Satellaview

Name: Satellaview
Brand: Nintendo

A satellite modem delivered scheduled games, magazines, and live audio to Super Famicom players.

Documented hardware recordA source-linked factual history appears below. Undocumented development, regional, and package details are left unclaimed.

Satellaview connected beneath a Super Famicom and received data through the St.GIGA satellite service. Its timed broadcasts included unusual live versions of Zelda and other downloadable programs.

Released: 1995 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family: Super Famicom add-on
Format / type: Satellite broadcast / memory pack
Region: Japan

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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Satellaview is a Nintendo hardware family documented for Japan, with a release recorded as 1995 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as Super Famicom add-on hardware using Satellite broadcast / memory pack. PLAYBACK connects 1 documented hardware variant to this family, including Satellaview BS-X set.

Research status: Structured source record

Release context

The documented release is 1995 (the exact day and month are not documented) for Japan on Super Famicom add-on. Date precision is preserved exactly: the archive does not invent a day when the source records only a month or year.

Regional differences

This record is scoped to Japan. The linked structured source does not document a separate regional title or package difference, so PLAYBACK does not infer one.

Physical packaging

The physical format is documented as Satellite broadcast / memory pack. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

Editions and revisions

1 hardware configurations are linked to this family: Satellaview BS-X set.

Research sources

commons.wikimedia.org — catalog record ↗