The dev kit was used to ensure games did not break any of Sega's memory usage rules. The collector, who goes by Ranma on Twitter, says the unit is worth about one million yen ($9,650).

Sega Saturn devkits cost $77,000 back in 1995. Making games is pretty damn expensive, even back in the day. ... Games development is, and always has been, pretty expensive.

The Sega Dreamcast development kit, codenamed Katana, was a computer tower that could be connected to any PC running Windows 98 or NT via an SCSI connection. It allowed developers to test a ...

Sega actually had two Sega Saturn 2's in development at the same time. One was codenamed Black Belt, used 3dfx's Voodoo graphics tech, and was in development in the U.S.

Not unless someone stuck a Saturn sticker on a Dreamcast dev kit for a laugh. Sonic Crackers (Genesis/Mega Drive) Back when I was at college, an unfinished Sonic game appeared on the internet ...

Sega cobbled a few extra parts to try and beat Playstation but didn’t plan well on this, programming for it was challenging and some developers often did Playstation first then ported to Saturn ...