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| image= [[File:BSX1.png|An image of the Super Famicom with the BS-X add on.]]
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| type= Home Console
 
| released= {{release|jp= Novbember 21, 1990}}
{{Infobox System
| media= Downloadable Content
| image= [[File:BSX1.png|200px]]
| predecessor= [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
| type= Console add-on hardware
| successor= [[Nintendo 64]]
| released= {{Release|JP= April 23, 1995}}
| media= {{List|Downloadable content, Rewritable ROM cartridges}}
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The '''Satellaview''' was a peripheral for the [[Super Famicom]] that enabled the downloading of magazines, games and other media by way of satellite broadcasting services provided by Japanese satellite radio company [[St. GIGA]]. The peripheral, co-developed by Nintendo Research & Development 2 and St.GIGA, was released on April 24, 1995.<ref>https://actaludologica.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/05-UEMURA-MAGO-%E2%80%93-AL-1-2018.pdf</ref> Broadcasting services for the Satellaview were discontinued on June 30, 2000.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020619232027/http://nnm.nikkeibp.co.jp/nnm/2002/06/NNM20020610_193.html


The '''BS-X Broadcasting System''' was an add-on piece of equipment for the [[Super Famicom]]/[[Super Nintendo]] gaming systems. The BS-X stood for Broadcast Satellaview X.
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The BS-X would be connected to the [[St. GIGA]] satellite station between 4:00-7:00 PM, <sup title="The text in the vicinity of this tag needs citation." class="noprint">&#91;[[Help:Citing Sources|''citation&nbsp;needed'']]&#93;</sup>  when you could download and play games. The BS-X system broadcasted for 5 years, up until June 2000.  
==Features==
The Satellaview's services could be accessed via the St. GIGA satellite station between 4:00 and 7:00 PM. The user was required to have a subscription to the St. GIGA station, as well as a BS tuner in order to operate the Satellaview. During this time, users could download and play games. The BS system broadcasted for five years, up until June, 2000. A large catalog of games previously released in cartridge format, as well as a few new games, was made available for download through the service. A deluxe package came with a rewritable 8-megabit memory card that plugged into a slot on the top of the boot cartridge. Without this cartridge, the BS-X cartridge saved downloaded content to its 512 KB of built-in memory.


The ''Legend of Zelda'' games that were released were ''[[BS The Legend of Zelda]]'', ''[[BS The Legend of Zelda: The Ancient Stone Tablets|Ancient Stone Tablets]]'', and ''[[BS The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods]]''.
A feature called SoundLink allowed the use of streaming music or voice clips, most famously used in {{AST}}, while playing a game.


==Trivia==
==Satellaview ''The Legend of Zelda'' Games==
Each of the eight [[dungeons]] in the first BS Zelda quest are in the shape of a letter. When put together, it spells out STGIGA (St. GIGA), the developing company for most of the BS-X games.
*{{BSTLoZ}}
*{{AST}}
*{{ALttP}} (port)


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