PC Engine flash cartridge question

[esteban]

So which is it, a cart or a card? 

It's a cartridge shaped like a credit card.  End of story.

I wholeheartedly agree.

[TurbografxKid]

There seems to be two camps here that have philosophical differences and can't find common ground. 

[esteban]

There seems to be two camps here that have philosophical differences and can't find common ground. 

Quite true. We have been really patient and gracious with the "pro-cartridge" evangelists, but it can be tough at times. One of these days, they will see the error of their thoughts.

[geise]

It's not a card or a cartridge.  It's an awesome piece of plastic that has memory on it, which lets you play kick as games!    

[Black Tiger]

Those are the same people who called HuCards "Turbochips". So which is it, a card or a chip?

You could be opening a major, major can of worms here black tiger...

But in all seriousness, TurboChips^TM is just a trademarked name that has nothing to do with the actual functionality of the game media. Clearly, the games are cards ("game cards"), which is why there is no such thing as a "system cart 3.0" for either turbografx or pcengine...

They also call CDs "ROM ROM's", but they're still the same medium as a CD.

[rag-time4]

Those are the same people who called HuCards "Turbochips". So which is it, a card or a chip?

You could be opening a major, major can of worms here black tiger...

But in all seriousness, TurboChips^TM is just a trademarked name that has nothing to do with the actual functionality of the game media. Clearly, the games are cards ("game cards"), which is why there is no such thing as a "system cart 3.0" for either turbografx or pcengine...

They also call CDs "ROM ROM's", but they're still the same medium as a CD.

This is a point I'm willing to concede. Even the Japanese Hudson girl you hear when you play a japanese game in a cd player says "CD-Rom disku desu", so "CD ROM-ROM" has about as much technical relevance as "Turbochip". Both are just marketing devices.

Quite creative marketing devices, I might add.

[BlackandBlue]

Maybe the Turbochip portion may be referring to the physical memory chip glued to the card.  If the were cartridges, they would have been called HuCartidges, duh! 

And don't go looking up the Wikipedia page and telling me it falls under cartridge, because if you look up HuCard (or even BeeCard), I count the word card in the description more than the word cartridge.  

[Necromancer]

Cartridge or card..... who gives a shit?  I calls 'em like I sees 'em - f*ckin' awesome.

[ceti alpha]

Cartridge or card..... who gives a shit?  I calls 'em like I sees 'em - f*ckin' awesome.

Sweet! I have 61 "f*ckin' awesomes" in my PCE collection! 

[esteban]

Those are the same people who called HuCards "Turbochips". So which is it, a card or a chip?

You could be opening a major, major can of worms here black tiger...

But in all seriousness, TurboChips^TM is just a trademarked name that has nothing to do with the actual functionality of the game media. Clearly, the games are cards ("game cards"), which is why there is no such thing as a "system cart 3.0" for either turbografx or pcengine...

They also call CDs "ROM ROM's", but they're still the same medium as a CD.

This is a point I'm willing to concede. Even the Japanese Hudson girl you hear when you play a japanese game in a cd player says "CD-Rom disku desu", so "CD ROM-ROM" has about as much technical relevance as "Turbochip". Both are just marketing devices.

Quite creative marketing devices, I might add.

Folks, you are missing the point.

All I have to say can be summed up as follows: CD-ROM²

Respect the power of exponents, especially when it comes to the PCE!

Math is fun, as Takahashi Meijin would always say.