Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Game.com
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Internet features== [[Image:GameComWebstuff.jpg|right|thumb|Game.com modem]] Accessing the Internet required the use of an Internet cartridge and a [[Dial-up Internet access|dial-up]] [[modem]], neither of which were included with the console.<ref name=Wis/><ref name=Phil/> [[Email]] messages could be read and sent on the Game.com using the Internet cartridge,<ref name=Wis/><ref name=Phil/><ref name=Wired>{{cite magazine |last=Kohler |first=Chris |title=Failure in My Pocket: Gaming's Tortured History of Handheld Convergence |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/10/handheld-convergence/ |magazine=Wired |access-date=September 7, 2018 |date=October 8, 2010}}</ref> and the Game.com supported text-only web browsing through [[Internet service provider]]s. Email messages could not be saved to the Game.com's internal memory.<ref name=EGM94/> In addition to a Game.com-branded 14.4 [[kbit/s]] modem, Tiger also offered an Internet service provider through [[Delphi (online service)|Delphi]] that was made to work specifically with the Game.com.<ref name=AG/><ref name=Phil/> Tiger subsequently released the Web Link cartridge, allowing players to connect their system to a [[desktop computer]]. Using the Web Link cartridge, players could upload their high scores to the Game.com website for a chance to be listed on a webpage featuring the top high scores.<ref name=AG/> None of the console's games made use of the Internet feature.<ref name=bgr/>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Game.com
(section)
Add topic