I Bought a Sega Gaming PC

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Did you know Sega made gaming PCs? Well, they do, they're modern, and they have been building machines like this for well over a decade. But there's more to the story than just that! Did you know these PCs are used in arcades, run Windows, and have always on DRM that makes Denuvo look like child's play, and it has lead to clandestine networks of arcade operators outside of the games' native regions? How does it work? What caveats are there? Will this be your next sick rig?

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712
Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI
Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw
Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0  https://geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4
Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro & The Problem
2:16 Hardware Overview
3:14 The Network
4:14 What can arcades do?
5:18 Private servers and clandestine networks
6:45 Piracy or privateering?
7:26 Privateer James plays Puyo Puyo

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