The Evolution Of Nintendo's Cartridges
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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Every generation of video game consoles brings on new challenges and new ideas. Out of all the major video game companies in the market today, none have gone through such drastic changes as Nintendo. As one of the longest running gaming companies in the world, Nintendo didn’t start with video games. In fact, their very first product ever was a line of hanafuda playing cards back in the 1890s. Now firmly in the video game industry, they have had a long list of consoles, each with unique designs and features. However, for today’s video we will be looking at something smaller, but just as iconic; the video game cartridge. From the Nintendo Entertainment System to the recent Switch, NIntendo has always had something for players to click in or insert to get the game started, and their history and evolution is an interesting tale. So we will be starting with the earliest example of cartridges, the Nintendo Entertainment. From there we will hit on other Nintendo gems like the Nintendo 64. We’ll even look into the development of some odder cartridges like the unique design of the DS and 3DS cartridges for their handheld systems. Lastly, we will take a look at the Nintendo switch and how this tiny tablet and console has taken the cartridge game a step further. Will Nintendo continue their tradition of cartridges in the future? Who’s to say, but sit back and relax and enjoy this dive into gaming history.
00:00 Intro
00:27 #1 Nintendo Entertainment System
01:37 #2 Gameboy
02:46 #3 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
03:51 #4 Nintendo 64
04:54 #5 Gameboy Color
05:56 #6 Gameboy Advanced
07:10 #7 Gamecube
08:14 #8 Nintendo DS
09:17 #9 Wii
10:00 #10 Switch
10:57 Outro
Written by: Zack Latino
Narrated by: Antony W.
Edited by: Jean Bernard
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It’s funny how they could barely fit anything on a big cartridge but now they can fit HUGE games on such a small cartridge
Imagine if they still used the massive carts how big those games would be
@@Josh-ut4wv a 10 Terabyte hard drive fits there
@@simpleinverso8628 that would be amazing if they ever made games like that
@@Josh-ut4wv give it some time
Storage tech changes plus the DS- switch carts aren't the same as the carts used in the Nes-N64 and GB-GBA eras those were Rom carts and were more akin to arcade boards, DS-Switch carts are more like SD cards just flash memory no special boards, no custom chips, nothing. Just a one size fits all little cart that can fit up to 35 gigs or so depending on the flash storage chip used.
The 64DD was a floppy disc reader, not a CD reader. Nintendo did not sell a cd reader for the n64.
I love when they started to put in rechargable batteries in.
I hate that the batteries are soldered to the carts board. Replacing a 30 year old battery is annoying
@@DS9TREK some places can change them out, though. I went to a local game store last year and had the battery for my copy of Super Adventure Island II swapped out. It cost next to nothing and only took a few minutes. Plus the guy knows how to fix stuff really well. But yeah, it would've been nice if the batteries weren't soldered on in the first place.
Lol wth they’ve never put in “rechargable” batteries dude 😒
@@Dominicn123 The GBA SP had rechargable batteries.
@@dustybunny6716 talking about the cartridges
Amazing how Nintendo is still here fighting in the gaming console bussiness even after their ups and downs over the years. Hope they'll still be here for many more years!
Nintendo is dying. By that I mean think about it. All they have is the switch. All it is is a wii, wii u in portable form. Not very powerful stuff. Their intellectual property franchises are the only thing that keep them relevant. Sure the switch is doing well. However I predict whatever they do next will have the success, or rather lack of of the wii u.
@@marcellachine5718 what does sony and microsoft have over Nintendo? More powerful consoles? Nintendo can do that. It's not hard. All consoles use third party components now. There's no secret to console making. Atleast you can play nintendo games in portable mode. Also Nintendo's IP is second to none. Sony and ms games lower drastically in price over time but Nintendo games stay the same. All Nintendo needs to do next is release a more powerful switch with better app support
@@marcellachine5718 nintendo is very much alive and still going strong, despite the wii U crisis, the switch changed EVERYTHING and there's no denying that. The switch and it's games sold millions of copies and the new switch exclusive hyrule warriors game, Age of calamity, skyrocketed in sales, surpassing any past hyrule warriors game by a landslide. And that's just one example. What i'm trying to say here, is that Nintendo is far from failure, and are really quickly recovering from the wii U crisis.
@@marcellachine5718 The switch outsold the xbox one in half the time and you claim they are dying. LMFAO. No one even tries to get into the handheld market because Nintendo always destroys. PLEASE you are too funny.
@@vrixmorr please, Nintendo, and power only belong in the same sentence if your talking about the defunct magazine. You already surmised that Nintendo will come out with a more powerful switch, oh and they will, perhaps they will call it the Nintendo switcharoo4U. Perhaps chronically confused is more apt than dying. Although thay have been dead to me since the 90s.
9:06 that bootleg 3ds Cartridges
A correction with regards to the GameCube, a Japan only GameCube actually COULD read CDs and DVDs along with the GameCube discs, look up the Panasonic Q game console.
Similar to the Wii which could read CDs and DVDs it just required modding to have the correct software
I still find it crazy that such games can be put on such tiny 3ds and Switch cartridges.
Why?? The amount of data was tiny
@@aegisraven1284hmmm yes me am very smug and smart too
Failed to mention gba had movie cartridges as well.
Your right
He also didn’t mention the Pokémon mini
Shrek
0:24 “cartridges”
Shows a cd disc for a sec
I can’t see it
I was hoping for more information about the cartridges like tech specs and what storage capacity they could have or something. You seem to talk more about the consoles themselves than the actual cartridges.
Yeah easy way to support that is the fact they talked about the GC Wii and Wii U which had disk
What did you expect from the gamer
I feel like you spent more time talking about the consoles than the cartridges. The title made me think it'd be about the cartridges.
so? why should we care
And
@@uchia7620 wait are you talking to me or him?
Nintendo: Made cartridge bitter to keep kids from eating it.
Adult: IM GONNA LICK IT.
how else am i supposed to know if its actually bitter?
Gotta make it adult proof
Kids to like me
sCoTt ThE wOz ReFeReNcE
@@ace_nx1580 Mario went to court for putting poison on the cartridges
Fun fact: the reason Nintendo changed the famicom to the NES for the west was because Nintendo made it looks more like a vcr to apply to western audiences
30 years later switch will be nostalgia and the other cartridge consoles would be ancient....
Amazing content, loved it. Thank you.
2:35 Nintendrew?
Yes
@@stormwatch32 what was that
Quite a few mistakes in this video:
- The shown GBA 'white cloth cartridge' is a GB cartridge, not to mention it's an unofficial third party tool that came years later after the GBA
- The N64DD was a *zip drive*, not CD drive. Zip drives were a whole another beast of a memory storage method.
- GameCubes didn't use mini DVDs but a different type of format, that had 1/4th of a DVD's memory, so calling them DVDs at all is misleading for multiple reasons.
- The 3DS cartridge with its 'notches' is a bootleg cartridge, not an actual official cartridge.
I'm a bit baffled at these mistakes as a simple glance at Wikipedia would show those mistakes. Has there been any research done for this video?
Hey guys!!staysafe wherever you are!!
I love how they keep doing T H I C C boxes for such a tiny cartidge
Ikr
Yup lol
at 9:02 it shows a picture of a knock-off ds cartridge and the editor thinks that the "notch" is the weird grooves.
I think the switch carts are pretty amazing, so small and seem to work well with pretty big games
Yep
9:03 Did they seriously not know that that cartridge isn't an actual 3DS cartridge and is just a bootleg multicart with a bunch of DS games on there?
I know, right? This channel is probably run by our mothers who don’t know the difference between the real thing, and bootlegs.
@@BigSmoke-s9n heh they also said the 3Ds was the first to do away with the GBA port when it was actually the DSi. Or that the Gameboy was made to take control of a new market even though with the game and watch Nintendo had control of the market since 1980 which pre dates even The famicom
The Nintendo 64 is still to this day one of my all time favorite gaming console & the Game Boy Advance SP for portability.
Nice topic!
Morning guys what better way than to start with The Gamer
Playing a game
I just woke up right now
Dying
"This was before nintendo got creative with their console names"
Gamecube:
Wii u
Nintendo 64
@@archaaayyyy4282 wait then what comes from wii?
@Stand Arrow oh
O O F
@Stand Arrow i think the 2 i's in wii were supposed to stand for 2 wii remotes, which would kinda mean why it sounds like we, because the 2 are supposed to be like people playing with each other, but idk.
I love your videos
So is nobody going to say that he rickrolled us?
Ey Cool Vid
Wow great video I love Nintendo
Just letting people know but the original GB was very hard on batteries despite what there saying here, considering it took a whole package (4 AAs) just to make the system run and the only indicator that the batteries were dying was a flashing red light and once the batteries died or needed replacing, there was no saving midway through so whatever you did was gone. Now eventually they came up with a portable battery pack that hooked into the side the pack was very clucky but it did last longer than the AAs so there was that.
It was way better than the battery situation with the atari lynx and sega gamr gear
@@user-ok8yq6nc6x true but GG was the first portable gaming system that was in color so of course it was hard but it had a plug-in adapter to
TheGaner: The Evolution Of Nintendo's Cartridges
Nintendo 3ds: Did you forget me you faka?
No, he didn't forgot about the 3ds. He talked about it but not in its own section. It was in the ds section.
Oh gnarly!
Cue the DS battery memes, and Playing the DS while in bed memes
i am sad the hinge on my glorious red DS Lite is slightly broken so the top screen flops around.
Can we just go back
Game & Watch did NOT have "pre loaded games." They were simple crappy LCD games. Think Tiger Electronics. The recent "Game & Watch" release is an homage in form and appearance only.
The only difference between the SNES and the Japanese Super Famicom was the plastic tabs in the bottom of the SNES cartridge slot. Just grab needle nosed pliers and rip them out. Presto! You can play Japanese games!
Actually, early Wii units could play DVDs if you soft modded it. Later Wiis had a different drive. Soft modding is highly recommended.
7:22 you just NOT DO THAT. But it was good.
Oof me
Um i think you are inaccurate in saying N64 was going to read disc's. It ended up getting the 64DD which basically was a zip drive. You also left out the Nintendo Virtual Boy.
The zip drive was a disc, basically. It's was based on floppy disc technology
@@DS9TREK my point was they were referencing CD discs.
I still miss the smell when you unbox a brandnew game for the first time 🙁
Virtual Boy?!
Don't you mean cancer boy
My favorite cart is still my very first one...the Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet "3-in-1" from the Power Set.
Those Game & Watch clips you show during the Gameboy segment were from the recently released remake versions. I wish they looked that good back then lol.
Quality!!!! No spinning objects in your console, it's just brilliant!!! I LOVE MY SWITCH LITE !!! ITS EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED!!!
Dude, a disc wouldn't fit on it anyway. (PlayStation Portable is an exception
yeah thats the issue with umds, takes up space and isnt durable... also less portable and prone to issues and noise while playing. terrible move from sony even if it was cheaper@@beykid4427
1983: IM GIANT AS HECK
2021: i Think i Have Lost A Lot Of pounds
I really hope they won’t go any smaller because it’s super easy to lose them
I still blow on the cards or disc to this day 🥺
My favorite type of cardridge is at 7:22. Just check it out.
hahahaha rick roll go brr
Love it
There are quite a few mistakes in this video. For starters the Super Famicom released one year before the American Snes. The N64 never had a CD Rom attachment in any region. The picture you show is of the N64DD or N64 Disk Drive (Dynamic Drive). It's basically a magnetic disk drive that allows rewritable disks to be used extending the machines memory. Moving along...
The Snes and Gameboy Advance are not the same. The Snes is powered by a 16-bit Ricoh 5A22 running at 3.58Mhz, 128K of RAM, 64K of video RAM, 256 simultaneous colors on screen from a palette of 32,768 colors. The Gameboy Advance had a 16.8MHz 32-bit Arm7-TDMI RISC processor coupled with a Zilog Z-80 8-bit co/processor. The Advance has 128k of VRAM, 256k of DRAM producing 512 colors on screen at once in character mode and an unbelievable 32,768 colors at once in bitmap mode. Look at the FX2 powered version of Doom and compare it with what the GBA is able to do without any helper chips. The Snes runs in sub 15FPS while not being able to render both the ceilings and floors. The GBA version runs at a solid 35FPS (normal for Doom) and is able to render everything on screen albeit at a smuch smaller resolution and mirrored.
Addendum- No way is the GameCube Nintendo's best built console. That honor goes to the Nintendo Switch for combining both home and handheld into one unit. The GameCube doesn't even make Nintendo's top three in my eyes. Nintendo's best are the 1. Switch, 2. Snes, and 3. Nes.
8:39 is literally my my childhood games
What about the virtual boy?
We don’t do that here
@@HappyGaming209pot exactly
Virtual boy isn’t nintendo it’s failtendo
No you see its a long story it sucks and failed as a miserable vr console that.. thats it its not realy that long.
@@HappyGaming209pot it was way ahead of its time, also virtual boy who? Am I right.
i thought this was like from 2018 but no it was new
goddamnit why did you tell me that? I licked the cartridge and it tasted absolutely horrible, you monster !
Y would u lick it?!?!
@@martadelatorre3304 i dunno i was interested lol
Lick it before you stick it!
2:58 “this was before nintendo got really creative with its console names”
Wii U
9:02
There is NO notch on the 3DS cartridges! There is a bump on the top-right corner of the cartridge so it does not fit in a DS or DSi! Not only that, but the 3DS cartridges are white, and not black like the DS ones. Which means that the image representing the 3DS cartridge(right) is incorrect!
7:22 is my favorite
How didn’t I see that cube roll coming? I’m so stupid lmfao
I still do the blow trick lmao. Some tricks never die ig
POV: you were waiting for him to say the console you have
7:23 best one
Ah humanity
Its slowly turning smaller and smaller until no one is on earth
Just like the nintendo cartridges
This big, plastic brick that is the size of your hand can’t save 90% of games, but a bitter and thin LEGO brick can save all games
That Breath Of The Wild cart at the end has the same serial number as mine same region too
the switch cartridge are amazing
**Big Boy is now Tiny Boy**
Legendary video game consoles
Where's the virtual boy cartridge?
We don’t talk about that thing
Too underground
blowing on switch cartridges works for me
Gameboy *Advance** not Gameboy Advanced
I got y’all rick rolled through a GameCube
Virtual Boy: *cries in headache*
I accidentally licked a switch cartridge and it was so bitter I thought it was coated in cyanide
How do you accidentally lick a switch cartridge
You didn't accidentally lick it. You wanted to. Just be honest with us. Lol
I was holding an icecream while putting the cartridge in and I licked the cartridge
I thought Game and Watch games were just one game? I don't remember preloaded games just one game. Maybe I wasn't one of the cool kids.
Do playstation disc and xbox disc next
Don't forget putting it underneath your shirt and blowing, placing it not all the way in, and the classic placing a game on top of the game in the console. There are hundreds of tricks to get that old NES to play.
Carts load quick, nuff said....
I had the snes as my first console because my dad had one in the garage I mean we had a Wii and Wii U but that was my very own first console only mine
Strange how when you said the disc size of the game cube means it requires memory cards. Maybe I heard that wrong. Those optical disc are all read only regardless of size .
I wish I grew up in the 80's :/
yeah, but we had the wii!
@@blockstacker5614 Yeah but still I wish i grew up in the 80s with or without the wii
Always have nintendo from beginning to today
Nice 🥰😍🤩
Talking about nintendo cartridges and they have a psvita cartridge in the line up at the end before the switch cartridge.
And yet people still don’t know what the game and watch is and that existed around the same time, like, you never hear anyone reminisce or talk about it like the game boy.
Most people don’t even call it a console line or acknowledge the fact that it gave Nintendo control of the handheld market 9 years before the Gameboy or that for a time it was the bestselling console of all time
I watched till the end and had a PlayStation ad
My first nintendo console was a wii mini
I have only ever played on Nintendo consoles 😎
9:20 lol voice crack
Random question, did Nintendo games ever use galvanised steel as opposed to copper/gold fingers for the contact pads? Did any other video game companies?
I like the GameCube disc because it was very unique mini CDs now that's something that you don't see everyday
Sounds like your easily amused. They have square (shaped) cds too. And dont forget the other way, laserdisc. A cd the size of a 70s vinyl record.
All of the Nes, Snes and N64 carts had region lockout chips (cic) - the usa were usually the same as Japan and usually used the cart casing and language as the incompatibility - Pal regions had different region cic chips and sometimes different shape carts also - a pal nes, snes and N64 cart will not work (without special import adapter) on a usa system or vice versa.
A usa n64 cart has a lock out chip in it - it's just the same as the Japan region chip that all.
Why did they make the nes cartridges for the nes so much bigger?
To make it more toy like iirc
i think they need to remake a console verson with up to date technology. make them like the originals in modern material and style. i know they would cost but i've decided for my channel to some up with a concept for this.
i just need to design and how it would work in a non technical way since i'm a costume designer, not a computer expert.
That N64 cartridges is the rival of Sony PS1 Disc.
"This was before Nintendo got creative with their console names"
Meanwhile: PlayStation 1, 2, 3, 4....
PlayStation isn’t even from Nintendo
@@chanwingkwan5566 r/woooosh
He means PlayStation 1.. 2.. and so on, are not creative names
You forgot the virtual boy
my first game console was n64 and it was my older brothers
I see people complaining about him talking about Switch Game Cards saying they’re not cartridges. Yes that is true, they are game cards, not cartridges, but at least it’s better than talking about the GameCube and Wii.
"Super famicon" wasn't japan only, it was called the super nintendo and released worldwide. Only the U.S got the square purple version, the rest of the world got that sleek rounded one, i know because that's what we got in Australia and when i went to europe my cousins had it also.
Or did you think they only countries on earth are Japan and the United states lol?
you forgot the virtual boy
Nintendo switch game cards are still cartridges: change my mind
Ok one correction with the gameboy Nintendo already had control of the handheld market with their game and watch line all the gameboy was take the cheap technology that kept cost down and give the ability to play carts as the creator of both consoles saw how intuitive the cart was for the famicom and nes for Nintendo so his next console he worked on was going to use what he made with the game and watch with some of the ideas of the nes and bam the Gameboy is born. So to say the Gameboy was made to take control over a new market is not true as Nintendo had controlled the handheld market for almost 10 years before the Gameboy came out.
Also the DSi did away with the GBA port first not the 3DS