Xband?: First Gen of online Gaming

[nk4e]

While lurking through the SRK forums. I found a thread called Xband.
Xband was the first attempt at Online gaming. Way before the Dreamcasts, PSN and XBL

XBAND was an early online console gaming network for SNES and Sega Genesis systems. It was produced by Catapult Entertainment, a Cupertino, California based software company, and made its debut in various areas of the United States in late 1994 and 1995. It is the precursor to modern online gaming social networks seen in the sixth and later generations of video games, such as the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live services.

 

[Azuremen]

Oh. My. God.

I remember this way back in the day. Of course, those of us that had computers and did some PC gaming were already aware of this notion of gaming over the internet.

But still, this stuff was awesome.

And you have to love the early 90's style ad. Srsly.