Ixesha le Mega Drive ikhunjulwa ngabaninzi njengendawo ephezulu ye Sega, owaphula ubuso bakhe nge omkhulu N ngenxa yolawulo lweemarike ezili-16 kuloo minyaka yee-90s uninzi lwethu olwaluhlala kumntu wokuqala kwaye iinkumbulo zethu sizigcina njengobuncwane obuyinyani.
Nangona kunjalo, kungekudala emva koko, Sega bangabanjiswa ziinkampani ezingenanzuzo, ezinjengezaziwayo I-CD yeMega, igajethi yefayile ye- 32 X okanye kwintengiso eyintlekele saturn ezithe zafikelela kwisinye kwisithathu sezixhobo zenkampani-. Sega Kubonakala ngathi iyatshona njengelitye elinzima embindini wedike elinzulu lokungaphumeleli, kodwa emva koko umfazi waseJapan waphinda wadada kunye nokuba yeyiphi enye yezona zinto zakhe azithandayo: Uphupha.
USega saturnowandulelayo Uphupha, yayiyireferensi eyayiza kuthathwa yinkampani yeencanda eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka xa kuphuhliswa i-128 bits: bafuna ukunqanda ukuba ikhonsoli entsha yayingumatshini ontsonkothileyo xa kusenziwa inkqubo -into ethathe umthwalo saturn ngamazibuko athabathe unaphakade ukukhulisa okanye ukurhoxiswa kweeprojekthi ezininzi-, hlaziya ukuzithemba kumdlali kwaye uthintele ikhonsoli ekukhumbuleni ii-bits ezingama-32 zangaphambili (ukwenza mhlophe ithoni esisiseko Uphupha Kuzo zonke iimarike, nditsho noyilo lomgangatho osemgangathweni oshenxileyo wasuka kuloo saturn, ethi yona ibe luphuculo kuyo Mega Drive)
Ukusilela kwe saturn Kwakumangalisa: umatshini wathengisa kuphela i-9 yezigidi zehlabathi kwihlabathi liphela, nangona eJapan yayithandwa kakhulu (kwezi zigidi, ezi-6 zihambelana nelizwe laseJapan), kodwa yahlukile kwizigidi ezingama-33 ezivunwe Nintendo 64 -Kwaye uqaphele ukuba i-N enkulu ithathele ingqalelo le console njengosilelo lwentengiso- kwaye ungathini ngaphezulu kwe-100 ephumeleleyo Sony ukuxoxisana nekhonsoli yakhe yokuqala, Isikhululo sokudlala.
Ukuyila Uphupha Yaveliswa ngokwamaqela amabini: Sega iMelika Wayeneqela lakhe elisebenza ngokufihlakeleyo kumzekelo owawusaziwa njenge Ngasemva, ngelixa iJapan yayisakhula Katana. Okokugqibela, yayiyiprojekthi yaseJapan eyaqhubeka emva kokuthandabuza Sega iMelika y Yfsm -wupapashe idatha yeconsole eyimfihlo ngalo lonke uvuyo emhlabeni, into eyacaphukisayo, kwaye kancinci, ukuyenza Sega-.
Ekugqibeleni, Uphupha Yathengiswa eJapan ekupheleni kuka-Novemba 1998, yavelisa ulindelo olukhulu kwimveliso eyayiphumelela impumelelo. Nangona njengenqaku le-anecdotal, amaJapan amaninzi agoduka engenanto engenisa unikezo lwee-consoles ezivenkileni ezisilelayo ngenxa yeengxaki zokuvelisa izinto zomatshini. Kude kube sekupheleni kuka-1999 ikhonsoli ayizange ihlale kweyona marike ibalulekileyo, e-US, nase-Yurophu, isiya kuthengiswa eSpain ngexabiso elinconywayo le-39.990 pesetas -ekungoku nje, ngaphandle kokuhlengahlengisa, malunga nee-euro ezingama-240.
Uphupha Kwafika ukugqitywa okumhlophe okumhlophe, amazibuko amane alawulayo, imodem eyi-56k yokudlala kwi-Intanethi, kunye nolawulo lokuqhekeka komhlaba ojika iintloko. Lo matshini yayiliqonga ekulula ukulenza, lalinenguqulo ye KwiWindows CE kwaye yayinamandla ngakumbi kunalawo akudala Isikhululo sokudlala y Nintendo 64, nangona ikhonsoli Sony yayisaziwa ngokuxhaphakileyo.
Iqhina lolawulo yayiyindaleko ye- Iphedi ye3D de saturn eyasungulwa nge Iimpawu. Inezinto ezibini ezibangela -into enokuthi ibe ngumgangatho ogqithiselwe kwezona zilawuli- kwaye yayivumela ukudibanisa izinto ezinje ngegadget gadget, imakrofoni kunye nememori khadi, phakathi kwayo i-VMU Sega, Iscreen sibandakanyiwe kwaye sivumele ubuncinci bokunxibelelana nezinye izinto ezingafunekiyo. Ngaphandle kokuthetha, umthetho wokuqala Xbox utsale kakhulu kuloo nto Uphupha, ikhonsoli eyayinebhodi yezitshixo, imouse kunye nompu okhanyayo, phakathi kwezinye izinto.
Ifomathi ekhethiweyo yekhonsoli, i I-GD-ROM ye-1,20 GB, yaphuhliswa ngombono wokwenza kube nzima ukuphanga ikhonsoli, kodwa iimpazamo ezinzulu kuyilo lwayo zavumela abaphangi ukuba bakwazi ukulahla imidlalo ngaphandle kwengxaki. Ekuqaleni, kwakwanele ukufaka imodchip kwiConsole ukuze sifunde iikopi, emva koko saya kutshintshana kwaye safikelela kwinqanaba lokuba ukhuphele umfanekiso oqhekekileyo womdlalo kwiCD yayiyinto eyimfuneko ukuze ukwazi ukwenza iikopi ezingekho mthethweni Uphupha. Ubu Piracy benza umonakalo omkhulu kwi Uphupha, nangakumbi xa Sega Wayenombono wokubuyisa olunye lotyalo-mali kwikhonsoli ngokuthengisa isoftware, eyayingasebenzi kakuhle njengoko kufanelekile. Ukukunika umbono, wasentsomini Shenmue, ezixabise i-70 yezigidi zeedola ukwenza, zathengisa iikopi ezizizigidi nje eziyi-1.20 kwihlabathi liphela. I-Dreamcast yayingengomatshini othengisa isoftware ngesantya esihle.
Kwelinye icala, ikhonsoli ibingenayo nenkxaso yeenkampani ezinje Arts electronic o Square EnixNgelixa ezinye iinkampani ezinkulu kwicandelo bezingabandakanyekanga ngaphaya kokumiliselwa kwesihloko sesibini okanye sesithathu, njengoko bekunjalo Konami, Inkxaso yabo yekhonsoli yeSega ibonakaliswe kwiigugu ze Uxolo. Nangona kunjalo, i-Dreamcast yayinekhathalogu enamandla egcwele iintlobo ezahlukeneyo: Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur, House of the Dead 2, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Power Stone, Street Fighter III, Quake III, Phantasy Star Online, Rayman 2, Seaman, Grandia, Shenmue, Shenmue II, Ikhowudi yokuHlala eyiVeronica, I-Metropolis Street Racer, iJet Set Radio, iShaneli yeNdawo yesi-5, iTeksi eCrazy, iAskies zeArcadia, iSamba yeAmigo, iChu Chu Rocket, iVirtua Tennis...
Nangona konke, Sega Ndandihlala ephupheni naye Uphupha, kude kube Sony Wamgxotha ebhedini. Isibhengezo PlayStation 2, Umatshini onamandla ngakumbi kunye namandla eendaba egama Isikhululo sokudlala zanele umdla kwi Uphupha ukuhla. Ukusukela ngalo mzuzu ukuya phambili, ukuthengisa kuye kwehla kwaye amehlo abadlali abadlala phambili agxilwa PS2.
Xa ikhonsoli yakhekwaye yayithengiswa, nge-69.990 ye-pesetas -420 euros- Sega Wayengenandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokuhlisa umatshini wakhe, kwaye nangona wayenekhathalogu etyebileyo-into leyo PS2 Ayizange ibe nesiqalo sayo- kunye nexabiso eliphantsi, idabi lalahleka ngendlela ebalaseleyo. Ayisiyo kuphela ngenxa yezizathu ezichaziweyo, Sony Ikwafezekisile umphumo we-carom ngokufaka iDVD kwi-console yayo, ekubeni ngowona mdlali ungabizi kakhulu kuyo yonke iJapan. Sega Ndizamile ukulwa nomdlali wakhe Uphupha, ibonisa iprototype kwi-E3 2000 engazange ikhutshwe.
Ubuqhetseba babubuhlungu, isoftware yayingathengisi kakuhle, kwakungekho nkxaso ivela kwezinye iinkampani eziphambili, kwaye Sony bekukho ikhonsoli elunxwemeni lwe knockout. Ukuyikhupha phezulu, uninzi lwee-consoles zazisesitokisini kunokuba zazithengisiwe, kunjalo Sega wayeka ukuvelisa Iphuphat. Kwiiveki ezimbalwa, babhengeze ukuba bayayeka ukuvelisa izixhobo ukuze babe ngumqambi wesoftware yomntu wesithathu.
Uphupha Kwakungaphambi kwexesha layo, kwakucingwa njengenkqubo elula yokwenza inkqubo kunye nokudlala kwi-Intanethi, kodwa nokuba yayihambile phambili kwintengiso, nayo yonke imithwalo yayo, yayingumatshini onokubenza abantu baphaphatheke PSX y N64, kodwa khange ukwazi ukujongana nawe kwinqanaba lobuchwephesha kwixa elizayo PS2, GameCube y Xbox (eyokugqibela ithathelwa ingqalelo ngohlobo oluthile lwendlalifa yokomoya Uphupha), Ukongeza kwimeko Isikhululo sokudlala waphula iirekhodi kwakhona kunye nabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezili-157 PS2 ezithengisiwe kwihlabathi liphela.
Mfutshane kodwa kakhulu, ubomi be Uphupha Kwakuliphupha elinomdla kubalandeli be Sega sele inje ngoku. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, yenye yeenkqubo ezithandwa kakhulu yinkampani ye-blue hedgehog, kunye Mega Drive (o nesisekelo Ngaphesheya kwechibi), kwaye sele ingumbuthi womqokeleli ongalahlekiyo phakathi kwabo bathanda imbali kunye nomzi mveliso wevidiyo.