Editing Sega Game Toshokan

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{{Infobox platform
|title           = Sega Game Toshokan
|image           = Sega_Game_Toshokan.png
|caption         = The Sega Game Library intro.
|manufacturer    = [[Sega]]
|type            = Video game service
|first_available = {{vgrelease|JP=3 November 1990<ref name="sega"/>}}
|price           = ¥800/month<ref name="segalist"/>
|discontinued    = 
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Sega Game aToshokan'''|セガゲーム図書館|Sega Gēmu Toshokan|lit. "Sega Game Library"}} is a game service exclusively released in Japan distributed along with Mega Modem addon for the [[Sega Mega Drive]], in the form of a special cartridge. Games for the service were released between 1990 and 1992, with a total of 28 games being released.<ref name="segalist">{{Cite web|title=Mega Drive|url=https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/soft.html|publisher=[[Sega]]|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110024208/http://sega.jp:80/fb/segahard/md/soft.html|archivedate=10 January 2013|accessdate=25 February 2022}}</ref> The second model of the Mega Drive, released on 23 April 1993,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mega Drive 2|url=https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/md2.html|publisher=[[Sega]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=25 February 2022}}</ref> removed the EXT port that the Mega Modem connected through, eliminating the ability to use the peripheral and therefore the Sega Game Library, though the service had already been discontinued at that point.

With the cartridge in the Mega Drive's cartridge slot, Mega Modem connected, and a Sega Meganet subscription, owners of the systems could download and play select Mega Drive games exclusively available through the service, which were released between 1990 and 1992. The internet ran at a speed of 1200 baud per second<ref name="sega">{{Cite web|title=Mega Drive|url=https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/modem.html|publisher=[[Sega]]|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907024506/https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/modem.html|archivedate=7 September 2020|accessdate=25 February 2022}}</ref> (equivalent to 1200 bits/second). It was possible to connect over dial-up to play online.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mega Drive|url=https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/|publisher=[[Sega]]|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110024049/http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/|archivedate=10 January 2013|accessdate=25 February 2022}}</ref>

==''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games==
Only two ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog series|Sonic]]''-related video games released on the service, with just one of them later receiving a physical media release outside Japan.
*''[[Flicky (game)|Flicky]]''
*''[[Sonic Eraser]]''

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{Plain link|https://segaretro.org/Sega_Game_Toshokan|Sega Game Toshokan}} at ''Sega Retro''.
{{Video game platforms}}
[[Category:Sega platforms]]