Media

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Media refers to the type of media that the game is produced on, and is entered into the "media" field in the GameInfoBox.

Contents 1 General rules 2 Specific list 2.1 Cartridge & ROM types 2.2 Cassette formats 2.3 Disc formats 2.4 Miscellaneous

General rules

• If the game comes on a cartridge, the media should be entered as: System-name-no-manufacturer cartridge - there are some exceptions, see below.
• CDs and DVDs must be entered as CD-ROM and DVD-ROM respectively.

Specific list

Media should be entered as one of the following list:

Cartridge & ROM types

• 2600 cartridge
• 5200 cartridge
• 7200 cartridge
• Discrete circuit (for arcade games without ROMs)
• DS game card
• Game Boy Advance cartridge
• Game Boy Colour cartridge
• Game Boy cartridge
• GX4000 cartridge
• HuCard
• Neo Geo Pocket Color cartridge
• Master System cartridge
• Mega Drive cartridge
• N64 cartridge
• NES cartridge
• ROM (for arcade games, primarily)
• SNES cartridge
• WonderSwan cartridge

Cassette formats

• Audio cassette (standard audio cassette style as used by Commodore 64/128 & Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the UK)
• Cassette (for generic cassette types)

Disc formats

• 3" disc
• 3.5" disc
• 5.25" floppy disc
• CD-ROM
• DVD-ROM
• GD-ROM (for Sega Dreamcast and some arcade games)
• Mini-DVD (for Nintendo GameCube games)
• UMD

Miscellaneous

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