Sega has turned to Iomega to provide Web storage for its upcoming Dreamcast console.
Iomega will piggyback on the Dreamcast game console using a 100-MB Zip drive that attaches to the system. The attachment will allow game updates via the Web.
The new Dreamcast system has a 128-bit processor, 26 MB of RAM, 64 channels of sound, and a 56-Kbps modem that will let consumers play games over the Internet, browse the Web, and send e-mail. Combining with the new Zip add-on will "make Dreamcast the first gaming system versatile enough to bring world-class game playing, Web browsing, and e-mail together in an integrated system," the companies said.
Sega also plans to sell private-label Dreamcast Zip 100-MB disks, offering both the device and disks in game-oriented distribution channels.
Sega's Dreamcast began shipping last November in Japan and is expected to debut in the United States and Europe on 9 September 1999.
Iomega has been trying to spread the use of Zip technology by bundling add-on devices with printers, scanners, set-top boxes, and audio devices.
