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Games were a strong point of the system as they could be greatly enhanced by the startlingly increased capacity of CDs over floppy discs.
Games were usually enhanced in one or more of the following ways:
As the system grew older, while PCs caught up, the versions of games became identical. For example, Wing Commander Origins in 1993 was identical on PC and FM Towns. Considering the system had been out for 4 years, that was impressive.
FM Towns is a proprietary computer made by Fujitsu. It was released in Japan only, in 1989. It had many CD enhanced versions of Western games titles, particularly adventure games, which are sought after to this day by collectors.
FM Towns is a proprietary computer system made by Fujitsu. It was released in Japan only, in February 1989. It has a built in CD-ROM drive as standard, which was many years ahead of its time. Also ahead of its time was its ability to boot directly to a CD version of its operating system, TownsOS. This was a full 8 years before Microsoft thought of doing the same thing. As well as being able to run the TownsOS graphical user interface, it had versions of Windows 3, 3.1 and Windows 95 as they became available.Games were a strong point of the system as they could be greatly enhanced by the startlingly increased capacity of CDs over floppy discs.
Games were usually enhanced in one or more of the following ways:
- Arcade perfect ports, instead of inferior conversions on other home systems. At release it was a very powerful system.
- Containing speech and video, which was impossible on floppy and cartridge based systems.
- 'Redbook' CD music soundtracks i.e. proper, non synthesised music that you can play on any CD player.
As the system grew older, while PCs caught up, the versions of games became identical. For example, Wing Commander Origins in 1993 was identical on PC and FM Towns. Considering the system had been out for 4 years, that was impressive.
FM Towns games
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RayXanbeR |
FMT | Datawest |
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Amaranth III |
FMT | |
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Necronomicon |
FMT | FairyTale |
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Asuka 120% Burning Fest. |
X68K, FMT | Fill-in-Cafe |
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Lightning Warrior Raidy II: Temple of Desire |
PC98, FMT, PC | ZyX Inc. |
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Lightning Warrior Raidy released on April 8, 2008 |
PC98, FMT, PC | ZyX Inc. |
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Frog Feast |
FMT, SCD, JAG, CDI, SNES, GEN, NGCD | Rastersoft |
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Derby Stallion |
FMT, SAT | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc. |
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Bacta 1&2 Voice released on Jan. 12, 1996 |
FMT | |
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Princess Maker 2 |
FMT, PC, SAT, MAC | Gainax |
| Platform Name: | FM Towns |
| Release Date: | Feb. 1, 1989 |
| Online Support: | False |
| Install Base: | 0 |
| Original Price: | $0 |
| Producing Company: | Fujitsu |
| Total Games: | games |
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Lord British first in Akalabeth: World of Doom |
5
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|
Iolo first in Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness |
4
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Avatar first in Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar |
4
|
|
Shamino first in |
3
|
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Herman Toothrot first in The Secret of Monkey Island |
2
|
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LeChuck first in The Secret of Monkey Island |
2
|
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Voodoo Lady first in The Secret of Monkey Island |
2
|
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Elaine Marley first in The Secret of Monkey Island |
2
|
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Guybrush Threepwood first in The Secret of Monkey Island |
2
|
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Indiana Jones first in Raiders of the Lost Ark |
2
|
|
The United States of America first in The Oregon Trail |
6
|
|
Dungeon first in |
6
|
|
Space first in Spacewar! |
5
|
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Cave first in |
4
|
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Jungle first in |
4
|
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Japan first in |
3
|
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Mexico first in |
3
|
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Skara Brae first in |
3
|
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China first in |
3
|
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Kitchen first in |
3
|
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2D first in Tennis for Two Simulator |
15
|
|
Health first in |
12
|
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Magic first in |
11
|
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Death first in |
10
|
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Virtual Console first in |
10
|
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Boss Fight first in DND |
7
|
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Jump first in Donkey Kong |
7
|
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Point and Click first in Enchanted Scepters |
7
|
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Nudity first in Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em |
7
|
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Non-Player Character first in |
7
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