The humble video game cartridge was the
king of video games media right up until The Sony Playstation came along
and mastered the art of producing amazing games on the CD medium.
The thing that remains though is our
fondness for the hunks of plastic that were an essential part of our
gaming lives knows no bounds!
We can often be seen at a car boot sale
pawing over bulky plastic cartridges containing great games such as
Shinobi on the SEGA Master System or Golden Axe on the SEGA Megadrive or
even the odd NES game such as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.
The distinct sizes and shapes of the various cartridges gave each generation of consoles its own character.
Just by showing a retrogamer the
silouhette of a cartridge, you will get them to identify the console
that the cartridge belongs to.
We thought we'd treat all our RetroGaming
Friends Of The Freezer to a pictorial run down of the main cartridges
that spanned across 5 generations of video games consoles so as you can
see why we love these plasticky bricks like our own friends!
Read On And Geek Out With Us From The Comfort Of The Chiller……
1st Generation
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| Channel F - 1976 |
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| ATARI 2600 - 1977 |
2nd Generation
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| ATARI 5200 - 1982 |
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| Coleco Vision - 1982 |
3rd Generation
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| SEGA Master System - 1986 |
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| Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) - 1983 |
4th Generation
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| SEGA GENESIS / MEGADRIVE - 1988 |
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| NEO GEO - 1990 |
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| SUPER NINTENDO - 1990 |
5th Generation
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| Nintendo 64 - 1996
ATARI Jaguar - 1993 |
And with the passing of the Nintendo 64 saw the passing of the almighty cartridge as a form of current video game media......
The cartridge is now confined to the gaming dens Retrogaming enthusiasts.....
Have we missed any cartridges that you can think of?
Let us know what your favourite cartridge format is....
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| Richard - Reporting From The Cartridge Bin.... |
