The recreated version, called F-Zero Deluxe, includes four new racing machines, two new "BS-X" Leagues with all the resurrected Satellaview race tracks, and "ghost data," which allows players to race against their previous runs. Despite these efforts, some courses from a multi-week "Grand Prix 2" event have never been found, despite a $5,000 bounty offering and extensive effort. The article concludes by expressing hope that the fan-created and non-commercial results will be allowed to remain available.
Key takeaways:
- The original Japanese Satellaview broadcasts of the game F-Zero, which were sent to subscribing Japanese homes in 1996 and 1997, are a rich target for preservationists due to their ephemeral nature.
- Despite the data from these broadcasts being overwritten and no rebroadcasts being available, some untouched memory cartridges were found and used to recreate some of the content.
- A $5,000 bounty has been offered for the discovery of the courses from the "Grand Prix 2" event, which have never been found despite extensive effort.
- Using a VHS recording, machine learning tools, and manual pixel-by-pixel recreation, the 10 courses in the later broadcasts were reverse-engineered and are now available as a mod you can patch onto an existing F-Zero ROM.