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PlanetWeb

Also known as: NetLink Custom Web Browser
1996 – 2001 Discontinued
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Console browser from the Californian company Planetweb, bundled with the Saturn NetLink modem and later with North American Dreamcasts (SegaNet).

Facts

Developer
Planetweb, Inc.
Website
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Engine
Proprietary
Platforms
Consoles
Details
Sega Saturn (NetLink), Sega Dreamcast; acquired by Monotype in 2009; PlayStation 2: EGBROWSER, with Ergosoft (Koei), Japan, 2001
Popularity
57/100 — 400,000 North American Dreamcasts registered on SegaNet (Oct. 2000), plus Saturn NetLink

Key versions

  1. Sega Saturn Net LinkPlanetweb browser bundled with the Saturn Net Link modem: 570 KB, anti-aliased text, no frames.[1]
  2. Dreamcast 1.0First version for the Dreamcast.[2]
  3. 2.0New Dreamcast version, about a year after the original.[2]
  4. 3.0Final version of the Dreamcast browser.[2]
  5. Monotype acquisitionMonotype Imaging acquires Planetweb’s principal assets.[3]
  6. Google support endsGoogle ends support for the Dreamcast PlanetWeb 3.0 browser (obsolete SSL protocols).[2]

Version sources: [1] Sega Net Link (Wikipedia en), [2] gamingamigos.com, [3] worldofprint.com

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Net_Link
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast_online_functionality
  3. https://worldofprint.com/?p=2321082
  4. https://www.gamingamigos.com/post/google-ends-dreamcast-browser-support