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The '''Satellaview''' was | 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 | ||
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==Features== | ==Features== | ||
The Satellaview | 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. | ||
A feature called SoundLink allowed the use of streaming music or voice clips, most famously used in {{AST}}, while playing a game. | A feature called SoundLink allowed the use of streaming music or voice clips, most famously used in {{AST}}, while playing a game. | ||