This means that if you have the hardware, and happen to own a satellite, you can push your own content into an unmodified SNES. Games designed with Satellaview support would be able to pull down new content from regular satellite broadcasts, not too bad for 1995. So how does this work, and where do the satellites come in? The key is in a fairly obscure Japanese SNES peripheral called the Satellaview, one of Nintendo’s early attempts at creating an online content delivery system for their consoles.

But it’s undeniably an original approach, so we hereby bestow the customary Internet Points unto him. really had to think outside the box to make this one happen, and even admits a bit of imagination is required on the part of the end-user to use it. If your first thought was that such a thing would involve an unreasonable amount of effort and hoop jumping…then you would be correct. Why leave this stuff to rot in a closet somewhere when it can be pushed into service today? Granted it might not always be the most efficient way to accomplish a task in the 21st century, but at least you’ll net some precious Internet Points for originality.Īs a perfect example, take a look at this project which lets you read Slack messages through a Super Nintendo game. We love seeing hardware and software from bygone eras getting a new lease on life through modern hacks, as longtime readers can surely attest to.

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