• XBAND (stylized as XBⱯND) was one of the first competitive online console gaming networks and was available for the Genesis and Super NES. It was produced...
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    created the XBAND, a peripheral which allowed Genesis players to engage in online competitive gaming. Using telephone services to share data, XBAND was initially...
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  • was discontinued, but would serve as a precursor to the Sega Channel and XBAND services, as well as a predecessor to online gaming services for video game...
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    None Int/Ext hardpoints 8/4 6/6 4/6 6/6 6/6 8/4 Radar XBand XBand XBand LBand X + LBand XBand Radar range target 240 km 150 km 150 km 150 km Unknown...
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    released in installments. In the United States, the relatively short-lived XBAND allowed users to connect to a network via a dial-up modem to compete against...
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    Sega Activator, Team Play Adaptor, Mega Mouse, and the Sega Channel and XBAND network add-ons. However, the Nomad is not compatible with the Power Base...
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  • Fighting from the Arcade). It is on a 32 megabit cartridge supporting the XBAND online network. It has several new game modes such as Group Battle and Time...
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  • game was the only title to display the XBAND logo on its box. The development team worked closely with XBAND representatives to ensure that the game...
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  • released in America and Japan for the Sega Saturn using the NetLink and XBAND services. Initially the game was to be released under the title "Virtual...
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  • Online PlayCable PlayStation Network Satellaview Sega NetLink Teleplay Modem XBAND Xbox Live Sczepaniak, John (2006). "Retroinspection: Mega Drive". Retro...
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    Forked versions of bsnes have provided emulation support for Nintendo DS, XBAND, Super Famicom Box, Satellaview BS-X software, and tool-assisted speedruns...
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    2400 bit/s data/fax modem data pump in a single VLSI package, used in the XBAND cartridge. The S-DD1 chip is an ASIC decompressor made by Nintendo for use...
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  • versions of Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers playable through XBAND) Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival, Super Street Fighter II X: Revival...
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    release: 1995-01-04: T-HQ shows new lineup of portable video games and XBAND video game modem at 1995 Winter CES". The Free Library. January 4, 1995...
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  • 5.4 CR2412 100 0.2 24.5 × 1.2 CR2430 5011LC 270–290 24.5 × 3.0 Used in XBand Modem to save updates and profile data. CR2450 5029LC 610–620 24.5 × 5.0...
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    photos, coupons, even money". Soon afterward, they created a makeshift xBand (the original code name for the MagicBand) using a velcro strip, a plastic...
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  • Entertainment and was its Chief technology officer. Catapult developed XBAND modems for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System video...
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  • must be finished from the beginning. Multiplayer was only available if an XBAND modem was used, which included support for two player deathmatch. This version...
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  • computer network purely as a proof of concept, similar to how the now-defunct XBAND service worked by manipulating game memory in order to add online multiplayer...
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    28, 2012). Rapidscan, polarimetric, mobile Doppler radar observations at Xband of an EF5 tornado in Oklahoma on 24 May 2011 (PDF). The Seventh European...
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  • unrelated venture, Catapult Entertainment later developed the 2400 bit/s XBand modem, similar to the Teleplay Modem in many respects. Although well funded...
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    concerts. Websites that have started up in recent years such as Myanmar Xbands have given attention to the Burmese punk scene along with other alternative...
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    Atari 2600's GameLine Intellivision's PlayCable Sega Genesis's Sega Channel XBAND Super Famicom's Satellaview Takano, Masaharu (September 11, 1995). "How...
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    Players could search for other players either on the Internet or using the XBAND matchmaking system, then connect peer-to-peer via modem, or alternatively...
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  • popularity. In 1994 an American company, Catapult Entertainment, developed the XBAND, a 3rd party peripheral which provided customers the ability to connect...
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  • and publishers such as 3D Realms. Games supported included the following: XBAND Kushner, David (2003). Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and...
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  • Sega Channel Super Famicom's Satellaview, and Nintendo Power cartridges XBAND, a third party online game network and service for the Super NES and Sega...
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  • rudimentary prototypes of the end-user component of the system, codenamed the "xBand", began in a lab within the former Epcot Body Wars attraction. The system...
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  • acquiring Catapult Entertainment, Inc., and their online gaming service XBAND. Mplayer began as a division in October 1996 to provide online gaming to...
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  • February 29, 1996 Release years by system: 1996 – Super Famicom Notes: Support XBAND modem. Features in-game advertising from Kirin Beverages. Famista 4 Original...
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