As a Satellaview researcher I've wondered about the nature of St. Giga - and how they got involved in an ambitous Nintendo project - for a while. Even as I've looked up Satellaview content, I've also looked into researching St. Giga as a whole.
For a while I've tried entering search terms with their title on NicoNicoDouga - and recently I've been getting results. You can check some of them after the snip.
More importantly though, the English Wikipedia has been doing articles based on translations of the Japanese Wikipedia.
I'd like to thank anyone who helped on that. :)
It's very helpful, and it gives me context into some of my search results, too.
Whether it be the experimental New-Age music, or the just-as-experimental yet radically different Satellaview, St. Giga's history was innovation in the music business - which may have been why Nintendo sought them out for this project.
Apparently Nintendo invested stock in them in 93? Funny, wasn't that around the year the Super Famicom CD projects fell under?
Anyway, here are the most recent NicoNicoDouga uploads, an episode of "RADIO STAR" which is very ambient in nature, and some episode's of Yuuki Nae's show, "Tomorrow, If..."
(Oh, yeah, hit that "Read More" button now.)
セント・ギガ 裕木奈江 『明日になれば』
裕木奈江 『明日になれば』（1996年3月）
裕木奈江 『明日になれば』（平成８年）
from St.GIGA 「RADIO STAR」～「ORGANIC-STEPS」
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
To put it short - What is the BS-X?
I'll get this question out of the way with as short an answer as I can.
The Satellaview, or BS-X for short, was an add-on for the Super Famicom. It's "Gimmick"? "Satellite Broadcasting".
What does that mean? It means data was sent to you from Satellite. Perhaps in the same manner that the Sega Channel had data sent to you through Cable. Using the Satellaview, you could download various things into memory packs, including games, news, and magazines. You could also take advantage of the Satellite Audio capabilities to listen to your favorite radio shows, or play special games which made use of live audio broadcasts.
More on each of these as I put up examples.
The Satellaview was a cooperative project between Nintendo, whom need no introduction, and St. Giga, a Japanese Satellite Radio service. I hope to get more about St. Giga as a company later, but for now, I will link their JP Wikipedia article.
A translation would be appreciated.
The Satellaview, or BS-X for short, was an add-on for the Super Famicom. It's "Gimmick"? "Satellite Broadcasting".
What does that mean? It means data was sent to you from Satellite. Perhaps in the same manner that the Sega Channel had data sent to you through Cable. Using the Satellaview, you could download various things into memory packs, including games, news, and magazines. You could also take advantage of the Satellite Audio capabilities to listen to your favorite radio shows, or play special games which made use of live audio broadcasts.
More on each of these as I put up examples.
The Satellaview was a cooperative project between Nintendo, whom need no introduction, and St. Giga, a Japanese Satellite Radio service. I hope to get more about St. Giga as a company later, but for now, I will link their JP Wikipedia article.
A translation would be appreciated.
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