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Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles

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Re: Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles

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Post by pipes »

regus wrote: post #34

I used to use my Dreamcast to browse the web. I had bought the keyboard and mouse peripherals to play Quake 3, and they worked with the browser. Back then I would use a variety of free dial up internet providers. Once the free trial ran out I would have to find another. This was in addition to the Internet that my parents were paying for.

Yep I used the Dreamcast web browser too. 33k moden in pal regions Vs USA which had 56k. I didn't even have a keyboard or mouse.

Re: Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles

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Post by 71bw »

danbolt wrote: post #2

I remember the Wii U browser’s MP4 playback being surprisingly helpful. Running the `http-server` npm package, I was able to get video from my laptop to the TV in a pinch. Adding in Handbrake, it wasn’t that bad of a setup!

Truth be told, the Wii U gamepad is basically h.264 and Wi-Fi as well.

Re: Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles

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Post by thorin »

taneq wrote: post #32
Uncle_Brumpus wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's funny that this was my first thought, too. I am sure game console browsers were an entry point for whole generations of kids. Mine WOULD have been through the Dreamcast, but because my parents were early adopters of Broadband internet, we never had a dial-up connection to hook the modem up to. I did a bit of curious searching on the family PC, but one time I forgot to wipe the history, and the game was up. The f…

> I did a bit of curious searching on the family PC, but one time I forgot to wipe the history, and the game was up. Hahaha that takes me back to the time my friend got hold of a 3.5” floppy with some Playboy pics on it, and then called me in a panic because Windows had helpfully added them to the “recent files” list and he couldn’t figure out how to clear it.

I seem to remember some pirate copies of art packages (maybe Photon paint) on the Amiga coming with a similar set of images that would be of interest to some teenagers...

Re: Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles

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Post by hilariously »

baumschubser wrote: post #44

Through this article, I guess I am one of today's lucky 10k to learn about anchor links to text like https://vale.rocks/posts/game-console-browsers#:~:text=SurfE...

It's only a few years old and cross browser support hasn't been amazing until lately so most people do not know about it at all.
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