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Question About The Famicom Disk System; Advantages of the Famicom Disk System?
Topic Started: Oct 21 2012, 11:51 PM (436 Views)
SolitudesGrace
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I was wondering about what the advantages of the Famicom Disk System were. Why did developers choose to make games for the FDS? I know using rewritable floppy disks allowed for a save feature in many of the games, but were there any other advantages beyond that? Was the FDS more powerful than the Famicom? Did the floppy disks have more memory than cartridges? I guess I am a bit confused because so many of the FDS games eventually came to the Famicom/NES anyway, so it makes me wonder why developers would have even bothered with the FDS in the first place, especially since using passwords or internal batteries in order to save larger games started to become more popular and common on the Famicom/NES.
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I'm pretty sure the Famicom Disk System also improved the Famicom's Audio Capabilities by a good bit.
As well as the improved Saving abilites you already mentioned of course. I still don't own one but I'd like to one day :)
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Oct 21 2012, 11:59 PM
I'm pretty sure the Famicom Disk System also improved the Famicom's Audio Capabilities by a good bit.
Oh, I see. I wasn't aware that the FDS had improved audio capabilities. Thanks for the response :)
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I think a lot of it also had to do with the cost of producing a piece of software on the FDS versus on the Famicom. A lot of the expenses associated with producing a piece of game software on a cartridge just wasn't there when you're talking about a floppy. Of course that resulted in the avalanche of crap that was most of the FDS library...but there you go.
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