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==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
* [[Game Boy]]: 2<sup>1</sup>/<sub>8</sub> | * [[Game Boy]]: 2<sup>1</sup>/<sub>8</sub> × 2<sup>1</sup>/<sub>2</sub> inches. | ||
* [[Game Boy Color]]: 2<sup>1</sup>/<sub>8</sub> | * [[Game Boy Color]]: 2<sup>1</sup>/<sub>8</sub> × 2<sup>1</sup>/<sub>2</sub> inches. | ||
* [[Game Boy Advance]]: 2<sup>1</sup>/<sub>8</sub> | * [[Game Boy Advance]]: 2<sup>1</sup>/<sub>8</sub> × 1<sup>3</sup>/<sub>8</sub> inches. | ||
* [[Nintendo DS]]: 1<sup>1</sup>/<sub>4</sub> | * [[Nintendo DS]]: 1<sup>1</sup>/<sub>4</sub> × 1<sup>3</sup>/<sub>8</sub> inches. | ||
* [[Nintendo 3DS]]: 1<sup>1</sup>/<sub>4</sub> | * [[Nintendo 3DS]]: 1<sup>1</sup>/<sub>4</sub> × 1<sup>3</sup>/<sub>8</sub> inches. ''(Not counting anti-DS knob on side)'' | ||
* [[Nintendo 64]]: 4<sup>1</sup>/<sub>2</sub> | * [[Nintendo 64]]: 4<sup>1</sup>/<sub>2</sub> × 3 inches. ''(Measured from top of arch)'' | ||
==Core series== | ==Core series== |
Revision as of 16:09, 6 January 2015
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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. The ROM cartridges for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo 64 are offically called Game Paks, while Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS ROM cartridges are officially called Game Cards.
Specifications
- Game Boy: 21/8 × 21/2 inches.
- Game Boy Color: 21/8 × 21/2 inches.
- Game Boy Advance: 21/8 × 13/8 inches.
- Nintendo DS: 11/4 × 13/8 inches.
- Nintendo 3DS: 11/4 × 13/8 inches. (Not counting anti-DS knob on side)
- Nintendo 64: 41/2 × 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.
Generation V
All Generation V games were in Nintendo DS cartridges. Like HeartGold and SoulSilver, they use the black NTR-031 DS cartridges.
Generation VI
All Generation VI games were released on Nintendo 3DS cartridges.
Non-Game Boy/DS
3DS
Pokémon Rumble Blast was the first Pokémon game with a 3DS cartridge. The second was Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. The third games were Pokémon X and Y.
Nintendo 64
The Nintendo 64 cartridge was seen in the Pokémon Stadium series, Hey You, Pikachu!, Super Smash Bros., Pokémon Snap, and Pokémon Puzzle League.
Irregular cartridges
Pokémon Pinball
Pokémon Pinball had a special Game Boy Color cartridge for a vibration feature.
Pokémon mini
The Pokémon mini was a special game system specifically for Pokémon. It had its own cartridges.
Gallery
- Pokemon Red Version.jpg
Pokémon Red cartridge
- PokemonGoldCartridge.jpg
Pokémon Gold's cartridge
- PokemonCrystalCartridge.jpg
Pokémon Crystal's cartridge
- Pokémon Pearl.jpg
Pokémon Pearl's cartridge
- PokemonHeartgoldCartridge.jpg
Pokémon HeartGold's cartridge
- PokemonWhiteCartridge.jpg
Pokémon White's cartridge
This game-related article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games. |