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The '''Famicom Disk System''' is the Japanese version of the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It was very different, and its cartriges were more like disks. Its second controller had a microphone as well.
The '''Famicom Disk System''' was a disk drive add-on for the [[Nintendo Famicom]]. Like the PCs of the time, the Famicom Disk System used floppy disks, although the Disk System disks were of a proprietary format. Games could be purchased on prerecorded disks or recorded to blank disks from kiosks for a price. The Disk System added an FM synthesis chip for enhanced sound; international and domestic cartridge releases of Disk System games lack the enhanced sound. The magnetic disk format allowed saving at a time when flash memory was very expensive due to a silicon shortage. [[The Legend of Zelda|The Hyrule Fantasy]] (the Japanese title of ''The Legend of Zelda'') was the launch title for the Disk System and fully used its capabilites

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The Famicom Disk System was a disk drive add-on for the Nintendo Famicom. Like the PCs of the time, the Famicom Disk System used floppy disks, although the Disk System disks were of a proprietary format. Games could be purchased on prerecorded disks or recorded to blank disks from kiosks for a price. The Disk System added an FM synthesis chip for enhanced sound; international and domestic cartridge releases of Disk System games lack the enhanced sound. The magnetic disk format allowed saving at a time when flash memory was very expensive due to a silicon shortage. The Hyrule Fantasy (the Japanese title of The Legend of Zelda) was the launch title for the Disk System and fully used its capabilites