Document how to use BS-X games.

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