In 1986, Nintendo released the Famicom Disk System (FDS) in Japan, a type of floppy drive that uses a single-sided, proprietary 5 cm (2") disk and plugs into the cartridge port. It contains RAM for the game to load into and an extra single-cycle wavetable-lookup sound chip. The disks were originally obtained from kiosks in malls and other public places where buyers could select a title and have it written to the disk. This process would cost less than cartridges and users could take the disk back to a vending booth and have it rewritten with a new game. The disks were used both for storing the game and saving progress and total capacity was 128k (64k per side). COUNT 5
QSN1 What year did Nintendo release the Famicom Disk System? ANS1 1986 QSN2 Where could the disks for the game be obtained? ANS2 kiosks in malls QSN3 How were the disks purchased? ANS3 buyers could select a title and have it written to the disk QSN4 What were the storage disks used for? ANS4 storing the game and saving progress QSN5 What was the total capacity of a disk? ANS5 128k