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 ...

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 those big, bulky cartridges, it read ...

Image: A Famicom saddled on top of a Famicom Disk System. The RAM Adapter, a peripheral that lets developers offload data and carve out dedicated space for images, fits into the console's ...

While bootlegged Famicom carts had begun to pop up around the time the Disk System debuted, the cheap diskettes — based on an industry standard called Quick Disks — quickly opened the ...

Of course like the Nintendo 6DD, the Famicom Disk System was never to see a Western release as a NES add-on. The history behind all of this is fascinating, so sit back with a cup of coffee and let ...

When the first Castlevania released for the Famicom Disk System in 1986, it was a uniquely-themed, but fairly conventional 2D platformer. However, in 1997, the PlayStation title Castlevania: Symphony ...

Look what Nintendo found ‘sleeping’ in the back of one of its storage rooms Sealed Famicom and Famicom Disk System gallery by Brian Crecente Oct 13, 2016, 6:30 AM PDT ...

The idea to change Mega Man from a Famicom Disk System to a regular ROM cartridge was most likely made to capitalize on the original Famicom (or NES outside on Japan) having a bigger player base ...

In the storage room rundown, Nintendo shows off one of these rare Disk Writers. The company also unboxes a Famicom and Famicom Disk System to show you what came in the original packaging.

There’s nothing about the art, animation, voice work, or music of Nintendo’s new Famicom Detective Club games that betray their origin as a pair of Japan-exclusive Family Computer Disk System ...

Four months later, the Famicom received its greatest and most spectacular add-on peripheral ever, a device that practically counts as a separate platform all on its own: The Famicom Disk System.