I Love the Famicom Disk System

[@SHIGUFEVER]

Jon, you're my favorite gaming console.

[@GrimLocke161]

I saw the title and thought, "this must be a Jon episode." And I was right! You can't stop the Jon!

[@rekc_bcq4816]

Truer words have never been spoken

[@rekc_bcq4816]

@@GrimLocke161 Omg I thought the same thing!

[@hanasakiran]

@@GrimLocke161 same 😂

[@BladeBlur]

Amen

[@BenVaBo]

9:04 I want to see Jon record an entire let's play like this.

[@Jenaxu]

I love when I can tell it's a Jon video just from the title

[@Nukatha]

Jon, you can pick your upgrade order in English Zelda 2. The game encourages a particular order with the XP leaning you toward raising the three stats evenly, but you can always choose to not take the first option and earn more XP first.

[@Guarda-Chuva.]

Disk System's final words moved me to tears, such a nice guy

[@SuspiciousScout]

When it said *click*, I felt that.

[@Caolan114]

The famicom Is such a nice looking system with that red and white and then gold on the controllers the colorful and smaller cartridges but someone somewhere In the 80's said "No, make It a VHS player"

[@coneg2714]

i was thinking about picking up one of the Sharp two-in-ones a couple years ago as my first physical NES, it seems slightly more likely the rubber band doesn't fail and i like how funky it looks. but Nintendo putting out a lot of the Famicom Disk System versions of games on NSO's Japanese app saved me the money; the main thing missing is the Famicom Detective Games and i can't read the language to enjoy the differences from the remakes!

[@MakeItAme]

This was really cool! It's really interesting to me that on the Discs there are 3 lines in the Nintendo logo deeper than the rest, which is exactly the same way the GC jewel is being attached to

[@OGSHY]

Never knew about this. It was a super cool concept, maybe a little before my time. But super cool. Great video!

[@JustJulyo]

You just know when Jon uploads

[@83Chrisaaron]

Cool video! When the Castlevania Anniversary Collection was released years ago, I learned of the cartridge re-release that came out for the Famicom 5 years later with a new easy mode. Unlike the Famicom Disc version or the American cartridge, I could actually beat that one...

[@alwaysasn]

I love trying to guess who the voice behind the video is going to be before I click. I always get Jon videos correct lmao.

[@TrailingSpaces]

Great video! I love these showcases of nintendo/gaming history. There's a certain charm that's lost when emulating that's captured here like the sounds of the machine or the the BIOS. Thanks Jon !!

[@MLennholm]

One more way it became obsolete and redundant is that the enhanced sound could be implemented in cartridges with an on-board co-processor. See Castlevania III. Unfortunately, for technical reasons the NES couldn't support this so once again we here in the west missed out.

[@Toonrick12]

Was it because of the 10-NES lock and key?

[@MLennholm]

@@Toonrick12 I think they simply removed the ability for a cartridge to tap directly into the audio output of the system, as a cost-cutting measure

[@svenbtb]

This was seriously cool, thank you for making this! I've always thought that the Famicom Disk System (as well as the other console add-ons you mentioned) were really fascinating and interesting! I know that this would be REALLY hard, but if you could do something similar for the Satellaview it would be super cool to see. But I know it's really kind of a crapshot when it comes to trying to collect games, especially now lol. So if you need to use Emulation I don't think anyone would mind

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

Being able to save anywhere would have been such a game changer back then.

[@MrRom92DAW]

I love the disk system. I got one working on my NES, so fun exploring a whole new library

[@jescis0]

I'm not sure if you want to do a breakdown of the Famicom, but if you open it you'll see that the controller wires are connected with a connector on the front of the mainboard, but that means the wires you see are partial of the length of the wires to go from the front to the back of the Famicom unit! 😉😉

[@DJBassSickB-tch]

I just got a Famicom Disk System! I love it so much.

[@startoys2113]

I have a one and I simply love the disk system. What an interesting piece of hardware.

[@MrMegaManFan]

I'm doing the next best thing - I bought the RAM adapter cart and a FDS Key. That way I can play the games without worrying about disks failing or belts deteriorating.

[@NinSonyFan]

The famicom was my first interaction with videogames and my first console, so i have a special live for it!! 🥰

[@video-luver769]

I've always loved the idea of the Disk System ever since I first heard of it, so much so that I imported one for my collection a few years back. If only I could actually use it, though.

[@PikaLink91]

I always wanted to own a Disk System too just for the novelty. But as with everything else, once the novelty wore off, I sold it.

[@Kevin2me]

Hi Jon Got my Disk system in Japan last month from Ireland here. Love the Content. Thought you'd like this, today 21st Oct, 2023 Nintendo online added famicom disk The titles added in the latest update include The Mysterious Murasame Castle

[@heroic_teddy]

JigglypuffFanx12's LP of the LOZ is a classic tbh. My favorite episodes were when his mom was a guest star.

[@thevectorchef]

This is a great video ! It also made me want to look for a Famicom Disk System !

[@SonofMrPeanut]

Almost got a Famicom in middle school. Someone at our family work had a son who owned one he really wasn't using anymore, so they said they'd pass it on to me. They kept forgetting, and it never happened.

[@Sedifet]

That Metroid music sounds unfinished in NES after hearing the FDS to me now

[@omegasiferx100]

I love owning a famicom disc system!

[@nyarumiyukimitsu]

What is that Paper Mario Origami King box thing in the background at 3:43? I must know I require this knowledge

[@costelinha1867]

Do you know what this extra channel on the FDS reminds of sometimes? The FM-sound addon for the japanese Master System.

[@ffej4202]

Every time I see an new gvg video i click on it, if i dont hear Jon's voice its over and when it is pure bliss 🤤

[@milesrodger3724]

The Japanese version of Metroid’s theme gave me goosebumps. Never heard it before, so good!

[@Taktaagic]

I think the Japanese version of the Metroid theme was used in Nintendo Land when you enter Metroid Blast too

[@rickster008]

i do agree the famicom it is a beautiful looking system

[@86RSJag]

I maintain. Metroid theme is the best piece of gaming music ever.

[@HPRshredder]

Bro… me too

[@HPRshredder]

I really love the 8-bit loading screens and the sound of the belts turning when the games load. The changing of disk sides is also super comfy.

[@Daniel-be6cj]

I knew the games could be a bit different but I've never seen a deep dive on the sound differences before, I need to hook up my FDS and try it sometime

[@juiceala]

As an Asian who grew up with the Famicom I really like the rectangular cartridges, they’re very nostalgic, I feel bad for you westerners who grew up with the bulcky grey ones, very ugly, even the system looks very ugly.

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

This is such a great Japanese system!

[@flamespear86]

Not all of those cartridges are full of empty plastic some western games utilized that space for larger boards with more chips for more complex games Japan didn't get.

[@krich451]

8:33 you were supposed to on the floor right in front of the tv with the famicom next to you or right in front of you.

[@Joel97_]

One of my favorites soundtracks is Akumajou Densetsu (Castlevania 3) for the FDS which just sounds so amazing compared to NES version. All of these make you appreciate how well done were these soundtracks back in the day

[@LYK1003]

Well, Akumajou Densetsu is actually a cart based game from Famicom which utilizes VRC6 expansion audio while the Famicom Disk System itself uses 2C33 chip from the FDS ram card which is completely different :3

[@sangbeta2043]

I have the RAM adapter and an FDSStick, which means there's a drive out there with no way to connect to the Famicom/NES.

[@goatbone]

I'm sure there are more functioning ram adapters than Disk Systems nowadays.

[@nathanpearson5423]

Thanks for the sweet video. You rock🤟🤘

[@JVeg199X]

Alright, Jon. Do Family BASIC next. I want to see the best game you can make in less than 2kb!

[@abhirao8582]

Me too. I love this thing.

[@GoldenSon18]

The FDS version of Metroid is the better version IMO. The sound effects for the beams and such are much less grating than the English version. There are loading screens whenever you ride an elevator but I feel like it enhances the experience, like you're waiting for the elevator to get to the next area. The only downside really is that the English version adds an extra segment to the escape theme that makes the JP theme feel incomplete, but the enhanced title/ending themes of the FDS are worth the tradeoff.

[@rachelmaurer888]

Zelda 1-2 wear rereleased on cartridge in Japan.

[@leeartlee915]

So Jon keeps referencing Yen…. in the 1980s. Yeah, I have no idea what those prices are.

[@maxinsano7376]

@14:45 what the hell are you talking about?? Ghosts n Goblins never came out on the disk system. What is this??? AI ???

[@TheTurnipKing]

Why were Famicom Disks so small? 112k seems painfully short sighted in retrospect

[@mrnemo204]

Imagine if thr FDS came over to the west

[@Jormunguandr]

Well cassette tapes and loading games on c64 😊

[@goatbone]

15:34 50% of the copyright? What do you mean by that?

[@keatsiannightingale]

Very cool!

[@EPS5000]

It’s called a VCR, not a “VHS player”

[@FreedomDaveX]

Nintendo’s first eshop.

[@cjeelde]

I actually prefer the western NES over the japanese Famicom. Might be because I'm so used to it and I grew up with it, but... + the games ported to western NES are almost always improved + no loading times thanks to no discs + longer cables/cords for controllers + controller ports so you can easily buy a new one if you need it NES got audio limitations compared to Famicom but I really love the audio from NES games. There's a lot of audio differences in Zelda 1 for NES and FDS but I honestly prefer NES. But I love all these videos about Famicom/FDS and comparisons with NES! Wish that the yellow discs could have that protection like we had on those floppy discs for Mac and PC. As I see it, Famicom was the most important game console ever! Everything we have today is based on that one. It's just evolution. It's like the very first Mac/Lisa from 1983-84! Both Famicom and Lisa came in 1983! Such an important year for PC and gaming!

[@BudofSharon]

💜

[@JeskidoYT]

Wth why did NES cartridges use SOO much plastic??

[@videotape2959]

So that you can take them in and out of the system.

[@MenfisRetroSpace]

It look like I'm alone in the world prefering the NES sound over the FDS extra channel. To me sounds terrible!

[@BigHead2615]

So, I kind of like your videos, but, the few that I have seen so far, I can't tell if you're just being funny / ironic or what, with regurgitating the same crap about "SMB 2 and Doki Doki Panic", since, in much more recent years, it's been confirmed that the game VERY ORIGINALLY started development as a Mario game / the sequel to SMB 1. It's on the MarioWiki, as well as in at least one, if not two different videos that I've watched (I know one of GTV Japan's videos for sure, maybe more than one of his, and possibly in one of Gaming Historian's videos). But either way, yeah the Famicom Disk System is such a neat little addon for the console. I just wish that I wasn't so low on funds at the moment, I want to buy one badly.

[@teviblekhman1628]

Can I skip your ads

[@MUSA_SMSW_OFFICAL]

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[@bobrod2224]

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[@alvarochaves1999]

Nah, I prefer cartridges.