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by cubefox
964 days ago
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But was this really the first "app store"? The article mentions that the "Soft Vendor Takeru" was released at some point in 1986 (no exact date is given), but in February of the same year, a very similar system was released by Nintendo: the Famicom Disk System, which apparently worked just like the SVT: > However, possibly the most audacious part of Nintendo’s new scheme was the installation of Disk System Kiosks in retail outlets all over Japan. “These allowed Famicom owners to purchase a blank Disk Card for ¥2000 and then insert it into the kiosk to have a game of their choice written to it for an additional ¥500,” explains Dillard. “Because the Disk Cards were rewritable, consumers could then bring their disk back to the kiosk to have a new game written over it when they'd finished their previous one.” https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2010/11/feature_slipped_di... Given that the FDS released fairly early in 1986, it may have preceded the SVT. Admittedly, it isn't clear from the above article whether the FDS kiosks used the Internet at all. So maybe the SVT was indeed the pioneer here. |
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The shown cartridges are not the ones that are used with games on them. The actual game carts for the machine were the same size factor as the international NES cartridges with a black & yellow Mario label on it, naming the game.