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Around late 1986, Sega released the “Sega AI Computer”. This is one of Sega’s least well known and rarest systems. Not much was known about this system apart from a small amount of information in Japanese and American flyers and press articles. The information we have is still piecemeal and may be partly inaccurate.

Today we are making public, for the first time: all system roms extracted from the Sega AI Computer, data dumps from 26 my-cards and 14 tapes, many scans and photographs, and in collaboration with MAME developers, an early working MAME driver allowing this computer to be emulated.

This is technically a 16-bit CPU computer but with many 8-bit era parts. It's quite an orphan computer in Sega history, and although outside of SMS Power normal scope, we decided to work on preserving it.

Please read details and find all downloads at:
https://www.smspower.org/SegaAI

Enjoy!

This is absolutely incredible, insane, and almost incomprehensible.

This machine boggles my mind the more I learn about it. Insanely awesome work preserving this all!

Super cool. Thanks for sharing all of this with the rest of us.

This is awesome. Thanks!

That's a great discovery and faboulos work you all have done.

I just wrote something about the Sega AI Computer at German Wikipedia.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SG-1000#Sega_AI_Computer

It was mentioned there before with just one small sentence.

May I use one of the photos for illustration?

this is amazing work and i am glad to see this unique and hard to find system preserved and documented finally. excellent work, and thank you to everyone who made this preservation possible!

Incredible work

Bodhi1969 wrote

May I use one of the photos for illustration?

You can use of a good majority of photos at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zCtETqhax-0UHjtOrBd4nWcDC5WB1gSF

But may need confirmation in case you pick one that isn't mine (however I know who made most photos and I can ask). Both my photos and Chris photos are ok to publish on Wikipedia under whichever licence you see fit.
The ones from any of the "auctions" folder obviously are not ours.
I can also take new photos if you need a specific thing.

This computer may not fit within the website prerogatives hardware-wise, but its software couldn't be more Sega-ish/Master System-ish. So, you're VERY welcome to the SMS Power, mister AI Computer!

Really incredible. It’s amazing how sega is fascinating us even today
Thanks very much !

Fantastic effort by Bock and everyone else involved, simply amazing!

Have you guys already got everything, or is this useful to you?

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/d1126608504?conversionType=yac_item_bottom_r...

The King of the Mods wrote

Have you guys already got everything, or is this useful to you?

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/d1126608504?conversionType=yac_item_bottom_r...

I just won this today, two undumped games and I've got a buyer for the others so it should end up ok.

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Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8652 Location: Paris, France	Sega AI Computer: first dumps, system roms, scans, recordings & more Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:01 pm Last edited by Bock on Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:13 pm; edited 1 time in total
	Around late 1986, Sega released the “Sega AI Computer”. This is one of Sega’s least well known and rarest systems. Not much was known about this system apart from a small amount of information in Japanese and American flyers and press articles. The information we have is still piecemeal and may be partly inaccurate. Today we are making public, for the first time: all system roms extracted from the Sega AI Computer, data dumps from 26 my-cards and 14 tapes, many scans and photographs, and in collaboration with MAME developers, an early working MAME driver allowing this computer to be emulated. This is technically a 16-bit CPU computer but with many 8-bit era parts. It's quite an orphan computer in Sega history, and although outside of SMS Power normal scope, we decided to work on preserving it. Please read details and find all downloads at: https://www.smspower.org/SegaAI Enjoy!

Flygon Joined: 30 Jun 2016 Posts: 196 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:29 pm
	This is absolutely incredible, insane, and almost incomprehensible. This machine boggles my mind the more I learn about it. Insanely awesome work preserving this all!

akator Joined: 25 Aug 2023 Posts: 7	Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:33 pm
akator Joined: 25 Aug 2023 Posts: 7	Super cool. Thanks for sharing all of this with the rest of us.

Owazrim Joined: 20 Nov 2019 Posts: 13 Location: U.S.A.	Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:34 pm
Owazrim Joined: 20 Nov 2019 Posts: 13 Location: U.S.A.	This is awesome. Thanks!

Bodhi1969 Joined: 01 Oct 2020 Posts: 32 Location: Gummersbach, Germany	Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:48 pm
	That's a great discovery and faboulos work you all have done.

Bodhi1969 Joined: 01 Oct 2020 Posts: 32 Location: Gummersbach, Germany	Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:32 pm
	I just wrote something about the Sega AI Computer at German Wikipedia. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SG-1000#Sega_AI_Computer It was mentioned there before with just one small sentence. May I use one of the photos for illustration?

bsittler Joined: 22 Apr 2018 Posts: 530	so good to see this documented and preserved! Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:42 pm
bsittler Joined: 22 Apr 2018 Posts: 530	this is amazing work and i am glad to see this unique and hard to find system preserved and documented finally. excellent work, and thank you to everyone who made this preservation possible!

smokemonster Joined: 29 May 2015 Posts: 18	Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:43 pm
smokemonster Joined: 29 May 2015 Posts: 18	Incredible work

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8652 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 12:41 pm
	Bodhi1969 wrote May I use one of the photos for illustration? You can use of a good majority of photos at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zCtETqhax-0UHjtOrBd4nWcDC5WB1gSF But may need confirmation in case you pick one that isn't mine (however I know who made most photos and I can ask). Both my photos and Chris photos are ok to publish on Wikipedia under whichever licence you see fit. The ones from any of the "auctions" folder obviously are not ours. I can also take new photos if you need a specific thing.

mateusbond Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 102 Location: Brazil	Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 12:55 pm
	This computer may not fit within the website prerogatives hardware-wise, but its software couldn't be more Sega-ish/Master System-ish. So, you're VERY welcome to the SMS Power, mister AI Computer!

Asisluque Joined: 13 Jul 2018 Posts: 17	Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:37 pm
Asisluque Joined: 13 Jul 2018 Posts: 17	Really incredible. It’s amazing how sega is fascinating us even today Thanks very much !

BKK Joined: 01 May 2011 Posts: 469	Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:00 pm
BKK Joined: 01 May 2011 Posts: 469	Fantastic effort by Bock and everyone else involved, simply amazing!

The King of the Mods Joined: 24 Aug 2014 Posts: 52	Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:09 am
The King of the Mods Joined: 24 Aug 2014 Posts: 52	Have you guys already got everything, or is this useful to you? https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/d1126608504?conversionType=yac_item_bottom_r...

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8652 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:42 pm
	The King of the Mods wrote Have you guys already got everything, or is this useful to you? https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/d1126608504?conversionType=yac_item_bottom_r... I just won this today, two undumped games and I've got a buyer for the others so it should end up ok.

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