OMG the Sega Neptune was at E3

[ronishi]

But are they official ?

Because real pretented Sega Neptunes prototypes has became very common nowadays :lol:

I think they are official.

[Buyatari]

The Neptune mockup at E3 is official.

It was picked out of the trash by Clint Dyer an early Atari collector who started out at the Sega call center. From there it went to Thomas Keller who then sold it to John Hardie of Digital Press fame. There have been some huge cash offers for this and John has turned them all down. I think it is there to stay.

As one of the early videogame collectors actually working at Sega, Clint had lots of great things. He sold me a couple mockup Sega handhelds and sold many others Sega Genesis and Master System prototype cartridges as well.

[APE]

Mars = 32x
Neptune = 32x & Mega Drive
Jupiter = Aborted Saturn cart system (first Saturn proto)

Venus is the Nomad, very clearly written on it's PCB. Don't think a Mercury, Earth/Gaia, Moon, or Pluto were in the works.

Pluto is a real planet damnit. Even if it wasn't, it was considered one back before the Dreamcast was made.

[saturn_worship]

Moon wasn't MEGACD?

[Anthaemia.]

I've heard there was a Pluto, and let's not forget the Titan arcade board - aptly named after one of Saturn's satellites!

[7Force]

When I first saw this thread, I thought it'd be a video of the Neptune at E3 in the 90s, which would've been far cooler. Did E3 even exist back then? I think it was still ECTS or whatever.

[Druid II]

How many other proto's were their? Sega had so many consoles around 94/95 they probably had to make planets up

I recall Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, and Jupiter. Titan (one of Saturns moon) was the arcade version of the Saturn, and the moon was the Sega CD.

edit: and with those in mind, Earth was likely the Megadrive even if it was never stated as such.

[7Force]

The Mega Drive was MK-6601 or something along those lines.

[Anthaemia.]

I realise this may be a very questionable link, but during one of the boss encounters in Rez there is mention of Earth and Giga. While it's likely to be purely co-incidental, I couldn't help thinking there's an outside chance this was a subtle reference to Earth being the GigaDrive.

I'd love to know more details of Mercury, as this remains the one Sega hardware project I have virtually no information about. Also, can the person who recently contacted me regarding possible evidence of the Pluto get back in touch? I have a few other things you may be interested in...

[derekb]

http://www.segaretro.org/Sega_planet_codenames

[Druid II]

The Mega Drive was MK-6601 or something along those lines.

Most Sega hardware had MK- or GS- serials. (and HST- and 315- and 171- and 83x- etc.)

[ASSEMbler]

The shell has been reused in clones, though I have yet to find one yet.

[Jamtex]

Good thing they stopped at Saturn, heaven knows how the Sega Uranus would have sold....

[ASSEMbler]

Good thing they stopped at Saturn, heaven knows how the Sega Uranus would have sold....

It was predicted to sell well in san francisco and ibeza.

[Barc0de]

It was predicted to sell well in san francisco and ibeza.

good thing no one said "Greece" :lol:

[Taucias]

Is there a picture of that Jupiter prototype ?

I'm really interested :))

It was never shown to the public. Supposedly it just had one SH2 processor.

[abdominalpillaging]

i'm way more interested in the n64 jet grind radio proto that is shown in the video.

[Taucias]

I think someone just stuck a sticker on a dev cart.

[Metro Spy]

Having seen the recent (& past Neptune) threads I'm surprised never to have seen links to the Classic Gaming Expo where the console seems to have been regularly exhibited, so for everyone's convenience:-

Main Page:-

http://www.cgexpo.com/gallery.htm

2004 Shots:-

http://digitpress.com/images/cge2k4/...s_p9210018.jpg

http://digitpress.com/images/cge2k4/...n_img_0700.jpg

2005:-

http://digitpress.com/images/cge2k5/...ge2k5_8952.jpg

E3 2001:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9572763@N02/5817044280/

Probably more pictures out there...