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'''''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 Modem]]s starting 1991. 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, all of which came out on the service in 1991.
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{{sub-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 November 3rd 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.
  
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. 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.
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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.{{fileref|Mega_TH_1992-46.pdf|page=5}}
 
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.{{fileref|Mega_TH_1992-46.pdf|page=5}}
 
==Magazine articles==
 
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==List of Titles==
 
==List of Titles==
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===Exclusives===
 
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* ''[[16t]]''
 
* ''[[16t]]''
* ''[[Aworg: Hero In The Sky]]''
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* ''[[Aworg: Hero In The Sky]]'''
* ''[[Columns]]''
 
* ''[[Flicky]]''
 
 
* ''[[Hyper Marbles]]''
 
* ''[[Hyper Marbles]]''
 
* ''[[Ikasuze! Koi no Doki Doki Penguin Land MD]]''
 
* ''[[Ikasuze! Koi no Doki Doki Penguin Land MD]]''
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* ''[[Riddle Wired]]''
 
* ''[[Riddle Wired]]''
 
* ''[[Robot Battler]]''
 
* ''[[Robot Battler]]''
* ''[[Sega Music Collection: Bonanza Brothers]]''
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* ''[[Sega Music Collection|Sega Music Collection: Bonanza Brothers]]''
* ''[[Sega Music Collection: Phantasy Star Ⅲ]]''
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* ''[[Sega Music Collection|Sega Music Collection: Phantasy Star Ⅲ]]''
* ''[[Sega Music Collection: Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
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* ''[[Sega Music Collection|Sega Music Collection: Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
* ''[[Shi no Meikyuu: Labyrinth of Death]]''
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* ''[[Sega Net News]]''
 
* ''[[Sonic Eraser]]''
 
* ''[[Sonic Eraser]]''
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===Arcade ports (not incluing games with physical release overseas)===
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* ''[[Teddy Boy Blues]]''
 
* ''[[Taiketsu! Columns]]''
 
* ''[[Taiketsu! Columns]]''
* ''[[Teddy Boy Blues]]''
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===Also released in physical media===
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* ''[[Columns]]''
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* ''[[Shi no Meikyuu: Labyrinth of Death]]''
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* ''[[Flicky]]''
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==Magazine articles==
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==Promotional material==
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|{{galleryPrintAd|BeepMD_JP_1990-12.pdf|bemega|1990-12|2-3}}
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==References==
 
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Revision as of 17:38, 23 December 2018

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Sega Game Toshokan
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Sega Mega Modem
Genre: Miscellaneous

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥12,80012,800 G-4503

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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 starting November 3rd 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.

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.[1]

List of Titles

Exclusives

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Game Toshokan/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-11: "November 1990" (1990-10-XX)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-12: "December 1990" (1990-11-08)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-02: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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SegaGameToshokan MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
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Rom case
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Mega Modem

External links

References