View source for Sega Game Toshokan

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| bobscreen=SegaGameToshokan_MDTitleScreen.png
| publisher=[[Sega]]
| developer=[[Sega]]
| system=[[Sega Mega Drive]]
| sounddriver=
| peripherals=[[Mega Modem]]
| players=1
| genre=Miscellaneous
| releases={{releasesMD
| md_date_jp=1990-11-03{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20200907024506/https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/modem.html}}
| md_code_jp=G-4503
| md_rrp_jp=12,800
}}
}}
'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (セガゲーム図書館), meaning '''''Sega Game Library''''', is a [[Sega Mega Drive]] cartridge distributed with select [[Mega Modem]]s. With the Mega Modem connected, this cartridge in the cartridge slot, and a {{currency|JP|4,800}} six months subscription{{magref|mdfan|10|74}}, consumers could download and play select Mega Drive games exclusively available through the service.

==History==
The ''{{PAGENAME}}'' service started on 3 November 1990, with ''[[Putter Golf]]'' and ''[[Pyramid Magic Yokokuhen]]'' being the launch titles. More titles would be distributed between 1990 and 1992, including non-game software such as ''[[Sega Music Collection]]''.

Two such games, ''[[Flicky]]'' and ''[[Shi no Meikyuu: Labyrinth of Death]]'' (called ''[[Fatal Labyrinth]]'' overseas), later saw retail release outside Japan. Another, ''[[Teddy Boy Blues (Mega Drive)|Teddy Boy Blues]]'', was a port of an earlier game that had already been released internationally on the [[Sega Master System]]. A fourth, ''[[Columns]]'', was already released in Japan retail. All the others were never released outside Japan and originated on Game Toshokan. Many of the games were eventually rereleased as part of the ''Game no Kanzume'' series, several [[Sega Ages]] compilations, and Sega's B-Club! service for downloading Mega Drive games to play on a PC.

The paid service ended in September 1992, possibly continuing for existing subscribers or as a free service until March 1993. It was said to have had 3,500 subscribers at the time that the service was announced to end.{{magref|megath|1992-46|5}}

==List of titles==
{{BulletPointGameList|MD|category2=Game Toshokan games}}

===Exclusives===
{{multicol|
* ''[[Kinetic Connection ① Nei Second]]'' (lost)
* ''[[Kinetic Connection ② Ohana Batake]]'' (lost)
* ''[[Kinetic Connection ③ Shirogane wa Warau yo]]'' (lost)
* ''[[Kinetic Connection ④ Mogura no Oasobi]]'' (lost)
* ''[[Kinetic Connection ⑤ Lightning Nei]]'' (lost)
* ''[[Pyramid Magic Sōshuuhen]]'' (lost)
* ''[[Taiketsu! Columns]]'' (lost)
}}

==Production credits==
{{creditstable|
* '''Programmer:''' [[Mark Cerny]]
* '''Music:''' [[Tadahiko Inoue]]
| console=MD
| source=Uncredited {{ref|1=https://vgmdb.net/forums/showthread.php?t=26648}}
}}

==Magazine articles==
{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}

==Promotional material==
{{gallery
|{{gitem|SegaGameToshokan MD JP Flyer.pdf|Flyer}}
|{{galleryPrintAd|bemega|1990-11|140}}
|{{galleryPrintAd|bemega|1990-12|2-3}}
|{{galleryPrintAd|bemega|1991-02|2-3}}
}}

==Physical scans==
{{Scanbox
| console=Mega Drive
| region=JP
| front=SegaGameToshokan_MD_JP_BoxFront.jpg
| top=SegaGameToshokan_MD_JP_BoxTop.jpg
| bottom=SegaGameToshokan_MD_JP_BoxBottom.jpg
| spine=SegaGameToshokan_MD_JP_BoxLeft.jpg
| spine2=SegaGameToshokan_MD_JP_BoxRight.jpg
| square=yes
| cart=SegaGameToshokan MD JP Cart.jpg
| carttop=SegaGameToshokan_MD_JP_CartTop.jpg
| item1=SegaGameToshokan MD JP Box.jpg
| item1name=Rom case
| item2=MegaModem.jpg
| item2name=Mega Modem
}}

==Technical information==
{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
===ROM dump status===
{{romtable|
{{rom|MD|sha1=9673b519c16883c146924c347ec6764281fa3a57|md5=63d1c64e1f3363171b63a75ce67b1f60|crc32=c185c819|size=128kB|date=1990-07|source=Cartridge (JP)|comments=|quality=good}}
}}

==External links==
* [https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese)]

==References==
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