Game Pak
From WE Computers Museum
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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 | 1983-2008 |
| 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 until the release of the Nintendo DS, after which Nintendo used the term Game Card.
History
The term "Game Pak" was created by the head of Nintendo's advertising department, 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)
