• X-Men 2: Clone Wars (?)
• Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (?)
• Zool (?)

• The Adventures of Batman and Robin
• Beast Wrestler
• Jurassic Park
• Shining in the Darkness
• Super Battletank
• Thunder Fox

South America

See also: Sega Channel AR schedule.

South America was the final region to see a Sega Channel service, thought to have been shared between Argentina and Chile. It is assumed the menus were translated into Spanish, with 25 video games offered each month.

Despite having a big presence in Brazil through Sega's distributor, Tec Toy, it is not thought the country received a Sega Channel.

Argentina

Cablevisión TCI launched the Sega Channel on September 1996. The service had a cost of 15 pesos a month, plus 8 pesos for installation expenses, an aditional 50 pesos of deposit, and 100 pesos for the adaptor (67% of the price of a Mega Drive in Argentina, which at that time was sold for 150 pesos). According to Cablevisión TCI, a month after the launching of the service in Argentina, more than 20,000 people asked for information about the service and approximately 2,000 had subscribed to the service, and was also expected that by the end of 1997, two percent of the 465,900 subscribers of Cablevisión TCI would be subscribed to Sega Channel.

Chile

Metrópolis Intercom launched the Sega Channel in Chile on October 17th, 1996. At that time, the coverage of Metropólis Intercom reached the Chilean comunas (communes) of Las Condes, La Reina, Peñalolén, Macul, Ñuñoa, Providencia, Vitacura, Lo Barnechea and a few others, all located in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. There was plans to provide coverage to all Chilean territory, however this goal was never achieved.

List of games

• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1996)
• The Adventures of Batman & Robin (?)
• Alien Storm (?)
• Arcus Odyssey (No results?)
• Ballz 3D (?)
• Bass Masters Classic (?)
• Beast Wrestler (?)
• Championship Pool (?)
• Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck (1996)
• Clue (?)
• Columns (1996)
• Decap Attack (?)
• Earthworm Jim 2 (?)
• Ecco: The Tides of Time (?)
• Flicky (?)
• Garfield: Caught in the Act (1996)
• Gemfire (?)
• Golden Axe III (1996)
• The Humans (?)
• Hurricanes (1996)
• International Rugby (1996)
• Jurassic Park (?)
• Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (1996)
• Mega Bomberman (?)
• MiG-29 Fighter Pilot (1996)
• Monopoly (1996)
• Power Drive (1996)
• Primal Rage (?)
• The Revenge of Shinobi (?)
• Saint Sword (1996)
• Shining in the Darkness (?)
• Sonic & Knuckles (1996)
• Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (No results?)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (?)
• Super League (?)
• Super Thunder Blade (No results?)
• Super Volley Ball (No results?)
• Thunder Fox (?)
• Vectorman 2 (1996)
• Wacky Worlds (?)

Others

Singapore

It was rumored that Singapore CableVision would be distributing Sega Channel from 1995

Thailand

In January 1996 The Sega Channel was said to be about to turn up on the Universal Cable TV (UTV) system in Bangkok. UTV had recently began providing its CATV service in Bangkok Metropolitan Areas in September 1995. The service was offered on its high quality hybrid fiber coaxial network which it began deploying in 1994. Nick Fiore was particularly keen on the prospects in Thailand. Today UTV is part of Thailand's largest Pay TV operator "True Visions".

Demo Cartridges

Early Sega Channel logo, seen in Demo Cartridge #1.

In addition to retail Sega Channel units, a number of prototype "demo cartridges" have also been spotted. As the name suggests, the demo cartridges exist to demonstrate what the Sega Channel service was intending to offer, though none physically connect to the Sega Channel network to download games, and contain little more than menus - no playable content.

As of 2011 four demo cartridges have been identified, three of them have been dumped. The first to be spotted, "Sega Channel Demo Cartridge #6", appeared for sale on eBay in 2009. Later that year, "Sega Channel Demo Cartridge #4" was spotted and purchased by a resident of Lost Levels, who generously lent the cartridge to LocalH to ROM dump. In 2011 two more prototypes were identified, labeled #1 and #2.

The earlier cartridges show a work in-progress Sega Channel in various stages of production, featuring intro sequences, graphics that would be used in the early days of its broadcasting, a simulated downloading sequence, and in the case of cartridge #4, a background/sound test. Looking into the #4 ROM in a hex editor also shows various "SEGATV" error messages, as well as strange code snippets.

In the menus of the Sega Channel Demo #4's "Test Drive" section, you can see a listing for "The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse, Capcom". The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse was not released on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in any region, though did appear on the Super Nintendo.

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Channel/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Television advertisements

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert1.mp4

US TV advert

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert1.mp4

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert2.mp4

US TV advert

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert2.mp4

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert 1994.mp4

US TV advert

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert 1994.mp4

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert Tom.mp4

US TV advert

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert Tom.mp4

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert 1996 1.mp4

US TV advert

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert 1996 1.mp4

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert 1996 2.mp4

US TV advert

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert 1996 2.mp4

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert 1997.mp4

US TV advert

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert 1997.mp4

File:Sega Channel US TVAdvert(Get Hooked In).mp4

US TV advert

File:Sega Channel US TVAdvert(Get Hooked In).mp4

File:Sega Channel US TVAdvert (Stop Just Watching TV).mp4

US TV advert

File:Sega Channel US TVAdvert (Stop Just Watching TV).mp4

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert3.mp4

US TV advert

File:SegaChannel US TVAdvert3.mp4

File:SegaChannel CL TVAdvert 1996.mp4

CL TV advert

File:SegaChannel CL TVAdvert 1996.mp4

AR TV advert

AR TV advert

Print advertisements

US print advert 4

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #23: "February/March 1995" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

• GamePro (US) #68: "March 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #24: "May 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
also published in:

• VideoGames (US) #77: "June 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
• GamePro (US) #73: "August 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Print advert in VideoGames (US) #80: "September 1995" (1995-08-22)
also published in:

• EGM² (US) #15: "September 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #75: "October 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
• VideoGames (US) #82: "November 1995" (1995-10-24)

PDF

US flyer

PDF

US brochure

UK print advert

Outdoor advertisements

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  Provo, Utah billboard

Patents

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  US5239540

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  US5654746

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  US6029046

Merchandise

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  US plastic cup

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  US Watch

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  US Badge (front)

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  US Badge (back)

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  T-shirt (front)

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  T-shirt (detail; front)

Photo gallery

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  US Adaptor (Scientific Atlanta)

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  Sega Genesis II with US Adaptor (Scientific Atlanta)

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  PCB

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  PCB Top

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  PCB Front

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  US Adaptor (Model SGT-3000, General Instrument)

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  One of the CDs used to distribute games (1996-09)

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Sega Channel Server Boards

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  Sega Channel Data Delivery Board Assy 511046 REV002 (3094) Front (Scientific Atlanta)

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  Sega Channel Data Delivery Board Assy 511046 REV002 (3094) Back (Scientific Atlanta)

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  Sega Channel Data Delivery Board Assy 511046 REV002 (3094) Connector (Scientific Atlanta)

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  Sega Channel Data Delivery Board Assy 511046 REV002 (1094) Front (Scientific Atlanta)

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  Sega Channel Data Delivery Board Assy 511046 REV002 (1094) Back (Scientific Atlanta)

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  Sega Channel Data Delivery Board Assy 511046 REV002 (1094) Connector (Scientific Atlanta)

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  Sega Channel Multifunction Cable Interface Board Front (General Instrument)

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  Sega Channel Multifunction Cable Interface Board Back (General Instrument)

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  Sega Channel Multifunction Cable Interface Board RF (General Instrument)

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  Sega Channel Multifunction Cable Interface Board Connector (General Instrument)

Physical scans

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  Sega Channel Applications Document (Scientific Atlanta)

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  Sega Channel Data Delivery System Installation and Operation Manual (Scientific Atlanta)

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  SST-1 Sega Channel Digital Transcoder Installation and Operation Manual (General Instrument)

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  SGS-1 / SCC-1 Sega Game Server and Sega Channel Computer Installation and Operation Manual (General Instrument)

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  Sega Channel Addressable Controller System Computer ACC-4000 Manual (General Instrument)

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  Sega Channel Scientific Atlanta Adaptor Error Messages

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  Sega Channel Summary

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  General Instrument Sega Channel Model SGT-3000 Adaptor Installers Manual

ROM dump status

The maintainers of the Sega Channel would update sections of the service at different points in time. Prototypes that have been recovered usually focus on one section, mostly the "Now Playing" and "Game Guide" areas as these updated more frequently.

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	256kB	1995-04-27	Cartridge (US)	Scientific Atlanta
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	512kB	1995-11-12	Cartridge (US)	General Instrument
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1				Demo Cartridge #1			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	512kB	1994-02-16		Demo Cartridge #4			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-04-26		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-08-02		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-08-22		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-08-28		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-12-11		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-12-04		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-01-11		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1996-01-03		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1996-01-03		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-01-30		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-06-30		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-03-01		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-03-23		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-03-29		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-03-30		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-05-30		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-10-31		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-09-29		Now Playing			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1				Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-08-24		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1996-01-12		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1996-01-18		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1996-01-05		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-07-25		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-07-07		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-06-27		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-03-28		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-03-06		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-05-25		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-05-04		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-11-27		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-11-06		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 20eea0d4 MD5 4b1be2c392d11052e766e0c45877e11f SHA-1 d9490e30a461fbf25a2f1f04c526477c4ac12b7e	71 KiB	1995-11-??	Sega Channel January 1996 dev disc	Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-10-31		Game Guide			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1994-11-17		Game Instructions			Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-07-13		Music			Page

External links

• Archive.org - Archive of the Sega Channel official homepage
• Sega Channel - Technical details on Sega Channel and its game delivery method.
• Sega Channel prototypes at hiddenpalace.org
• Sega Channel BIOS (US) at tcrf.net
• Discussion at gendev.spritesmind.net