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Because ROM/flash/eeprom chip sizes are advertised as bits. It was clearer in a time where the definition of "byte" wasn't always exactly 8, and it stuck. The
by mid-kid 3y ago
Because ROM/flash/eeprom chip sizes are advertised as bits. It was clearer in a time where the definition of "byte" wasn't always exactly 8, and it stuck.
The size of a cartridge was never advertised to users, so it'd be quiet useless from a marketing perspective.
- Lammy 3y ago> The size of a cartridge was never advertised to users SNK did — “THE 100 MEGA SHOCK!”, “MAX 330 MEGA”, and “GIGA POWER”! <https://www.avid.wiki/The_100_Mega_Shock! https://www.avid.wiki/The_100_Mega_Shock!> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE4xlr_WLc4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE4xlr_WLc4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfN6HTKfVi8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfN6HTKfVi8
- pezezin 3y agoYes, all NeoGeo games have the size printed on the box, but I guess most people have never seen a physical NeoGeo cartridge. I think it was also quite common for Master System games, but not so much for other consoles.