Game cartridges - Revision history

Shio: /* Cartridges */

2023-09-06T18:20:56Z

‎Cartridges

Kayvon2008: /* Links */

2022-01-12T19:16:05Z

‎Links

Jsummers: /* Links */

2016-09-12T13:48:12Z

‎Links

Dan Tobias: /* Links */

2014-12-31T13:28:27Z

‎Links

Dan Tobias at 20:50, 17 September 2014

2014-09-17T20:50:06Z

Ldedeyan at 17:41, 17 September 2014

2014-09-17T17:41:01Z

Dan Tobias: /* Links */

2014-04-26T23:37:34Z

‎Links

Dan Tobias at 13:32, 9 March 2014

2014-03-09T13:32:13Z

Dan Tobias: /* Links */

2013-12-29T12:52:15Z

‎Links

Dan Tobias at 13:17, 28 December 2013

2013-12-28T13:17:30Z

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 *[[Nintendo 64 cartridge]]
 *[[Game Boy cartridge]]
-*[[Game Boy COlor cartridge]]
+*[[Game Boy Color cartridge]]
-*[[GAme boy advance cartridge]]
+*[[Game Boy Advance cartridge]]
 *[[Nintendo DS cartridge]]
 *[[Nintendo 3DS cartridge]]
 *[[Nintendo Switch cartridge]]
 == Links ==
 * [http://www.alamogordonews.com/news/ci_23342105/alamogordo-green-lights-search-buried-atari-game Alamogordo green lights search for buried Atari games]

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 The electronic formats of data stored in these cartridges are documented in [[ROM and memory images]], which is in the electronic formats section. This article, in the physical formats section, is intended for documenting the physical characteristics of the cartridges.
 == Links ==
 * [http://www.alamogordonews.com/news/ci_23342105/alamogordo-green-lights-search-buried-atari-game Alamogordo green lights search for buried Atari games]

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:48, 12 September 2016
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	* [https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom Console Living Room: Play classic games online]		* [https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom Console Living Room: Play classic games online]
	* [https://endrift.com/mgba/2014/12/28/classic-nes/ Classic NES Series Anti-Emulation Measures]		* [https://endrift.com/mgba/2014/12/28/classic-nes/ Classic NES Series Anti-Emulation Measures]
		+	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLEMsw1SjDY The 8-Bit Guy: How Oldschool ROM Cartridge Games Worked] (video)

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:28, 31 December 2014
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	* [https://archive.org/details/MAME_0.151_ROMs Internet Archive: MAME 0.151 ROMs (classic video consoles)]		* [https://archive.org/details/MAME_0.151_ROMs Internet Archive: MAME 0.151 ROMs (classic video consoles)]
	* [https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom Console Living Room: Play classic games online]		* [https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom Console Living Room: Play classic games online]
		+	* [https://endrift.com/mgba/2014/12/28/classic-nes/ Classic NES Series Anti-Emulation Measures]

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 |caption=Gameboy Advance cartridge
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-'''Game cartridges''' are inserted into game console units in order to play different games. They consist of some form of nonvolatile memory storage that could contain a program and data. Sometimes they have been used to store other sorts of programs (e.g., BASIC interpreters or web browsers), but games have always been their primary use. Cartridge-based games came into use in the late 1970s in such systems as the Magnavox Odyssey<sup><small>2</small></sup> and the Atari VCS (later known as the Atari 2600), representing a major advance over earlier units that only played a limited selection of built-in games which could not be expanded. Since then there have been many generations of game consoles with steadily increasing capabilities, though eventually [[CD]]s and Internet downloads took over as more common means of distributing software for them rather than cartridges.
+'''Game cartridges''' are inserted into game console units in order to play different games. They consist of some form of nonvolatile memory storage that could contain a program and data. Sometimes they have been used to store other sorts of programs (e.g., [[BASIC]] interpreters or [[web]] browsers), but games have always been their primary use. Cartridge-based games came into use in the late 1970s in such systems as the Magnavox Odyssey<sup><small>2</small></sup> and the Atari VCS (later known as the Atari 2600), representing a major advance over earlier units that only played a limited selection of built-in games which could not be expanded. Since then there have been many generations of game consoles with steadily increasing capabilities, though eventually [[CD]]s and Internet downloads took over as more common means of distributing software for them rather than cartridges.
 The electronic formats of data stored in these cartridges are documented in [[ROM and memory images]], which is in the electronic formats section. This article, in the physical formats section, is intended for documenting the physical characteristics of the cartridges.

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 '''Game cartridges''' are inserted into game console units in order to play different games. They consist of some form of nonvolatile memory storage that could contain a program and data. Sometimes they have been used to store other sorts of programs (e.g., BASIC interpreters or web browsers), but games have always been their primary use. Cartridge-based games came into use in the late 1970s in such systems as the Magnavox Odyssey<sup><small>2</small></sup> and the Atari VCS (later known as the Atari 2600), representing a major advance over earlier units that only played a limited selection of built-in games which could not be expanded. Since then there have been many generations of game consoles with steadily increasing capabilities, though eventually [[CD]]s and Internet downloads took over as more common means of distributing software for them rather than cartridges.

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 == Links ==
 * [http://www.alamogordonews.com/news/ci_23342105/alamogordo-green-lights-search-buried-atari-game Alamogordo green lights search for buried Atari games]
 * In-browser playable version of infamous Atari E.T. game: [https://archive.org/details/E.T._The_Extra-Terrestrial_1982_Atari_NTSC Original version], and a fan-created [https://archive.org/details/ET_Fixed_Final "fixed" version]
 * [http://imgur.com/a/Dk5hL Marriage proposal via modded game cartridge]
 * [https://archive.org/details/MAME_0.151_ROMs Internet Archive: MAME 0.151 ROMs (classic video consoles)]
 * [https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom Console Living Room: Play classic games online]

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-'''[[Game cartridges]]''' are inserted into game console units in order to play different games. They consisted of some form of nonvolatile memory storage that could contain a program and data. Sometimes they have been used to store other sorts of programs (e.g., BASIC interpreters or web browsers), but games have always been their primary use. Cartridge-based games came into use in the late 1970s in such systems as the Magnavox Odyssey 2 and the Atari VCS, representing a major advance over earlier units that only played a limited selection of built-in games which could not be expanded. Since then there have been many generations of game consoles with steadily increasing capabilities.
+'''[[Game cartridges]]''' are inserted into game console units in order to play different games. They consist of some form of nonvolatile memory storage that could contain a program and data. Sometimes they have been used to store other sorts of programs (e.g., BASIC interpreters or web browsers), but games have always been their primary use. Cartridge-based games came into use in the late 1970s in such systems as the Magnavox Odyssey<sup><small>2</small></sup> and the Atari VCS (later known as the Atari 2600), representing a major advance over earlier units that only played a limited selection of built-in games which could not be expanded. Since then there have been many generations of game consoles with steadily increasing capabilities, though eventually [[CD]]s and Internet downloads took over as more common means of distributing software for them rather than cartridges.
 The electronic formats of data stored in these cartridges are documented in [[ROM and memory images]], which is in the electronic formats section. This article, in the physical formats section, is intended for documenting the physical characteristics of the cartridges.