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! colspan="2" | Source metadata
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:SPP Emergency Backup Tape.avif|frameless|300px]]
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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Type
| Showtapes
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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Dates
| 1990-07-20 – 1992
|-
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Also known as
| 260-0270-90(C) S. P. T. Inc.SPP EMERGENCY BACKUP TAPESerial #00153 Deck - 807/20/90 - Master CYBERSTAR
|-
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Tags
| ShowBiz Pizza Place
|-
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Contributors
| sudo-trans-pony, DerekCat, Ceclife13
|-
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Showtape formats
| ShowBiz SVHS
|}

'''''SPP Emergency Backup Tape''''' was a special backup tape, being one of the last few showtapes released for ''ShowBiz Pizza Place's'' hosting the ''Rock-afire Explosion''.
For some stores, this was the last tape used before ''Concept Unification'' would start at their location. Each tape sent after [[SPP Christmas '89 / Wave Bday]] would become increasingly more rare as stores would convert to ''3-Stages.''
Despite the later years of ''Cyberstar'' being mostly re-used segments from earlier showtapes, the last showtapes became the 'Best of' series, bringing back every single ''Cyberstar'' segment for stores to have. It was said at this time that due to the ''Rock-afire Explosion'' being phased out, stores could play whatever showtapes they had without sticking to the most recent show. The ''Best of'' series could be seen as an encouragement of this.

== Emergency Backup Format ==

As stated in the [[Concept Unification Installation Manual]], the emergency backup tapes were used in the event of a deck failure. A deck failure would mean the store would need to order a consumer stereo deck as a replacement, which could not support the 4-channel audio of a standard showtape. A standard tape had audio on Hifi left/right, with the programming signals on linear left/right, while the emergency tape duplicated the signals to both linear and Hifi left, and the audio to both linear and Hifi right. This resulted in the birthday signals being lost, with only the standard shows being able to play.

== Recycled Video Intermissions ==

This showtape included video segments from other ShowBiz Pizza Place & Chuck E. Cheese's showtapes.

'' ''Animal Babies in the Wild - Let's All Do the Hop*
** CEC Neighbors / Dreams
** [[SPP Faith / Dreams / Kids]]
** [[SPP Rolfe & Earl]]
** [[SPP Concept Unification Premiere]]
'' ''Song City U.S.A - Dinosaurs (We Adore Dinosaurs)*
** CEC Kids / American Pride
** [[SPP Moms / TV Themes / Neighbors]]
** [[SPP Concept Unification Premiere]]

== Show List: ==

# '''Intermission 1'''
### 6 Minute Countdown
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Je_ne_sais_pas_pourquoi Je ne sais pas pourquoi]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Years_of_Our_Lives_(song The Best Years Of Our Lives])
### Cyberstar Intro
# '''Segment 1'''
### Kids 1
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row,_Row,_Row_Your_Boat Row Row Row Your Boat]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hush,_Little_Baby Mockingbird (Hush Little Baby)]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkle,_Twinkle,_Little_Star Twinkle Twinkle Little Star]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Crack_Corn Jimmy Cracked Corn]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Miss_Muffet Little Miss Muffet]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_Jill Jack and Jill]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Old_Man This Old Man]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_de_Loop Here We Go Loop de Loop]
# '''Intermission 2'''
### 6 Minute Countdown
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Storm_(Aretha_Franklin_album Through the Storm])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_(song Veronica])
### Cyberstar Intro
# '''Segment 2'''
### Kids 2
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Little_Fishies Three Little Fishies]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokey_Pokey The Hokey Pokey]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_the_Big_Bad_Wolf%3F Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_Around_(Dick_and_Dee_Dee_song Turn Around])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah]
# '''Intermission 3'''
### 6 Minute Countdown
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_with_You_(The_Bangles_song Be with You])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_to_Move Room To Move]
### It's Showtime!
6.'''Video 1'''
### Animal Babies In The Wild - Let's All Do The Hop
# '''Intermission 4'''
### 6 Minute Countdown
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_an_Old_Friend%27s_Hand_(song Hold An Old Friend's Hand (Album Version)])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Moon_Fever Feel A Whole Lot Better]
### Cyberstar Intro
# '''Segment 3'''
### Beatles Medley
# '''Intermission 5'''
### 6 Minute Countdown
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Love_(Jody_Watley_song Real Love])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giving_Up_on_Love Giving Up On Love (7' R&B Version)]
### Cyberstar Intro
# '''Segment 4'''
### Oldies Medley
# '''Intermission 6'''
### 6 Minute Countdown
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Youth_(song Electric Youth (Deep House Mix)])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Girl Windsurfer]
### It's Showtime!
# '''Video 2'''
### Song City U.S.A - Dinosaurs (We Adore Dinosaurs)

== Trivia: ==

* The background radio music for the Cyberstar countdowns is from [[ShowBiz Pizza Program 18]] cassette tape released a year prior.

== Import provenance ==
Imported from [https://github.com/The64thGamer/cheeseepedia/tree/274f085c7132d784f81b7a4cbd96e7a0922db854 Cheese-E-Pedia] at source revision <code>274f085c7132d784f81b7a4cbd96e7a0922db854</code>. Source material is provided under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC BY-SA 4.0].

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