DannyMac@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoF-Zero courses from a dead Nintendo satellite service restored using VHS and AIarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkF-Zero courses from a dead Nintendo satellite service restored using VHS and AIarstechnica.comDannyMac@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
minus-squareyamanii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoGood to know the industry have been killing their games even before I was born. Great work restoring it.
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s not exactly killing a game, it was never released outside of Japan - and even there it wasn’t widely purchased. The sad thing is the US SNES did actually have a port for this on the bottom, I always wondered what that was for.
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s just as much game killing than any live service today. Satellaview relied on server connection, there’s no official lasting copies that anyone can own.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago there’s no official lasting copies that anyone can own. Then Nintendo did a bad job of preserving it. The game could be an expensive eShop download now…
minus-squareyamanii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt is in the sense that you had to delete the downloaded game to play another, it’s why it’s hard to preserve these satella games.
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYes but this was also around 30 years ago when data storage was smaller and more expensive.
Good to know the industry have been killing their games even before I was born. Great work restoring it.
It’s not exactly killing a game, it was never released outside of Japan - and even there it wasn’t widely purchased.
The sad thing is the US SNES did actually have a port for this on the bottom, I always wondered what that was for.
It’s just as much game killing than any live service today. Satellaview relied on server connection, there’s no official lasting copies that anyone can own.
Were they full priced games as well?
Then Nintendo did a bad job of preserving it. The game could be an expensive eShop download now…
It is in the sense that you had to delete the downloaded game to play another, it’s why it’s hard to preserve these satella games.
Yes but this was also around 30 years ago when data storage was smaller and more expensive.