FDT-ICE

The FDT-ICE was the official development kit made by Intelligent Systems for developing software for the Famicom.

The box comes with a Family Computer Disk System, a Family BASIC keyboard and cartridge, and connections for both Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System controllers.

An FDT-ICE unit was sold on Yahoo! Auctions Japan in December 2019. Pictures from the auction are shown below.

As no development software for the hardware have survived, the system remains largely unusable.

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Graphics Editing

The FDT-ICE was used with a cartridge known as CG-CAD that enabled graphics to be edited on the developer's PC and displayed on the Famicom in real time.

• 
  The CG-CAD cartridge
• 
  Tezuka editing the character data for Super Mario Bros. 3
• 
• 
  CG-CAD cartridge used in a setup