Nintendo Famicom Disk System Review - Rerez
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2018
- We review a Family Computer Disc Drive from Nintendo and a box of games straight from Japan. Let's get into it!
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Just to repeat my warning from the video: Importing any kind of used gaming item from another part of the world can have issues. Compatibility, quality and just having it work in general is a bit of a gamble. Always make sure to do a lot of research on devices like this before you buy.
Why are the players in Volleyball doing constant pelvic thrusts?
One of life's simple joys is playing with the boys.
Don't forget to look at the game dark castle for Genisis. You won't find most positives on that game!
1. watch milo and otis
2. research milo and otis
3. thank me
im not going to spell it out more than that, if you dont its your loss
That second "othello" game (with Ninjas) is actually Go. It's different than Othello, has different rules and goals.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
You completely missed why they had disk versions of cart games. It was cheaper than a cart. That's literally it. And offering games at the kiosk to write to a disk the customer already owned was a cheap way for developers to make a much better profit while also keeping the consumer happier since they paid a fraction of the cart cost.
They also had a piracy problem with the disks, which is another reason the addon never left Japan.
@@AnonymousGentooman Capcom did it with Ghosts N Goblins
Advanced sound. Saving capabilities. Writable mass storage. Slimmer than a cartridge. Supported 2d open world... wait, I'm gonna read that again. Yep, 2d open world. While a cartridge could do all of these things, a disk could do it much better.
That's also part of it.
Edit: If anyone thought this seemed hostile, I didn't mean for it to be written that way. I simply meant to talk about the upsides of disks.
@@thickskulls
But at a cost of being much more fragile making them a worse option for consoles that are intended to be able to be taken on the go since a single scratch can be detrimental
At the time, it was cheaper, then the cost to produce cartridges went back down
Rerez. You are an odd fellow, but I must say, you steam a good review.
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At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within Rerez's Famicom Disk System?
May I see it?
-_-
Seymour! The Famicom is on fire!
No mother it's just the Eastern TV
I can't believe this channel has existed and I am just now, not only learning of its existence, but viewing it. Cheers man, this an one of the most impressive channels I have seen in the 11+ years I have trailed this site and I don't believe I have ever left that comment on any other channel, thank you
Happy to hear you like our content! Thank you so much for watching. :)
Was there a mother release on the fami-disc?
Les, he never got a response.
I can't be alone in thinking that the original japanese Famicom (even alongside that disk drive) is one of the best looking systems ever designed.
Missed several important reasons the FDS is interesting:
1. Doki Doki Panic (much more a must-have than either Zelda!)
2. SMB2
3. The added sound channel for enhanced music/sfx which is one of the main things that makes those Zelda games interesting (the graphics and gameplay arguably are better in the US versions)
4. You can save more than just level progress, there's custom level editors in some games like Vs Excitebike.
5. The Sharp Twins which are amazing... but pricey so I understand why a person doesn't have one at the beginning of a FDS collection, but you could still talk about it.
plz stop being a nerd
@@johnalbertson79 that's kinda mean but XD
@@johnalbertson79 "plz stop being a nerd" he says in a video about old ass obscure attachment for an old japanese game console.
You're a nerd for even watching the video.
Thanks for this! I do love me the Famicom Disk System.
Your nes hacking tutorials are SO HELPFUL ! thank you so much !
Oh the innocent times before we discovered what slime Samurai Buyer actually were.
I was thinking that while watching this, lol. The good ole days.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley I'm out of the loop. What happens to Samurai Buyer?
@@nekonomicon2983 The company hired someone (a CZcamsr) to help them with their advertising, I believe, and either didn't pay them or severely underpaid them. This I believe was the biggest issue, but the main guy running the company or the advertising faked being bad at English and the person that was hired revealed they actually spoke English very well (his sponsorship emails to CZcamsrs played up a persona of a loveable Japanese man who didn't speak English very well), which erased any attempts from the owner to act like the terms of emoloyment were a misunderstanding. Several other channels cover this whole thing in better detail, but it's nothing recent. All of this was from like, three or more years ago.
Hmm? You're kidding...
Thank You for uploading this. Its something I would never otherwise be able to see. Sure there are probably other videos about it on CZcams but the quality and depth you go into is incredible and definitely better than the others.
Holy shit, Milo and Otis had a video game... That movie was one of my absolute favorites as a kid until I learned how supposedly cruel the filming was.
how cruel was it? ó_ò
Candy complex they killed six cats
@@dezx3531 what the hell
Considering it’s PETA that levied these serious allegations against the movie, I’m understandably a bit skeptical as to the authenticity of their claims. That being said, harming animals is never okay, as a certain former hitman with a Russian mythological nickname would definitely attest to. 😉
@@Jolis_Parsec I honestly hope it’s just a matter of PETA being the usual shitheads they are and not a matter of actual cruelty. I support goin John Wick on animal abusers.
Castlevania 1 and 2 are also great on the FDS as you can save your progress.
Also, VS:ExciteBike is the definitive release. Two player mode, music in game and the ability to save your custom tracks.
You use a password function.
When I was a kid and I heard the belts stopped working I thought it wore little pants and they kept falling down because it's "belt" couldn't stay up
I thought Samurai Buyer was known for being scammy, but that package of FDS games is oh so sexy. I'm torn.
Adam McKibben it's all the common garbage games you get in lots when you buy good games. So... it’s not scammy, just not all that great depending on how much he paid.
Also, brace for the incoming screaming about Go and Othello being called the same thing. (They really are quite different games.)
Nice to see rerez upload more videos.
That wasn't another Othello, that was Go, a completely different game
Ikr, it looked like 바둑 (idk what that is in English) not that Othello or "Reversi".
Taehun Lee Baduk?
nerd
Love your channel keep up the great work👍
One thing that really made the Famicom Disk versions of Zelda 1 very, very popular in Japan was the dungeon designer, where players can literally make their own dungeons, write them onto disks so other players can try and solve them. But at this point, you probably knew that already.
Wait what?!
@@vouvusbovus9100more proof that Japan thinks everyone loving outside their little bubble are complete idiots due to r***ism
You are mistaken; there is no such feature in any version of the game.
I sure didn't
@6:58 Ice Hockey was originally released on the Famicom Disk System. Some games were re-released on cartridge when the FDS was discontinued. The FDS only lasted three years I think. The Legend of Zelda was one of those games.
Another awesome video Shane!
I've had the Famicom and the Disc Drive since I was a kid. Yoshi's Cookie and Bomberman were my favourites.
These days, I use the camera feature of Google Translate to translate Japanese text boxes. It's better than it used to be at translations and even at worst still makes it easier to get the gist of what you are reading. Give it a try.
A lot of people already said it, but the second Othello game is actually Go lol
You deserve way more subscribers. Definitely in my too 3 youtubers.
I loved Milo and Otis as a kid, but then I learned that they killed like 7 cats on set because of the dangerous situations the animals were put in. Good to know Animal Abuse was a part of my childhood.
Adam McKibben I haven't been able to look at the movie the sameway since I learned that.
What?
Adam McKibben sometimes it just be like that you know I just try to ignore it if that’s in movies as long as it wasn’t intentional
@@RyanSmith-np5jq The road to hell is paved with good intentions, my friend.
Milo and Otis killed nearly a dozen cats over the course of filming their debut movie? .....a specific number of murder-cats is something I've heard is a backstage/greenroom demand of Steven Tyler- apparently helps him "loosen up" before each Aerosmith concert. Bonus fact: also helped him kick cocaine.
Look at you, pumping out the luscious content.
Some things about 3D Hot Rally: - It worked with the stereoscopic 3D shutter glasses accessory for Famicom. It also had a special national competition where your times could be uploaded to the FDS kiosk, which then faxes data to a central HQ. I think there is some significance to the blue disk with the sliding shutter.
3D shutter glasses are a future video. You can count on it. ;)
Yes finally, give me that sweet rerez content
The 2nd othello game is not actually othello. Its called Go and is a ancient board strategy game. Very simple rules to learn but can take lifetimes to master.
When I was younger, I loved milo and Otis
Dankeschön Rares;)
I love you vids, only bad thing got you channel recommend only 8 month ago.
Better late than never 😊
Your videos are the bomb. Enjoy your weekend.
A Canadian that doesn't like the fine sport of hockey, a national shame.
maybe he's a curler
but i hate curling and and never say "eh" guess i should move smh
djanitor thats even worse. Thats not even a sport
yeah, well, this is a nerdy video game channel- there's not a whole bunch of us who are sports lovers AND video game lovers.
I think he only likes Hockey when they fight.
Nice review
I recently bought a Disk System when I was in Japan and I love it. The game that sold me on it was The Mysterious Murasame Castle which runs on the same engine as Zelda 1. More people need to play this game.
I promise you I'm gonna look into this game right now. I've never heard of it but it sound cool!
My friend (from Japan): I ever play Othello on my Famicom Disk System
Me: **laughs in Windows 1.0-3.0**
Great summary and introduction to the Disk System! It really is on the more mysterious side here in the West considering we don't even get digital ports of the games, and exposure to its library is relegated by a persons desire to seek them out and experience them. Luckily we live in an age of emulation in this case! Especially considering the luck of the draw buying them online now.
Rare and new games for the system have even showed up as late as just a few years ago too. A one-of-a-kind prototype disc for a FDS port of the licensed _Aliens_ game, created by Square originally for the MSX2, was bought by a private collector and dumped online for all to enjoy in '11. It was just sitting deep in someones collection, otherwise forgotten since the late 80's.
Also, let's not lie to ourselves...there's no such thing as a good _Ultraman_ game. As much as I love Bandai and _Ultraman_ , it's a grim reality.
What about the Wonderswan Ultraman?
MAN!
This system is amazing!
And way more advanced then what I thought was available at the time!
Now I want a Famicom just so I have an excuse to scream at the controller
Fun fact: They actually made Zelda 1 for the Disk System into a cartridge and released it later in the Famicom's life. I think sometime in the 90's.
Years later, STILL AMAZED YOU NEVER SAW MILO AND OTIS
Samurai Buyer? Like the weird dude that iDubbbz used to mess with?
Yep
Joe Conti I've heard that Samarai Buyer is kind of sketchy. Not sure if that's true or not.
HHUUHHUUHH yes he is
Why not just use eBay? Search, buy, wait 2 weeks, FDS on your door step. What's the point of going through an import guy?
The point is that Japanese sellers mostly use Yahoo Auctions, not Ebay, and as such the prices for a lot of import stuff on ebay are way higher than they should be. A lot of the sellers there also refuse to do international business or speak no English, hence a middleman can be useful.
The Disk version of Metroid had a save feature just like Zelda.
That animated puzzle game looks amezing.
Great video
Nice, I finally get to appear in a Rerez video.
I keep hearing people saying that animals were killed and or abused in the making of the film the adventures of Chatran . The truth is I investigated this my self and I could find no credible evidence to support these rumors. There are 2 things the people believe these claims like to stick to 1. unverified rumors 2. The claim that there is no way that film makers could have gotten all of those shots with the technology available without hurting the animals but this is a flimsy excuse because there were multiple talented film makers at this time that knew the limitations of filming teck and how to work around them(George Lucas of Spielberg anyone and I doubt Japan did have a few high quality film makers at that time).
The adventures of milo and Otis is one of my favorite childhood movies.
I cant believe someone just acknowledged it
Baseball gives me flashbacks to my childhood. In the late 90s and the early 2000s, the Fairchild AFB Funspot had a "Vs. Baseball" near the indoor skate park on the far side of the skating rink. I thought game was so cool because it was the arcade version of Baseball. They also had a Sega Up'n'Down and Two Crude by Data East.
I love how some Famicom games have different music. Examples are Zelda 1 and Metroid. Gotta love that FM sound chip
"Igo... It's just another othello/reversi"...
:|
No, I will not bite on that one...
For the game 14:17 or so, there was a game from my childhood: Iz and Auggie: Escape from Dimension Q and these were the same people, Headbone Interactive that made the Elroy series.
There was one puzzle that always gave me a hard time as a kid in IZ and Auggie that used animated puzzle. Now? Not so difficult, but there was also a Tetris block puzzle where all pieces had to fit that was also difficult. Most puzzles were timed which were stressful.
Loved those games. Elroy Hits the Pavement was a joy to me as a child and it marks 1 of 2 times where my dad actually helped me with the puzzles. He isn't a gamer and he helped me. Good memories.
Seeing this puzzle in the video made me think of a similar puzzle.
I love the mario pit crew. I had that Ice Hockey game For NES as a kid and now again just for nostalgia
I'm a simple man. I see Diskun in a thumbnail, I click.
I used to use this in japan in the early 90's. Memories
Those two games had a save option but it requires you to die in both games. So it was entirely possible to get through the games without saving you didn't have to as long as you were willing to die. It would even keep track of how many times you died but you might not always restart your game from the exact same place on the map but you would have all of your items and other powerups.
Looks so interesting.
Well you CAN save in the Legend of Zelda games for NES as well, but NOT in the out-of-Japan-release of Metroid so I really think that game is more of a reason to get a Famicom and a disc system 😊
Rerez: Who doesn't like ice hockey?
Every non Canadian: Huh? What ice hockey?
I bought this system with almost 300 discs back in '95 from a drug addict. Let me tell you, it was the best $200 I have ever spent. Two years later I was still finding awesome games in the collection. The only down side is what you already can guess, they were all in Japanese. Unfortunately I myself fell on to some hard times years later and had to sell it to an electronics store in Scarborough. I wish I can recall the name of the shop. It was around the Kennedy and Sheppard area.
Mysterious Murasame castle is one of my favorite games.. definitely try it out one day!
Yes it is very fun
You could have a password system that saved items. Look at Metal Gear, and Metroid. It does however require really long passwords.
The FDS includes an upgraded sound chip. The FDS Zelda and Metroid games use it.
Using the bottom port is the only way to get sound expansions on the NES, as some of the address pins for on cartridge audio expansion were repurposed for the lockout chip.
I am currently testing my FC disc drive. I have put batteries in there but the light isn't turned on. Does it work alone without plugging to the FC console?
In the section where you played pool for that pool game you never made one shot my man you got to make a shot you blow up pool but other than that I really think you have a top-notch CZcams presence and I hope that it continues to grow but seriously no how to play freaking pool
Girl, I started out on a $30 used ps1 that came with some spec ops game and sim theme park and no memory card. I loved it so much
Donbe and Hikari from Shin Oni Ga Shima were in Kirby Dream Land 3 for the SNES, also Goku and Chao from Yuu Yuu Ki, another Disk System text-based game.
I wish more people knew about the Disk System, Metroid and Zelda were both games released for it before the NES.
Also fun fact about double dribble/fun basketball
They're a little glitch is where if your run to the top corner and shot it'll always go in all the time
about the disk thats broken, is there away to repair it?
Every Canadian: who doesn't love ice hockey?!
Love the Zelda Art
You could also simply get a Mini-NES (Famicom) from Japan.
Funnily they are not that expensive (around 10.000 Yen, at least I got mine for that price) and they contain disc versions of Zelda 1+2. And the Amazon Japan exclusive edition even had special art cards included for each of the 30 games.
The Famicom-Mini also has several different games. Only a few games are the same between NES-Mini and Famicom-Mini.
So getting a real Famicom + disc system is not the only way to play those.
I bought one of these a long time ago just to play Super Mario Bros 2 (the lost levels) it's such a cool little device
This was a good video 🎉
Misaki from samurai buyer is such a bad person
I've uh... heard things. It's surprising he's still at it tbh...
Just google (or search on YT): Misaki Samurai Buyer. There's a whole story that's a bit too long for me to type out. But basically it boils down to the owner being shady af.
He's just ignorant
I know about him from jaiden animations
@@JVenom I can't find "Merry Weather" (from the Reddit story)
I'm looking to get one of these myself
I really do thought of getting an SNES but after seeing this video I don't mind getting this...if I learned Japanese. RN I haven't learned how to write and speak Japanese yet bc I got too busy over stuff, such as college, games, leisure, and etc.etc. This video is really interesting and I think I know which game I'd recommend to buy and play. I'm thinking about that racing game, a high school romance type of game, the animation puzzle game, and the classic, original Legend of Zelda games, and those are my favorite games for a Nintendo Famicom Disk System.
That animated puzzle game should have been called 8-Bit Connect.
Premise: Hey Hey Heeeeey, The TV is not anymore the way it used to be, nonono. The TV is broken up into many different pieces, What am I gonna do, how will I ever be financially independently financially if my TV is broken? My name is Carlos Matos and I need your help to put the TV back together. 8-Bit Conneeeeeect!
I had to wait til 17 minutes in til I heard the craziest part of this video:
You’re telling me the famicom controller had a microphone on it way back in the 1980s ?!?
I did not know that; that’s insane!
Milo and Otis was one of my favorite films as a very young child.
They released cartridge on floppies because cartridge memory at the time was pretty expensive but the floppy disks could be written to for pocket money prices over in Japan.
REREZ is just awesome
I need a disk system and adventures of chatran. I remember the movie from when I was a few years old
I had something like that for Nintendo in England back in the 90s
I totally wasn’t expecting floppy discs
Don't forget, the fan icon disc system also added an extra sample channel to the NES's sound and music capabilities, and with the extra storage thanks to the larger capacity of discs, games sounded much better for games that took advantage of the extra sample track!
So many good sports titles!
the original metroid came out on the disk drive; and it had save features instead of a password screen!
I have most the roms on a sd in my wii and I enjoy randomly selecting a title and seeing what's in store for me
I think you meant Metroid can save and used a password system in the US, not for Zelda 1 and 2.
I stopped by for the weird bush physics.
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grant your wish
i want rerez to post more of his amazing videos
this shall be granted
!!!!!!!!omg!!!!!!!!!!!! its a miracle
but dude honestly great video and i am really happy that you are posting more often
Tamim Al Thani You’re the kind of person who’d wish for a taco from Shenron when it’s free taco day at Taco Bell.
Oh Metroid also had sound tweaks and saving! Saves in Metroid is a godsend
Man I loved that show as a kid “kilo and odis” can’t remember how the dogs name is spelled
oooohhhh misaki you done it again
Milo and Otis was one of my favorite movies as a kid
I saw it as a kid with its original language and name. Koneko Monogatari, and the name of the cat, Chatran. Never forgot it. In fact, i'm searching for it right now. BTW, that film has a controversy looming over it.
Yeah don't look it up if you're sensitive to animal abuse.
I enjoy your videos very much in that famicon video very good man I like that video I think I videos pretty good my name is Dylan by the way I'm a big subscribed to you really good videos
As soon as I saw that basketball game all I said was "CORNER THREE!"
Very interesting showcase of famicom disk games :-) as a collector, I do plan on getting a Famicom and a disk system at some point.........buuuuuuuuuuuuuut, one console at a time right ;-)
UPDATE: I just ordered a Famicom Disk System from a guy in Japan xD
EYYY SAMURI BUYER!
yes