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F-Zero courses from a dead Nintendo satellite service restored using VHS and AI (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by DannyMac to c/retrogaming

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[–] TwilightVulpine 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Were they full priced games as well?

[–] TwilightVulpine 1 points 10 months ago

It was a service, but my point is less how much was paid, but that much of it is dead and gone. A completely free game that shuts down its servers and becomes unplayable is still a loss to our culture.

[–] woelkchen 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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...

[–] TwilightVulpine 1 points 10 months ago

As do most live service publishing companies. That is the whole problem. They aren't bothered by simply looking bad for not preserving them.