Merry Christmas!
Unfortunately I couldn’t get anything that’d surpass Oryouri Pon for this, but hopefully you shall be appeased with this assortment of dumps that match retail releases.
Going by kukun kun’s videos and other resources, the Satellaview actually had a distinct branding for these; “Satellaview Best Selection”, which is frequently used in promoting these limited-boot-up downloads. There’s probably some exceptions to this, so I’m not gonna relabel every retail-matching game, but knowing this term will be helpful if researching this subject further. There may even be a canonical list of what titles were released under this brand (And knowing my luck, Danyl has it and I forgot). That said, retail rereleases aren’t that exciting to me, so excuse me if the extra information may be a bit lacking this time.
I’ll start with one that I could had sworn I’d released way back, but Danyl has corrected me on that. See what I mean when I say these don’t quite excite me as much? It’s to the point where I make mistakes in regard to them. I even overlooked Wild Guns until someone else took it in their hands, and that ended up being different from retail. Oofsies. Well, anyway…
Chou Makai Taisen! Dorabocc-chan
ROM download
If you’re not familiar with this one, it was localized as “The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang” and is a decent choice for people wanting a Zelda LttP-like.
Next is…
Ah, Top Racer! This one has it’s fanbase, as the gameplay is solid and the 2-player split screen is pretty impressive for the hardware.
There’s two dumps in this set: one is incomplete, and the other is “alloc NG” but runs perfectly fine.
Top Racer 2
ROM Download
Next is…
Well, I’m not actually as familiar with this one, but it looks pretty straightfoward. Battle Submarine is a game where you battle, with submarines. Seems very simulation-like.
Nothing too unusual to report about the dump, it’s a straightforward release.
Battle Submarine
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After that… huh, interesting, Battle Submarine was by Pack-in-Video, and it appears this next one is also.
Ski Paradise! In America, this was “Tommy Moe’s Winter Extreme: Skiing & Snowboarding”, and in Europe this was “Val d’Isère Championship”.
The original dump had the game deleted but all the data was intact. A restored header boots an identical-to-retail game as expected.
Ski Paradise
ROM download
Alright, and saving the best for last…?
Well, at least I’d think it’s best. You know me, wanting all that Hudson Soft recovery.
Of course, 1990’s Hudson would not broadcast Bomberman without also broadcasting Takahashi Meijin no Daibouken-jima, known in the US as “Super Adventure Island”!
The game’s soundtrack is so good, this is one you may prefer over the Soundlink radio! (Well, actually, since there are many MSU1 hacks where I don’t like the soundtracks provided, this may not that distinct in that regard. But I always wanted to say that!)
Takahashi Meijin no Daibouken-jima
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