Nguva ye Mega Drive inorangarirwa nevazhinji senzvimbo yepamusoro ye Sega, uyo akavhunika kumeso kwake ne hombe N nekuda kwekutonga kwemusika we16-bit mumakore iwayo ema90s kuti vazhinji vedu takagara mumunhu wekutanga uye vane ndangariro dzatinochengetedza sepfuma chaiyo.
Zvisinei, nguva pfupi yapfuura, Sega ingangobatwa mumakambani asingabatsiri, akadai seakakurumbira Mega-CD, iyo gadget yeiyo 32 X kana njodzi mune zvekutengeserana Saturn -iyo yakamonera kusvika kune chetatu chezviwanikwa zvekambani-. Sega Chaiita kunge chinonyura sedombo rinorema pakati pegungwa rakadzika rekutadza, asi mukadzi wechiJapan akabva adzokera kumusoro nechaizove chimwe chevanyaradzi vake vaanodisisa: hope cast.
Sega saturn, akautangira hope cast, yaive chirevo chekutorwa nekambani yebhuruu yenungu painogadzira iyo 128-bit: ivo vaida kudzivirira iyo nyowani koni kubva pakuva muchina wakaomarara pakuronga - chimwe chinhu chakatora muripo Saturn ine zviteshi zvakatora zvachose kukudziridza kana kudzimwa kwemapurojekiti mazhinji-, kugadzirisa patsva kuvimba mumutambi uye kudzivirira koni kubva pakurangarira mabhureki makumi matatu nemaviri apfuura (ichiita chena toni yekutanga ye hope cast mumisika yese, kunyangwe dhizaini yakajairika iyo yakatama kubva kune iyo ye Saturn, izvo zvakare zvaive kuvandudzwa pa Mega Drive)
Kukundikana kwe Saturn Waive unonzwika: muchina wacho wakangotengesa mamirioni mapfumbamwe ekunyaradza pasi rese, kunyangwe muJapan waifarirwa kwazvo (pamamirioni iwayo, matanhatu anoenderana nenyika yeJapan), asi wanga wakasiyana nemamirioni makumi matatu nematatu akakohwewa ne Nintendo 64 -uye cherekedza kuti iyo huru N yaiona iyi koni sekutadza kwekutengeserana- uye zvekutaura pamusoro peanopfuura zana zvaakawana Sony kutanga nekoni yake yekutanga, Dreamcast.
Dhizaini ye hope cast Yakagadzirwa mumapoka maviri: Sega America aive nechikwata chake chaishanda muchivande pachiratidziro chaizivikanwa se dural, apo Japan yakanga ichikura Katana. Chekupedzisira, chaive chirongwa cheJapan chakaenderera mberi mushure mekumwe kusahadzika na Sega America y 3dfx -iye akaburitsa zvakavanzika data renyaradzo nemufaro wese munyika, chimwe chinhu chakatsamwa, uye zvishoma, Sega-.
Pakupedzisira, hope cast Yakaenderera mberi ichitengeswa muJapan pakupera kwaNovember 1998, ichigadzira tarisiro huru yechigadzirwa chakapfuura kubudirira. Kunyangwe seye anecdotal katsamba, maJapan mazhinji akaenda kumba asina chinhu kune kupihwa kweanyaradzo muzvitoro zvakadonha nekuda kwematambudziko ekugadzira emuchina wezvinhu. Kusvikira pakupera kwa1999 iyo console haina kumhara mumusika unonyanya kukosha, iyo US, neEurope, ichienda kunotengeswa kuSpain pamutengo unokurudzirwa 39.990 pesetas - iyo parizvino ichave, pasina kugadzirisa, ingangoita 240 euros-.
hope cast Iyo yakauya neyakajeka chena kupedzisa, ina controller madoko, 56k modem yekutamba pamhepo, uye yepasi inotyora control pad iyo yakashandura misoro. Muchina uyu yaive chikuva icho chaive nyore kuronga, yaive neshanduro ye Windows CE uye yakanga iine simba rakanyanya kudarika echinyakare Dreamcast y Nintendo 64, kunyangwe iyo console Sony yakanga ichiri kufarirwa zvakanyanya.
Iyo yekudzivirira pfundo raive shanduko yeiyo 3D ikanyanya de Saturn iyo yakatangwa ne Nights. Yakanga iine maviri anokonzeresa -chimwe chinhu chingave chiyero chaiendeswa kune kwazvino kutonga- uye chaitendera kubatanidza zvinongedzo zvakaita seye vibration gadget, maikorofoni uye memori makadhi, pakati iyo iyo VMU ye Sega, nechiratidziro chakabatanidzwa uye icho chaitendera kushoma kwekudyidzana nezvimwe zvisingawedzerwi zvinowedzerwa. Pasina mubvunzo kutaura, rairo rekutanga Xbox yakafemerwa zvakanyanya neiyo ye hope cast, koniyo yaive zvakare nekhibhodi, mbeva uye pfuti isinganetsi, pakati pezvimwe zvinongedzo.
Iyo fomati yakasarudzika koni, iyo GD-ROM 1,20 GB, yakaitwa ine pfungwa yekuita kuti zvive nyore kupaza console, asi zvikanganiso zvakakomba mukugadzirwa kwayo zvakabvumira vapambi kurasa mitambo pasina dambudziko. Pakutanga, zvaive zvakakwana kuisa modchip kune iyo koni kuti tiverenge makopi, ipapo takaenda kunochinja uye takasvika padanho rekutora mufananidzo wakakoromoka wemutambo kuCD zvaive zvese zvaive zvakakosha kuti vakwanise kuita makopi asiri pamutemo pa hope cast. Piracy yakaita zvakawanda kukuvadza ku hope cast, kunyanya apo Sega Aive nepfungwa yekutora imwe mari yekudyara muoni nekutengesa software, iyo yanga isingashande sezvainofanirwa kuita. Kuti ndikupe zano, ngano Shenmue. Dreamcast yakanga isiri muchina waitengesa software padanho rakanaka.
Kune rimwe divi, iyo console yaivewo isina rutsigiro rwemakambani senge Electronic Arts o Square Enix, nepo mamwe makambani makuru muchikamu ichi anga asingabatanidzwe kupfuura kuvhurwa kwemazita echipiri kana wechitatu, sezvazvaiitwa Konami, uyo ane rutsigiro rweSega koni yakaratidzirwa mune zvishongo zvehunhu hwe Silent Scope. Nekudaro, Dreamcast yaive nekabhuku katete izere nemhando dzakasiyana: Sonic Adventure, Mweya Calibur, Imba yevakafa 2, Nhaka yeKain: Mweya Reaver, Simba Dombo, Street Fighter III, Quake III, Phantasy Star Online, Rayman 2, Seaman, Grandia, Shenmue, Shenmue II, Resident Evil Code Veronica, Metropolis Street Racer, Jet Set Radio, Space Channel 5, Crazy Taxi, Matenga eArcadia, Amamba Samba, Chu Chu Rocket, Virtua Tennis...
Pasinei nezvose, Sega Ini ndairarama hope naye hope cast, kusvikira Sony Akamudzinga pamubhedha. Chiziviso che Dreamcast 2, muchina une simba kwazvo uye nevezvenhau simba rechiratidzo Dreamcast zvaikwana kufarira mu hope cast kudonha. Kubva panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi, kutengesa kwakadonha uye maziso evatambi akagadzwa PS2.
Kana iyo console Mwanakomanauye yakaiswa pamutengo, pamwero unonyadzisa 69.990 420 pesetas -XNUMX euros-, Sega akange asina imwe sarudzo kunze kwekudzikisa muchina wake, uye kunyangwe aine katarogu yakapfuma - chimwe chinhu icho PS2 Yakanga isina mukutanga kwayo- uye nemutengo wakachipa, kurwa kwakarasika nenzira inonzwika. Kwete chete nekuda kwezvikonzero zvataurwa, Sony Iye zvakare akawana carom mhedzisiro nekuisa iyo DVD mune yake console, achive ari akachipa mutambi mune yese Japan. Sega akaedza kurwira achirwisa mutambi wake hope cast, ichiratidza prototype paE3 2000 iyo isina kumboburitswa.
Piracy yaikuvadza, software yacho yakanga isiri kutengesa zvakanaka, pakanga pasina rutsigiro kubva kumamwe makambani makuru ekuvandudza, uye Sony yakanga iine kongiri pamucheto wekugogodza. Kuwedzera pamusoro payo, zvimwe zvinyaradzo zvaive mumatokisi pane zvakatengeswa, saka Sega yakamira kugadzira Zvirotot. Mukati memavhiki mashoma, vakazivisa kuti vaizorega kuburitsa Hardware kuti ive yechitatu bato software yekugadzira.
hope cast Yakanga iri pamberi penguva yayo, yaifungidzirwa senzira iri nyore kuronga uye nekutamba pamhepo, asi kunyangwe dai yaive yaenda kumberi mumusika, nemitoro yayo yese, waive muchina unogona kuita kuti vanhu vachene PSX y N64, asi handina kukwanisa kubata newe padanho rehunyanzvi mune ramangwana PS2, Mutambo Cube y Xbox (yekupedzisira ichifungidzirwa neimwe nzira senge rudzi rweanomutsiva mumweya hope cast), pamusoro pechiitiko ichi Dreamcast kutyora zvinyorwa zvakare nevaya vanopfuura mamirioni gumi nemashanu PS2 izvo zvakatengeswa pasirese.
Ipfupi asi yakasimba, hupenyu hwe hope cast Chaive chiroto chakafadza vateveri ve Sega yatove yakafanana. Pasina kupokana, iyo ndeimwe yeanodikanwa masisitimu ekambani yebhuruu hedgehog, pamwe ne Mega Drive (o Genesis mhiri kwedziva), uye yatove chinhu chemuunganidzi chisingakwanise kushayikwa pakati pevaya vanoda nhoroondo uye neindasitiri yemitambo yevhidhiyo.