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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Christopher Harper

Lost Japan-exclusive Satellaview F-Zero GP 2 restored with footage and special tools

Footage on left is Nintendo's BS F-Zero GP on Super Famicom, footage on right is mod recreation. Below (cropped) is track data mapped to the original video playback.

Game preservation is a tricky thing, especially for games that were so limited run that they were only distributed for a few weeks by satellite, in Japan — such as the two BS F-Zero GP games. These games were lost to the Super Famicom's (Japan's SNES) "Satellaview" satellite content delivery service back in the 90's, which served as a precursor to modern DLCs. The Satellaview-broadcasted game content alongside radio content, which meant that Satellaview-limited games also often included new music, game progression hints, and more.

As heard through TechSpot, a group of dedicated F-Zero modders (and apparently Did You Know Gaming on YouTube) banded together to bring back F-Zero's lost Satellaview content for modern gaming historians to enjoy.

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