History of video games/Platforms/Spartan

Background
An earlier unofficial 2015 petition for a new Dreamcast caught media attention. Internal conflict among that project lead to it being shuttered in 2016.

The console is sometimes associated with this petition as the creators of that petition endorsed the Spartan, though they were not directly involved in development.

Development
A twitter account for the platform was created in September of 2017, first posting a teaser for the console on October 1st, 2017. The console was then covered by the channel SpawnWave shortly afterwards on October 16th, 2017.

A new controller design was announced on April 29th, 2018.

A new prototype controller unit was shown in a September 19th, 2020 update.

Software
The system runs an operating system known as Spartan OS. This operating system is based on Linux, and is meant to be open with the exception of a proprietary game software.

Hardware
The system had two standard USB ports, two super speed USB ports, a USB type C port, S/PDIF, Headphone jack, microphone jack, HDMI port, Displayport, and DC power in.

Games
The system supported "software/hardware emulation" for earlier Sega home consoles, including the Sega Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast, as well as the Sega Game Gear portable console. The developers specifically noted that the open source projects RetroArch and Libretro were not used.

Exclusives

 * Sonic 4K - Concept Fangame