Game Pak: Difference between revisions

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A Game Pak is a cartridge which is inserted into the Cartridge Slot on the Control Deck.

Super Famicom game paks have a slightly more rounded design from Super Nintendo game paks.

Game Paks which contain a Super FX chip should not be used with the Multi Player 5 as this would draw too much current.^[1]

The colored bar at the top of the label has the following meaning: ^[2][3]

Color		Meaning
Red		Published by Nintendo
Gold		Player's Choice - 1 million copies sold
Purple		Published by a 3^rd party

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 A '''Game Pak''' is a cartridge which is inserted into the [[Cartridge Slot]] on the [[Control Deck]].
-Super Famicom game paks have a slightly different design from Super Nintendo game paks.
+Super Famicom game paks have a slightly more rounded design from Super Nintendo game paks.
-Game Paks which contain a [[Super FX]] chip should not be used with the [[Multi Player 5]] as this would draw too much current.[1]
+Game Paks which contain a [[Super FX]] chip should not be used with the [[Multi Player 5]] as this would draw too much current.<sup>[1]</sup>
+The colored bar at the top of the label has the following meaning: <sup>[2][3]</sup>
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Color || || Meaning
+|-
+| Red || style="background: red;"| || Published by Nintendo
+|-
+| Gold || style="background: gold;"| || Player's Choice - 1 million copies sold
+|-
+| Purple || style="background: purple;"| || Published by a 3<sup>rd</sup> party
+|}
+=== See Also ===
+* [[List of 46-pin Games]]
+* [[List of 62-pin Games]]
 === References ===
+# [https://archive.org/details/SNESDevManual/book2/page/n94 page 2-1-5 of Book II] of the official Super Nintendo development manual
+# explanation of Game Pak label bar colors: https://youtube.com/shorts/kpXEl4Af13c
+# https://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?162715
-* [1] Book II of official dev manual, page 2-1-5
+[[Category:Accessories]]
+[[Category:Official Jargon]]