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Game Pak

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Game Pak
Media typeFlash ROM
Capacity
  • NES: 32 KB–1 MB
  • SNES: 128 KB–4 MB
  • Nintendo 64: 4–64 MB
  • Game Boy/Game Boy Color: 32 KB–8 MB
  • Game Boy Advance: 4–32 MB

Game Pak is the brand name for ROM cartridges designed by Nintendo for some of their earlier video game systems. The "Game Pak" moniker was officially used only in North America, Europe, Oceania, and South Korea. In Japan, Nintendo uses the term Cassette (カセット, Kasetto) when referring to Famicom, Super Famicom and Nintendo 64 game paks, and Cartridge (カートリッジ, Kātorijji) for the Game Boy line and Virtual Boy.

They include:

Starting in Nintendo DS, cartridges were made smaller in size, and marketed under a new brand name, Game Card.