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The '''e-Reader''' (Japanese: '''カードeリーダー''' ''Card e Reader'' and '''カードeリーダー＋''' ''Card e Reader +'') is a [[Game Boy Advance]] peripheral that is used to scan special cards in order to unlock new features in existing games, and add new features to existing games that have e-Reader functionality, or to play various minigames on the e-Reader itself. It was developed by [[HAL Laboratory]] and Olympus. The North American and Australian e-Reader is based on the Japanese ''Card e Reader +'', which is a further development of the original ''Card e Reader'' with Link functionality, allowing it to connect to a second Game Boy Advance or even to a [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]]. The e-Reader was never released to Europe, even though the Pokémon e-cards were. | The '''e-Reader''' (Japanese: '''カードeリーダー''' ''Card e Reader'' and '''カードeリーダー＋''' ''Card e Reader +'') is a [[Game Boy Advance]] peripheral that is used to scan special cards in order to unlock new features in existing games, and add new features to existing games that have e-Reader functionality, or to play various minigames on the e-Reader itself. It was developed by [[HAL Laboratory]] and Olympus. The North American and Australian e-Reader is based on the Japanese ''Card e Reader +'', which is a further development of the original ''Card e Reader'' with Link functionality, allowing it to connect to a second Game Boy Advance or even to a [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]]. The e-Reader was never released to Europe, even though the Pokémon e-cards were. | ||
Included with the US release of the e-Reader was an assortment of cards, including [[Machop (Expedition 117)|the]] [[Machoke (Expedition 85)|neccessary]] [[Machamp (Expedition 16)|cards]] for the "Machop at Work" minigame. | |||
==Technical specifications== | ==Technical specifications== | ||
Revision as of 15:54, 19 August 2009
The e-Reader (Japanese: カードeリーダー Card e Reader and カードeリーダー＋ Card e Reader +) is a Game Boy Advance peripheral that is used to scan special cards in order to unlock new features in existing games, and add new features to existing games that have e-Reader functionality, or to play various minigames on the e-Reader itself. It was developed by HAL Laboratory and Olympus. The North American and Australian e-Reader is based on the Japanese Card e Reader +, which is a further development of the original Card e Reader with Link functionality, allowing it to connect to a second Game Boy Advance or even to a GameCube. The e-Reader was never released to Europe, even though the Pokémon e-cards were.
Included with the US release of the e-Reader was an assortment of cards, including the neccessary cards for the "Machop at Work" minigame.
Technical specifications
- "Dot Code Technology" (Optical scanning technology)
- 8 Megabit flash memory.
- 64 Megabyte mask ROM.
- The long strip on each e-Card holds 2.2 Kilobytes of data.
- The short strip holds 1.4 Kilobytes of data.
- Passthrough Game-link port (For using the Game-link cable and the GameCube Game Boy Advance cable)
Pokémon e-Cards
- The Pokémon Battle e card series.
- The Expedition Base Set TCG set.
- The Aquapolis TCG set.
- The Skyridge TCG set.
- The EX Ruby and Sapphire TCG set (Pokédex entries only)
- The EX Sandstorm TCG set (Pokédex entries only)
- The EX Dragon TCG set (Pokédex entries only)
- The EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua TCG set (Pokédex entries only, select cards only)
- Select Wizards Black Star Promos and Nintendo promotional TCG cards.
Images
- Card e Reader.jpg
The original Japanese Card e Reader.
- Card e Reader -.jpg
The Japanese Card e Reader +.
- E Reader.jpg
The North American e-Reader, based on the Japanese Card e Reader +.
