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Ice Hockey For The Family Computer Disk System Is More Interesting Than The Real Thing

The Family Computer Disk System (Japanese: ファミリーコンピュータ ディスクシステム Hepburn: FamirÄ« KonpyÅ«ta Disuku Shisutemu), sometimes shortened as the Famicom Disk System (ファミコンディスクシステム Famikon Disuku Shisutemu) or simply the Disk System (ディスクシステム Disuku Shisutemu), and abbreviated as the FDS or FCD, is a peripheral for Nintendo’s Family Computer home video game console, released in Japan on February 21, 1986.

Nintendo did not released the [Family Computer] Disk System outside Japan due to numerous problems encountered with the format in Japan.

Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent’s net to score points.

Tire Ski Jump

Ski jumping is a form of Nordic skiing in which athletes descend a specially constructed takeoff ramp (known as the inrun), jump from the end of it (the table) with as much power as they can generate, and “fly” as far as possible down a steeply sloped hill.

The Bridgestone Corporation (株式会社ブリヂストン Kabushiki-gaisha Burijisuton) is a multinational auto and truck parts manufacturer founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi (石橋正二郎 Ishibashi Shōjirō) in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. The name Bridgestone comes from a calque translation and transposition of ishibashi, meaning “stone bridge” in Japanese.

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (住友ゴム工業株式会社 Sumitomo Gomu Kōgyo Kabushiki-gaisha) is a global tire and rubber company based in Japan. The company traces its origins to 1909, when the Sumitomo Group made an investment in Dunlop Japan, the newly formed Japanese subsidiary of the British company Dunlop Rubber.

Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. (東洋ゴム工業株式会社 Tōyō Gomu Kōgyo Kabushiki-gaisha) is a tire company based in Japan. The company started in 1945. In 1966, the company expanded to the United States as Toyo Tire Corporation.

The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited (横浜ゴム株式会社 Yokohama Gomu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a tire company based in Tokyo, Japan. The company founded and started in 1917 in a joint venture between Yokohama Cable Manufacturing and B.F. Goodrich.

National MacLord Home Video SS Slow Motion Boxing

National was formerly the premier brand on most Matsushita products, including audio and video and was often combined as “National Panasonic” after the worldwide success of the Panasonic name.

The Video Home System (better known by its abbreviation VHS) is a consumer-level analog recording videotape-based cassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan (JVC). By 1978, Matsushita alone produced just over half of all Japanese VCRs.

Slow motion (commonly abbreviated as slowmo) is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down. It was invented by the Austrian priest August Musger.

The Drifters (ザ・ドリフターズ Za Dorifutāzu) is a Japanese rock and roll band and comedy group. The group is also known for its 40-second performance as an opening act for The Beatles’ first ever concert in Japan. [Members included] Boo Takagi — Joined 1964, Kōji Nakamoto — Joined 1965 [among others].