NES Cartridge Capacity

[XianXi]

As I recall, the largest SNES cart matched the size of Mario 64 on the N64 == 8 megabytes (64 megabits).

And the Neo had games 10 times that big.

[veronica_marsfan]

And the Neo had games 10 times that big.

80 megabytes?
Um. No.

Resident Evil 2 on the N64 is the largest cartridge ever made (it included prerecorded videos). It was 64 megabytes.

(The second largest carts were the N64 Zeldas - 32 megabytes each.)

[smork]

80 megabytes?
Um. No.

Resident Evil 2 on the N64 is the largest cartridge ever made (it included prerecorded videos). It was 64 megabytes.

(The second largest carts were the N64 Zeldas - 32 megabytes each.)

Wrong.

Here's a discussion from neo-geo.com (and I'm sure they are the authority on Neo cart sizes):
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/archiv...p?t-61197.html

Some of the later KOF games were over 100Mb (>800 Mbit). Alot of stuff on them there Neo carts.

[Gentlegamer]

Wrong.

Here's a discussion from neo-geo.com (and I'm sure they are the authority on Neo cart sizes):
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/archiv...p?t-61197.html

Some of the later KOF games were over 100Mb (>800 Mbit). Alot of stuff on them there Neo carts.

That thread shows that the amount of game data in N64 carts dwarfs that of Neo Geo carts.

[smork]

That thread shows that the amount of game data in N64 carts dwarfs that of Neo Geo carts.

The amount of game data isn't the issue -- the question at hand is about the size of the carts. And the fact is the capacity of some of the Neo carts is larger than the largest cart for any other system!

[veronica_marsfan]

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/archiv...p?t-61197.html

That thread states, "I think the capacity on the gamecube disc is around 350 megabytes." "no, gamecube discs are mini cds."

Clearly the people there have NO clue what they are talking about. In contrast, there are a slew of articles about how Resident Evil 2 is the world's largest (and most-expensive) cartridge. Unfortunately I don't have time to look them up right now, but google.com has plenty of links.

If you feel KOF2001 is bigger, just show me a copy of the ROM, which will say how large it is.

[dendawg]

That thread states, "I think the capacity on the gamecube disc is around 350 megabytes." "no, gamecube discs are mini cds."

Clearly the people there have NO clue what they are talking about. In contrast, there are a slew of articles about how Resident Evil 2 is the world's largest (and most-expensive) cartridge. Unfortunately I don't have time to look them up right now, but google.com has plenty of links.

If you feel KOF2001 is bigger, just show me a copy of the ROM, which will say how large it is.

The only thing that thread proves is that every village has an idiot. How can you base the credibility of that community on the basis of a few clueless comments? Those people know their Neo-Geo stuff. Period.

[Mr. Smashy]

If the information in Wikipedia is correct, Resident Evil 2 for the N64 is a 512-megabit cartridge. If the classic style insert for King of Fighters 2003 for the Neo-Geo AES is correct (which it is), it's a 716-megabit cart.

Saying that Resident Evil 2 is the world's largest cartridge is bad enough but saying that it's the most expensive is laughable.

[tom]

so that's KoF 2003 = 89 MB

Wasn't it funny in the early 90s when kids were impressed with Genesis carts boasting 8 Megs, not realising it's only 1 MB....
of course, in my days we were lucky to get a 16KB cart for our C-64 or XL


it's a shame, we never got to see a 100MB cart, as they are not making a comeback, so it seems.

[veronica_marsfan]

When I was college learning to be an engineer, one of the things my profs emphasized was: "Think. Does the answer you found make logical sense?"

In that same matter I ask the question: "Does it make logical sense that a 2D fighter (with no videos) uses more memory than a 3D Resident Evil 2 game with over an hour of MPEG2 video inside the cartridge?"

No.

And yet you claim it's an 89 megabyte cartridge.
Why on earth do they have 89 megabytes?
Are there videos included?

Also why is it 89 megabytes? That's a strange number... I'd expect a computer-compatible number like 96. This is most puzzling. [EDIT] [I just downloaded the KOF2002 rom; it was exactly 64 megabytes. So I suppose it's possible KOF2003 is larger.]