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   publisher        = [[Nintendo]]|
   publisher        = [[Nintendo]]|
   systems          = [[Game Boy]], [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Game Boy Color]], [[Nintendo 64]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Virtual Boy]]|
   systems          = [[Game Boy]], [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Game Boy Color]], [[Nintendo 64]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Virtual Boy]]|
   release          = 1983-2008|
   release          = 1985-2008|
   added_to_museum  = See [[:Category:Computers and consoles manufactured by Nintendo|computers and consoles by Nintendo]]|
   added_to_museum  = See [[:Category:Computers and consoles manufactured by Nintendo|computers and consoles by Nintendo]]|
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'''Game Pak''' is the term for a [[ROM cartridge]] used by [[Nintendo]] in their cartridge-based [[video game console]]s until the release of the [[Nintendo DS]], after which Nintendo used the term [[Game Card]].
'''Game Pak''' is the term for a [[ROM cartridge]] used by [[Nintendo]] in their cartridge-based [[video game console]]s up to the release of the [[Game Boy Advance]], after which Nintendo used the term [[Game Card]].


==History==
==History==
The term "Game Pak" was created by the head of Nintendo's advertising department, [[Gail Tilden]].  
The term "Game Pak" was created by [[Nintendo of America]] advertising department head, [[Gail Tilden]].  


It was created to replace the term "game cartridge", which was used by [[Atari, S.A.|Atari]] products, so as to not remind customers of the [[video game crash of 1983]].
It was created to replace the term "game cartridge", which was used by [[Atari, S.A.|Atari]] products, so as to not remind customers of the [[video game crash of 1983]].
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*[[Game Boy Advance]] (2001)
*[[Game Boy Advance]] (2001)


[[Category:1985 inventions]]
[[Category:Nintendo inventions]]
[[Category:storage media]]
[[Category:storage media]]

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Game Pak
Developer Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Systems Game Boy, Game Boy Advance Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Boy
Released 1985-2008
Added to Museum See computers and consoles by Nintendo

Game Pak is the term for a ROM cartridge used by Nintendo in their cartridge-based video game consoles up to the release of the Game Boy Advance, after which Nintendo used the term Game Card.

History

The term "Game Pak" was created by Nintendo of America advertising department head, Gail Tilden.

It was created to replace the term "game cartridge", which was used by Atari products, so as to not remind customers of the video game crash of 1983.

Systems that use Game Paks