Nintendo Super Famicom Disk System (Satellaview "BS")
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The Satellaview was a satellite modem add-on for Nintendo's Super
Famicom system in Japan. It retailed for ¥14,000.
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The name "Satellaview" is assumed to be a blend of satellite and view.
However the consoles full name is seldom used; the official
abbreviation seen everywhere is BS-X; BS stands for Broadcast
Satellaview, and X is literally "unknown" or "nameless".
It seems that at some point in time someone on the Internet started
calling it the "Bandai" Satellaview, and most websites now refer to it
as this, but there is no trace of any Bandai logo or name in any known
documentation or indeed in the BIOS over-world interface itself.
The BS-X titles fell into several categories:
* exclusive releases, new entries in established series available
only on the BS-X; they are still exclusive, as none has been re-
released as of yet.
* re-releases, exact replicas of the cartridge data of normal Super
Famicom games, except in a format for broadcast over the satellite
* remakes of previous Famicom games, often hugely enhanced, as in
the cases of BS Zelda and BS Mario
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* remixed Super Famicom titles were occasionally released, as in
the case of BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets
* original creations; there were a handful of BS-X games that were
not part of any established series.
No matter what the game was, it was released in weekly or sometimes
daily installments, usually with a total of four parts. Some games
went on to have multiple stages beyond the scope of the original game,
such as BS Zelda "-Map2-" (the only known name), which included nine
entirely new dungeons beyond the nine already featured in the first BS
Zelda broadcast. However the player data could not be transferred onto
the new maps, and, just like The Legend of Zelda's "Second Quest", the
player had to start over.
* Satellaview adapter, attached to the bottom of Super Famicom and
plugged into the (previously unused) expansion port
* L-shaped bracket; this supplied power to the Satellaview via the
Super Famicom
* Application cartridge "BS-X : Soreha namae o nusumareta machi no
monogatari" (translates as The Story of The Town Whose Name Has Been
Stolen)
This application was like a game in itself. The player entered his or
her name and chose his or her gender, then moved his or her player
character around the town. Each house or shop in the town was a direct
link to a particular game, which would load and be ready for play if
the player chose to enter that building.
The deluxe system contains all the above, plus:
* 8-Megabit Memory Pak - (downloaded games are saved on this memory
cart if you put it in)
The BS-X base unit contained some memory of its own, but not much
(about 512 kB) so for larger games, or (it is to be assumed) for
multiple games to be saved at the same time, the player needed to
purchase this Memory Pak, otherwise previous data would have to be
erased.
The BS-X was developed and released by Nintendo, and St. GIGA was
responsible for the file servers and the maintenance side of things
after each game had been added.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview
http://nindb.classicgaming.gamespy.com/sns/sns_jp-bsx.shtml
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