LodgeNet

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LodgeNet
LodgeNet TV Box
Release date USA 1993[1]
Discontinued USA 2013[2]

LodgeNet was a hotel game streaming service for the SNES, Nintendo 64, and Nintendo GameCube. LodgeNet launched its on-demand hospitality service in late 1993, including worldwide delivery of SNES games to hotel guests via its proprietary building-wide networks.[3] The system was installed in 200,000 hotel guest rooms by April 1996 and 530,000 guest rooms by mid-1999, as reported by LodgeNet.[4] By April 1996, LodgeNet reported that its partnership with Nintendo to deliver SNES games had yielded 200,000 worldwide hotel guest room installations.[4] Nintendo and LodgeNet entered a 10-year licensing agreement for an "aggressive" upgrade to add Nintendo 64 support to their existing 500,000 SNES equipped guest room installations on June 16, 1998.[5] According to LodgeNet, within the system's past five years to date, the system had "caused Nintendo to become the most successful new product rollout in the history of the hotel pay-per-view industry."[6] LodgeNet reported that 35 million hotel guests encountered the Nintendo name as an integral amenity within the middle of 1998 alone,[6] and it reported sales of more than 54 million minutes of Nintendo-based gameplay.[7]

LodgeNet and Nintendo began expanding and upgrading their existing SNES buildout to include Nintendo 64 support on June 10, 1999. LodgeNet reported in mid-1999 that its 530,000 hotel room installations were increasing at a rate of 11,000 rooms per month.[4][7] Nintendo and LodgeNet began delivering newly released Nintendo 64 games to hotel rooms at more than 1,000 hotel sites in September 2000, concurrently with the games' retail releases, demonstrating "the capacity to update [LodgeNet's] interactive digital systems with fresh content virtually overnight."[8]

Super Mario games on LodgeNet[edit]

Super Nintendo Entertainment System[edit]

Nintendo 64[edit]

Nintendo GameCube[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • LodgeNet server

    LodgeNet server

  • How the LodgeNet service works

    How the LodgeNet service works

Controllers[edit]

  • SNES LodgeNet controller

    SNES LodgeNet controller

  • Nintendo 64 LodgeNet controller

    Nintendo 64 LodgeNet controller

  • GameCube LodgeNet controller

    GameCube LodgeNet controller

Screenshots[edit]

  • SNES LodgeNet main menu

    SNES LodgeNet main menu

  • Nintendo 64 LodgeNet game menu

    Nintendo 64 LodgeNet game menu

  • GameCube LodgeNet game menu

    GameCube LodgeNet game menu

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/19990224153940/http://www.lodgenet.com/lne/corporat/releases/980616.html. Internet Archive. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  2. ^ Nintendrew (August 15, 2018). LodgeNet Game Controllers - Nintendo's Hotel Rental Service! | Nintendrew. YouTube. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  3. ^ Nintendo of America, Inc. (December 3, 1996). Hotel-based video game and communication system. Google Patents. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  5. ^ LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (June 16, 1998). LodgeNet, Nintendo Sign N64 Agreement. Archived from the original. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  6. ^ a b LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (September 3, 1998). LodgeNet, Nintendo Celebrate Guest Room Video Game Milestone. Archived from the original. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  7. ^ a b LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (June 10, 1999). LodgeNet Begins Installing Hotels With Nintendo 64 Game Systems; Initiative Includes New Installations, System Upgrades for Thousands of Hotel Rooms. Archived from the original. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  8. ^ LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (August 29, 2000). LodgeNet Brings Mario Tennis(TM) to Hotel Guests Nationwide; New N64(R) Game Will Appear in Stores, Hotel Rooms Same Week. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  9. ^ https://www.flickr.com/photos/26432743@N05/47538065441/in/album-72157707734361855/. flickr. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
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Video game consoles and add-ons
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Other MS-DOS • VS. System • Nintendo PlayChoice-10 • Nelsonic Game Watch • Super Mario Bros. Watch • Gamewatch Boy • Philips CD-i • Mini Classics • Nintendo Switch • Triforce • Visteon Dockable Entertainment System • Classics • LodgeNet
See here for a complete list of arcade titles and games ported to Atari 2600, Commodore, ColecoVision, Intellivision, etc.
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System / Super Famicom games
Super Mario franchise Super Mario World (1990) • Mario Paint (1992) • Super Mario Kart (1992) • Mario is Missing! (1993) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993) • Yoshi's Safari (1993) • Mario & Wario (1993) • Mario's Time Machine (1993) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers (1994) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (1994) • Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (1994) • Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (1994) • Undake30 Same Game (1995) • Mario's Super Picross (1995) • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) • Wrecking Crew '98 (1998)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong Country (1994) • Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge (1994) • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
Yoshi franchise Yoshi's Cookie (1993) • Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie (1994) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) • Tetris Attack (1996)
Wario franchise Mario & Wario (1993) • Wario's Woods (1994)
Satellaview Wario no Mori Bakushō Version (1995) • Wario no Mori Futatabi (1995) • BS Super Mario USA (1996) • Yoshi no Panepon (1996) • Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle (1997) • BS Super Mario Collection (1997-1998) • Satella-Q (1995-1999)
Miscellaneous Nintendo Campus Challenge (1992) • Nintendo PowerFest '94 (1994) • Picross NP (1999-2000)
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Nintendo 64 games
Super Mario franchise Super Mario 64 (1996) • Mario Kart 64 (1996) • Mario no Photopi (1998) • Mario Party (1998) • Mario Golf (1999) • Mario Artist: Paint Studio* (1999) • Mario Party 2 (1999) • Mario Artist: Talent Studio* (2000) • Mario Artist: Communication Kit* (2000) • Mario Tennis (2000) • Paper Mario (2000) • Mario Artist: Polygon Studio* (2000) • Mario Party 3 (2000) • Dr. Mario 64 (2001)
Donkey Kong franchise Diddy Kong Racing (1997) • Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
Yoshi franchise Yoshi's Story (1997)
Crossovers Super Smash Bros. (1999)
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Nintendo GameCube games
Super Mario franchise Luigi's Mansion (2001) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002) • Mario Party 4 (2002) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003) • Mario Party 5 (2003) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) • Mario Power Tennis (2004) • Mario Party 6 (2004) • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005) • Mario Superstar Baseball (2005) • Mario Party 7 (2005) • Super Mario Strikers (2005)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Konga (2003) • Donkey Konga 2 (2004) • Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004) • Donkey Konga 3 JP (2005)
Wario franchise Wario World (2003) • WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (2003)
Other Super Mario 128 (2000, demo) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) • Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003) • NBA Street V3 (2005) • SSX on Tour (Nintendo Village) (2005) • Donkey Kong Racing (cancelled) • Diddy Kong Racing Adventure (cancelled)
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