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Sega To Release New Handheld Console?
Matt Horne - Thursday, April 13th, 2006 | 5:18PM (PT)


Sega works on re-entering the console game

Editor's Note: It turns out that this story was in fact Impact Virtuel's April Fool's joke (what the french call "Poisson D'Avril").

According to the website, Inpact Virtuel, Sega is working on releasing a new portable console by the end of 2007. The reported specs will include a 566MHz Samsung processor, 128 bit NVIDIA graphic accelerator, the evolution of the GeForce 3d 4500 chipset and 128MB of RAM. The unit will also sport an LCD screen supporting a resolution of 640 x 360.

The format would be cartridge based, but would also incorporate expandable flash memory in the form of CF and SD formats. Sega's handheld will also make use of USB to be able to connect various peripherals and to make use of advanced features on your PC.

To read the full article translated from French to English, visit the link here.

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  • 0 thumbs!
    Darkel | Apr 14, 06 | quote
    BS. Sega knows it would be eaten alive if it entered the handheld market. That site is full of it.
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    drmario | Apr 14, 06 | quote
    I could see Sega doing something like this. I don't exactly know if they would be eaten alive. If they would let you to download past games, like streets of rage, I could see this thing doing well.

    E3 maybe?
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    KingTaco | Apr 14, 06 | quote
    Yeah, I really can't see Sega doing something like that. I'd be absolutely thrilled to hear they were coming back to the console market, if it's handheld even better, but this seems unlikely. Then again, since the PSP has been more or less a gaming failure, there's room for a single screen high end handheld gaming system. I'd buy it, if only as thanks for the wonder that is the Dreamcast.
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    Notorious | Apr 15, 06 | quote
    Considering that you can get a PMP turnkey solution from just about anywhere in Taiwan meaning that R&D would be negligible. This could just be a vehicle to rejuvinate the Sega brandname. They already have a relevant library of games that they made for the DS and Cube.
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    aprilsfool | Apr 15, 06 | quote
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    drmario | Apr 15, 06 | quote
    Sega has made quite a few games for different consoles. Take the games they have made, combine them with past classics, and you could have a pretty good handheld.

    I would also be thrilled on the fact of a new console from Sega.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Clatoo | Apr 15, 06 | quote
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    tylerand | Apr 15, 06 | quote
    I certaintly hope that SEGA does this, i think it was stupid that the Dreamcast didnt stay, and the gamegear was amazing for its time, it still looks better than gamebody advanced.
  • 0 thumbs!
    vixtro | Apr 15, 06 | quote
    if this is real then this is the handheld console we have been waiting for.

    SEGA FTW!!!!!!
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