Super Smash Bros. Slamfest '99: Difference between revisions

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A [[Wikipedia:RealAudio|Real Audio Metadata (.ram)]] file was available to download from the event's website for several months following its conclusion, which allowed users to watch a rebroadcast of the stream when loaded into RealPlayer.<ref name="website"/> The .ram file was not an actual encoded video file, but rather a container file that would direct RealPlayer to stream the video from the URL it contained.
A [[Wikipedia:RealAudio|Real Audio Metadata (.ram)]] file was available to download from the event's website for several months following its conclusion, which allowed users to watch a rebroadcast of the stream when loaded into RealPlayer.<ref name="website"/> The .ram file was not an actual encoded video file, but rather a container file that would direct RealPlayer to stream the video from the URL it contained.


As of 2022, the websites which hosted both the .ram file and the address it pointed to are non-functional, as are their archived counterparts in the [[Wikipedia:Wayback_Machine|Wayback Machine]].
As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, the websites which hosted both the .ram file and the address it pointed to are non-functional, as are their archived counterparts in the [[Wikipedia:Wayback_Machine|Wayback Machine]].


==Legacy==
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No video footage of Slamfest '99 is known to survive, and the broadcast is currently considered to be [[Wikipedia:Lost media|lost media]]. However, some non-video content has surfaced, such as photographs, magazine articles, written firsthand accounts, and an archive of the event's official website. Additionally, a talking Donkey Kong plush figure from the "Nintendo Collectibles" line was found featuring promotional material for the event.<ref name= brain>Images provided by [https://twitter.com/ForcedUserX Brain Bot (@ForcedUserX via Twitter)]</ref>
No video footage of Slamfest '99 is known to survive, and the broadcast is currently considered to be [[Wikipedia:Lost media|lost media]]. However, some non-video content has surfaced, such as photographs, magazine articles, written firsthand accounts, and an archive of the event's official website. Additionally, a talking Donkey Kong plush figure from the "Nintendo Collectibles" line was found featuring promotional material for the event.<ref name= brain>Images provided by [https://twitter.com/ForcedUserX Brain Bot (@ForcedUserX via Twitter)]</ref>


In May 2020, André Segers of the YouTube channel GameXplain published a tweet recalling Slamfest '99,<ref name="andre">[https://twitter.com/AndreSegers/status/1259900063653888009 André Segers' Slamfest '99 tweet, 5/11/2020 ]</ref> which garnered the attention of members of the Lost Media Wiki. A coordinated search effort was launched by the Lost Media Wiki in the following months, and remains active as of December 2022.
In May 2020, André Segers of the YouTube channel GameXplain published a tweet recalling Slamfest '99,<ref name="andre">[https://twitter.com/AndreSegers/status/1259900063653888009 André Segers' Slamfest '99 tweet, 5/11/2020 ]</ref> which garnered the attention of members of the Lost Media Wiki. A coordinated search effort was launched by the Lost Media Wiki in the following months, and remains active as of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.


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