Family Computer cartridge variations

While most companies manufactured their cartridges through Nintendo, some larger publishers manufactured their own. These variations gave their games a personality and brand unique to the publisher. Manufacturing away from Nintendo also gave these companies greater freedom in the content they could include on packaging, while smaller companies had to follow Nintendo's stricter content guidelines. Later in the Famicom's life, taller cartridges were introduced to fit more powerful co-processors and larger ROMs. Nintendo also pushed for a switch over to OEM manufacturing for more control over content being released, and contracts were changed to reflect this. Once the Super Famicom arrived, all cartridges were manufactured by Nintendo and standardized, with some having a port at the top for Satellaview functionality.

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List

Cartridge Type	Manufacturer	Description	Image
Ridged	Bandai	A standard-height cartridge with ridges on the sides. The top corners are rounded, and the Bandai wordmark is molded on the top edge. The back of the cartridge has the Bandai logo, the year of manufacture, and MADE IN JAPAN in a small box at the bottom. The majority of these cartridges have labels on the top.
Family Trainer	Bandai	Tall cartridges denoting games that use Bandai's Family Trainer accessory. These carts have "Family Trainer" stamped above the label and Bandai's logo stamped into the bottom right of the cart.
Famicom Jump	Bandai	Identical to the Family Trainer cartridges but with "Famicom Jump" stamped above the label instead. Used for Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden and Famicom Jump II: Saikyou no 7 Nin.
Datach	Bandai	Smaller carts designed to fit into the Datach Joint ROM System. They have long indents below the not-quite-rectangular label. They are more square in shape than normal Famicom cartridges.	File:Dragon Ball Z Gekitou Tenkaichi Budokai Datach Cartridge.jpg
Standard	Irem	Regular dimensions, small Irem logo stamped into the top.
LED	Irem	Earlier Irem cartridges include a power led at the top of the cartridge, below an Irem logo stamp. These carts also have a square hole on the left and are the same cream color as the original Famicom console.
Standard	Jaleco	Regular dimensions, Jaleco logo stamped into the top left.
Tall	Jaleco	Tall cartridges used for later releases, the stamped logo is much prominent on the top left and is the only Famicom cartridge variant to come with cartridge covers.
Standard	Konami	Regular height with a large end label. Ridges towards the top of the cartridge. Features a small hole on the left side with an unknown purpose.
Tall	Konami	Tall cartridges used for later releases. Features a frame around the box art with an imprinted Konami logo	File:Lagrange Point FC Cartridge.jpg
Q-Ta Adapter	Konami	Cartridge adapter for special Konami Q-Ta cartridges.	File:Konami Q-Ta Adapter FC Cartridge.jpg
Q-Ta Cartridge	Konami	Smaller cartridges for Konami's Q-Ta adapter. These are primarily edutainment games not targeted for a general market. The adapter provides common hardware for kanji support and a VRC5 mapper chip, a mapper unique to the Q-Ta adapter.
Standard	Namco	Standard cartridge used for early Namco releases. They have an end label with art specific to each game.	File:Pac-Man FC Cartridge.jpg
Tall Navy Blue	Namco	Tall cartridges used for later Namco releases.	File:Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti FC Cartridge.jpg
Standard	Nintendo	Standard cartridge used by Nintendo and third parties. Has 2 small, square holes at the top. Same dimensions as a cassette case.
Tall	Nintendo	Tall cartridge used by Nintendo and third parties. Meant to resemble NES Game Paks. All Koei games used this form factor.
Family BASIC	Nintendo	A unique tall cartridge design used for Family BASIC and Family BASIC V3. The back of the cartridge has a slot for two AA batteries which is used for the switch on the front to save program data directly onto the cartridge.
RAM Adapter	Nintendo	Contains RAM for the Famicom Disk System to communicate with the main unit, as well as some extra sound hardware. Required for the use of the Disk System.
Standard	Sunsoft	White cartridge with regular dimensions with the Sunsoft logo stamped prominently at the top of the cartridge. Features 2 small holes at the top like Nintendo's standard cartridges.
Black	Sunsoft	Later releases were made with black plastic instead of white.
Tall	Sunsoft	Tall round cartridge used for Nantettatte!! Baseball.	File:Nantettatte!! Baseball FC Cartridge.jpg
Standard	Taito	Standard height with ridges at the top. Features the old logo stamped into the top right. Used until 1988.
New	Taito	Used the new logo introduced in 1988. The bottom right of the label is taken out to place a stamped logo into the cartridge.
Arched	Taito	Taller variation with an arched top. Only used for 3 very late releases in 1993 which include Captain Saver, Bubble Bobble 2, and The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper!. The design of the cartridge looks similar to what would be later used for the Nintendo 64.