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{{system
| image= [[File:BSX1.png|An image of the Super Famicom with the BS-X add on.]]
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| image= [[File:BSX1.png|200px]]
| type= Home Console
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| type= Console add-on hardware
| released= {{release|jp= Novbember 21, 1990}}
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| released= {{release|jp= November 21, 1990}}
| media= Downloadable Content
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| media= Downloadable content<br>Rewritable ROM cartridges
| predecessor= [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
 
| successor= [[Nintendo 64]]
 
 
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The '''Satellaview''' was an add-on piece of equipment for the [[Super Famicom]].
   
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==Features==
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 "'''B'''roadcast '''S'''atellite '''X'''<ref>[http://bsx.seesaa.net/article/44309530.html Satellaview Heaven (in Japanese)]</ref>".
 
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The Satellaview service 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 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> During this time, a player could download and play games. The BS-X system broadcasted for 5 years, up until June 2000.
 
 
The ''Legend of Zelda'' games that were released were ''[[BS The Legend of Zelda]]'', ''[[BS The Legend of Zelda: The Ancient Stone Tablets]]'', and ''[[BS The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods]]''.
 
   
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A feature called SoundLink allowed the use of streaming music or voice clips, most famously used in {{AST}}, while playing a game.
==Trivia==
 
* 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.
 
* Similarly, the Second Quest's dungeons spell "[[Nintendo|NiNtENDO]]".
 
   
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==Satellaview ''The Legend of Zelda'' Games==
==References==
 
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*{{BSTLoZ}}
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*{{AST}}
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*{{ALttP}} (port)
   
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Revision as of 18:00, 11 June 2016

Template:Exitstub-nintendo Template:Sources

Template:System The Satellaview was an add-on piece of equipment for the Super Famicom.

Features

The Satellaview service 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 Ancient Stone Tablets, while playing a game.

Satellaview The Legend of Zelda Games