Game Pak

A Game Pak is the name given to various cartridges created for Nintendo manufactured home consoles and handhelds, starting with the Nintendo Entertainment System. The name was created by Gail Tilden, who noted herself as the "entire advertising department" for Nintendo when she joined in 1983. The name was used in place of "game cartridges", which was used for the Atari systems, as not to remind people of the gaming crash that was the result of many of Atari's products. It's not entirely clear why she purposefully detracted the "c" from "pack", though it could just be for marketing reasons to get the player interested (similar to naming "light" "lite"). The last time the name was used was for the Game Boy Advance cartridges - following this for the Nintendo DS they renamed it Game Cards. Systems that used game paks include:


 * Nintendo Entertainment System - First system and console to use the term.
 * Super Nintendo Entertainment System
 * Game Boy - First handheld to use the term.
 * Virtual Boy
 * Nintendo 64 - Last home console by Nintendo to use the term.
 * Game Boy Advance - Last system and handheld that used the term.