But it also highlighted the ability to create expansions for existing games and allow for more dynamic worlds. Nintendo promised that the drive would solve the storage limitations and cost issues some publishers – such as top SNES third-party publisher Square – were complaining about when Nintendo announced it would stick with cartridges as the storage format of choice with the N64. My connection with the Master Quest edition of one of my favorite games of all time goes back all the way to 1995 when Nintendo first teased its Nintendo 64 “bulky drive” add-on, known as the 64DD at its annual Shoshinkai Show in Japan.
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