A look at Nintendo’s Family Computer Disk System and the tsunami of unauthorized copying it unleashed. Patreon: Channel Membership: Shop: Twitter: * Retro Bits earns money from Amazon and eBay Partner Links FDS Tutorials - Disk Format - FDSKey - DupliFDS - Quick Disk Adapter - :3844024/files Thanks to our awesome Patrons and Channel Members for their support!!! Peter (Melair) Kevin Gonzalez Jon Ingersoll John DiLiberto John Trammell Paraffine Pinay Collectibles – Josh K Vince Valenti hertz_donut Justin D. Morgan - @jdmcs jmp 0x0000 William Sullivan Ryan Brooks James Taylor FULLSET Jim Leonard [ ] ALVIN L BRADFORD Mark A Andrews Martin Goodwell Don Namron Pierre Kressmann Mitch Hoffman Rayner Daniel Pedersen Wolfgang Behrens Thomas Jager Stefan Jamie Copeland Leslie Marentette Mark Krueger John T Davis Peter HlaviÄka (phl) 00:00 Introduction 00:47 Background and History 02:17 Technical Specs 03:46 Disk Writer Kiosks 04:54 Unboxing and First Look 07:54 Quick Disks 10:07 Disassembly and Inspection 12:48 Demonstration 15:16 Wavetable Audio Comparison 16:39 Piracy 17:42 Attempting our own Backup 22:50 Conclusion