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XBAND
Developer
Catapult Entertainment
Type
Online service
Launch date
November 17, 1994; 29 years ago (1994-11-17)
Discontinued
April 30, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-04-30)
Platform(s)
Sega Genesis
Super NES
Sega Saturn
IBM PC
Status
Discontinued
Members
15,000
Website
http://www.xband.com
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 by Catapult Entertainment in Cupertino, California. It is the only modem released in America to have been officially licensed by Nintendo.[1][2] It debuted in various areas of the United States between November 1994 and June 1995 and was later released nationwide between October 2 and 8, 1995.[3]
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...
created the XBAND, a peripheral which allowed Genesis players to engage in online competitive gaming. Using telephone services to share data, XBAND was initially...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
photos, coupons, even money". Soon afterward, they created a makeshift xBand (the original code name for the MagicBand) using a velcro strip, a plastic...
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...
versions of Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers playable through XBAND) Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival, Super Street Fighter II X: Revival...
Online PlayCable PlayStation Network Satellaview Sega NetLink Teleplay Modem XBAND Xbox Live Sczepaniak, John (2006). "Retroinspection: Mega Drive". Retro...
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...
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...
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...
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...
popularity. In 1994 an American company, Catapult Entertainment, developed the XBAND, a 3rd party peripheral which provided customers the ability to connect...
unrelated venture, Catapult Entertainment later developed the 2400 bit/s XBand modem, similar to the Teleplay Modem in many respects. Although well funded...
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...
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...
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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