Given what we now know about add-on hardware for games consoles, the very concept of the Famicom Disk System seems hopelessly flawed. Since this Japan-only system hit the market in 1986 we’ve ...

resulting in the Famicom Disk System - or FDS - which did exactly what it said on the tin, offering disk-based software to run on the console we would eventually come to know as the Nintendo ...

The Famicom Disk System (or the Family Computer Disk System to give its full title) released in Japan — and Japan only — on 21st February 1986. This Famicom add-on came with a wave of new ...

In Japan, the Famicom Disk System arrived as a burgundy box that tucked beneath the Famicom hardware perfectly, its edges flush with those of the console itself. However, in order to connect to ...

We’ll examine an original 1983 Famicom, its controllers, its games, and even a unique disk system accessory that never released outside of Japan. The Famicom system was designed by the R&D 2 ...

Uemura worked at Nintendo from 1971 to 2004 and oversaw notable accessories like the Famicom Disk System and the Super Famicom's Satellaview modem accessory. In honor of Uemura's career and his ...

And you've likely never heard of it. The Famicom Disk System was an add-on to the Famicom, which was the Japanese version of the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Instead of running games on ...

Famicom's colorful design was inspired by Nintendo's Game & Watch handhelds and was meant to appeal to players of all ages. The Famicom features a top-loading cartridge slot, while the NES used a ...

Attaching to the Famicom through a special cartridge, the Famicom Disk System allowed people to play games off of special floppy disks. These disks had much more space and, for the first time ...

Nintendo's Famicom Disk System was released in 1986 in Japan and hasn't had anything developed for it in over 20 years. Until now. Adam Bolton is a contributor for CNET based in Japan. He is ...

Mega Man Game Planner Akira Kitamura shared on social media some information about the development of the game, and said that the game was originally planned as a Famicom Disk System title.