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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. The Disk System included an FM (frequency modulation) synthesis chip for enhanced sound; international and domestic cartridge releases of Disk System games lack the enhanced sound. A RAM cartridge, inserted into the Famicom's cartridge slot, was used as the Disk System's drive buffer. The magnetic disk format allowed true game saving at a time when flash memory was very expensive due to a silicon shortage, which caused most cartridge-based games to use passwords to unlock various areas of the game for later play. [[The Legend of Zelda]] was the launch title for the Disk System and fully used its capabilities, most notably the Disk System's ability to save directly to the game disk. | 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. The Disk System included an FM (frequency modulation) synthesis chip for enhanced sound; international and domestic cartridge releases of Disk System games lack the enhanced sound. A RAM cartridge, inserted into the Famicom's cartridge slot, was used as the Disk System's drive buffer. The magnetic disk format allowed true game saving at a time when the flash memory was very expensive due to a silicon shortage, which caused most cartridge-based games to use passwords to unlock various areas of the game for later play. [[The Legend of Zelda]] was the launch title for the Disk System and fully used its capabilities, most notably the Disk System's ability to save directly to the game disk. | ||