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Sega Saturn With LCD Screen, GPS, Karaoke?

Posted by simoniker on from the enticing-but-not-that-enticing dept.

Thanks to InsertCredit for pointing to a feature on the NFG Games site discussing the HiSaturn Navi, a rare and bizarre Japanese incarnation of the Sega Saturn from 1995, which included an add-on LCD screen, a car adaptor, GPS navigation software, karaoke compatibility, and lots more. The unit even has some strange car safety features courtesy of a sensor attached to the handbrake cable - "Game playing was prohibited while the car was in motion - without the handbrake sensor installed and the handbrake applied the screen would shut off after a game started to load." Still, at $2000 (with screen) when launched, and $1200 even now for second-hand models, it's only a toy for the truly insane Sega fan.

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  1. it's only a toy for the truly insane Sega fan? by toddhunter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nonsense, any type of insane person could probably enjoy this.

    1. Re:it's only a toy for the truly insane Sega fan? by Allison+Geode · · Score: 4, Funny

      I thought all sega fans were insane? (before anyone rips my head off, I love sega, and don't make any claims at sanity, either.)

  2. Where's the gundam feature? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    this is nuts. I can imagine two salarymen at hitachi are given a barrel of saki and told to go "make the ULTIMATE CONSOLE". I'm suprised this thing can't walk. I wonder how close they were to integrating the giant robot and cat-girl features...

  3. Re:hello, navi. by lidocaineus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shhhhh! No one seems to ever get that reference.