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24-03-2014, 16:59
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNF9P28A6k_RnJ7puNCky9j6MoDJmg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=pVYwU4joFMjT1QbCPA&url=http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/177816-how-storage-media-decides-the-fate-of-console-games"><img src="//t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRVvJiMZF3Qlo2lXBBPrc1Hcwl9sDHh4 tjqdjxpYT7IywxcrYk7Y2ot__uOjFejSlZKehDpJeA" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /><br /><font size="-2">ExtremeTech</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNF9P28A6k_RnJ7puNCky9j6MoDJmg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=pVYwU4joFMjT1QbCPA&url=http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/177816-how-storage-media-decides-the-fate-of-console-games"><b>How storage media decides the fate of console games</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">ExtremeTech</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">In fact, elaborate systems had to be implemented to even get these titles to work on cartridges in the first place. Zelda and Metroid are <b>Famicom</b> Disk System (FDS) titles first and foremost, and the ability to save your progress was a major step forward.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dvFxNAe73mYCGqM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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