Imagine if slamfest happened for brawl. Not only would we probably be watching it right now, but that would mean there would probably be a mario vs sonic fight in mascot suits! Bet snake would've been there too.
It seems like most people in the Lost Media community don’t have the guts to admit what we’re all thinking… most of these leads don’t reply simply because they can’t bother. Laziness and not caring is lost media’s biggest enemy.
It's a multitude of factors, as everything is. Laziness, breaching contract from leaking, the limited privilege and access employees and other individuals can have. If the person they contact knows a guy directly related to it, they refer you to that guy. But if they don't know anyone from their knowledge, it can be damn hard if not near impossible to get a contact themselves and do their own investigation. If they're actually intrigued by the investigation, they might perform their own. If not, then why would they bother? They got more important responsibilities after all, everyone's human and has a life.
yep. especially the part around 22:10, why would the guy reply back to him about not finding anything?? seriously- if i were being spammed with like 3 different emails from the same dude after telling him i *cant* help him i wouldn’t respond either.
yeah idk if its necessarily laziness or not caring - i'm sure LSSQ is probably not the only person to contact people. Some might just get fed up with leads that go nowhere and for all we know they may have checked multiple times. Im sure it would become pretty annoying after awhile. It would be nice if people could get back with some kind of answer but most often if they haven't found anything theyre not going to report back.
I think he should send from a more professional email. I work for a company, and if I saw a weird ass name like that pop up in my inbox, I'd probably just disregard it. But I check every email with a legitimate name because it might be someone within the company. Also, almost every company has rules against leaking company information which could result in being fired or even sued, so many people won't respond because it's not worth the risk to even engage at all.
He should state he is from a certain organization in my opinion. It makes anyone more trustworthy . "Hello I'm [insert credible sounding name] from [Lost Media Restoration Community or anything credible sounding one]".
@@atlasfollower1706 The Lost Media Wiki doesn't like people speaking on their behalf in contact emails. What happens is some rando who watched a couple lost media UA-cam videos will decide to send an email stating "Hi, I'm from the Lost Media Wiki!" and put words in our mouths while we're completely unaware this is happening. I would also argue it isn't as genuine. People relate to being in the situation of not being able to find a show/song that they remember: that's a relatable story. Saying that your intent is to archive/preserve something comes across as cold and is difficult to connect with. At the end of the day the root reason we want it is just because we're curious to watch it, and it's better to play into that angle and express genuine interest, rather than obfuscate it with lost media terminology under the guise of sounding more professional that way. That's not to say you shouldn't aim to write a professional sounding email, only that hiding your real, personal motive hurts the overall message.
I also think namedropping shouldn't be done so comfortably. It's only for specific circumstances when it's relevant. Especially when it comes to emails or contacting a stranger. If you know the contact more personally, like even an acquaintance, it can be more effective, but not always.
@@trueblue97 You are correct we have not seriously considered asking Sakurai, even though it has been suggested numerous times, for three reasons. 1) He is popular on Twitter so it would probably be difficult to get his attention. 2) Slamfest was an advertising campaign, and was the creation of Nintendo's advertising agency, Golin. Sakurai was probably more focused on creating the game itself. 3) The Slamfest event was handled by Nintendo of America, not Japan, so it is unlikely Sakurai would even know about it. For these reasons, it would require a lot of effort to get his reply, and for something he likely knows nothing about. The same applies for most other big names at Nintendo - if they weren't at NoA, they wouldn't have been directly involved with Slamfest.
@@tomysshadow Ah I see, well that makes sense. My thought process was more like Sakurai may have the resources to hunt it down if he was interested in it. But ya still, it would be hard probably to get his attention regardless
This search gets more and more fascinating to me. I love that we got another update and there’s still potential for this stream being found in some form. This is definitely among the top 5 pieces of media I’d like to see recovered. If the Wicked Witch episode can resurface then Slamfest could too. At least that’s what I’m hoping.
I honestly really do think Kit & Krysta would be your guys' best bet. Active, easy to contact, are fans of Nintendo themselves so the whole search might actually matter to them, etc. Like you said, they themselves don't have it, but they almost certainly have contacts in Nintendo who can at least check if there's a possibility NoA might have saved it.
I know it's the pretty much the "only" chance we have, but I really, really doubt whoever streamed the file still has it after 20 years. Obviously there's a chance, but a video file making it from hard drive to hard drive, for 20 years, is pretty unlikely. Or even worse, someone still keeping his old 90s hard drive for some reason, and that hard drive being in working condition. The file was offered as a download by Nintendo so there's a chance that person didn't think it was a "rare file" to have in the first place and deleted it soon after.
I wouldn't write it off yet. I once unearthed a nearly 20 year old recording of a relatively obscure band just by reaching out to the radio host / audio engineer. He seemed to have archived all of the shows he'd done in his career and had it re-uploaded it within like a week of my reaching out (even though I was likely the only one who had asked or cared about it at the time lol). Not that this situation is the same but if theres even one person who had put some passion behind this, there's a good chance they might have a copy. It's just a matter of getting in touch with the right people!
While I understand the concern, this kind of speculation isn't particularly useful. There is such a thing as useful speculation, for theory crafting ideas of places we can check, but this particular comment doesn't translate into an action we can take (other than "give up," but why would we if there's at least some potential?) Until we at least take a good stab at trying, we can't know for sure how likely or unlikely it is, so there isn't a point in guessing.
@@Man_of_Oil Unrelated to Slamfest, but that's a really cool story! Do you mind sharing the recording? Like a link or song name? I'm just super intrigued now!
Time is our biggest problem with this search, it’s been over 20 years since the event and any information is going to get less and less likely to turn up,especially as people involved have moved on and probably forgot it even happened.I’d have imagined the search would have been much easier to follow up 5 years after it happened...but as it is now it’s been too long....and it’s obvious people are scraping the barrel for any kind of lead
I collect old VHS tapes, and pick up home recorded ones often (trying to find old Toonami, etc.). So, Slamfest 99 is also on my hunt list, just on the off-chance someone camcordered it back then (and made its way to ohio).
Living in Ohio I’ve never found what I’ve been seeking from old VHS tapes. I’m not sure if my luck is just god awful, but I stopped since I figured it was a lost cause. Encouraging to know someone is still looking, maybe I’ll stroll by a garage sale sometime soon.
On the search for some stuff that’s not sought after at all, like an old 80’s period drama called The Molders of Troy. Any advice for finding really undesirable tapes?
@@skyllarrk Judging the tape's age (like yellowing/loose label, worn box), or looking for shows written on the tape that were on the same channel or around the same year(s), or would be similar demographic (cartoons, soaps, etc.). Outside of that, it's really just trial and error. Hope that helps!
@@skyllarrk when I lived in Florida the flea markets are where it’s at!! The one I went to had bulk sales of 10-20 random tapes for $15, 99% of time it was a bust but you can find recorded shows on the most random looking tapes sometimes
One thing to consider is that the people being contacted are doing their jobs. Most companies don't keep dedicated archival staff- contacting anyone in customer support, finance, IT, and even marketing is asking them to do extra work for no incentive. If you worked a full 52 hour work week and someone asked you to spend time at work searching for something off the clock, would you *really* do it? I know we all like lost media, but seriously. *Would* you? Would you spend one of your 15 minute breaks poking around servers? Your lunch period?
honestly, i would, but im probably the outlier :P ive always been interested in lost media even before i knew that the term lost media existed, id totally spend any time i could searching if someone asked me to, even during work! im sure almost everyone feels differently though
Idk it feels odd talking to the customer service reps and asking them for this sorta shit lol They barely have any access to stuff from the company, let alone servers
We'll, I'm glad that we're getting closer, and closer to finding the Slamfest '99 stream! Granted, it has been pretty damn obnoxious that we keep running into dead ends with hardly any replies so far, but at least we're slowly making progress! Hopefully by the next Slamfest '99 search video, or 2, or maybe even 3 we'll FINALLY find the stream for all of us to look back, and enjoy! :D Until then, keep searching, everybody! :) Once again excellent lost media search video, LSSQ!
@@MeesterTweester "The fight raged on for a century. Many lives were claimed but eventually, the champion stood, (the rest saw the better) Mr. Rogers in a blood-stained sweater."
There’s someone on UA-cam claiming to own a copy (they even claim to have uploaded it privately) they just refuse to actually release it. Channel is Mornings Von COZY.
I’m pretty sure you can enable read receipts for emails. I used them whenever I sent emails in high school with my proton address and got notified whenever my emails were opened. I know that when I used outlook, I was able to mark emails as important or even urgent to make them stand out in inboxes. Maybe those methods are already implemented in this search but still seem useful.
@@VengefulNonsense Email read receipts are hidden and always active. The only way to "disable" it (show the sender you didn't open the email) is to not load anything in the email besides text, which is not the default behavior for 98% of email clients. Lots of companies use them in newsletters and marketing emails, to track who's opening and reading their stuff.
@@thiefrules 98% of email clients? Where'd that statistic come from? I guess that means there are more than 50. At least in Thunderbird, the default behaviour is to hide anything other than text with a banner that allows showing remote content. ;)
@@tomysshadow A little bit of exaggeration, but a large majority of default/popular email clients do not default to text-only, they will load text + images + other bits and bobs like fonts and emojis, for a better user experience. The only time I’ve seen text-only as a default is in privacy-focused email clients/OSes (used by relatively few people, as evident by how much ProtonMail struggled to survive), or in corporate email clients managed by an IT team. Thunderbird falls into privacy-focused, IIRC.
We thought the same about many other things, that randomly resurface, or are found in some of the most obscure, or intensive searches, I would not give up hope.
We thought the same about the Wicked Witch episode of Sesame Street! It can be done! There’s no way not a single person there recorded it and then also didn’t keep the footage around.
Whoa, I actually remember that Family Guy stream, I tried ShoutCast TV when it was a new thing because we had ADSL and I was a huge Winamp fan back in the day. I think I watched some Simpsons stream. Makes me feel old. I always wondered why ShoutCast TV seemed to just vanish while ShoutCast Radio is still a thing.
14:40 Pretty interesting how F1 World Grand Prix 2 is advertised on the American Nintendo homepage. That game was never released for N64 in the states.
Personally if you name drop when it's not asked for or it's not exactly relevant, like the onstream media contact, it can dissuade people from being as courteous. Name dropping can come off a bit too forward. I wouldn't say it's aggressive, but it can be quite pushy or forced. It can have people start to create distance because it can come off as weird, or like unasked for. Namedropping should be done when it's entirely relevant, but the email you sent seemed it wasn't needed to get your message across, since something like 'I messaged former employees' and something similarly vagueish would've worked. Name dropping is usually fine if you're even an acquaintance with someone, not complete strangers, but depending on how relevant the name drop is, it can give a similar response.
Absolutely right. I also think sending it from a professional email address with a real name in it would help--if your email is some made up crap with a 6 at the end, you come off like a rando or spammer.
Thing is, livestreamed internet content was a lot harder to save back in the day unless it was downloaded outright/screen recorded (which was in a primitive state in the 90s) and whoever had the file just kept it on their computer and transferred it over to every new computer/hard drive for 20 years. With TV broadcasts its easier because people literally have VCRs and DVRs for that express purpose.
I don't remember if it was stated prior that the event banned cameras from people invited to the event being used for video footage. Or something akin to that. I was thinking maybe someone recorded video of the event and was physically at the place it happened (MGM Grand), but maybe that wasn't allowed.
@@CaptainJZH Exactly, remember how speedruns became popular online because id Software games like Doom had the option of saving very lightweight (only a couple KB) "demo" files that recreated your actions in the game as a choreography, instead of screen recording, which at the time was a hassle and hard to share due to data storage being expensive
Man, talk about an update. Honestly, I just want to watch Slamfest '99, as it truly feels like an event that could've never happened again. Suffice to say, I support you guys on this search, and while I don't have any leads as I wasn't around to see it since I hadn't even been born yet, I truly do hope that there is a chance of us getting to see this piece of Nintendo history someday.
It's possible that some of these companies have leads but aren't allowed to release them publicly due to copyright. Just a hunch idk. Good luck on your search though!
How hard could it be. Look up whoever the local wrestling promoter was in that area. Jesus Christ. They sure as shit didn’t BUILD a ring from nowhere. It almost looks like a boxing ring though. So either a local boxer or local wrestler promoter. Probably wrestling because wrestlers wouldn’t mind going under a different gimmick
It is so funny to hear SHOUTcast discussed in anything resembling glowing terms, haha. Granted it was SHOUTcast streams that got me into trance and helped me discover how easy it was (post-KaZaA) to download TV shows when I randomly encountered quite possibly the very Family Guy stream mentioned in this video, back when liking Family Guy was a badge of coolness rather than a badge of mild shame. Anyway, yeah, I guess Apple and UA-cam really want people to believe they each invented easy online audio and video streaming respectively these days
Seeing "DIGITALLY IMPORTED" in those wayback machine screenshots got to me - I listened to that exact station! I owe so much of my tastes to random internet radio stations. SHOUTcast, WinAmp, and Zone Radio Network were so great to use and explore way back when.
This is probably one of the most difficult searches ever! After TWO YEARS, it still hasn't been found! Or however many years it's been since the search started.
And it'll only get harder, as this is like dealing with degrading physical media but worse Because once a file gets deleted, and the data gets overwritten. Especially after this long any trace of a file is just gone. It's a race against time, and one we maybe already lost and all we have is remnants. Sorta like Fermi's Paradox, if we don't find aliens. They might be dead
@@WhimsicalLittledawg Because they already explored space long before we did, so it's like walking into a dead city where people once lived I'm not explaining it well, but it does make sense. I promise you
Believe me that writing to some random nintendo support will not get you anywhere... My friend used to work there in Czech. She didn't know a thing about the company and was surprised how I was so hyped when she told me about her work. Best they can do is to buy you some product cheaper when they say they are buying it for themselves. She didn't know a thing about games and other stuff too... Just so technical diffuculties and that is all. She couldn't even cotnact anybody higher...
Honestly, even if someone somewhere managed to save a copy, who’s to say it would be in good working condition after all these years? Or if it was somehow deleted or even that the person who saved it is no longer around? So many variables, so many questions and not enough answers 😔
I’m always amazed by the similarities that lost media and genealogy research share, mostly the issues they face. When searching for relatives and information I sent upwards of 200 physical letters around the world and only ended up getting a response to maybe 5 of them. It took months for some to respond who did at least provide information I wouldn’t have been able to find otherwise. Hopefully it’ll be true in this case and someone will finally respond back months later with a copy of the event 🤞🏻
You should look at getting a more professional email address (i.e. not gmail). I suspect a lot of the people you try to email are not seeing it, since webmail providers may be filtered out or otherwise just not considered important enough.
@@Dez_The_Fox you were actually there! Can you tell us what is was like! How did it feel back then compared to now and did it seem eh or was it super cool?
I still have hope that someone had a recording of it, I’m shocked there haven’t been any home media/personal recording of it released from the crowd viewing it or journalists that covered it dumping it online. Usually that’s how stuff like that is found, someone happens to have a recording/file and just decides to upload it to UA-cam. It would be cool to know if someone either current or formerly at Nintendo might still have a copy saved somewhere too, but unless you’re a massive creator or have business contacts getting their attention can be hard. Did You Know Gaming sometimes gets former/current game developers for interviews and quotes, they might potentially be able to help somehow if they have the right connections.
You should introduce yourself as a UA-cam Partner, or video editor, or short-form documentary maker, or anything that sounds professional. If the contact is a much older person, they might dismiss you if they perceive you as a teenager, or some random "internet weirdo". The key people from this event are probably over 50 now, maybe over 60.
I think I just discovered new lost media on a vhs tape someone please read this, it’s an austin powers tv recording with frau farbissina announcing things on commercial breaks and commenting on the movie in a white room with a chair and she announces the deleted scenes and they air them it’s on a vhs I should digitize it I can’t find any footage online of it it’s a TBS recording from 2000 with commercials
I figured i would make a special playlist for the Slamfest '99 research videos so they can be watched more conveniently ^^ ua-cam.com/play/PL477WuN2_1vFijAxXtQVG4jht0lFmbGeX.html
If this happened at the MGM Grand is there any chance you tried to contact them? May be a small shot in the dark but as someone who worked at a casino I know how possible it is they have something of it.
Have you tried getting in contact with mgm?? I've looked around online and Google claims they're still afloat. It could be worth reaching out to them. Maybe that have a copy as it was on their grounds.
I'm picturing what it'd be like if this would end with Kheang finally appearing out of thin air after years and going "yeah I have a recording" one can dream
I RE-FOUND A JVBO OPENING! Located here: ua-cam.com/video/GNiMT_XcLhA/v-deo.html Story time: I got bored and began to skip through 8 hours of commercials, openings and bumpers. One person (credited in the detail section) had one 8 hour upload, and like 2 hours into it I found gold. And I state "re-found" as the episode stated it was partially found. However, half the videos are dead and I didn't see it there. So re-find I did!
Has it been considered to look for the event organizers? Perhaps they would have more insight. From costumes, to the logistics of setting up streaming equipment, perhaps someone who worked more closely with the streaming side would know something about it. And while it's a long shot, they might have a copy of the event since it seems like good rep to show to possible clients that the company had Nintendo as a client.
I really don't understand why no one was bother to record this event back in 1999. It was a Nintendo event ffs! They were still popular at the time and the images looks quite crowded.
I am Brain Bug [weed jesus], I don't have anything extra to say other than thank you and KEEP LOOKING, I have a strong feeling it was a pirate stream I saw somewhere, and I have seen a lot of them that might be lost as well (a lot of old wrestling and maybe that billy and mandy lost pilot that was rumored to be somewhere. Shoutcast had SO much rare stuff, but it was all pretty much internet HAM Radio) For proof it's me, just see the music on my youtube page. some of it was posted on the discord. (I lost the access to that exact login, *un-related server got mad at me, some mod in a video game server, drama, etc)
Imagine if the stream was found like how the leaks where found on the nintendo gigaleak. Hell, would have been better if that stream founded and posted was part of that gigaleak.
Hi LSSQ. Off topic totally, but could you make a playlist of the music that you use in your videos? I really like the music and it hits different compared to other lost media videos.
Does anyone know what the very first song that plays in the video is (not the intro jingle)? It sounds so familiar but i cant quite remember if i know what it is or not.
I loved the part where Slamfest '99 said "It's slammin' time" and slammed itself out of existence
waltuh
This is a key part of the hunt
DEAD MEME
I'm still dumbfounded how Morbius was made fun of so hard it made a new meme trend
@@404TVfr Welcome to the UA-cam comment section, where original jokes are nonexistent.
lost media drinking game: take a sip everytime nobody answers their messages
This. 🤣🤣
Thats how you die from intoxication
Mega pint of a time
i would die of alcohol poisoning
that's how you end up dying from alcohol poisoning lmao
Imagine if slamfest happened for brawl. Not only would we probably be watching it right now, but that would mean there would probably be a mario vs sonic fight in mascot suits! Bet snake would've been there too.
Imagine it's just David Hayder in snake cosplay
Snake would just be a random dude.
I'll would liked watching Slamfest as a kid tbh lol. It totally looks creative, and hilariously bad.
Imagine Slamfest for Ultimate! We could’ve seen an all cardboard Steve fighting the Mario costume they use at Universal Studios!
@@braxbro7602 if sora was in it would he be just a cosplayer with a cardboard keyblade? xD
maybe the real slamfest ‘99 was the friends we made along the way
In this case, this joke hits different, considering what supposedly happens at the end of the show
I don’t want that means
@@Klusterfrick You talking to me or the one who made the joke?
What supposedly happened?
@@memelord7818 the AJ guy sorry
It seems like most people in the Lost Media community don’t have the guts to admit what we’re all thinking… most of these leads don’t reply simply because they can’t bother. Laziness and not caring is lost media’s biggest enemy.
It's a multitude of factors, as everything is. Laziness, breaching contract from leaking, the limited privilege and access employees and other individuals can have. If the person they contact knows a guy directly related to it, they refer you to that guy. But if they don't know anyone from their knowledge, it can be damn hard if not near impossible to get a contact themselves and do their own investigation. If they're actually intrigued by the investigation, they might perform their own. If not, then why would they bother? They got more important responsibilities after all, everyone's human and has a life.
@@SeanSMST Finally a sane person in these comments
yep. especially the part around 22:10, why would the guy reply back to him about not finding anything??
seriously- if i were being spammed with like 3 different emails from the same dude after telling him i *cant* help him i wouldn’t respond either.
yeah idk if its necessarily laziness or not caring - i'm sure LSSQ is probably not the only person to contact people. Some might just get fed up with leads that go nowhere and for all we know they may have checked multiple times. Im sure it would become pretty annoying after awhile.
It would be nice if people could get back with some kind of answer but most often if they haven't found anything theyre not going to report back.
Probably the reason I hang onto a bunch of old stuff, especially if it's not been properly documented.
I think he should send from a more professional email. I work for a company, and if I saw a weird ass name like that pop up in my inbox, I'd probably just disregard it. But I check every email with a legitimate name because it might be someone within the company.
Also, almost every company has rules against leaking company information which could result in being fired or even sued, so many people won't respond because it's not worth the risk to even engage at all.
He should state he is from a certain organization in my opinion. It makes anyone more trustworthy . "Hello I'm [insert credible sounding name] from [Lost Media Restoration Community or anything credible sounding one]".
@@atlasfollower1706 The Lost Media Wiki doesn't like people speaking on their behalf in contact emails. What happens is some rando who watched a couple lost media UA-cam videos will decide to send an email stating "Hi, I'm from the Lost Media Wiki!" and put words in our mouths while we're completely unaware this is happening.
I would also argue it isn't as genuine. People relate to being in the situation of not being able to find a show/song that they remember: that's a relatable story. Saying that your intent is to archive/preserve something comes across as cold and is difficult to connect with. At the end of the day the root reason we want it is just because we're curious to watch it, and it's better to play into that angle and express genuine interest, rather than obfuscate it with lost media terminology under the guise of sounding more professional that way.
That's not to say you shouldn't aim to write a professional sounding email, only that hiding your real, personal motive hurts the overall message.
@@tomysshadow You're right actually...
What if he state that he is a youtuber? Do you think it will help or the opposite?
I also think namedropping shouldn't be done so comfortably. It's only for specific circumstances when it's relevant. Especially when it comes to emails or contacting a stranger. If you know the contact more personally, like even an acquaintance, it can be more effective, but not always.
@@SeanSMST Truth to this thread.
"I erased Smashfest from existence. Every single second of footage is now non-existant." - Sakauri
Fr though why has no one reached out to sakurai yet? Isnt he on twitter? Or am I just crazy maybe is the real thing lol
@@trueblue97 You are correct we have not seriously considered asking Sakurai, even though it has been suggested numerous times, for three reasons.
1) He is popular on Twitter so it would probably be difficult to get his attention.
2) Slamfest was an advertising campaign, and was the creation of Nintendo's advertising agency, Golin. Sakurai was probably more focused on creating the game itself.
3) The Slamfest event was handled by Nintendo of America, not Japan, so it is unlikely Sakurai would even know about it.
For these reasons, it would require a lot of effort to get his reply, and for something he likely knows nothing about. The same applies for most other big names at Nintendo - if they weren't at NoA, they wouldn't have been directly involved with Slamfest.
@@tomysshadow Ah I see, well that makes sense. My thought process was more like Sakurai may have the resources to hunt it down if he was interested in it.
But ya still, it would be hard probably to get his attention regardless
This search gets more and more fascinating to me. I love that we got another update and there’s still potential for this stream being found in some form. This is definitely among the top 5 pieces of media I’d like to see recovered. If the Wicked Witch episode can resurface then Slamfest could too. At least that’s what I’m hoping.
I honestly really do think Kit & Krysta would be your guys' best bet. Active, easy to contact, are fans of Nintendo themselves so the whole search might actually matter to them, etc.
Like you said, they themselves don't have it, but they almost certainly have contacts in Nintendo who can at least check if there's a possibility NoA might have saved it.
I know it's the pretty much the "only" chance we have, but I really, really doubt whoever streamed the file still has it after 20 years. Obviously there's a chance, but a video file making it from hard drive to hard drive, for 20 years, is pretty unlikely. Or even worse, someone still keeping his old 90s hard drive for some reason, and that hard drive being in working condition. The file was offered as a download by Nintendo so there's a chance that person didn't think it was a "rare file" to have in the first place and deleted it soon after.
I wouldn't write it off yet. I once unearthed a nearly 20 year old recording of a relatively obscure band just by reaching out to the radio host / audio engineer. He seemed to have archived all of the shows he'd done in his career and had it re-uploaded it within like a week of my reaching out (even though I was likely the only one who had asked or cared about it at the time lol). Not that this situation is the same but if theres even one person who had put some passion behind this, there's a good chance they might have a copy. It's just a matter of getting in touch with the right people!
While I understand the concern, this kind of speculation isn't particularly useful. There is such a thing as useful speculation, for theory crafting ideas of places we can check, but this particular comment doesn't translate into an action we can take (other than "give up," but why would we if there's at least some potential?) Until we at least take a good stab at trying, we can't know for sure how likely or unlikely it is, so there isn't a point in guessing.
I feel it's a possibility with as many people that love Nintendo that someone saved it
@@Man_of_Oil Unrelated to Slamfest, but that's a really cool story! Do you mind sharing the recording? Like a link or song name? I'm just super intrigued now!
@@Vennard98 they're actually up on my UA-cam channel lol. Its the Dr. Dog songs So Deep and How Many Times!
Time is our biggest problem with this search, it’s been over 20 years since the event and any information is going to get less and less likely to turn up,especially as people involved have moved on and probably forgot it even happened.I’d have imagined the search would have been much easier to follow up 5 years after it happened...but as it is now it’s been too long....and it’s obvious people are scraping the barrel for any kind of lead
Slamfest 99 is one of the Slamfests of all time
It's the only Slamfest of all time, so it can't be "one of" a group that doesn't exist.
@@TokuWaffle I think that's the joke.
SLAMFEST IS THE SLAMFEST OF ALL TIME!
@Toku Waffle If this is Slamfest 99, then obviously there was a Slamfest 1-98.
I collect old VHS tapes, and pick up home recorded ones often (trying to find old Toonami, etc.). So, Slamfest 99 is also on my hunt list, just on the off-chance someone camcordered it back then (and made its way to ohio).
Living in Ohio I’ve never found what I’ve been seeking from old VHS tapes. I’m not sure if my luck is just god awful, but I stopped since I figured it was a lost cause. Encouraging to know someone is still looking, maybe I’ll stroll by a garage sale sometime soon.
@@ExcludedShadow try pink morning cartoon that's even more harder it's from columbus
On the search for some stuff that’s not sought after at all, like an old 80’s period drama called The Molders of Troy. Any advice for finding really undesirable tapes?
@@skyllarrk Judging the tape's age (like yellowing/loose label, worn box), or looking for shows written on the tape that were on the same channel or around the same year(s), or would be similar demographic (cartoons, soaps, etc.). Outside of that, it's really just trial and error. Hope that helps!
@@skyllarrk when I lived in Florida the flea markets are where it’s at!! The one I went to had bulk sales of 10-20 random tapes for $15, 99% of time it was a bust but you can find recorded shows on the most random looking tapes sometimes
Man i can't believe it's been 2 years since the search started.
I hope the footage gets found one day!
i found it i have footage its real
@@sxmbxdy proof? Or are you just attention seeking lol
@@sxmbxdy wow you were right! Thank you so much. This is huge!!
@@sxmbxdy I also have it!
Source: I made it up
I bet it would be found like how the leaks were found in the nintendo gigaleak
One thing to consider is that the people being contacted are doing their jobs. Most companies don't keep dedicated archival staff- contacting anyone in customer support, finance, IT, and even marketing is asking them to do extra work for no incentive. If you worked a full 52 hour work week and someone asked you to spend time at work searching for something off the clock, would you *really* do it? I know we all like lost media, but seriously. *Would* you? Would you spend one of your 15 minute breaks poking around servers? Your lunch period?
Thats for someone who'll decide about it
Where are you that 52 hours is a full working week?
honestly, i would, but im probably the outlier :P ive always been interested in lost media even before i knew that the term lost media existed, id totally spend any time i could searching if someone asked me to, even during work! im sure almost everyone feels differently though
Idk it feels odd talking to the customer service reps and asking them for this sorta shit lol
They barely have any access to stuff from the company, let alone servers
20:19 bro basically got a “I’m writing this so I never have to reply back” and they threw in a “they will contact you” just to give him some hope ☠️
Thats just a " Don't hold your breath" reply.
They said "someone will contact to you" to stop them being bothered as they wont follow up at all
We'll, I'm glad that we're getting closer, and closer to finding the Slamfest '99 stream! Granted, it has been pretty damn obnoxious that we keep running into dead ends with hardly any replies so far, but at least we're slowly making progress! Hopefully by the next Slamfest '99 search video, or 2, or maybe even 3 we'll FINALLY find the stream for all of us to look back, and enjoy! :D Until then, keep searching, everybody! :) Once again excellent lost media search video, LSSQ!
We need a modern reenactment of Slamfest with the newer Smash characters
yes i’d love to see joker, cloud, steve and isabelle fight eachother in real life
@@marshmellowsquid5102 don't forget pac man, sonic, and ridley!
The fight between 89 characters takes 12 years
@@MeesterTweester "The fight raged on for a century. Many lives were claimed but eventually, the champion stood, (the rest saw the better) Mr. Rogers in a blood-stained sweater."
@@marshmellowsquid5102 imagine pyra mythra lmao
There’s someone on UA-cam claiming to own a copy (they even claim to have uploaded it privately) they just refuse to actually release it. Channel is Mornings Von COZY.
I’m pretty sure you can enable read receipts for emails. I used them whenever I sent emails in high school with my proton address and got notified whenever my emails were opened. I know that when I used outlook, I was able to mark emails as important or even urgent to make them stand out in inboxes. Maybe those methods are already implemented in this search but still seem useful.
there's a Chrome extension you can use for Gmail to see if your emails were read or not.
this is my favorite cold case files show
You need to start attaching read receipts to your emails, so you know for sure if your message was lost or ignored
Well, they could see it and just choose not to send a read receipt, so this would not solve much.
@@VengefulNonsense Email read receipts are hidden and always active. The only way to "disable" it (show the sender you didn't open the email) is to not load anything in the email besides text, which is not the default behavior for 98% of email clients. Lots of companies use them in newsletters and marketing emails, to track who's opening and reading their stuff.
@@thiefrules there are chrome extensions you can use to see if someone read your emails or not though.
@@thiefrules 98% of email clients? Where'd that statistic come from? I guess that means there are more than 50. At least in Thunderbird, the default behaviour is to hide anything other than text with a banner that allows showing remote content. ;)
@@tomysshadow A little bit of exaggeration, but a large majority of default/popular email clients do not default to text-only, they will load text + images + other bits and bobs like fonts and emojis, for a better user experience. The only time I’ve seen text-only as a default is in privacy-focused email clients/OSes (used by relatively few people, as evident by how much ProtonMail struggled to survive), or in corporate email clients managed by an IT team. Thunderbird falls into privacy-focused, IIRC.
Even if it resurfaces in 144p quality, I want to watch this thing just bc of what it means and how much work it took to find
I’m worried it might be forever lost
Give it 20 years before starting to lose hope.
@@J0SHUAKANE all right
We thought the same about many other things, that randomly resurface, or are found in some of the most obscure, or intensive searches, I would not give up hope.
We thought the same about the Wicked Witch episode of Sesame Street! It can be done! There’s no way not a single person there recorded it and then also didn’t keep the footage around.
@@Clarkzer0 true
Whoa, I actually remember that Family Guy stream, I tried ShoutCast TV when it was a new thing because we had ADSL and I was a huge Winamp fan back in the day. I think I watched some Simpsons stream. Makes me feel old.
I always wondered why ShoutCast TV seemed to just vanish while ShoutCast Radio is still a thing.
Maybe dmca got to them. It's harder to do that nowadays
All this pain for the sake of footage of Pikachu kicking DKs ass… never change
It's weird, I think it's what makes Slamfest so special in the first place :P
14:40 Pretty interesting how F1 World Grand Prix 2 is advertised on the American Nintendo homepage. That game was never released for N64 in the states.
absolutely love these lengthy lost media videos. hopefully this is found soon enough.
Personally if you name drop when it's not asked for or it's not exactly relevant, like the onstream media contact, it can dissuade people from being as courteous. Name dropping can come off a bit too forward. I wouldn't say it's aggressive, but it can be quite pushy or forced. It can have people start to create distance because it can come off as weird, or like unasked for.
Namedropping should be done when it's entirely relevant, but the email you sent seemed it wasn't needed to get your message across, since something like 'I messaged former employees' and something similarly vagueish would've worked. Name dropping is usually fine if you're even an acquaintance with someone, not complete strangers, but depending on how relevant the name drop is, it can give a similar response.
Absolutely right. I also think sending it from a professional email address with a real name in it would help--if your email is some made up crap with a 6 at the end, you come off like a rando or spammer.
When I saw the title, I was so happy to see another video on this topic, but then when I saw the thumbnail, I got slightly startled!
I'm just surprised that no home recordings of this thing have surfaced. I guess they weren't allowed back then?
Thing is, livestreamed internet content was a lot harder to save back in the day unless it was downloaded outright/screen recorded (which was in a primitive state in the 90s) and whoever had the file just kept it on their computer and transferred it over to every new computer/hard drive for 20 years. With TV broadcasts its easier because people literally have VCRs and DVRs for that express purpose.
I don't remember if it was stated prior that the event banned cameras from people invited to the event being used for video footage. Or something akin to that.
I was thinking maybe someone recorded video of the event and was physically at the place it happened (MGM Grand), but maybe that wasn't allowed.
@@CaptainJZH Exactly, remember how speedruns became popular online because id Software games like Doom had the option of saving very lightweight (only a couple KB) "demo" files that recreated your actions in the game as a choreography, instead of screen recording, which at the time was a hassle and hard to share due to data storage being expensive
Man, talk about an update. Honestly, I just want to watch Slamfest '99, as it truly feels like an event that could've never happened again. Suffice to say, I support you guys on this search, and while I don't have any leads as I wasn't around to see it since I hadn't even been born yet, I truly do hope that there is a chance of us getting to see this piece of Nintendo history someday.
It's possible that some of these companies have leads but aren't allowed to release them publicly due to copyright. Just a hunch idk. Good luck on your search though!
Game Informer specifically doesn't want scans of their magazines online, and there are very few you can find.
Finding slamfest 99 the series
Crazy how its been a year. I remember I found some images when I was sitting on the bus the day the channel opened.
the video photo icon jump scared me kinda
How hard could it be. Look up whoever the local wrestling promoter was in that area. Jesus Christ. They sure as shit didn’t BUILD a ring from nowhere. It almost looks like a boxing ring though. So either a local boxer or local wrestler promoter. Probably wrestling because wrestlers wouldn’t mind going under a different gimmick
It is so funny to hear SHOUTcast discussed in anything resembling glowing terms, haha. Granted it was SHOUTcast streams that got me into trance and helped me discover how easy it was (post-KaZaA) to download TV shows when I randomly encountered quite possibly the very Family Guy stream mentioned in this video, back when liking Family Guy was a badge of coolness rather than a badge of mild shame. Anyway, yeah, I guess Apple and UA-cam really want people to believe they each invented easy online audio and video streaming respectively these days
Seeing "DIGITALLY IMPORTED" in those wayback machine screenshots got to me - I listened to that exact station! I owe so much of my tastes to random internet radio stations. SHOUTcast, WinAmp, and Zone Radio Network were so great to use and explore way back when.
Oh man I hope we find this one because it's so good and one of my favorite pieces of lost media
I've enjoyed watching these videos so much.
You have mad dedication. I've subscribed
That thumbnail gonna gimme nightmares man
This is probably one of the most difficult searches ever! After TWO YEARS, it still hasn't been found!
Or however many years it's been since the search started.
And it'll only get harder, as this is like dealing with degrading physical media but worse
Because once a file gets deleted, and the data gets overwritten. Especially after this long
any trace of a file is just gone. It's a race against time, and one we maybe already lost
and all we have is remnants. Sorta like Fermi's Paradox, if we don't find aliens. They might be dead
@@RadikAlice How would aliens be dead before us though?
Anyways, that does make sense, we could lose it for good eventually.
@@WhimsicalLittledawg Because they already explored space long before we did, so it's like walking into a dead city where people once lived
I'm not explaining it well, but it does make sense. I promise you
@@RadikAlice Oh ok, that makes sense
@@WhimsicalLittledawg You're welcome
When this is inevitably found someday, I can’t WAIT to watch it.
Believe me that writing to some random nintendo support will not get you anywhere... My friend used to work there in Czech. She didn't know a thing about the company and was surprised how I was so hyped when she told me about her work. Best they can do is to buy you some product cheaper when they say they are buying it for themselves. She didn't know a thing about games and other stuff too... Just so technical diffuculties and that is all. She couldn't even cotnact anybody higher...
The article that user on Discord found was from Winnipeg Free Press. My mom worked there at the time, and worked there from 1988 -2009.
Honestly, even if someone somewhere managed to save a copy, who’s to say it would be in good working condition after all these years? Or if it was somehow deleted or even that the person who saved it is no longer around? So many variables, so many questions and not enough answers 😔
Once it’s found Nintendo needs to do a slamfest for ultimate
I’m always amazed by the similarities that lost media and genealogy research share, mostly the issues they face. When searching for relatives and information I sent upwards of 200 physical letters around the world and only ended up getting a response to maybe 5 of them. It took months for some to respond who did at least provide information I wouldn’t have been able to find otherwise. Hopefully it’ll be true in this case and someone will finally respond back months later with a copy of the event 🤞🏻
You should look at getting a more professional email address (i.e. not gmail). I suspect a lot of the people you try to email are not seeing it, since webmail providers may be filtered out or otherwise just not considered important enough.
Man Slamfest was hella hilarious and unique back in 99 lol.
I love this lost media
Great videos as always
Coincidentally, “Smash Fest” is what we call my family gatherings.
Dang Mario, you look different in the thumbnail there
I realize how fucking lucky I am to have actually been there. cameras were allowed, and there were a few people with camcorders. including my friend.
Does your friend still have the footage?
@@lunarrocks8216 we haven't talked since June of 2022, but I'll try to get in touch with him
@@Dez_The_Fox Okay, thank you.
@@Dez_The_Fox you were actually there! Can you tell us what is was like! How did it feel back then compared to now and did it seem eh or was it super cool?
@@Collectorfirearms It was okay, but it wasn't great. I still want to see it though.
He should bring up the Chris Farley shreak lost media that been found
You think any MGM Grand employees who worked at the time may have recorded it themselves?
I still have hope that someone had a recording of it, I’m shocked there haven’t been any home media/personal recording of it released from the crowd viewing it or journalists that covered it dumping it online. Usually that’s how stuff like that is found, someone happens to have a recording/file and just decides to upload it to UA-cam.
It would be cool to know if someone either current or formerly at Nintendo might still have a copy saved somewhere too, but unless you’re a massive creator or have business contacts getting their attention can be hard. Did You Know Gaming sometimes gets former/current game developers for interviews and quotes, they might potentially be able to help somehow if they have the right connections.
You should introduce yourself as a UA-cam Partner, or video editor, or short-form documentary maker, or anything that sounds professional. If the contact is a much older person, they might dismiss you if they perceive you as a teenager, or some random "internet weirdo". The key people from this event are probably over 50 now, maybe over 60.
I think I just discovered new lost media on a vhs tape someone please read this, it’s an austin powers tv recording with frau farbissina announcing things on commercial breaks and commenting on the movie in a white room with a chair and she announces the deleted scenes and they air them it’s on a vhs I should digitize it I can’t find any footage online of it it’s a TBS recording from 2000 with commercials
I would love to see this. I can just imagine donkey kong's mostly melee moves just becoming a lot more realistic.
I really hope its found, its one of the pieces of lost media that I care about the most.
Let's go! Slam Fest the threequel.
Yo it’s crazy that wrestling is fused with Nintendo characters
If Jason vorheese so can Mario
even if someone finds something like a 2 second clip, i will be incredibly satisfied
I figured i would make a special playlist for the Slamfest '99 research videos so they can be watched more conveniently ^^ ua-cam.com/play/PL477WuN2_1vFijAxXtQVG4jht0lFmbGeX.html
Imagine someone finds it on a old internet download website and uploads it to UA-cam
It's possible, I believe the recording is archived out there somewhere
If this happened at the MGM Grand is there any chance you tried to contact them? May be a small shot in the dark but as someone who worked at a casino I know how possible it is they have something of it.
It’s ironic how i revisited this search a few hours before you uploaded this lol
Wow what a plot twist. This search has definitely been a hectic one
Have you tried getting in contact with mgm?? I've looked around online and Google claims they're still afloat.
It could be worth reaching out to them. Maybe that have a copy as it was on their grounds.
I'm picturing what it'd be like if this would end with Kheang finally appearing out of thin air after years and going "yeah I have a recording"
one can dream
Don’t give up you you are awesome don’t give up don’t stop keep looking and good luck 🍀
I remember you specifically mentioned it being found in a year and look where we are now lmao
I RE-FOUND A JVBO OPENING! Located here: ua-cam.com/video/GNiMT_XcLhA/v-deo.html
Story time: I got bored and began to skip through 8 hours of commercials, openings and bumpers. One person (credited in the detail section) had one 8 hour upload, and like 2 hours into it I found gold.
And I state "re-found" as the episode stated it was partially found. However, half the videos are dead and I didn't see it there. So re-find I did!
Has it been considered to look for the event organizers? Perhaps they would have more insight. From costumes, to the logistics of setting up streaming equipment, perhaps someone who worked more closely with the streaming side would know something about it. And while it's a long shot, they might have a copy of the event since it seems like good rep to show to possible clients that the company had Nintendo as a client.
Let's keep fighting
I really don't understand why no one was bother to record this event back in 1999. It was a Nintendo event ffs! They were still popular at the time and the images looks quite crowded.
Has anyone tried contacting KCL since they made the costumes, maybe they had a larger part in this event
They've been contacted years ago and claimed that they had no involvement in this event
missed your uploads!!!
i remember when andre tweeted that, but i had no idea it would go this far lmao
Alternate title: How Slamfest '99 turned me into the Joker
Joker 2: slamfest
It sounds that we getting close but yet far...
Home videos are the best we can hope for at this point.
I don't remember, but has anyone tried to find the performers in the suits? I'd love to hear what their experience was on there.
Have you tried contacting KCL productions, the people who supplied the costumes for the Smash 64 commercial?
I am Brain Bug [weed jesus], I don't have anything extra to say other than thank you and KEEP LOOKING, I have a strong feeling it was a pirate stream I saw somewhere, and I have seen a lot of them that might be lost as well (a lot of old wrestling and maybe that billy and mandy lost pilot that was rumored to be somewhere. Shoutcast had SO much rare stuff, but it was all pretty much internet HAM Radio)
For proof it's me, just see the music on my youtube page. some of it was posted on the discord. (I lost the access to that exact login, *un-related server got mad at me, some mod in a video game server, drama, etc)
Well WB just made new lost media for you to find. Hope you track some down.
Not really they are all on pirate sites unlike back in the day where it would had been erased
Imagine if the stream was found like how the leaks where found on the nintendo gigaleak. Hell, would have been better if that stream founded and posted was part of that gigaleak.
Hi LSSQ. Off topic totally, but could you make a playlist of the music that you use in your videos? I really like the music and it hits different compared to other lost media videos.
The music is by jaxcheese, his channel is linked to lssq's 😊👍🏼
@@CJolieTV thanks!
One day slam fest 99 found whooooooooooo
It's like nintendo is trying to avoid this being found
I hope Slamfest gets found.
slamfest is truly one of the lost medias ever lost.
Does anyone know what the very first song that plays in the video is (not the intro jingle)? It sounds so familiar but i cant quite remember if i know what it is or not.
I found an article that states this was "an appetiser for the main event at e3."
How can I join this discord to talk about this??
imagine the only owner of a copy says he slammed it