From: nospamforted@nospam.com   
      
   Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:   
   snip   
   > It's important to note that the X-band didn't allow versus play so much as   
   > it allowed you to download cartridge images over the phone line. It was   
   > more a software distribution method than it was a network gaming solution,   
   > which makes sense if you consider how game companies made money at the   
   > time. X-band downloads were treated like rentals, which might lead to   
   > sales down the road.   
      
   Didn't allow VS play?   
   http://www.sega-16.com/Xband-%20Online%20Gamings%20First%20Big%20Try.php   
   I've never heard anyone talk about downloading with the Xband as much as   
   playing VS.   
      
   snip   
   > Networked play as we appreciate it today started on the Dreamcast, with   
   > the modem as a pack-in.   
      
   Excluding computers of course.   
      
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