PC content

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640x480 wallpaper which is found on the game disc for NiGHTS into Dreams.

PC content refers to content that can be found by inserting the disc of a CD-ROM-based Sega game into a Windows PC or Macintosh, which can range from artwork to hidden messages from the developers for users curious of what would happen if they were to insert the game disc into a home computer.

Description

When a game disc is inserted into the CD drive of a home computer, the user will commonly find the extra content either on the root directory of the disc or contained inside folders (such as "OMAKE"). In the case with Dreamcast games, PC content is stored on the PC-readable portion of the GD-ROM disc. In most cases this extra content can be various artwork pieces, or wallpaper to decorate the user's desktop background with in various sizes and colour depths. In some cases, the extra content may be text files or word processing documents containing various messages from the developers such as greetings, commentary or copyright notices.

The practice of including PC content in games became more common by the mid-1990s as the rising adoption rate of home computers running Windows or Mac OS at time meant more console owners are expected to have a computer. As such, this type of content is primarily found in Saturn and Dreamcast games, and very few Mega-CD games contain such content.

Games with PC content

Mega-CD

Saturn

Dreamcast

References

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