Writer Jack Yarwood recently published his excellent piece on the ephemeral history of Nintendo’s Satellaview peripheral, a Japan-exclusive satellite broadcasting add-on for the Super Famicom.
He was also kind enough to enlist me to help with translating some contemporaneous material to help fill out the piece, and among that material were interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto and Yusuke Akamatsu! It was a genuine pleasure to dive into a piece of history I knew relatively little about before the fact, and my thanks again to Jack for trusting me to help out! And also, thanks to my friend and colleague Liz Bushouse for providing a second set of (expert) eyes on some of the material!
If you’re at all interested in lost (or almost-lost-but-we’re-trying-to-save-it) gaming history, do be sure to check out Jack’s piece over at Time Extension, as I think it’s well worth the read.
Image by Andy Robinson @ Time Extension