The Famicom Disk System Cleaning Extravaganza | Things of Interest

Let's take a look at two cleaning accessories for the Japan-only Famicom Disk System! Because blowing on exposed floppy disks probably isn't a good idea.

00:00 Intro
00:53 The Head Cleaning Card
02:57 The Card Cleaner
05:14 Cleaning 3 Bootleg Disks
11:52 Conclusion

The full Japanese documentary about the Hong Kong gaming/bootleg scene for those interested!

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Written and edited by Akfamilyhome

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Original endslate theme composed by valfrey

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[Akfamilyhome]

Quick addendum in the video: Turns out the purple disk is actually a standard Mitsumi Quick Disk (the floppy disk format FDS games were based on), but with an additional plastic piece stuck on the bottom so that it can be accepted by an FDS drive! I did not realize that piece came off until shortly after this video went live!

[Larry]

I literally got one of these in the mail this week, small world!

[oatmeal]

Taking a close look at the photo of the replacement cleaning cartridge at 4:28, it seems to be a microfiber cloth on a roll? Which would make sense as it usually isn't the best idea to apply liquids directly onto the magnetic material, the closest thing I can think of as an equivalent to the material is the official apple cleaning cloth. (Yes really)

[MrAlan]

The video footage use is from NTSC co, a shop located in Golden Shopping Centre. The video is my friend Mr. Mak's Dad he passed away and left the store to his son, I call him Mak for short have known him since 1992 and he's still in business after all these years. I used to supply CDR master Snes rom copies to many shop back then. Why keep a drawer of floppies 650x1.44mb vs 1cdrom ? Back then I also had a shop just across Golden. Also back then only a certain FDS drive could be made to write to disk and a Parallel link with software (I still have) writes directly to FDS. Nice and easy. Each blank disk inc white clear case, paper sleeve and photo cover (Back then copor copy wasn't a thing) would sell for $10 HKD.

[Pepperroni_McRoni]

This N64 cartridge has seen things 0:14

[Linkzcap]

Whoa, the disk cleaning was cool but just seeing a FDS in action was probably the best part

[mattsweeney]

I love your videos, man. Such good content and a fresh perspective

[TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Just when I thought I knew everything about Nintendo accessories...

I forgot about the Bob-omb that owns an FDS...

[JacobShropshire]

You need to be careful, the alcohol in the pads might be dissolving the glue for the protective felt inside the disk.

[promania]

Could you someday make a video on how to hook up foreign consoles. And things like Voltage changers and cables you recommend to make it work outside its original county?

[Bakamoichigei]

I saw one of those disk cleaners on eBay and almost bought it just cuz. I don't even have a Famicom, much less an FDS! 🤣

I would open up the cleaning cartridge and try to replace the cleaning strip with a strip of 'non-woven cellulose wipe' 🤔 lol, speaking of the diskwriter, I saw an official disk card storage case made to look like the diskwriter kiosk. 😂

[TheOfficialDorianelevator]

6:16 i laughed so hard my soul came out of my body

[ShermleyCollege]

id love to know where that disk copying footage at 7:45 came from

[skyevlyn]

Thank you for showing these off! It's so cool to see not video game gaming stuff documented :) I really love the Nintendo cleaning kits cuz some of them are delightfully wonky like the Wii and Game Boy ones ;u; always glad to see these kits get some love!

[thevectorchef]

I'm glad I watched this video before investing in a Famicom Disk system.

[keithmorrison]

Pretty sure that weird thing you pulled out was like a part of the famicon that fell out so it wouldent have been able to boot anyway

[famicom_collecting]

I guess i got lucky with my fds head cleaner spray and it was shipped to me in the U.S. from japan

[FCUYTFUYTF]

Is there no way to open these disks and clean them like carts?

[keithmorrison]

Does anyone know were the kirby clip in the intro comes from?