By 1994, St.GIGA was struggling financially due to the Japanese Recession affecting the demand for its music Nintendo initiated a "rescue" plan by purchasing a stake in the company. Satellaview is the result of a collaboration between Nintendo and St.GIGA, the latter known in Japan for its "Tide of Sound" nature sound music. It attaches to the expansion port on the bottom of the Super Famicom. To use Satellaview, players purchased a special broadcast satellite (BS) tuner directly from St.GIGA or rented one for a six-month fee, and paid monthly subscription fees to both St.GIGA and Nintendo. Its heavy third-party support included Squaresoft, Taito, Konami, Capcom, and Seta. Containing 1 megabyte of ROM space and an additional 512 kB of RAM, Satellaview allowed players to download games, magazines, and other media through satellite broadcasts provided by Japanese company St.GIGA. The Satellaview is a satellite modem peripheral produced by Nintendo for the Super Famicom in 1995.
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