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]]> Well what do you know! Cartridges really are "cassettes"?! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188766 2019-09-26T09:21:53 -05.00 rlh 39 Well what do you know! Cartridges really are "cassettes"?! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188766 2019-09-26T05:09:03 -05.00 rlh 39 Well what do you know! Cartridges really are "cassettes http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188766 2019-09-24T11:23:17 -05.00 rlh 39 Originally posted by: Psionic
 
Originally posted by: TDIRunner

I have a bunch of Atari Starpath Supercharger games that are actual cassette tapes. Talk about a weird way to play Atari games.

Perhaps from the perspective of a younger person but it was very common back then for computer games (Atari, Commodore, etc) to be sold in the tape format, especially in Europe where disk drives were rare and expensive.  The Starpath games are indeed unique in the Atari 2600 library though.
 

I was clearly referring to Atari 2600, but sure.   ]]> Well what do you know! Cartridges really are "cassettes http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188766 2019-09-24T11:01:01 -05.00 rlh 39 Originally posted by: themisfit138

In the TMNT II manual it list the game as a cassette. Other manuals listed them as a cartridge.
Yes, the manuals for the Ultra Games releases not only use the "cassette" terminology but also refer to the NES as a "computer".
 
Originally posted by: TDIRunner

I have a bunch of Atari Starpath Supercharger games that are actual cassette tapes. Talk about a weird way to play Atari games.

Perhaps from the perspective of a younger person but it was very common back then for computer games (Atari, Commodore, etc) to be sold in the tape format, especially in Europe where disk drives were rare and expensive.  The Starpath games are indeed unique in the Atari 2600 library though.
  ]]> Well what do you know! Cartridges really are "cassettes"?! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188766 2019-09-24T09:58:24 -05.00 rlh 39 Well what do you know! Cartridges really are "cassettes http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188766 2019-09-24T09:41:58 -05.00 rlh 39 Originally posted by: Splain

What about bike cassettes? Can you call that a tape?

And I feel weird calling a cartridge a "game." Consider a downloadable title that has a physical release. You can have the game installed on your system without having the game? the "game" is the software.
Not all cartridges are even games to begin with. Some are painting programs, or web browsers.
]]> Well what do you know! Cartridges really are "cassettes"?! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188766 2019-09-23T19:47:25 -05.00 rlh 39
And I feel weird calling a cartridge a "game." Consider a downloadable title that has a physical release. You can have the game installed on your system without having the game? the "game" is the software. ]]> Well what do you know! Cartridges really are "cassettes"?! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188766 2019-09-23T00:11:25 -05.00 rlh 39