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Dreamcast Trivia: The Dreamcast OS was a variant of Microsoft's Windows CE.
by slantyyz 12y ago
Dreamcast Trivia: The Dreamcast OS was a variant of Microsoft's Windows CE.
- Eiriksmal 12y agoI remember articles discussing how Microsoft's experience developing DirectX for the Dreamcast helped them craft even better/more-developer-friendly ones for the XBox. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/1998/may98/segagmpr.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/1998/may98/segagmp...
- Torgo 12y agoThey didn't end up doing that. There were some games that were built on top of Windows CE, but the OS was integrated into the disc.
- Narishma 12y agoIncorrect. The Dreamcast had no OS. It has a proprietary firmware like all consoles of the time. Game developers had the choice to use a proprietary RTOS, a Windows CE based OS, or no OS at all. If they used an OS, it would ship on the same disc as the game. Very few games actually used Windows CE.