Monday, February 11, 2013

Monthly Coin Toss: ~Pokémon Card Magazine~

In Japan, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Nintendo/SNES, I like to pronounce it "snezz" because I just do) is known as the Super Famicom (Super Family Computer/SFC). Nintendo had a deal with Japanese satellite radio provider St.GIGA and developed an add-on for the Super Famicom called the Satellaview, which provided online services to the console from 1995 to 2000. Downloadable content such as games, audio dramas, and digital magazines were available through this service.

One of these magazines was Monthly Coin Toss: ~Pokémon Card Magazine~ (月刊コイントス~ポケモンカードマガジン~). It focused on the Pokémon Trading Card Game, and gave players advice and advertised new releases. Since the service is discontinued, the magazine is no longer available. However, since screenshots exist (such as the one in this article), and they're the correct resolution for a SNES screenshot, ROM dumps must exist. I've also seen videos on Youtube of people playing the ROMs on emulators. Please help me locate these ROMs.

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