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XBAND
XBAND (stylized as XB∀ND) was an unofficial online console gaming network for SNES and Sega Genesis systems. It was produced by Catapult Entertainment, a Cupertino, California-based software company. It is the only modem released in America to have been officially licensed by Nintendo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Snes Central: X-Band )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lost Levels - A website about unreleased video games. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gadgets from the ads of the past – Teleplay System by Baton )〕 It debuted in various areas of the United States in late 1994 and 1995. It is one of several precursors to modern online gaming networks as was eventually stabilized in the sixth and later generations of video games, such as Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Nintendo Network.
==History==
The Genesis version of the XBAND was released in late 1994, with the SNES version following in June 1995.
In 1995, Catapult Entertainment signed a deal with General Instrument, producers of the Sega Channel, which stipulated that the XBand modem would henceforth be built into new Sega Channel adapters, and that the top 5 to 10 games offered by Sega Channel each month would be wired for play over XBand.
Initially, Catapult Entertainment had a limited staff and virtually no advertising. By January 1996, XBAND network playability had reached practically every metropolitan area and several rural areas in the U.S. The actual XBAND modems were carried by a handful of software and video rental chains across the United States. Internationally, the XBAND saw some limited expansion in the Japanese market, and Catapult was working on PC- and Saturn-based versions of the platform, though they were acquired by Mpath Interactive, and the focus shifted to the online PC gaming service, Mplayer.com.
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