

BS-X: The Story of The Town Whose Name Was Stolen (BS-X それは名前を盗まれた街の物語) is a cartridge released alongside the Satellaview in 1995, the expansion for the Super Famicom allowing to receive satellite data and radio. BS-X makes use to the Satellaview to allow you to download games, magazines, and other downloadable content for compatible games. It requires a Memory Pack to be inserted on the cartridge itself to save the downloaded content.


The lobby interface is very original: It is in the form of an RPG! You are living in the town of which the name has been stolen. You access content by going into the buildings, by talking to unique NPCs. You could even buy items in some of those buildings...
This unique way to access content has been way ahead of its time, thanks to the collaboration of Nintendo and St. GIGA, which was the first company to focus on satellite radio... Broadcasting specifically made games and radio content together, as we call soundlink games, you may have heard of BS Legend of Zelda, a remake of the original Zelda game which a radio drama was also broadcasted alongside the game.
You can find the ROMs here, pre-patched: