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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 | 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== | ==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 | 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}}. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||