Sega Dreamcast/Windows CE compatible?

[SufferWell1396]

i never really got that, i have a Sega Dreamcast and i dont know what it means by *Windows CE compatible* How could they talk?, Would the hand held PC be used as a VMU or what??

[johnny_quest]

perhaps CE could/would have been run from a rom cartridge/disc (whatever it is that system uses)?

[SufferWell1396]

heh dude its right up there with PS2, Nintendo Gamecube, XBOX. Just slower. is uses GD-ROMS

[computerhilfen]

No :)

Windows CE is not only a PDA system, but runs on more "small devices" - and also the sega dreamcast. That means, that you can run special WinCE applications or the native dreamcast games. See my Wikipedia link for more :)


"Microsoft co-operated with Sega in hopes of promoting its Windows CE operating system for video games. Windows CE offered easy porting of existing PC applications, as it came along with a special version of DirectX 6. However, compared to the Dreamcast's native operating system, it offered limited capabilities. When developers took advantage of the easy development offered by Windows CE, the resulting games (e.g., Sega Rally 2) lagged in performance and framerate. The only Windows CE applications known by most users were on a pack-in CD containing a CE-based dialer and web browser. Windows CE was not an integral part of the system. Instead, each game that ran on Windows CE had its own Windows CE version on the game disk which was loaded before the actual game. (...)"

Quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Dreamcast


More about the dreamcast here:
http://www.pocketpclife.com/issues/issue199911/dreamcast001.html
http://www.gamesurge.com/dreamcast/technical.shtml
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/mar99/toolkitpr.mspx