But in 1997 gamers for the first time could (with a long enough serial cable) browse away from their big beige computers for only $70. The Game.com Internet cartridge was designed to connect to Delphi, a legendary internet service provider that starting in the 80s pioneered the online encyclopedia and online message boards. It's standard DB25 on one endGame.com Link Cable (the serial cable that came with the internet cartridge with a DB25 pinout). Sadly as far as I'm aware there are no substitutes - try to find this bundled with the Internet cartridge. Insert the Internet cartridge into one of the Game.com's cartridge slots2.

Source: CNN January 05, 2026 05:12 UTC