En teoría se trata de un prototipo de Sega, a través de un amigo que pudo contactar con un ex-empleado colega suyo, que el pobre falleció pero trabajó en Sega, imagino que dentro de su departamento de hardware.


El resto os lo recomiendo leer (inglés) ........copio y pego tal cual.

Será un fake? parece bastante creible, aunque sea un diseño en plan barato.

Gracias a la feria de RetroMadrid y a Jesús Fabre por los links.

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Hi everyone,

After a good 14 years or so of sitting on this, I've decided it's time to share a little bit of Sega lore with those who would appreciate it most.

First, a little background info -- I was introduced to this site by Monkfish (a great friend who recently passed away, RIP), who provided everyone with the Geist build, if memory serves. We worked together at Sega back in the day, and a bout of reminiscence over my old friend led me to remember this site, which leads us to today.

I'm here to reveal a piece of unreleased Sega hardware -- the Pluto. And no, it's not that Nomad wannabe -- it's a Saturn with a Netlink built in. But enough words, on with the console porn:

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A little more background info -- as most of you know, Sega is a company with a history of turmoil. Employee turnover is a sad theme, and the Sonic Reaper (as we call him) strikes all too frequently. As such, the past gets forgotten quickly -- treasures from the previous generation are quickly cast aside, as a new regime tries to make a name for themselves (or justify their existence). As such, some of said treasures get left on laid-off-peoples' desks. And in a beautiful twist of fate, this beauty ended up finding its way to my desk, and then in a box with the rest of my stuff when I left Sega.

I was told that only two of these prototypes were made -- and this is #2.

This thing is a beast, and definitely the heaviest console I've ever held in my hands. The front features two controller ports, and on top you have a flip-top drive bay, a cart slot, a Power button, and the venerable Reset button. Note that the logo still says Saturn, so I'm guessing the Pluto codename was simply that, and they were thinking of branding it with the Saturn name. (The logo is printed on production-style though, so I'm guessing they were fairly serious about this one.) The left and right sides feature beautiful-and-exotic vents, while the back is standard Saturn, save for the Netlink ports. The bottom has nothing of note except for the "PLUTO-02" sticker (which is, of course, of note).

But does it work? I honestly never tried to fire it up until now. Yesterday I picked up a power cable from Akihabara (I'm based in Japan these days), and with a little trepidation, I pressed the POWER button...

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... and it lives! We're dealing with a straight-up USA NTSC Saturn here (NTSC-4-V1.00a, for those keeping score), which is sadly region locked, so my copy of Policenauts doesn't get any love. I don't have any US titles on hand, so I'm unfortunately not able to test a disc booting. Can't even imagine how I'd go about testing the Netlink part of this device (no landline here). I haven't had the guts to open it up and see if there's anything special inside, as I'm the kind of guy who tends to break wires and lose screws. I'm also not sure of the whereabouts of the Pluto-1 -- I'm guessing someone from the pre-Dreamcast days has it, though.

Anyway, I just wanted to share a bit of rare Sega history with the few people in this world who might still care, and see if anyone else has any knowledge about this bad boy. I think it's an interesting piece, and it hearkens back to a time when Sega was brave, and would try just about anything. Ah, how I miss that Sega...


vía super magnetic extraido de...
http://www.assemblergames.com/forum...Real-Sega-Pluto

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BOMBAZO!! Amigo Deny!!

Y ahora entiendo otras cosas que tengo por aqui y coleaban...  

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No tengo palabras...pero me esperaba otra cosa, me esperaba más un upgrade en plan gráfico...

Esto es como una especie de Neptune para por si el juego en red hubiese triunfado más..

Ahora que nos saquen la demo reel del shenmue en tiempo real, las 200 neptune que están en el desierto de Arizona con los cartuchos de E.T. de la Atari 2600, y de postre un Virtua Fighter III de Sega Saturn, y ya todos contentos con Sega, es lo mínimo por sacar el Aliens: Colonial Marines  

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saturn_worship escribió: [Ver mensaje]

No tengo palabras...pero me esperaba otra cosa, me esperaba más un upgrade en plan gráfico...

Esto es como una especie de Neptune para por si el juego en red hubiese triunfado más..

Jaja!! Pues anda que no hemos divagao tu y yo con que cojones seria el condenado PLUTO

Kira Terminal for Pluto, tiene todo el sentido del mundo ¿no?

Si..ahora si tiene sentido.

Pero claro, en la parte de atrás, arriba de lo que parece ser una tarjeta de red...puede haber una tarjeta 3D me temo..mmmm

Lindo bicho, gracias Deny por el dato .

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No quiero ser el que de la nota, pero la conveniente muerte del empleado para evitar confirmación o desmentido...
Que sea una saturn por dentro igual, sin ningún menú extra para las capacidades que añade...
Hoy en día con relativamente poco dinero se pude hacer una carcasa partiendo de un diseño hecho en un ordenador domestico...

Ojala fuera de verdad...

Parece una Saturn "Slim" rollo las SLIM de PS2 o PS3.

A mi el diseño me gusta y hasta lo vería como diseño comercial de la Saturn como lo fue la Megadrive II, aunque en realidad no nos podemos hacer la idea de las proporciones al no tener una Saturn normal al lado, pero igualmente se deduce que es mas reducida viendo el puerto de cartuchos (aunque quizá fuera un pelín mas alargada).

^^ Cada dia sale informacion nueva, gracias.

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Yo creo que es verdad,es ciero que lo suyo seria un video con el aparatejo funcionando pero tiene toda la pinta de ser un prototipo,los aparatos en produccion son los que despues se les ponen las carcasas guapetonas.Un faker hubiera puesto algo mas llamativo para hacerlo mas creible.

Sega Saturn Shiro.