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A '''multicart''' is a | A '''multicart''' is a ROM cartridge containing several independent games, generally with some menu to switch among them and a mapper to choose one or the other. | ||
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Revision as of 13:02, 22 February 2022
A multicart is a ROM cartridge containing several independent games, generally with some menu to switch among them and a mapper to choose one or the other.
Official
Multicarts authorized by the games' copyright owners have been released on these boards:
- CNROM (Donkey Kong Classics)
- MHROM (Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt)
- NES-EVENT (Nintendo World Championships)
- SFROM (Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet)
- Super Mario Bros./Tetris/Nintendo World Cup
- Nintendo World Cup/Super Spike V'Ball
- Color Dreams board (Sunday Funday, etc.)
- Codemasters Quattro series
- Caltron 6-in-1
- Maxi 15
Pirate
Most pirate multicarts have several NROM games because it's really easy to switch them, even in mappers as simple as GNROM or the Color Dreams board.
- iNES Mapper 015 (100-in-1 Contra Function 16)
- SNROM (Forbidden Four)
Homebrew
After the NES's commercial era, some homebrew games were released in limited quantities on multicarts.
- 2-in-1 Geminim/Siamond
- Garage Cart series
- Action 53, a work in progress originally using a BxROM compatible board
- STREEMERZ: Action 53 Function 16 Volume One
