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.
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!
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"
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
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 !!
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...
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
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.
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! 😉😉
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
So, there's something that was skipped over: In the US, Nintendo made the cartridges, and game publishers would have to put in orders to have their games on the NES. In Japan, the publishers themselves were responsible for manufacturing the carts, and were free to make as few or as many as they liked, as long as they paid the per-unit license fee. The FDS, however, flipped it on its head. Now, Nintendo was the sole distributor, through the Disk Kiosk system. And so Nintendo demanded that they would be a part-owner of the rights, so they could distribute the games in perpetuity, and the publisher would only get a cut of the revenue. This is absurd nowadays, but Nintendo was starting to get reeeeally pushy, something that would peak with the SNES.
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.
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!
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.
Jon, you're my favorite gaming console.
I saw the title and thought, "this must be a Jon episode." And I was right! You can't stop the Jon!
Truer words have never been spoken
@@GrimLocke161 Omg I thought the same thing!
@@GrimLocke161 same 😂
Amen
9:04 I want to see Jon record an entire let's play like this.
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.
I love when I can tell it's a Jon video just from the title
Disk System's final words moved me to tears, such a nice guy
When it said *click*, I felt that.
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!
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"
Never knew about this. It was a super cool concept, maybe a little before my time. But super cool. Great video!
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
What is that Paper Mario Origami King box thing in the background at 3:43? I must know I require this knowledge
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 !!
You just know when Jon uploads
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...
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
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.
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.
Was it because of the 10-NES lock and key?
@@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
I love the disk system. I got one working on my NES, so fun exploring a whole new library
This is a great video ! It also made me want to look for a Famicom Disk System !
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! 😉😉
I have a one and I simply love the disk system. What an interesting piece of hardware.
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.
You are a man of impeccable taste!
Being able to save anywhere would have been such a game changer back then.
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.
i do agree the famicom it is a beautiful looking system
I just got a Famicom Disk System! I love it so much.
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.
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.
The famicom was my first interaction with videogames and my first console, so i have a special live for it!! 🥰
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 🤤
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.
I love owning a famicom disc system!
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.
Do you know what this extra channel on the FDS reminds of sometimes? The FM-sound addon for the japanese Master System.
Bro… me too
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.
That Metroid music sounds unfinished in NES after hearing the FDS to me now
I maintain. Metroid theme is the best piece of gaming music ever.
This is such a great Japanese system!
JigglypuffFanx12's LP of the LOZ is a classic tbh. My favorite episodes were when his mom was a guest star.
Me too. I love this thing.
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
The Japanese version of Metroid’s theme gave me goosebumps. Never heard it before, so good!
I think the Japanese version of the Metroid theme was used in Nintendo Land when you enter Metroid Blast too
🤓 UHM ACKCHUALLY the extra sound channel is in the RAM adapter, which does most of the heavy lifting. 🤓
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
Thanks for the sweet video. You rock🤟🤘
It didn’t allow for that complex of games but we definitely got some fun titles on it, I can play Zelda 2 anytime, the real Zelda 2.
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
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
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.
@14:45 what the hell are you talking about?? Ghosts n Goblins never came out on the disk system. What is this??? AI ???
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.
I'm sure there are more functioning ram adapters than Disk Systems nowadays.
15:34 50% of the copyright? What do you mean by that?
So, there's something that was skipped over: In the US, Nintendo made the cartridges, and game publishers would have to put in orders to have their games on the NES. In Japan, the publishers themselves were responsible for manufacturing the carts, and were free to make as few or as many as they liked, as long as they paid the per-unit license fee.
The FDS, however, flipped it on its head. Now, Nintendo was the sole distributor, through the Disk Kiosk system. And so Nintendo demanded that they would be a part-owner of the rights, so they could distribute the games in perpetuity, and the publisher would only get a cut of the revenue.
This is absurd nowadays, but Nintendo was starting to get reeeeally pushy, something that would peak with the SNES.
Alright, Jon. Do Family BASIC next. I want to see the best game you can make in less than 2kb!
Why were Famicom Disks so small? 112k seems painfully short sighted in retrospect
Zelda 1-2 wear rereleased on cartridge in Japan.
Well cassette tapes and loading games on c64 😊
Imagine if thr FDS came over to the west
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.
So Jon keeps referencing Yen…. in the 1980s. Yeah, I have no idea what those prices are.
Very cool!
Nintendo’s first eshop.
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!
It’s called a VCR, not a “VHS player”
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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.
Wth why did NES cartridges use SOO much plastic??
So that you can take them in and out of the system.
It look like I'm alone in the world prefering the NES sound over the FDS extra channel. To me sounds terrible!
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Nah, I prefer cartridges.
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