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Disk System Info

LAST UPDATED: 09/15/07

Disk System Biography

Nintendo's desire to add new features to its Famicom gaming system led them to develop the Disk System, which unlike the Famicom, played games from disks instead of cartridges. The Disk System was a massive failure but is an example of what was to come in future consoles. Go...

Error Messages

The Disk System is infamous for its error messages, which can annoy any gamer to no end. Because Disk Systems are getting older, now is the time to get familiar with what each error message means. Go...

FMC Product Codes

Nintendo used "FMC" (or "FSC") and a number on all of its Disk System products to catalogue everything it put out, including disks, handbills, and systems. The "FMC" product code differs from the one used on non-disk system products, which is "HVC". Go...

Spelling Nintendo

Pirate companies found ways to circumvent one of Nintendo's licensed disk safeguards, while successfully marketing their disks, without directly stealing the name "Nintendo." Go...

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