A Satellaview research blog.

The 8M Pack vs. the GB cartridge

A few days back, a comment by eforie had a request for a comparison picture between the Satellaview 8M Pack and a Game Boy cartridge. I’m assuming this is because the two get compared often, to the point where some people may mistakenly think they’re cross-compatible for some reason.

I don’t have a camera on me currently, but thankfully Brad Parker, who’s been helpful in finding more resources to work with, has also decided to help out here. Props to him!

Here’s a little gallery comparing a normal Satellaview 8M Pack to a “GB Smart 32M” cartridge.

As you can see, the 8M Pack is slightly smaller in length, but is significantly thicker and wider, -especially- at the top.


BS-X Project site updated with latest bsnes-sx2.

Luigiblood’s got a bunch of updates as expected.

Some of the things you might be interested in seeing are “SatellaWave Lite”, which is designed to be used with bsnes-sx2’s BS-X server support. The emulator has also expanded to covering more aspects of Super Famicom/Super Nintendo emulation. Be sure to give it a look.


Blow your Leap Year Gambling.

Alright, since it’s Feb. 29 and Feb. 29th isn’t gonna happen too often, let me put this up!


I’ve got this dump by ikari which has -two- Kouryaku Casino bars in it. But, before I begin to describe them I need to make sure I got something clarified, partly for my own head’s sake;

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