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with core services that include interactive television, broadband, connectivity, and advertising media solutions along with nationwide technical and professional support services. The company's corporate headquarters are in

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and the primary operations center is in

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. The company also maintains offices in

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as well as offices in Canada and Mexico and a network of field service facilities serving the company's customers throughout the United States and Canada. SONIFI's primary customer base is in the continental

, and they also deliver services in

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and 15 other countries through relationships with local

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. As LodgeNet, it had a long-standing partnership with Nintendo, and has brought Nintendo console titles to hotel rooms since the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

History

SONIFI Solutions was founded in 1980 as Satellite Movie Company. The company was renamed LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation in 1991 and became a publicly traded corporation in 1993. LodgeNet purchased The Hotel Networks, On Command, and Stay Online corporations in 2006 and 2007, and changed its name to LodgeNet Interactive Corporation in 2008. In late 1993, LodgeNet launched its on-demand hospitality service, including worldwide delivery of

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games to hotel guests via its proprietary building-wide networks. LodgeNet eventually reported the system being installed in 200,000 hotel guest rooms by April 1996, and 530,000 guest rooms by mid-1999. By April 1996, LodgeNet reported that its partnership with Nintendo to deliver Super NES games had yielded 200,000 worldwide hotel guest room installations. On June 16, 1998, Nintendo and LodgeNet entered a 10-year licensing agreement for an "aggressive" upgrade to add Nintendo 64 support to their existing 500,000 Super NES equipped guest room installations. LodgeNet says that within the system's previous 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". LodgeNet reported that within the middle of 1998 alone, 35 million hotel guests encountered the Nintendo name as an integral amenity, and it reported sales of more than 54 million minutes of Nintendo-based gameplay. LodgeNet-Nintendo-N64-Controller

On June 10, 1999, LodgeNet and Nintendo began expanding and upgrading their existing Super NES buildout to include

Nintendo 64 The (N64) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo. The successor to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it was released on June 23, 1996, in Japan, on September 29, 1996, in North America, and on March 1, 1997, in Europe and ...

support. In mid-1999, LodgeNet reported that its 530,000 hotel room installations were increasing at a rate of 11,000 rooms per month. In September 2000, Nintendo and LodgeNet began delivering newly released Nintendo 64 games to hotel rooms at more than 1,000 hotel sites, concurrently with the games' retail releases, demonstrating "the capacity to update odgeNet'sinteractive digital systems with fresh content virtually overnight". On December 31, 2012, LodgeNet announced its intention to file for a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a recapitalization that would give control of the company to Colony Capital, a global investment firm with $38 billion in assets under management and a broad range of hospitality and media industry investments. The commencement of these proceedings was announced on January 28, 2013. During this period the company also announced that Colony had signed a memorandum of understanding with

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under which LodgeNet and DIRECTV would operate as strategic partners within the hospitality and healthcare markets. The agreement extended the parties' current free-to-guest programming agreement to include DIRECTV branding, programming and content, advertising and other operational support. On March 28, 2013, Colony announced that it had completed the acquisition, concurrent with an approximately $70 million recapitalization of the company and a new $358 million long term credit facility. The investor syndicate led by Colony was issued new common stock representing 100% ownership of the company. This completed the company's emergence from Chapter 11. In the same announcement, hospitality industry veteran Mike Ribero was named the company's new CEO. Tom Storey is the president of hospitality, Ed Kaufman is general counsel, and John Chang is the chief financial officer, completing the current executive management team. The company officially became SONIFI Solutions on June 25, 2013, with an announcement at the HITEC trade show. In January 2020, its corporate entity became SONIFI Incorporated.

Games

Games are offered for three Nintendo platforms, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the

, and the GameCube, with support for the Nintendo Entertainment System planned.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

There were 49 Super Nintendo Entertainment System titles available to play on LodgeNet hotel televisions and on airlines equipped with Nintendo Gateway System, which LodgeNet used for their hotel service. Some titles were not playable on airlines. *'' Blackthorne'' *'' Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure'' (not available on airlines) *'' Boxing Legends of the Ring'' *'' The Brainies'' *'' ClayFighter: Tournament Edition'' (not available on airlines) *'' ClayFighter 2: Judgment Clay'' (not available on airlines) *''

Claymates ''Claymates'' is a platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It is one of Interplay Entertainment, Interplay's clay animation titles which also included the ''ClayFighter'' series. Overview The protagonist of the game is ...

'' *''

Donkey Kong Country ''Donkey Kong Country'' is a 1994 platform game developed by Rare (company), Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It is a Reboot (fiction), reboot of Nintendo's ''Donkey Kong'' franchise and foll ...

'' *'' Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' (not available on airlines) *'' Dr. Mario'' (standalone, exclusive to the service) *''

Final Fight ''Final Fight'' is a series of beat 'em up video games by Capcom, which began with the arcade release of ''Final Fight'' in 1989. Set in the fictional Metro City, the games focus on a group of heroic vigilantes who fights against the control and ...

'' *''

F-Zero is a series of futuristic racing video games originally created by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, Nintendo EAD with multiple games developed by outside companies. The F-Zero (video game), first game was released for the Super Fa ...

'' *'' Hagane: The Final Conflict'' *'' Hal's Hole in One Golf'' *'' Hangman'' (exclusive to the service) *''

Killer Instinct ''Killer Instinct'' is a series of fighting video games originally created by Rare and published by Midway, Nintendo, and Microsoft Studios. The original ''Killer Instinct'' was released for arcades in 1994; the game was then released for ...

'' (not available on airlines) *''

Kirby's Dream Course ''Kirby's Dream Course'' is a 1994 miniature golf video game developed by HAL Laboratory and Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). A spin-off of the '' Kirby'' series and the first released fo ...

'' *'' The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'' *''

The Lost Vikings ''The Lost Vikings'' is a puzzle-platform game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now Blizzard Entertainment) and published by Interplay. It was originally released for the Super NES in 1993, then subsequently released for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, M ...

'' *'' The Lost Vikings 2'' *''

Mega Man X is a series of action platform video games released by Capcom. It is a sub-series of the ''Mega Man'' franchise. The first game was released on December 17, 1993 in Japan (January 1994 in North America) on the Super NES/Super Famicom; most o ...

'' *''

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'' (listed in a

Nintendo Power ''Nintendo Power'' was a video game news and strategy magazine from Nintendo of America, first published in July/August 1988 as Nintendo's official print magazine for North America. The magazine's publication was initially done monthly by Ninten ...

article about the Gateway Service, unknown availability) *''

Noughts & Crosses Tic-tac-toe (American English), noughts and crosses (Commonwealth English), or Xs and Os (Canadian or Irish English) is a paper-and-pencil game for two players who take turns marking the spaces in a three-by-three grid with ''X'' or ''O''. ...

'' (exclusive to the service) *'' Panel de Pon'' *'' Postcard Puzzle'' (exclusive to the service) *'' Prehistorik Man'' *''Pro Mahjong Kiwame'' *'' Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye'' *'' Street Fighter II: The World Warrior'' *'' Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting'' (not available on airlines) *'' Super Adventure Island'' *''

Super Bonk ''Super Bonk'' (released in Europe as ''Super B.C. Kid'' and in Japan as ''Super Genjin'') is a 1994 platform video game developed by A.I. Co, Ltd. and published by Hudson Soft for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the fourth game ...

'' *'' Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts'' *'' Super Mario All-Stars'' *''

Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Super may refer to: Computing * SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter / player * Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages * Super key (keyboard butt ...

'' (unknown availability) *''

Super Mario World ''Super Mario World,'' known in Japan as is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It was released in Japan in 1990, North America in 1991 and Europe and Australia in 19 ...

'' *''

Super Metroid is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. It is the third installment in the ''Metroid'' series, following the events of the Game Boy ...

'' (not available on airlines) *'' Super Play Action Football'' *'' Super Punch-Out!!'' *'' Super Soccer'' *'' Super Solitaire'' *''

Super Street Fighter II is a competitive fighting game produced by Capcom and originally released as an arcade game in 1993. It is the fourth game in the ''Street Fighter II'' sub-series of ''Street Fighter'' games, following '' Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting''. It ...

'' (not available on airlines) *'' Super Tennis'' *''T&E True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach'' (listed in a

article about the Gateway Service, unknown availability) *''

Tetris ''Tetris'' (russian: link=no, Тетрис) is a puzzle video game created by Soviet software engineer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984. It has been published by several companies for multiple platforms, most prominently during a dispute over the appro ...

'' (standalone, exclusive to the service) *''

Tetris Attack ''Tetris Attack'', also known as in Japan, is a puzzle video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. A Game Boy version was released a year later. In the game, the player must ...

'' *'' Tetris & Dr. Mario'' *'' Vegas Stakes'' *''

Wario's Woods ''Wario's Woods'' is a puzzle video game developed by TEC and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in Japan and North America in 1994 and Europe in 1995. A spin-off of the ''Mario'' series, players control T ...

Nintendo 64

There were 38 Nintendo 64 titles available to play on LodgeNet hotel televisions. *''

1080° Snowboarding is a snowboarding video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 in 1998. In the game, the player controls one of five snowboarders from a third-person perspective, using a combination of buttons to jump and perform tricks ...

'' *''

Donkey Kong 64 ''Donkey Kong 64'' is a 1999 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the first 3D game in the '' Donkey Kong'' series. As the gorilla Donkey Kong, the player explores themed levels to collect it ...

'' *''

Dr. Mario 64 ''Dr. Mario 64'' is a tile-matching action puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. The game was released in North America on April 8, 2001. The game is an enhanced remake of ''Dr. Mario'', which was originally ...

'' *'' Excitebike 64'' *'' Extreme-G'' *''

F-Zero X is a futuristic racing video game for the Nintendo 64 console. Developed by Nintendo's EAD division, it was released in Japan, North America, and Europe in 1998. In 2000, the ''Expansion Kit'' was released in Japan, including a track and vehic ...

'' *'' Forsaken 64'' *''

Gauntlet Legends ''Gauntlet Legends'' is an arcade game released in 1998 by Atari Games and Midway Games. It is a fantasy themed hack and slash styled dungeon crawl game, a sequel to 1985's popular '' Gauntlet'' and 1986's '' Gauntlet II'' and marks the fin ...

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Hydro Thunder ''Hydro Thunder'' is an inshore powerboat racing video game, originally an arcade game in February 1999 and later released for the Sega Dreamcast as a launch title later that year. It was also released for PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in early 200 ...

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Iggy's Reckin' Balls ''Iggy's Reckin' Balls'' is a video game that was developed for the Nintendo 64 console by Iguana Entertainment and published by Acclaim Entertainment in August 1998. It involves a set of ball characters with faces and unique personalities that ra ...

'' *'' Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards'' *'' The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'' *'' The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' *''

Mario Golf There have been numerous sports games in the ''Mario'' franchise. Although originally a branch of the Mario sports games, the ''Mario Kart'' series is not included in this list, as it has since become a stand-alone series in the Mario franchise. ...

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Mario Kart 64 is a kart racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was also released for the iQue Player in China in 2003. The game is the second main entry in the ''Mario Kart'' series and is the successor to ''Super Mari ...

'' *'' Mario Party 3'' *''

Mario Tennis ''Mario Tennis'' is a 2000 sports video game developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. Following ''Mario's Tennis'', it is the second game in the ''Mario Tennis'' series. The game is known for being ...

'' *'' Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits'' *'' Milo's Astro Lanes'' *''

Mortal Kombat 4 ''Mortal Kombat 4'' is a 1997 arcade fighting game and it is the fourth main installment in the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise and a sequel to 1995's ''Mortal Kombat 3''. developed by Midway Games. Released to arcades in 1997, ''Mortal Kombat 4'' ...

'' *'' Namco Museum 64'' *''

The New Tetris ''The New Tetris'' is a puzzle video game for the Nintendo 64. The game was developed by H2O Entertainment and published by Nintendo, based on the latter's popular ''Tetris'' series. The game was originally released on July 31, 1999, in North Amer ...

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Paper Mario ''Paper Mario'' is a video game series and part of the ''Mario'' franchise, developed by Intelligent Systems and produced by Nintendo. It combines elements from the role-playing, action-adventure, and puzzle genres. Players control a paper ...

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Pilotwings 64 is an amateur flight simulator game developed by Nintendo and Paradigm Simulation and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was one of three launch titles for the Nintendo 64 in Japan as well as Europe and one of two launch titles in Nor ...

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Pokémon Snap is a 1999 first-person photography game with rail shooter style gameplay mechanics developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was first released in Japan in March 1999 and was later released in July 1999 in N ...

'' *'' Rampage 2: Universal Tour'' *''

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing ''Ready 2 Rumble Boxing'' is a boxing video game developed by Midway Studios San Diego, published by Midway Games in 1999 for the Dreamcast, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, and Nintendo 64. The success of the Dreamcast version led to it becoming one ...

'' *'' Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA'' *'' San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing'' *''

Star Fox 64 known as ''Lylat Wars'' in the PAL regions, is a 3D rail shooter video game developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the second installment in the ''Star Fox'' series and a reboot of the original ''Star Fox'' for the Super Nintendo Ente ...

'' *'' Star Wars: Rogue Squadron'' *'' Super Mario 64'' *'' Super Smash Bros.'' *'' Turok 2: Seeds of Evil'' *''

Virtual Chess 64 ''Virtual Chess 64'' is a chess simulation game for the Nintendo 64. It was released in 1998. It is the third and final game in the '' Virtual Chess'' series. The game features no true "completion" in the form of a goal or a score, so one could the ...

'' *'' Virtual Pool 64'' *''

Wave Race 64 is a 1996 racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. Gameplay involves the player racing on a personal watercraft on a variety of courses while successfully manoeuvring the vehicle around various buoys. A multip ...

'' *''

Yoshi's Story Yoshi's (also known as Yoshi's Jazz Club and Yoshi's Oakland) is a nightclub located in Jack London Square in Oakland, California, United States. The venue originally opened in 1972 as a restaurant in Berkeley, later moving to Claremont Avenue ...

GameCube

There were 43 Nintendo GameCube titles available to play on LodgeNet hotel televisions. *''

1080° Avalanche ''1080° Avalanche'' is a snowboarding video game for the GameCube, developed by Nintendo's in-house development studio, Nintendo Software Technology, and published by Nintendo. It was released in 2003 in Europe and North America, and in Japa ...

'' *''

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In ''Animal Crossing'', the player character is a human who lives in a village inhab ...

'' *'' Backyard Baseball 2007'' *'' Battalion Wars'' *''

Chibi-Robo! is a series of adventure video games developed by Skip Ltd. and published by Nintendo. The franchise follows a series of tiny Robotic units known as Chibi-Robo, whose purpose is to spread Happiness. Recurring game elements of the franchise inc ...

'' *''

Custom Robo is an action role-playing video game series developed by Noise and published by Nintendo. The series currently spans five games, and has titles on the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, and Nintendo DS. Only the two most recent titles h ...

'' *'' Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem'' *''

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles ''Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles'' is a series of video games within the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise developed by Square Enix. Beginning in 2003 with the game for the GameCube, the series has predominantly been released on Nintendo gaming ha ...

'' *'' Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance'' *'' Geist'' *''

Kirby Air Ride ''Kirby Air Ride'', known in Japan as , is a 2003 racing video game starring Kirby, developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. ''Kirby Air Ride'' has the players and computer-controlled racers ride on Air Ride Machin ...

'' *'' The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition'' *'' The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures'' *'' The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest'' *'' The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'' *'' The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker'' *''

Luigi's Mansion is a 2001 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. The game was a launch title for the GameCube and was the first game in the ''Mario'' franchise to be released for the console; it was released in Japan on September 14, 20 ...

'' *'' Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'' *'' Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' *''

Mario Party 4 ''Mario Party 4'' is a 2002 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. The game is the fourth installment in the ''Mario Party'' series and is the first game in the series to be released for the GameCube. ...

'' *'' Mario Party 5'' *''

Mario Party 6 is the sixth installment in the ''Mario Party'' series of board game-style party video games by Nintendo and is the third game in the series made for the GameCube and was released in Japan on November 18, 2004; in North America on December 6 ...

'' *'' Mario Party 7'' *'' Mario Power Tennis'' *''

Metroid Prime ''Metroid Prime'' is an Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. ''Metroid Prime'' is the fifth main installment in the ''Metroid'' franchise and the first game in ...

'' *'' Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'' *'' Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' *''

Pikmin is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin in order to collect items by destroying obstacles, avoiding ...

'' *''

Pikmin 2 is a 2004 real-time strategy puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube home video game console. It is the direct sequel to the 2001 game ''Pikmin (video game), Pikmin'' and is the second game in the ''Pikmin'' series. ...

'' *''

Pokémon Channel ''Pokémon Channel'', released in Japan as , is a 2003 video game in the ''Pokémon'' series for the GameCube, developed by Ambrella, published by The Pokémon Company and distributed by Nintendo. The player's goal is to help Professor Oak refi ...

'' *''

Pokémon Colosseum ''Pokémon Colosseum'' is a role-playing video game in the ''Pokémon'' series developed by Genius Sonority, published by The Pokémon Company, and distributed by Nintendo. It was released for the GameCube on November 21, 2003, in Japan; March 22 ...

'' *'' Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness'' *'' Star Fox: Assault'' *'' Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader'' *'' Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike'' *''

Super Mario Strikers ''Super Mario Strikers'', known in Europe and Australia as ''Mario Smash Football'', is a 2005 sports video game developed by Next Level Games and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. The game's developers had worked on '' NHL Hitz Pro'' bef ...

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Super Mario Sunshine is a 2002 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the second 3D game in the ''Super Mario'' series, following '' Super Mario 64'' (1996). The game was directed by Yoshiaki Koizumi and Kenta Usui, produced b ...

'' *'' TMNT'' *'' Tomb Raider: Legend'' *'' The Urbz: Sims in the City'' *''

Wario World ''Wario World'' is a 3D platform game developed by Treasure and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. The game's plot centers on Wario and his quest to regain his treasure and his castle from the evil gem, Black Jewel. The game was fairly w ...

'' *'' WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games!'' *'' Wave Race: Blue Storm''

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History

Games

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo 64

GameCube

See also

Notes

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