random game facts you may or may not know

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everyday i get this email of random facts , i dont know how or why i get it .. but usually its some pretty interesting things and i always enjoy knowing stupid random facts .. and today it was game related ...

The Sega Dreamcast was the first console to implement online play over a phone line, calling the system Sega Net.
Popular Science recognized the Sega Dreamcast as one of the most important and innovative products of 1999.


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The PlayStation 2 was the first system to have graphics capability better than that of the leading-edge personal computer at the time of its release.

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The Nintendo N64 marked the first time that computer graphics workstation manufacturer Silicon Graphics Inc.
(SGI) developed game hardware technology.


The first console to have games available in the form of add-on cartridges was the Fairchild Channel F console, introduced in August 1976.

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The word atari comes from the ancient Japanese game of Go and means "you are about to be engulfed." Technically, it is the word used by a player to inform his opponent that he or she is about to lose, similar to "check" in chess.

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The Sega Genesis featured a version of the same Motorola processor that powered the original Apple Macintosh computer.