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Someone should make an article comparing the storage capacity of the different cartridges of video game system and computers (that can be measure in bytes) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.229.239.48 ( talk) 19:05, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
It seems to me like the 'malfunctions when dirty' and 'no standardization' console implications here are shared even with CDs and DVDs. So how is this a disadvantage endemic to the cartridge and not the console format? Darthveda ( talk) 14:08, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps it would be interesting to compare cartridges with modern USB flash drives and alike. -- TiagoTiago ( talk) 05:58, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
[1] perfect for sourcing/adding things in this article. Blake ( Talk· Edits) 20:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
"Another advantage is the possibility of including memory expansion or other external hardware. Examples of this is the inclusion of the Super FX chip in some Super Nintendo Entertainment System games, and the voice and chess modules in the Magnavox Odyssey². However, this increased the cost of the cartridge and so was rarely attempted." Rarely attempted? The later NES cartridges almost always included memory controller chips, extra RAM etc... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.226.132.59 ( talk) 12:01, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
"Cartridges are still used today with handheld gaming consoles such as the Nintendo DS and available as downloads in the Nintendo eShop for systems in the Nintendo 3DS family."
The way this is written it sounds like cartridges are available for download, whatever that means. Is it supposed to be referring to the fact that many games originally released in cartridge format are now available for download? Or that downloaded games can be saved to cartridges for storage on some consoles? As is, it is incoherent. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.218.24.11 ( talk) 13:00, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
Again, someone is actively misinterpretting the history and trying to delele all tge information in cartridge and the first game console released with cartridges - Magnavox Odyssey. Strange at very least. It seems someone is actively trying to raise Fairchild prices through free people encyclopedia. Allstone ( talk) 15:59, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
They are read-only flash memory, like SD cards. The game is loaded into the system and ran. With cartridges, the games are run directly on the cartridge, there is local memory and processing. The cartridge is essentially an extension of the console, instead of dumb storage. 2600:1700:7F:8580:21BD:6906:2DCC:152A ( talk) 08:53, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
The article states "ROM cartridges allow users to rapidly load and access programs and data alongside a floppy drive in a home computer; in a video game console, the cartridges are standalone." This would mean that ROM cartridges cannot fuction without a floppy drive in a PC - not from that era, but find it hard to believe. Setenzatsu.2 ( talk) 02:43, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
Atari Jaguar's Memory track cartridge for saving game data and high scores. Special, something to write about or a common thing? Setenzatsu.2 ( talk) 04:23, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
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Someone should make an article comparing the storage capacity of the different cartridges of video game system and computers (that can be measure in bytes) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.229.239.48 ( talk) 19:05, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
It seems to me like the 'malfunctions when dirty' and 'no standardization' console implications here are shared even with CDs and DVDs. So how is this a disadvantage endemic to the cartridge and not the console format? Darthveda ( talk) 14:08, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps it would be interesting to compare cartridges with modern USB flash drives and alike. -- TiagoTiago ( talk) 05:58, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
[1] perfect for sourcing/adding things in this article. Blake ( Talk· Edits) 20:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
"Another advantage is the possibility of including memory expansion or other external hardware. Examples of this is the inclusion of the Super FX chip in some Super Nintendo Entertainment System games, and the voice and chess modules in the Magnavox Odyssey². However, this increased the cost of the cartridge and so was rarely attempted." Rarely attempted? The later NES cartridges almost always included memory controller chips, extra RAM etc... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.226.132.59 ( talk) 12:01, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
"Cartridges are still used today with handheld gaming consoles such as the Nintendo DS and available as downloads in the Nintendo eShop for systems in the Nintendo 3DS family."
The way this is written it sounds like cartridges are available for download, whatever that means. Is it supposed to be referring to the fact that many games originally released in cartridge format are now available for download? Or that downloaded games can be saved to cartridges for storage on some consoles? As is, it is incoherent. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.218.24.11 ( talk) 13:00, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
Again, someone is actively misinterpretting the history and trying to delele all tge information in cartridge and the first game console released with cartridges - Magnavox Odyssey. Strange at very least. It seems someone is actively trying to raise Fairchild prices through free people encyclopedia. Allstone ( talk) 15:59, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
They are read-only flash memory, like SD cards. The game is loaded into the system and ran. With cartridges, the games are run directly on the cartridge, there is local memory and processing. The cartridge is essentially an extension of the console, instead of dumb storage. 2600:1700:7F:8580:21BD:6906:2DCC:152A ( talk) 08:53, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
The article states "ROM cartridges allow users to rapidly load and access programs and data alongside a floppy drive in a home computer; in a video game console, the cartridges are standalone." This would mean that ROM cartridges cannot fuction without a floppy drive in a PC - not from that era, but find it hard to believe. Setenzatsu.2 ( talk) 02:43, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
Atari Jaguar's Memory track cartridge for saving game data and high scores. Special, something to write about or a common thing? Setenzatsu.2 ( talk) 04:23, 6 June 2024 (UTC)