<s>
The	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
Marty	I-Device
is	O
a	O
fifth-generation	B-Application
home	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
released	O
in	O
1993	O
by	O
Fujitsu	O
,	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Japanese	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
often	O
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
32-bit	O
CD-based	O
home	O
video	O
game	O
system	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
16-bit	O
data	O
bus	O
,	O
just	O
like	O
the	O
earlier	O
Commodore	B-Device
CDTV	I-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
which	O
both	O
have	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
processors	I-Device
that	O
are	O
similar	O
internally	O
16/32	O
-bit	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
16-bit	O
data	O
bus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
console	O
came	O
complete	O
with	O
a	O
built	O
in	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
and	O
disk	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
earlier	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
computer	O
system	O
Fujitsu	O
had	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Marty	O
was	O
backward-compatible	B-General_Concept
with	O
older	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
widely	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
Marty	I-Device
2	I-Device
would	O
feature	O
similar	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
2	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
a	O
swifter	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
than	O
the	O
first	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
not	O
the	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
speculated	O
that	O
the	O
Marty	O
2	O
featured	O
an	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
486	I-General_Concept
CPU	B-General_Concept
;	O
however	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
also	O
discovered	O
to	O
be	O
false	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
optional	O
IC	O
Card	O
for	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
Car	I-Device
Marty	I-Device
allowed	O
it	O
to	O
use	O
VICS	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
subsequently	O
sold	O
with	O
a	O
video	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
some	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
games	O
were	O
VGA-only	O
,	O
the	O
Marty	O
had	O
a	O
down-scan	O
capability	O
for	O
displaying	O
on	O
a	O
household	B-Device
TV	I-Device
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internal	O
3.5	B-Device
"	I-Device
HD	O
floppy	B-Device
driveFloppy	O
disks	B-Device
must	O
be	O
formatted	O
1232	O
KiB	O
(	O
PC98-style	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
from	O
the	O
BIOS	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Marty	O
's	O
disk	B-Device
drive	I-Device
does	O
not	O
support	O
1440	O
KiB	O
or	O
720	O
KiB	O
FAT-formatted	O
3.5	B-Device
"	I-Device
floppy	I-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Marty	O
's	O
IC	O
Card	O
slot	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
type	O
1	O
PCMCIA	B-Architecture
cards	I-Architecture
,	O
including	O
battery-backed	O
SRAM	O
cards	O
(	O
accessible	O
from	O
the	O
BIOS	O
menu	O
)	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
mapped	O
to	O
a	O
drive	O
letter	O
and	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
small	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fujitsu	O
also	O
officially	O
released	O
a	O
PCMCIA	B-Architecture
modem	O
(	O
FMM-CM301	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
Marty	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
is	O
widely	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
IC	O
Card	O
slot	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
RAM	B-Architecture
expansions	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
correct	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2	O
standard	O
controller	O
portsThe	O
controller	O
connector	O
is	O
a	O
DE-9	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
Atari	O
Type	O
"	O
in	O
Japan	O
because	O
it	O
is	O
fundamentally	O
the	O
same	O
connector	O
as	O
an	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
six-button	O
controller	O
from	O
Fujitsu	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Capcom	O
's	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Capcom	O
also	O
released	O
an	O
adapter	O
for	O
their	O
CPS	O
Fighter	O
stick	O
which	O
made	O
the	O
stick	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
FM	O
Towns/Marty	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Sharp	B-Device
X68000	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
having	O
excellent	O
hardware	O
from	O
a	O
gameplay	O
perspective	O
,	O
both	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
and	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
Marty	I-Device
were	O
very	O
poor	O
sellers	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
expensive	O
and	O
the	O
custom	O
hardware	O
meant	O
expandability	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
easy	O
as	O
with	O
DOS/V	B-Application
(	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
clones	O
with	O
Japanese	O
DOS	B-Device
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
)	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
's	O
PC98	B-Operating_System
series	O
computers	O
were	O
also	O
dominant	O
in	O
Japan	O
when	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
Marty	I-Device
was	O
released	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
difficult	O
to	O
break	O
out	O
before	O
the	O
DOS/V	B-Application
invasion	O
took	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
despite	O
such	O
revolutionary	O
features	O
as	O
bootable	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
and	O
a	O
color	O
GUI	B-Application
OS	B-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
PC	O
,	O
something	O
that	O
predated	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	O
95b	O
bootable	O
CD	O
by	O
seven	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
backwards	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
with	O
most	O
older	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
PC	O
games	O
,	O
compatibility	O
issues	O
plagued	O
the	O
Marty	O
as	O
newer	O
titles	O
were	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
in	O
mind	O
,	O
further	O
limiting	O
its	O
potential	O
as	O
a	O
true	O
"	O
console	O
version	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Marty	O
did	O
have	O
its	O
own	O
library	O
of	O
"	O
Marty	O
"	O
specific	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
were	O
not	O
enough	O
to	O
strengthen	O
its	O
niche	O
position	O
between	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
systems	O
and	O
personal	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
