Existence of the game became known in March 2019 when Youtuber Stephan Reese, known online as Archon 1981, got his hands on the game after a former Nintendo employee gave it to him. Reese uploaded footage of him playing UWC on YouTube[1] after the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) digitized the game.[4] The game was first beaten by the VGHF and footage of the play through was also uploaded to YouTube.[4]