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BalloonBattle05
01/28/22 10:44:24 AM
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Like how are multiple cartridges of a video game made?

do they create the coding once and slap it on every cartridge or do they rewrite the code on each cartridge from scratch?

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BuckVanHammer
01/28/22 10:45:22 AM
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it's already on your console. the dick and cart just unlock it...

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Jiek_Fafn
01/28/22 10:51:51 AM
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They print out the code on pieces of paper and feed it to a large bird. The bird then regurgitates it into a bin that is shaped like a baby bird. The contents are then pressed into disc/cartridge shape in an automated assembly line.

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SiO4
01/28/22 11:33:15 AM
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Very carefully

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BeesKnees
01/28/22 11:36:11 AM
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BalloonBattle05 posted...
do they create the coding once and slap it on every cartridge or do they rewrite the code on each cartridge from scratch?
bruh

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Turbam
01/28/22 11:37:51 AM
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Magic

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The Nintendo Master
01/28/22 11:40:48 AM
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They program the game and then upload it to the cartridge using a special USB-A to Cartridge adapter. In the old days, they used other types of ports besides USB-A, but you get the idea. Once that initial cartridge is made, it's known as the "mold cartridge". These sell for top dollar on ebay if you can find them. Once the game is uploaded to the mold cartridge, they put it into a special copier made by Xerox (yes, that Xerox), and punch in the number of copies they want to release. So for example, let's say they're doing a limited edition release based on preorders, maybe they just punch in 1000 and it produces 1000 copies. It takes a while to copy the mold cartridge, and sometimes they run out of materials, so that's usually what causes the delays. The actual game programming itself usually only takes about 6 months, and then the copying is where the real time comes in.

Same sort of deal for compact discs except they use a microscope to write the code onto the disc using microscopic tools (very slow manual process, adds about 6 more months to the release time frame) but once it's there, they just use the same type of Xerox copier to copy the games.

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Antifar
01/28/22 11:41:24 AM
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Very carefully

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CalosiaTana
01/28/22 11:45:32 AM
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Oompa loompas

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SiO4
01/28/22 6:47:16 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
see, when a daddy game cartridge and a mommy game cartridge love each other very much, they.........


Like in Sonic 3?

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HA4e
01/28/22 7:27:20 PM
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Every copy is personalized

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Feline_Heart
01/28/22 7:28:33 PM
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When a mommy cartridge and a daddy cartridge love each other very much

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Trumble
01/28/22 7:28:48 PM
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I can't tell you how they are made, but I can tell you it's very, VERY much not gluten-free.

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KFHEWUI
01/28/22 7:30:00 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ek2bKW22A

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Jagr_68
01/28/22 7:31:04 PM
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They have a dude pass the USB stick with a ROM file to another dude and burn 20 bluray discs at once using giant ass LG disc writer.

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Spidey5
01/28/22 7:32:14 PM
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When a mommy cartridge and a daddy cartridge love each other very much

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SiO4
01/28/22 11:24:33 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...

& Knuckles


Haha, fare!!

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