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A ROM cartridge, also simply referred to as a cartridge or cart, is the storage device in which many of the Pokémon games have been contained.

Throughout the Pokémon game series, all of the core series games have been stored on ROM cartridges, with many variances between them. Many side games have also been on cartridge but some have been for the GameCube and Wii (on discs, not cartridges). The ROM cartridges for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo 64 are officially called Game Paks, while Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS ROM cartridges are officially called Game Cards.

Specifications

Game Boy: 2.125 × 2.5 inches.
Game Boy Color: 2.125 × 2.5 inches.
Game Boy Advance: 2.125 × 1.375 inches.
Nintendo DS: 1.25 × 1.375 inches.
Nintendo 3DS: 1.25 × 1.375 inches. (Not counting anti-DS knob on side)
Nintendo 64: 4.5 × 3 inches. (Measured from top of arch)

Core series

All main-series games are contained on carts. Each generation, save for Generation II, had only one type of cartridge, thus also defining the generations before Generation IV.

Generation I

All Generation I games were in Game Boy cartridges.

Generation II

Gold and Silver were featured in Game Boy cartridges. Crystal was featured in a Game Boy Color cartridge, being the only core series game to do so.

Generation III

All Generation III games were in Game Boy Advance cartridges.

Generation IV

All Generation IV games were in Nintendo DS cartridges. However, HeartGold and SoulSilver were on the newer model NTR-031 DS cartridge, which was black, as opposed to the older ones of NTR-005, which were dark grey.