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| rdfs:comment | - A Game Pak is the name given to all Nintendo cartridges.
- Game Pak refers to video game cartridges produced by Nintendo for one of the following systems:
* Nintendo Entertainment System (NES-GP)
* Game Boy (DMG-09)
* Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNS-006 in USA/ SHVC-006 in Japan/ SNSP-006 in Europe)
* Virtual Boy (VUE-006)
* Nintendo 64 (NUS-006)
* Game Boy Color (CGB-002)
* Game Boy Advance (AGB-002)
* Pokémon mini (MIN-002)
- Certain game paks released (such as the one featured at the top right of this page) are special editions that can only be obtained through special promotions. For example, both The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask came in gold casing for those who pre-ordered the video game.
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| abstract | - A Game Pak is the name given to all Nintendo cartridges.
- Certain game paks released (such as the one featured at the top right of this page) are special editions that can only be obtained through special promotions. For example, both The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask came in gold casing for those who pre-ordered the video game. Game paks have the advantage over discs, along with other solid state medium, in terms of loading times. However, it is costly with a much greater cost per unit memory than discs. Game paks also had the advantage of including more hardware in the cartridge as the cartridge could fit some chips. This was more utilized in the NES and SNES hardware but, it was used in other systems to like the internal battery for Pokemon Gold and Silver. Some notable instances of hardware in cartridges were the Super FX Chip, used in many games like Yoshi's Island and Star Fox, the Cx4 Chip used in Mega Man X2 and X3, and the SA1 Chip used in a number of games including Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and Kirby Super Star.
- Game Pak refers to video game cartridges produced by Nintendo for one of the following systems:
* Nintendo Entertainment System (NES-GP)
* Game Boy (DMG-09)
* Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNS-006 in USA/ SHVC-006 in Japan/ SNSP-006 in Europe)
* Virtual Boy (VUE-006)
* Nintendo 64 (NUS-006)
* Game Boy Color (CGB-002)
* Game Boy Advance (AGB-002)
* Pokémon mini (MIN-002) The usage of the term "Game Pak" was last used for cartridges for Game Boy Advance and Pokémon mini; Nintendo DS cartridges are referred to as "Game Cards", and the Nintendo GameCube and Wii uses the optical discs as "Game Discs".
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