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16-Bit Gems - #20: BS Zelda (& Satellaview Retrospective)
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13 жыл бұрын
@Tgr2k1 10 жыл бұрын
Hands down the best 16-Bit Gems episode I think. I've seen this episode many times over the last several months and its just as fascinating and fun to watch now as it was the first time. Great job Roo!
@darkerm76 4 жыл бұрын
2020 and this video ages supper well, almost like a video from Future!
@shadyshopkeep2211 6 жыл бұрын
"Rupees are given out like beatings at a depression-era orphanage" That was the exact moment at which I subscribed.
@BiohazardEXTREME 10 жыл бұрын
I'm really tired of people absolutely protesting the sheer concept of Emulation. Some games just aren't available now, period. And in some cases, those that are, are only being sold used by independent vendors, so even if you order it on eBay, it's not like Nintendo would get any kind of a profit from them. If the game is sold on Nintendo's eShop, and I can legally buy it, that's different. But I'm not going to feel ashamed of emulating what's essentially abandon-ware.
@alphaenemy 9 жыл бұрын
Purists are zealots, and zealots are retards.
@caseystrange 6 жыл бұрын
I'll go with the stamp collecting. The people who designed emulators did so because they wanted to see how the system worked from the inside. Once they made their software public, people than started dumping roms getting on this "game preservation" trip. You see how quickly those people change their tune when Nintendo takes down a rom hosting site? All games should see a physical media release. Period. Games should never be free. When someting becomes too convenient for people, they end up taking it for granted and losing the appreciation that was held for it in the first place. If I make a very well done Hack of Castlevania, someone will sell it on a reproduction cart and profit from it. Even though both I and they don't own the game and have no right to market it, sell it or profit from it. Emulation did a lot of damage too. Nobody wants to cop up to that, do they?
@j0nnyism 5 жыл бұрын
Emulation is wrung mmkay?
@Zeithri 4 жыл бұрын
I don't feel bad over emulating at all period. I've emulated games since I was like 13. It's let me play so many games I'd never ever have had the opportunity to play otherwise. Now I can still buy the physical copies to own them and I'll do that, but that's not gonna stop me from emulation still. That's my view on it. Plus I make youtube videos using emulators so yeah.
@SeraphinaPyle 4 жыл бұрын
@@Zeithri Agreed, been emulating games since age 10. Learning about emulation so young helped me learn more abut tech/computers as a whole.
@FooDanger 11 жыл бұрын
"Images a japanese teenager from the mid 90's" "Plays Swedish song from 2008"
@zagStygian 10 жыл бұрын
"The cockroach eats cheese on the library" ...priceless.
@SirCaco 10 жыл бұрын
"y la biblioteca" = AND the library, which makes it even more hilarious.
@zeldadungeon 13 жыл бұрын
Very well done, thank you for doing all of that wonderful research about the Satellaview and St. Giga. I knew a lot of that already, but this was very comprehensive and well thought out. Keep up the great work. ~ Caleb
@artttard 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, a Kotaku article actually directed me to something interesting. There's a first time for everything, I guess.
@TheIronSavior 8 жыл бұрын
There is so much interesting information here. This is among your greatest work.
@Converge3 8 жыл бұрын
These games are so interesting from a historical standpoint. Thanks for this.
@SeekerLancer 9 жыл бұрын
I never knew a whole lot about the BS Zelda's or how the Sattelaview actually worked so this was a nice video. Always great when a KZfaq video teaches me things I didn't know.
@XEndlessSteelX 10 жыл бұрын
Not only this games are pretty much hidden gems, this channel also is. Subscribed!
@OhJustCallMeLuke 12 жыл бұрын
Loved the "Penn & Teller: Bullshit!" theme at the beginning. Well played. xD
@northwindkey 7 жыл бұрын
13:31 - 13:33 not anymore, "06/21/16 Wow. We accomplished the msu1 project... at last! Full restoration of the radio program that originally played during the game. 4 hours of restored music and voice acting, dubbed in English for your listening pleasure!!! Download the official versions and the msu1 patch for Map1 and/or Map2. You find a readme file in the msu1 patch folder, read it carefully. In the readme you also find the location of the pcm:s!" from the BS Zelda HomePage.
@northwindkey 7 жыл бұрын
Also for AST, "10/02/16 Finally... the AST MSU1 project has been finished as well! Just alike BS Zelda, it offers a full restoration of the radio program that originally played during the game with 4 hours of restored music and voice acting. Download the official versions and the msu1 patch for AST. You find a readme file in the msu1 patch folder, read it carefully. In the readme you also find the location of the pcm:s! The mission this site began in 1999 is with this release accomplished! With this fantastic news, I (Conn) will now retire for good! :-)" they have finally finished.
@kamencj 6 жыл бұрын
are the sill up?
@Zeithri 6 жыл бұрын
Sorry, not interested in English dub. Now, they can work on BS Dragon Quest and BS Fire Emblem!
@Nitroxity 6 жыл бұрын
I did recently play through BS Zelda Map 1 on my SD2SNES, it was fantastic! It's heartwarming that 20 years later we finally have the tools to play a fully English-friendly release with the same audio as the original broadcasts. Truly shows how much good the MSU-1 and the various people who have developed for it have done for fans of the SNES. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your near two decade-long mission to keep these treasures alive.
@skins4thewin 4 жыл бұрын
@@Nitroxity Same here! I absolutely treasure these games & the work that went into them, and am SO SO glad that they are now available in all of their former glory for us to enjoy!
@TombOfFangs 8 жыл бұрын
BS-X: The cockroach eats cheese at the library.
@Viva_Reverie 13 жыл бұрын
Jeez, and I thought Zelda for the Game and Watch was obscure... I didn't even know this existed, and I'm a long time Zelda fan.
@behnzo1988 3 жыл бұрын
Did you expect to grow after 10 years on youtube
@hermit6123 9 жыл бұрын
Rental shop? So they did use this as inspiration for Link Between Worlds.
@idkwmytuni 7 жыл бұрын
A lot of folks are complaining about your jokes but I love them. I almost routinely return to these videos whenever I'm feeling down or anxious because I feel at home. As someone else said, it feels cozy. Thank you for making these
@robzuniga7869 9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video, Exactly what I was looking for. I've heard about these games many times before and even read up on them but the way they were explained here in detail helped me understand much better than reading it.
@Costar58 11 жыл бұрын
13:54 It may be just me but this "Old Man" sounds like almost every single old man in Anime ._.
@right_hand_power7960 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he does.
@skins4thewin 4 жыл бұрын
It's not just you. Hell, I can't tell any Japanese people apart from one another either. They literally all look the same.
@Juggalo972 9 жыл бұрын
Played all four of these chapters on the ZSNES emulator, and I had a blast! It needs a release!
@Shu_BLN 8 жыл бұрын
Your content is so great, even if you don't make this kind of videos anymore... I have to subscribe anyways :)
@inukgamerrz6341 Жыл бұрын
Why is this age-restricted? That's criminal bs and this series is criminally underrated,...
@Elrinth 11 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this clip. It contained some fun stuff (the cd-i reference) and some try-hard to be funny stuff (the beginning). Very informative and good to know stuff if you're a Zelda fan :D Thank you so much.
@TheBrainScratcher 8 жыл бұрын
releasing a game via satellite only was bs, hence the name.
@Spacialvekter 7 жыл бұрын
The song at 0:30 is the theme to Penn and Teller's Bullshit!.
@hhanonymous 13 жыл бұрын
Great informative video. The way you intricately explain things, paced breaks for humor and your voice reminds me a lot of Alton Brown and his show Good Eats. I mean this as a compliment.
@Sneakytoke 8 жыл бұрын
How philosophical of you to end the video with the groundbreaking statement "there is no reset button" a great metaphor for life that is.
@didma 10 жыл бұрын
bs zelda no deutschland never heard of the release here in germany hehehe awesome review man
@thogameskanaal 8 жыл бұрын
BS: Zelda no Deutschland... Genius. LMAO
@RetroGameThrowdown1 8 жыл бұрын
+THO games I was thinking the same haha. I had to back up just to be sure I heard it right
@thogameskanaal 8 жыл бұрын
Retro Game Throwdown XD
@ThePreciseClimber 8 жыл бұрын
+THO games I can confirm there is no Deutschland in BS Zelda.
@Zionfarm 12 жыл бұрын
Man just finished watching this video and WOW. You guys did a great job on this review/informative/overview of a great game.
@JazzemYT 13 жыл бұрын
Kudos, that was an excellent video, very comprehensive and entertaining (especially to a huge Nintendo fan such as myself, always been curious about the BS stuff). Keep up the good work :)
@ikagura 7 жыл бұрын
We need an official Zelda 1 and 2 remaster
@adayinforever 3 жыл бұрын
And Zelda 3 and 4. And 5 and 6. Fuck it. They should just remaster all of them.
@justuswhite924 10 жыл бұрын
No wonder Nintendo never made a 16-bit remake for Legend of Zelda. It's 'cause they did, under an oddball name. Damn.............
@iksarguards 10 жыл бұрын
I lost it when he broke into Klingon. Well done, Sir. Well done.
@WebstersYouTube 13 жыл бұрын
I had absolutely no idea these existed. Thank you very much, despite growing up Sega, I always did love the Zelda series.
@hdjksa52 9 жыл бұрын
You're a 90s gamer and you can't pronounce Japanese writing?
@Magnero 9 жыл бұрын
Made me laugh.
@alexjamieson4968 9 жыл бұрын
corvusala why is this a thing i'm not aware of? i've been a gamer since i was young which was early 90's, and i don't really give a shit about japanese writing.... i didn't realize it was a pre-requisite for being a "gamer" was to be able to read foreign languages. that's neat, though!
@Zeithri 9 жыл бұрын
Alex Jamieson It was for all of us who did not speak English.
@DrAndyShick 8 жыл бұрын
+hdjksa52 or even English writing of Japanese words
@dennisberndtsson 10 жыл бұрын
Love the swedish song at 09:55
@captainnintendo 11 жыл бұрын
This will always be my favorite 16-Bit Gems video. I think I must have watched it more than 50 times in the past 2 years. It has such nice phasing and it's entertaining and fun as well (The other 16BG is also great ofc) It also goes in very great depth about the whole Satellaview system which is very impressive considering how obscure it is. Roo Rocks :)
@SatoshiMatrix1 13 жыл бұрын
excellent. I already knew a fair bit about the Stelleview and BS Zelda, but this really helped clear up some misconceptions about it. By far your best review yet! I'm going to recommend you to all my friends.
@Captainclueless09 10 жыл бұрын
I always wished Nintendo would do something like this again.
@ArchaicStigma 10 жыл бұрын
The problem is there isn't a sattelite service that's compatible with a game system. Although this is basically just a really early form of remakes and online stores.
@Nopeful 10 жыл бұрын
Chris Pie All Not a sattelite service, but more of a online thingy. You would have audio playing in the backround and what not, but meh.
@OrangeSteelStudios 10 жыл бұрын
well theres no live download events or anything but they did transfer the idea of an avatar being in a Nintendo universe with Nintendo land
@GiordanDiodato 10 жыл бұрын
So we're gonna forget the eShop?
@OrangeSteelStudios 10 жыл бұрын
Giordan Diodato its not only usable at a certain time
@albin998 10 жыл бұрын
09:57 that song is not japanese it's swedish.
@Fasneocroth 12 жыл бұрын
Man you ALWAYS blow my mind with these videos!
@KAKAROTOPS 11 жыл бұрын
Your videos are awesome man, there was so many gems back in those days that a lot of us missed, and people like you bring them back to life!...I know you arent remaking the game or anything. but making is know of their existence encourages us to look for them, play them and enjoy their awesomeness! thanks! oh and "La cucaracha y cerveza! hahaahh X) you need more spanish lessons mate!
@billybobbobbobbilly 7 жыл бұрын
I'm confused on why people are saying his jokes are bad. Are people just expecting him to yell "fuck" every few seconds or something? That's not what this series is about.
@waterguyroks 6 жыл бұрын
Whatever lol Nice strawman, nobody's saying that. His jokes are cringy because they all revolve around him not being able to pronounce certain words which is not very funny. It might have worked for a quick joke at the beginning but they take up way too much of the video as it is.
@Goofy8907 9 жыл бұрын
Thats a swedish song he played at 10:02...
@StevenCampbellFitness 11 жыл бұрын
I can appreciate this guys sense of humor. Dry and smart. Good stuff.
@Dragonlord4061 13 жыл бұрын
Cat:"Boo!" Roo:"Did you just 'boo' me?" lol
@RVAproducciones 10 жыл бұрын
The cloud Power, exist since 1995.? XboxOne...
@Sammy102093 10 жыл бұрын
nobody understands the cloud
@RVAproducciones 10 жыл бұрын
#TodosEntendemosLaNube
@Zhab80 10 жыл бұрын
Sammy102093 As a professional network administrator, I beg to differ. But there is certainly a whole bunch of people who don't. In fact, even some companies use "cloud" to define their services when it really isn't and they get away with it because people in general are clueless about the specific. I wont go into details about the specific requirements your service/infrastructure must meet to be worthy of the term "cloud", but for something to be "cloud" bidirectional communication is absolutely required. Which a plain old satellite television-like broadcast at specific times most certainly isn't. In closing, if there was "cloud networking" in 1995, this wasn't it.
@Sammy102093 10 жыл бұрын
Zhab80 don't worry, I know what cloud storage is. I was referring to a movie.
@Zhab80 10 жыл бұрын
Sammy102093 Oh... Well I'm notoriously bad at recognizing movie references unless they are extremely obvious and famous. Side note: "Cloud" is not necessarily used to offer storage. But some form of storage is usually involved in the majority of cloud services.
@ameliawright6947 7 жыл бұрын
I really don't know why people are ripping on Roo's jokes. Sure, they aren't George Carlin good nor are they sitcom bad. I think they're okay! They're cheesy but I'd rather have cheesy then offensive and swear heavy.
@Okapi540 Жыл бұрын
What I find fascinating about the BS Zelda games is that they effectively close the gap between Link's Awakening and Ocarina of Time. You can even see ideas that were later used for Majora's Mask, like the timed events.
@BunnyRaider 13 жыл бұрын
The P&T Bullshit! theme near the beginning was a very nice, subtle touch. I wish your reviews were this long more often. Awesome job.
@superstarjonesbros 10 жыл бұрын
BS Zelda no Deutschland... lol
@lssjgaming1599 8 жыл бұрын
Your Spanish isn't the same as the name of game you could use google translate
@TheSlaterReport 7 жыл бұрын
LSSJ Gaming - He deliberately used incorrect phrases as a joke.
@lssjgaming1599 7 жыл бұрын
I know..... I commented this months ago
@pyrobison2002 7 жыл бұрын
LSSJ Gaming he knows, he commented this months ago
@XxVicistxX 13 жыл бұрын
I love your reviews so much, they are always so informative and entertaining at the same time. Clan of the Gray Wolf should be way more popular.
@SirGambleo 13 жыл бұрын
You are a fountain of knowledge! Well done video, and very enjoyable. I had no idea they even released downloadable content for the Super Famicom. I truly feel enlightened. PS: I Fight Dragons is awesome in concert!
@Moonknife 7 жыл бұрын
This is total BS
@rofthebg7852 7 жыл бұрын
YOU HAD TO DO IT DIDN'T YOU?
@Riz2336 9 жыл бұрын
Who cares if people use emulation.
@ALonelyWeeaboo 6 жыл бұрын
'legal reasons' You're not supposed to encourage it or you'd be in legal trouble.
@rjnash2610 6 жыл бұрын
lol... no one cares.
@TheVonzilla 6 жыл бұрын
+Riz2336 I don't agree with it for new games on current systems, cuz that's just flat out stealing. But with old games on dead systems? Yeah that shouldn't matter, bc 95% of the ppl doing it are playing old games that they are never going to buy otherwise, and they usually just sample them and never go back to them. It's a great way to keep old forgotten games alive. Especially old arcade games. It's not as if that person could even buy a full arcade cabinet from the actual company that sold it, and if they bought if from someone else, that developer's still not getting any money. So yeah. I think game companies should back emulation. Hell they could use it to get hype up for an old game and make a new installment.
@j0nnyism 5 жыл бұрын
I do. And im gonna hunt everyone of you down and take justice on you. With great wrath!!. Wither on my anti piracy sword!!
@LipnoxVR 3 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite videos on KZfaq
@rjrann 13 жыл бұрын
I've looked into the BS Zelda games before, but never gave them a shot. After watching this video I decided to play them. I love them. Thanks for showing me how great these games are.
@JasonMontell2501 8 жыл бұрын
Dude, don't try to be funny. You try way too hard and only succeed in having me cringe.
@JasonMontell2501 8 жыл бұрын
My comment needs no translation.
@halohzed1225 8 жыл бұрын
nice job proving your immaturity
@lawrencegilmore6897 8 жыл бұрын
I agree. He tries too hard
@driojas 8 жыл бұрын
oh all of you,STFU jason-s right, fucking nerd close your shit down.
@JasonMontell2501 7 жыл бұрын
***** He wasn't trying to be funny? The amount of upvotes my OP has received begs to differ.
@emueljletgler2962 9 жыл бұрын
4:45 Roo please, you ashamed yourself. You said you are using "foreign words that you know how to pronounce" but as a Spaniard I can say your Spanish is really bad, not better than your Japanese... BTW is it really that difficult for anglophone people to pronounce Japanese?
@RyogaXvX 12 жыл бұрын
Wow thank you for this awesome review! My favorite episode so far!
@Logicfray 12 жыл бұрын
CoTGW you have some of the best videos on youtube, you are well researched and have a great sense of humour. I want to commend you on a job well done, and keep up the great work!
@AguFungus 8 жыл бұрын
Dude, don't you ever mangle the Japanese language again, if you don't want tomatoes thrown at you. If you can't say it, don't say it at all, and just skip to the translation. You'll save us a lot of cringe.
@TheSlaterReport 7 жыл бұрын
Agu Fungus- He openly admitted that his Japanese was not so hot and substituted the foreign subtitles with other phrases he knew. Did you even watch the video?
@AguFungus 7 жыл бұрын
Slater Brazeal Yes, I did. That's why I wrote my comment.
@rofthebg7852 7 жыл бұрын
The hell is it with people mispronouncing other languages and people getting pissed off? You might want this page mate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
@AguFungus 7 жыл бұрын
Stock Fedora Guy Implying that all jokes are inherently funny... except this wasn't.
@rofthebg7852 7 жыл бұрын
Other people have different senses of humor
@deangoldenstar7997 10 жыл бұрын
Carameldansen!!!! Seriously I laughed my ass off while dancing, when I saw this XD
@raydeen2k 10 жыл бұрын
KInd of like the old tape program broadcasting that was popular in Europe in the '80's for home computer users. Radio stations would broadcast the audio of actual computer programs (usually BASIC) that the user would record onto regular cassette tape and then load onto their home computer of the day.
@punker4Real 5 жыл бұрын
you mean I can transmit a computer virus over FM radio?
@DeusVult838 2 жыл бұрын
This video is so high quality I didn’t even know it came out in 2011
@HardDiskDog 8 жыл бұрын
Another thing Nintendo could do is put Famicom Disk System and arcade games on the virtual console instead of just their NES downgrades.
@InsightOnVideogames 13 жыл бұрын
Great retrospective! Comprehensive, informative and funny, as always. I had a look at some of the BS Zelda roms years ago, but now that you showed the reassembling work they did for them, maybe I should have another look. The only Satellaview games I've played are Radical Dreamers (Demiforce version) and Marvelous: Another Treasure Island
@killaskrilla5320 10 жыл бұрын
Great review, Very interesting peice of gaming history i had no idea about this. Just seen BS Zelda for sale and had to check it out. Now i gotta get em by any means...
@hejhej655 8 жыл бұрын
Love that the song you were playing when talking about the avatar for bs was in Swedish :)
@skins4thewin 4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! Very informative! & dude, that would have been a FANTASTIC idea to release these on the Virtual Console!! And you're right, they would have made a KILLING off of these! I too can't believe that they didn't think to do this! I know that I would have bought them in a freaking heartbeat!
@hard4games 11 жыл бұрын
Very thorough! Awesome overview of these titles.
@GelbesRayquaza 13 жыл бұрын
Oh my God I just youtubed for this (because I got to know about them randomly through wikipedia) and you posted this just two days ago! Thank you very much for the information. :3
@notyoursavior78 8 жыл бұрын
I've seen this video before but this is really cool. I never even knew Nintendo experimented with this until I watched videos of this on youtube. If I lived in Japan at the time and my family was well off financially I'd totally want this.
@hoaxygen 11 жыл бұрын
"La cucaracha come queso en la biblioteca." = "The cockroach eats cheese in the library."
@RocketLawnchair 13 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I knew about this satellite system, but had no real idea the kind of games they came out with. Kudos for this info. Keep up the good work good sir.
@benstersvideostash6441 5 жыл бұрын
Here from the games preservation article? Ironically in favor of emulation while the attached video was against it.
@finalfanmaniv4433 10 жыл бұрын
I've watched alot of 16 bit gems videos numerous times. I consider myself a fan, so as a request will you do a video on SNES's SimAnt?
@GreatScooty 10 жыл бұрын
Your bit about speaking Japanese along with starting the name afterward with la cucaracha gets me every fucking time.
@CC10Gaming 13 жыл бұрын
You guys should release a 16-bit gems DVD collection. I'd buy it in an instant. Great review...I had no idea that these games even existed. Thanks for the heads-up!
@Srry4RollingRocking 13 жыл бұрын
Great review! I've heard of these games and the Satellaview before but never the full history.
@jeffnussbaum716 10 жыл бұрын
As one who does speak Japanese, I have to say, I find substituting the Japanese for Spanish gibberish to be hilarious. Nicely informative video, too. You have a subscriber, sir.
@jumahn 9 жыл бұрын
I wish I had 2 more hands so I could give this 90 thumbs down
@MaximilianK1 13 жыл бұрын
Great job with your analytical and witty reviews. I love them. Keep it up : )
@NintendoRepairs 13 жыл бұрын
Proud to be part of the BS Zelda team!
@ClanOfTheGrayWolf 13 жыл бұрын
@1BlueYoshi Ah yes, you (and a few other below) are correct. The King of Hyrule is in Minsh Cap. Sadly, the reason I missed that is because... I never played Minsh Cap (I know, I know, *slaps self*). To atone, I'll move it to the top of my gaming queue. Thanks for the note though, guys!
@sabbath1212 10 жыл бұрын
what an outstanding video. invaluable work.
@Thunderwing88 10 жыл бұрын
Nice use of the Penn & Teller: Bullshit! theme.
@TBoneTony 12 жыл бұрын
21:42 that means that the flash animation of 4 swords miss-adventures has got small clips of that Zelda Link to the Past Drama audio. AWESOME!!!!!
@YusufSheth 13 жыл бұрын
this was waaaaaaaay more entertaining than i thought it would be,
@Bluebasaur 13 жыл бұрын
My favorite episode since the Earthbound one. Can't wait to see what else you have planned.
@BestgirlJordanfish 10 жыл бұрын
With all of this going on, some of these elements are put in A link between worlds, which is AMAZING
@machoboobie 12 жыл бұрын
thanks for letting me know this epic game exists!!! I have had some good times playing through the maps!
@RadioPlastic 11 жыл бұрын
Dewd. You are so awesome for making these videos. Thank you.
@icelord89 12 жыл бұрын
Nice touch using I Fight Dragons at the end!
@franciscovaladez1738 11 жыл бұрын
BS X: La cucaracha come queso en la biblioteca = BS X: The cockroach eats cheese at the library. I laughed my ass off
@Cubeface 13 жыл бұрын
I love it when you release new videos! BS Zelda too, nice!
@BigStinkot 11 жыл бұрын
Thank you dude. I'm a complete LOZ fanatic from the original two on the NES to the N64 and even the GBC. after that i didn't care for them too but never the less thanks to you i have five new loz games to play and a two disk soundtrack to listen to.
@ClanOfTheGrayWolf 13 жыл бұрын
@Valientlink Yep, that port was meant for a US version of the Satellaview (or something akin to it). Much like how there was a port on the bottom of the NES that was designed to connect to a modem.