How Close Are We To Finding Slamfest '99? 

If only I had saved a copy of slamfest in 1999 instead of being 1 years old 😭

You know it's gonna be found at a garage sale in Washington with like half an episode of survivor recorded over it

Imagine we get footage of slamfest 99 and it turns out it’s actually really boring 😭💀💀

Honestly, even if the footage never gets found, at least we have all these photos and articles about the event, so at least it’s documented in some way. Other lost media haven’t been so lucky.

On a serious note, f that fake email. That was just slander.

Interesting thing, I work with one of the former directors of that very same mgm hotel in vegas, he does remember slamfest 99 very vividly and according to him there were a lot of people filming the event so there must be footage out there somewhere.

The Slamfest 99 event is one of the most heavily researched topics and following it on its journey is inspiring for me tbh.

If we can find the full songs of Ulterior Motives and Dreams 4ever, and the original location of the Backrooms, then we can find this.

watch it be a clockman situation where it was literally uploaded on youtube the entire time 💀

Andre from Gamexplain opened pandora's box when he first tweeted about slamfest

THE SOUND IS LOST MEDIA YOU GUYS HELP

at this rate, Slamfest '99 is bound to end up in the same position as "Me and my Friends".

Slamfest99 is the 21st century equivalent of a Doctor Who missing episode

This HAS to be on someone's hard drive, somewhere. Even if Nintendo didn't offer a link to download the rebroadcast, there definitely existed tools to extract the file from the page source data, even back then. It's probably going to surface if and when a channel as large as Whang's (or larger) ends up covering the topic.

we got the Backrooms and GTA VI before Slamfest 99

The only hope here is getting a homemade record with a camera of the event. The official good quality streaming it's unlikely will ever be found

i know theres been alot of grails in the community but if this actually gets found im considering this the grail of the lost media community

i spotted what seems to be a camcorder recording the event, maybe we could get a shaky recording of the event.

At this point, just recreate it in one of the WWE games. Hell, I'll do it right now.

slamfest happend back in 1999! its 2010!! how tiem flies

We’re still looking damn this brought me back man😂

watch it be found by showing up to nintendo HQ and asking for a copy

Just when i rewatched your last slamfest video, you drop this one! Magical timing

It's always kinda funny reading the comments on vids about stuff like Slamfest, because there's always a huge chunk of people who overestimate the technology back then ("why didn't people just record their screens as it streamed?"), but an equally huge chunk of people who underestimate it, too ("what? Livestreaming didn't exist before RU-vid"). SO to make this a little clear: there was livestreaming back then! It was generally handled via separate programs, not in a web browser (there may have been in-browser streaming back then, but if there was, it was in its infancy and very, very resource intensive). Basically, imagine if Twitch had its own launcher instead of being a website, but people from any domain, not just Twitch, could be watched on it so long as you had the right address for their stream. However, screen recording (especially recording a playing video/stream) took a fair amount of computer power to do, so it wasn't commonly done by average joes outside of things like making short GIFs. Videos that weren't things like animations were mostly things that were recorded on something other than a computer, and were then uploaded (or, obviously, streamed). So for the case of Slamfest, our best options are either: 1. Video from the source, be it Nintendo, Game Freak, the marketers, the recording crew, or otherwise; just SOMEONE involved that may still have a recording somewhere 2. Second hand, who got the video from the source in some way (gifts, inheritence, thrift, etc.) OR 3. People who recorded the event from the audience with their own camcorders, assuming it wasn't banned.

if you think about it there is a few ways slamfest could be found 1: a family member kept it as something their family could watch 2:nintendo does some anniversary 3:Idk we get enough photos or idk Also it might just be me but when looking at the photos you dont see that many cameras or phones, it might be due to the quality but its jsut me

If filming was allowed at the event then you could contact people who were there at the time to see if they have a vhs copy of it or go to a Vegas goodwill and buy up a bunch of old home video tapes.

your videos are so freakin interesting dude, I love lost media and the search it takes, even if you don't get the result you're looking for.

Have been following this search for many years now if this ever gets found I’ll pass out

Maybe the real slamfest 99 were the friends we made along the way

It's honestly pretty wild that Slamfest '99 is about as old as I am I was born in '98

Probably not that close

finding slamfest has been so hyped up for years that I actually can't wait for someone to find it

I can't believe how long its been since this little fish made a big splash!

It’s been so long. I fear if we do find it we will feel happy but empty

I hope it will be found eventually!

Imagine if we find a recording of the event on a tape or something but in a crazy twist of events it gets stolen-

i skipped past the golin part unconsiously because i thought it was a sponsership lmao

Dude, these PR firms would not have "archives" of something like this. Especially something so long ago.

This event is as old as I am thats insane how long its been lost.

I have move on from slamfest 99, I feel it’s lost forever

darn it, I hope we find Smashfest 99, Jimmy Two Shoes pilot from Hell, and Godzilla VS Gamera stage performance

I really hope it gets found in the near future sooner than later hopefully

The top Lost Media finds that I really hope get found is Me and My Friends and Slamfest 99

I feel like even if it is found, Nintendo will just instantly C&D it off the face of the earth.

We are this close: This close...

I was watching some old lssq videos when this came out, the timing was perfect lmao

it could be sitting on some random 1999 computer in a thrift store somewhere or in someone's house

I just find it funny that no one bothers to record on the day of the event? Surely, by 1999, people have access to video tape/camcorder everywhere, especially in the U.S. Heck, Nintendo was already popular by that time and people do aware of Mario let alone Pokemon.

this search and the dedication is so nuts

Nice that this search has still been going, atleast. As increasingly unlikely as it is, I would LOVE to see this get found one day. Regardless of the results, I think we can all agree that this is one of the most iconic lost media searches to come in this recent decade!

I literally had this on my pc back in around 2004. I dont remember if it was kazaa or limewire or where...so i can say for certian, slamfest was saved and put online in a shareable format.

Another great video as always!

Hopefully this video gives it the boost it needs to be found. I doubt it will, but it would be awesome

Anyone might have this complete on tape, who knows. they might even be watching this video right now and maybe even writing a comment at this very moment, but we'll never know.

A 20 min slam fest video is the best this that could have happened today

I find it interesting how the banner in the background of some of the event photos says super smash bros "title fight" instead of slamfest

that part where you were framed was pure cinema

have you tried looking in that archive where the live action toonmaker sailor moon was found

How close are we to finding the Me and my friends pilot?

We really need that pink morning cartoon to be released

I want to be creeped out by the costumes but DK genuinely looks really cool. Maybe it's my desperation for new DK on the next Switch (Edit: two ports, woooo) but that is genuinely a really good costume for this time- the placement of the seams and the padding, the way the fur is used to push dimension, etc. All aspects of this search are neat and I hope we can see them in action one day, thanks for accidentally putting us on to a costume and wardrobe company :)

So we still don't have it from our first lead and honestly I thought this would be longer

i feel that slamfest can be still out there but maybe some one still has some kind of recording of it but may not be aware that its so important or they do know about it and are just being to safe with what they have and are not giving it to us which is a real big headache if this is true. I have a feeling that it might be found and has a possibility of hope unlike me and my friends which is very slim for hope but i do hope that slamfest is found because its been missing for so long and many people have been waiting for this momment to happen

100% some rando has the .rm file you're after, but I really think getting in touch with random employees who were just trying to do their job and in no way would've made a copy or have one is a bit absurd. Continue to chase old webmasters, not people likely nearing their 50's.

What about the people who manufactured the costumes and the agency who shot the Smash Bros commercial? Pretty sure the suits in the ad and this event are the same.

Hopefully Slamfest 99 will be found one day. I'd love to watch it.

I really hope it will get found!

probably on a vhs in some random guy named eric’s closet along with random mario gameplay

Hear me out, but instead of a live stream recording of slamfest what if someone (like a person from the audience) recorded the event via through a video camera? As far as I'm aware the event never said you couldn't bring video cameras into the event. Plus, even if it was prohibited someone could have sneaked in a camera to secretly record the event in person, tho that's just a personal assumption.

When I get my Time Machine up and running, this will be my second stop after going back to the UK in the sixties to record all the missing “Doctor Who” episodes.

So this will probably end with either being found, or being considered fully lost.

I wonder who Nintendo hired to play the characters. I wonder if it was Indie wrestlers from that time frame in the area, would be cool if it turns out that a big wrestler worked that match

If we can find lost nein levin footage that was never seen. we can find this

Update I looked at the description and apparently Go! Go! Mario Paint had no book of its own, but had its thirteen chapters reprinted in other volumes, from volume 1 of Super Mario Kart to volume 1 of Donkey Kong Country. Assorted 4-koma were also included in certain volumes.

I want this topic found as much as the next guy, but What about the institute of innovation It looks so cursed and I love it Edit: 0:46 That cut off had me on the floor

I think I had a tape the event in my childhood home better yet I still remember the screams of the people there!

if we get a full footage of slamfest 99 one day i swear to god if there isn't any climax where one of the 4 unlockable characters comes in into the ring and beats the shit out of everyone, then ill say that the search wasn't worth it

Hey, i dont know if you take requests for topics, but i have one that i cant find any discussion on. Right here on youtube, there is a video of a very early demo of rock band 1, where there is a very scuffed chart of welcome to the jungle by guns and roses. If i had to guess when it was filmed, i would probably say late 2006- early 2007. Thank you

So far, this has been quite the year for the lost media community.

How do I upload something to the lost media wiki? I need help finding something

25th anniversary happened recently too!

Silence makes me think they were threatened.

I wonder what it’s going to be like when/if slamfest gets found one day lol. There’s gotta be someone out there with a recording of it.

Talk about “just a game”! It’s a lost song and it’s not only catchy but the search for the song has been wild

"Somethings gone lost in the happy go lucky world of Nintendo"

such a wild event that has not been televised. that’s crazy

15:30 I love how the reply to the user's accusations of holding back the video isn't "I wouldn't do that, it doesn't match the mission statement of most lost media archivists" but rather "I didn't do it...I'm not saying I wouldn't have, but I didn't." 😆

9:23 There's a guy with a camera at the bottom of the N64 logo

This reminds me of the super smash brothers comercial with the pop song by the turtles playing. "Loving nobody but u, for all my lifeee".

I was just watching videos about the topic nearly an hour ago, dang.

"Someone sent it to me to cover it on the observer. When I watched it. I found it to be boring and the structure of the match is predictable. I remember giving it a rating of 2 stars. And I deleted the video afterwards" - Dave Meltzer

I feel like we will find it, but the audio will be missing 😅

This sounds awesome, its a shame that it got lost.

an uncensored version of sailor mouth and full tape of slamfest are basically the holy grails of the community lmfao

It took many years but the original back rooms photo location was found

No sound?

Honestly, y'all think we're gonna find Me and My Friends or Slamfest first?

This is just a crazy idea I had, and I wanted to know what you think about it, why not try and get in contact with Sakurai, I mean he has a RU-vid channel and is literally the creator of Smash Bros, so he should know something about it, I hope you guys succeed with your search,🤠👍 have a nice day,

I've never heard you get this angry before dude.

what are the rules for the intros ? I 'miss the intro with credits longer than the intro YoY