BS The Legend Of Zelda(Satellaview)...gaming boner

[xDragonWarrior]

So i grew up playing on the Nes.(my cousin gave me and by sister her Nes and around 15-16 games)and to this day,it's my favorite console of all time.Lust the nostalgic moments I had with the console is one reason I like it so much.One game that she gave us was The Legend Of Zelda(gold cartridge) and is one of my favorite games of all time(although i never really beat it,or knew where to go).While i was looking up on the Satellaview for the JP SNES(a satellite modem add on that was for the Sfamicon that allowed you to play games over the internet) I saw The Legend Of Zelda.Watched the video and i got a gaming boner.I don't know if it was because one of my favorite games of all time had a no bull**** remake with an epic soundtrack or what but it's freaking sweet.

[VGC1612]

Amazing!I hope one day,that Nintendo released all BS Satellaview games

[Taskmaster99]

Why does Link look like a red headed little girl?? Very cool though. Would love to own this.

[xDragonWarrior]

Why does Link look like a red headed little girl?? Very cool though. Would love to own this.

 

I think there is an option to be either Link or a girl.

[Kiddo]

Hi! It's been a while since I was on AtariAge, but I was sent here by a friend to this thread!

 

Why does Link look like a red headed little girl??

 

The game doesn't have "Link" in the terms of a defined character called "Link". The player character is based on the BS-X avatar and can be either a boy or a girl (Which kinda goes back to how Link was oriignally envisioned as, a blank slate player character). The player was only referred to as "Hero" through the game.

 

with an epic soundtrack

 

For reference, the SPC music in-game which is enabled in most emulators due to emulation tricks/hacking, was originally not heard in the broadcasts.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N85ZoThF5g

 

BS Zelda was an experimental game (Later on as more games operated like it did the term would be coined "Soundlink") in which the game was played with a streamed audio broadcast. The audio had a mix of arranged music and voice acting.

 

Some of the BS Zelda music actually came from various arrange soundtracks, but a good bit was made speciifcally for BS Zelda.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hl5UDCDYTI

 

Hope this interests you!

[Donnicton]

Now this was many years(10+) back, but at the time I had originally heard about this, a complete ROM didn't exist as the fourth week data was never found, since it depended on still existing on a Satellaview memory card without having been wiped for another game.

 

Had anyone successfully managed to find that data somewhere along the line?

[Kiddo]

Now this was many years(10+) back, but at the time I had originally heard about this, a complete ROM didn't exist as the fourth week data was never found, since it depended on still existing on a Satellaview memory card without having been wiped for another game.

 

Had anyone successfully managed to find that data somewhere along the line?

 

For preservation's sake we're still looking for one. However, in the meantime a somewhat hacked-up ROM of "Map 2" from Japan surfaced, and it is complete enough that it had all the data that was missing from the previous dump, including enemy and sound fixes and even an extra transition effect.

 

Feel free to check the BS Zelda Homepage for more info:

http://bszelda.zeldalegends.net/

Edited May 21, 2013 by Kiddo

[phattyboombatty]

This is very cool. I love the discoveries of the cryptic past of video gaming in Japan. When I was over in Hong Kong in 1992, I wanted a Super Famicom like nobody's business. But, not knowing anything about power conversions back then, I was afraid I'd fry the system on a U.S. 110v outlet.

 

That said, I'm glad these ROMs are now available. Roo's video is very good—I watched all 27:00 minutes of it!

[Kiddo]

While playable ROMs of BS Zelda are available, we really don't have a proper preservation. Just... a lot of hacking to simulate it. This is at least in part because of the original ROM sources that had to be worked with. Rather unfortunate.

 

As someone who tries to get 8M Packs to dump more Satellaview ROM content, though, I'll keep working on this.

[godslabrat]

Wouldn't this be an absolutely ideal project for the WiiWare/Virtual Console shop?

[Kiddo]

I'd assume Nintendo has legal issues regarding the soundtrack or voice actors. BS Zelda is surely a game that westerners would love, and it's disappointing that it gets neglected by Nintendo.