Some intrepid followers have been in a position to reproduce the misplaced tracks from the BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2 Satellaview SoundLink occasion and have created BS F-Zero Deluxe, a patch to include them into the SNES sport.

The Satellaview was a digital satellite tv for pc supply (or broadcast) add-on for the Tremendous Famicom. Like many prototypical digital distribution platforms, information retrieved from the service was solely saved quickly and may very well be overwritten everytime you downloaded one thing else. As such, if somebody wished to protect a sport, they needed to dump it instantly earlier than overwriting it, and clearly, few individuals did.

Towards all odds, some video games from the service had been preserved, together with the primary BS F-Zero Grand Prix, which was composed of 4 separate broadcasts. This included 5 authentic tracks and 4 new races, which changed the 4 racers of the unique sport. Nonetheless, BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2, which consisted of two broadcasts, was thought of misplaced. Regardless of a $5000 reward supplied by the group, nobody stepped ahead with the info.

Nonetheless, whereas the info itself was thought of misplaced, a fan uploaded a playthrough of the BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2 to YouTube in 2018. Utilizing numerous elaborate strategies, mission programmer Man Excellent, was in a position to precisely duplicate the tracks inside F-Zero. Your complete course of (together with loads of deeper perception into the Satellaview itself) is detailed on this article on Press The Buttons.

The staff then compiled all of the Satellaview options and created the BS F-Zero Deluxe patch/growth for F-Zero. This patch contains all 10 Satellaview unique tracks compiled into two BS-X cups, in addition to the 4 extra autos, which can be found alongside the originals. There’s additionally a brand new ghost time trial mode.

I ought to maybe level out that there was a earlier launch referred to as BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2, however this was based mostly on the published “BS F-Zero 2 Apply,” and wasn’t a part of Grand Prix 2 correct. It doesn’t embrace the 5 recreated tracks. Additionally of be aware is the truth that the programs don’t embrace authentic music, for the reason that music was streamed to the SatellaView and wasn’t truly performed by the SNES {hardware} (there was additionally an announcer within the authentic broadcast).

The BS F-Zero Deluxe patch is accessible through archive.org. I’d additionally advocate studying the article on Press the Buttons, because it actually highlights the lengths the staff went to protect these tracks.