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'''Mil-CD''' was a compact disc storage format created by [[Sega]] in 1998 to add multimedia features to normal CDs for use on the [[Sega Dreamcast]]. The extent that Mil-CD was used is unknown, however as code was not authenticated, [http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/threads/26670-History-of-Dreamcast-Hombrew-%28retrorevival-co-uk%29 it allowed hackers to run their own code on the Dreamcast], opening the way to [[:Category:Unlicensed Dreamcast games|homebrew games]] and demos from the Dreamcast's early years. | '''Mil-CD''' was a compact disc storage format created by [[Sega]] in 1998 to add multimedia features to normal CDs for use on the [[Sega Dreamcast]]. The extent that Mil-CD was used is unknown, however as code was not authenticated, [http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/threads/26670-History-of-Dreamcast-Hombrew-%28retrorevival-co-uk%29 it allowed hackers to run their own code on the Dreamcast], opening the way to [[:Category:Unlicensed Dreamcast games|homebrew games]] and demos from the Dreamcast's early years. | ||
| + | Later models of the Dreamcast in North America and Europe are said to lack Mil-CD support. | ||
==Known Discs== | ==Known Discs== | ||
:''note: this list may be incomplete'' | :''note: this list may be incomplete'' | ||
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Mil-CD was a compact disc storage format created by Sega in 1998 to add multimedia features to normal CDs for use on the Sega Dreamcast. The extent that Mil-CD was used is unknown, however as code was not authenticated, it allowed hackers to run their own code on the Dreamcast, opening the way to homebrew games and demos from the Dreamcast's early years.
Later models of the Dreamcast in North America and Europe are said to lack Mil-CD support.
Known Discs
- note: this list may be incomplete
- Space Channel 5 MIL-CD (1999)
- Kita e. White Illumination: Pure Songs and Picture
A soundtrack and character art/profile CD for Hudson/Red's Dreamcast game Kita e. White Illumination released by an unknown company presumably on 25 June 1999. - Heartbreak Diary
a CD single by Japanese pop group dps. Supposedly released by an unknown company on 22 July 1999. It is also believed (same source) that the song Heartbreak Diary was used to promote the Mil-CD format in Japan.