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===Blue and gold disks=== | ===Blue and gold disks=== | ||
Six games received blue disks, five were made by Nintendo and were compatible with Disk Fax, four of which are ''Mario'' games. All compatible blue disk games were subject of tournaments with scores submitted through the Disk Fax, a device that could send contestants' data and high scores to Nintendo. The tournament began as soon as the blue disks were released. | Six games received blue disks, five were made by Nintendo and were compatible with Disk Fax, four of which are ''Mario'' games. All compatible blue disk games were subject of tournaments with scores submitted through the Disk Fax, a device that could send contestants' data and high scores to Nintendo. The tournament began as soon as the blue disks were released. | ||
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! Tournament number !! Game !! Date !! Prizes | !Tournament number!!Game!!Date!!Prizes | ||
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| 1 || ''[[Family Computer Golf: Japan Course]]'' || February 21 to May 10, 1987 (original deadline was April 30) || Prizes included two different gold disk versions of the game, each with a harder course. The top 100 players received the Champions' Course and gold plaques. 5,000 others received the Professional Course. | |1||''[[Family Computer Golf: Japan Course]]''||February 21 to May 10, 1987 (original deadline was April 30)||Prizes included two different gold disk versions of the game, each with a harder course. The top 100 players received the Champions' Course and gold plaques. 5,000 others received the Professional Course. | ||
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| 2 || ''[[Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course]]'' || June 14 to August 31, 1987 || The top 100 players received trophies. 10,000 received a gold Famicom cartridge of ''Punch-Out!!'' and 1,000 got ''Family Computer Golf: Prize Card'', a harder gold disk version. | |2||''[[Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course]]''||June 14 to August 31, 1987||The top 100 players received trophies. 10,000 received a gold Famicom cartridge of ''Punch-Out!!'' and 1,000 got ''Family Computer Golf: Prize Card'', a harder gold disk version. | ||
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| 3 || ''[[Famicom Grand Prix: | |3||''[[Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race]]''||October 30 to December 15, 1987||The top 100 players of each of the four difficulty levels received trophies. 10,000 received a special edition [[Game & Watch]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Super Mario Bros.]] | ||
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| 5 || ''[[Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally]]'' || April 14 to May 31, 1988 || The top 100 players of each of the three car types received trophies. 10,000 received stationery sets. | |5||''[[Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally]]''||April 14 to May 31, 1988||The top 100 players of each of the three car types received trophies. 10,000 received stationery sets. | ||
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The three gold disks along with ''[[All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.]]'' (itself a prize in another contest) and ''Wakusei Aton Gaiden'' are the only FDS games that were never available through retail.<ref>[https://pony.velvet.jp/fcdisk/fdsstdylst_e.html FDS games list]</ref> No gold or blue disk games or the two non-retail games have a cartridge equivalent and were distributed only in Japan. | The three gold disks along with ''[[All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.]]'' (itself a prize in another contest) and ''Wakusei Aton Gaiden'' are the only FDS games that were never available through retail.<ref>[https://pony.velvet.jp/fcdisk/fdsstdylst_e.html FDS games list]</ref> No gold or blue disk games or the two non-retail games have a cartridge equivalent and were distributed only in Japan. | ||
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All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros cover.jpg|''[[All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.]]'' | All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros cover.jpg|''[[All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.]]'' | ||
F1Race.png|''[[Famicom Grand Prix: | F1Race.png|''[[Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race]]'' | ||
HotRally.png|''[[Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally]]'' | HotRally.png|''[[Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally]]'' | ||
Famicom-Golf-Japan-Course-cover.png|''[[Family Computer Golf: Japan Course]]'' | Famicom-Golf-Japan-Course-cover.png|''[[Family Computer Golf: Japan Course]]'' | ||