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Importing and playing BS-X games
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The [Bandai Satellaview][wpbsx]
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(often abbreviated,
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for some reason,
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to "BS-X")
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was a satellite modem peripheral
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released for the Super Famicom in Japan.
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As well as the actual modem
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(designed to sit underneath the Super Famicom),
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it also included a cartridge
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with software to control the modem,
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browse online services,
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and download games and data.
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This control cartridge was called
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"BS-X Sore wa Namae o Nusumareta Machi no Monogatari",
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which translates as
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"BS-X The Story of The Town Whose Name Was Stolen".
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[wpbsx]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview
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The BS-X control cartridge had a slot that accepted
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rewritable "memory paks",
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so that people could store the games and data they downloaded.
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A small number of games that did not use the Satellaview modem
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also had a memory pak slot,
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so the game's publishers could
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publish extra content for the game
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via the Satellaview service
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after the game's release.
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For the benefit of people who didn't own a Satellaview
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some read-only memory paks
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were sold in retail stores
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containing extra content for specific games.
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Importing a game that has a slot for a BS-X memory pak
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is just like [importing a regular game](#importing-and-playing-regular-games).
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Importing a memory pak is like importing a regular game,
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but the name of the memory pak file *must* end in `.bs`
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(if it's in a `.zip` file,
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that's OK,
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but the name *inside* the `.zip` file
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must end in `.bs`)
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in order for it to be successfully imported.
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Sometimes memory pak filenames end in `(BSROM).sfc`,
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which will make higan try to import them as
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regular Super Famicom games,
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and fail miserably.
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Rename the file and it should work beautifully.
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Playing a game that has a slot for a BS-X memory pak
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is just like playing a regular game,
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but after you have selected which game you want to play
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higan will open another
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[filesystem browser](#the-filesystem-browser)
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to let you pick which previously-imported memory pak
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you want to insert into the game.
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If you press "Cancel" at this point,
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the game will load without any cartridge in its memory pak slot.
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Note that although you can load
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the BS-X control cartridge,
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*BS-X Sore wa Namae o Nusumareta Machi no Monogatari*
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into higan,
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higan does not emulate the Satellaview modem itself,
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and even if it did,
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the Satellaview online service
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went offline years ago,
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so there'd be nothing for it to talk to.
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Playing a memory pak on its own doesn't make much sense,
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it's not a standalone cartridge.
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Play a game with a BS-X memory pak slot,
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and choose which memory pak you want when higan asks for it.
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Importing and playing Sufami Turbo games
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