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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 = | 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 | '''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 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) | ||
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| Game Pak | |
| Developer | Nintendo |
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| 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
- Nintendo Entertainment System (1985)
- Game Boy (1989)
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1991)
- Virtual Boy (1995)
- Nintendo 64 (1996)
- Game Boy Color (1998)
- Game Boy Advance (2001)
