An English diskmag for the Famicom Disk System (FDS).
Written by TakuikaNinja.
This software is noncommercial shareware. You are free to redistribute this software at no cost, under the following conditions:
- No financial gains are made during redistribution.
- The disk image contents are left intact.
- The contents of this README file are left intact and paired with the disk image whenever possible.
- The author of this software is clearly attributed to TakuikaNinja, preferably with a link to its origin.
Dreamful is (probably) the first English diskmag for the FDS. This issue celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Famicom addon (1986-02-21).
The name "Dreamful" was chosen as a reference to the slogan for the FDS: 夢いっぱいディスク (dream-filled/dreamful disk)
- A primer on the state of FDS R&D in 2026
- Disk BASIC
- Namco IPL
- I2 Souseiki Fammy
- Battle Battle League prototype
- Review of Ravi and Navi
- Utility to unlock glitched worlds (256W) in FDS SMB1
- Credits and greets
The source code is available at: https://github.com/TakuikaNinja/FDS-diskmag
Dependencies:
- CC65 suite, make
- gcc (DTE compressor, see
Screens/dte.c) - go (VRAM struct compressor, see
Screens/vramstruct.go) - NEXXT (screen editor, only required for intro screen)
A simple make should then work.
Jroatch-chr-sheet.chrwas converted from the following placeholder CHR sheet: https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/File:Jroatch-chr-sheet.chr.png- It contains tiles from Generitiles by Drag, Cavewoman by Sik, and Chase by shiru.
- CutterCross' Sabre sound engine was used.
- Emulator testing was done using Mesen2.
- Hardware testing was done using a Sharp Twin Famicom + FDSKey.
- The NESdev Wiki, Forums, and Discord have been a massive help. Kudos to everyone keeping this console generation alive!
