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OK, so, some time ago I was looking into the XBand firmware source code (yes, the same one that was leaked) looking for information about the modem, since I was asked to do that by somebody earlier. I couldn't find anything related to the modem, but instead I found, um, keyboard support. Yep. Guess that with all the potential candidates for a Mega Drive keyboard eventually we had to hit something.

The XBand source code references to it as "Eric Smith keyboard". What is this keyboard? Well, apparently it's this. Eric Smith is not a brand, but rather some guy who was asked by some Catapult employee to make an adapter to connect a PC keyboard to a Mega Drive (which explains why it uses the same commands).

This part is interesting though:

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Either somebody at Catapult was bullshitted regarding that, or there's indeed some "Mega Keyboard" out there that we don't know about. Considering the existence of the Mega Terminal, which went seemingly ignored by us for decades, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case for the keyboard as well. Moreover, the keyboard would make perfect sense with the terminal, since that'd turn the Mega Drive into a full thin client (rather than just a display).

So, does anybody have any idea if there's any chance the keyboard was released in Japan after all?

http://andriasang.co...idge_racer_usa/



The Hornet will be available as DLC for the Vita Ridge Racer game. Also there's what seems a "mix" of the Ridge Racer and Daytona USA themes (the one from the video, I guess?) that will be available as DLC too at the same time.

Maybe somebody wants it for the wiki? I still have the original video with Fusion's codec if needed.

http://kotaku.com/59...rive-into-india

Now, Kotaku isn't exactly the most reliable site, though Wikipedia seems to agree (citing two sources for that - in fact it has more sources than the rest of the article =P). Basically, when Sega was trying to sell the Mega Drive in India, they had partnered with Shaw Wallace, which is a liquor manufacturer, to distribute the console. Apparently they did this to work around an 80% import tariff. Does anybody have more information about this?

Also there's no Shaw Wallace page in Sega Retro =P

http://www.gamasutra...ht_trap_an_.php

Has anybody taken a look to this yet? Mind you, this documents what happened while it was still a NEMO project, but still, I guess I should put it here since the game ended up on the Sega CD instead (as its original platform).