Fewer know the Japanese console it was based on, the Nintendo Family Computer, also known as the Famicom. We'll take a look inside the Famicom and its accessories, including a unique disk system ...

In 1986, Nintendo released the Famicom Computer Disk System—also known as the FDS—which was an add-on peripheral that enabled the console to run games from floppy disks.

Family Computer Disk System (FDS) Base Platform: Nintendo Family Computer (aka Nintendo Entertainment System) Release: February 1986. Image: A Famicom saddled on top of a Famicom Disk System.

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 ...

Nintendo continued with its computer ambitions in Japan, releasing a floppy disc add-on, the Family Computer Disk System, in 1986. The AVS, however, never made it to market.

The Family Computer — or Famicom for short — was a revolutionary product; ... (The Legend of Zelda, Metroid and Kid Icarus all began life as Famicom Disk System exclusives) ...