did that "tele-modem" ever come out for the genesis?
WikipediaXBAND was an early online console gaming network for SNES and Sega Genesis systems. It was produced by a Cupertino, California software company called 'Catapult', and made its debut in late 1994 and 1995 in various areas of the United States. Initially, it had a very limited staff and virtually no advertising. Many avid gamers first learned of it via small news articles that were published in the popular console gaming magazines and strategy guides of the day. By January 1996, XBAND network playability had reached practically every metropolitan area in the country, and several rural areas, but there had only been a handful of advertisements published: the most well known of these such advertisements had appeared in gaming magazines, and were directed towards people wanting to be able to play their favorite videogames against anyone, anywhere, at anytime. The actual XBAND modems were carried by a handful of software and video rental chains across the United States. Internationally, the XBAND saw some limited expansion in the Japanese market, and Catapult was working on PC and Saturn based versions of the platform before the company ceased operations.
