To be clear, the Dreamcast didn't run Windows CE. It never ran anything in the sense of a traditional OS, instead injecting the necessary bits when it booted up a game. What Microsoft and Sega had ...

Sega and Microsoft worked together to adapt Microsoft’s compact Windows CE operating system to the Dreamcast hardware. This foray marked the first serious experiment by Microsoft in console ...

To make Dreamcast games, the duo made it so that developers could either use Sega's own proprietary programming interface or Microsoft's Windows CE OS. The latter offered a familiar development ...

Microsoft, which worked with Sega to implement Windows CE on the Dreamcast, made broadband gaming a key feature of the original Xbox. Ethernet connectivity was built into every console ...

While the Dreamcast was an undoubted flop, ending Sega’s efforts as a console manufacturer ... API into a specifically coded variant of Windows CE (which eventually ran the console); 3dfx ...

It's a stark contrast from how much it boasted about its Windows CE tools on the Sega Dreamcast. However, if you fast-forward to current day, Microsoft announced – no, it practically shouted ...