What's the Famicom Disk System?

The Famicom disk system was an add on for the original Famicom (Japanese version of the NES) released in 1986. It sought to reduce game prices during a game chip shortage by storing games onto floppy disks, which could be taken to a kiosk in stores to rewrite games on it for about 500 yen. Several series debuted on the system, like the Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Kid Icarus, and Castlevania, as well as one of my favourite series, Famicom Detective Club. Unfortunately, due to rapidly evolving technology causing cartridges to be cheaper and hold more, as well as Nintendo's bizzare licensing policies scaring away other third party developers, the Famicom Disk System was majorly considered a flop, and never debuted in the west. Dispite this, however, the add-on still has a dedicated following both inside and outside Japan.

So why did I theme my about page around it? Well, it's one of my favourite console add ons, and a weird part of Nintendo history, and I felt like it would represent a good chunk of me.

Name: Doctor Rosalia, Doc, or Rosalia (pronounced Rose-all-e-a)
Pronouns: It/its
Birthday: September 11th
Likes: analogue media, weird Nintendo stuff, painting, coding, cool fightstick art, subtley sweet pastries, alchemy, cloven hoof animals
Dislikes: beans, Data scraping machine learning AI, the loud ass sound my computer makes

Music I like

NAOKI
Powerwolf
Blackbriar
Amaranthe
Rave The Requivem
DragonForce
Ad Infinitum
Battle Beast
Rob Zombie
Kalidia
Within Temptation
Orden Organ

Why Doctor Rosalia?

When I was a teen, there was a game I really liked called Trauma Team. It was part of a series called Trauma Center, and to say it had an impact on me is an understatement. Anyways, the big disease you have to cure and fight against is called Rosalia, and I really liked it so I called myself that online and it just kinda stuck.

Other games I like

Guilty Gear
Famicom Wars
Tetris: The Grand Master
Pilotwings
LIVE A LIVE
Final Fantasy
Shin Megami Tensei
Devil Summoner
Pushmo
Trace Memory
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Clubhouse Games
Mysterious Murasame Castle
Warioware
Style Savvy
Famicom Detective Club
Captain Rainbow
Elite Beat Agents
Osu! Tatake! Ouendan!
Tank Troopers
Rhythm Heaven
Zero Escape
Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Devil May Cry
Splatoon

Art Inspirations

Ryo Hirata

Daisuke Ishiwatari

Kinu Nishimura

Yoshitaka Amano

Hiroaki

Louis Wain

Movies I like

Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Cabin in the Woods
Ready or Not
Cronos
Suspiria (2018)
Hereditary
Midsommar
Bride of Chucky
Pearl
Saw X
Scream
Shaun of the Dead
Trick 'R Treat
The Happening
King of Fighters
Super Mario Bros.

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