<s>
The	O
Super	B-Device
Nintendo	I-Device
Entertainment	I-Device
System	I-Device
Game	I-Device
Pak	I-Device
is	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
default	O
ROM	B-Protocol
cartridge	I-Protocol
medium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
called	O
Game	B-Device
Pak	I-Device
in	O
most	O
Western	O
regions	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
parts	O
of	O
Latin	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
can	O
address	O
128Megabits	O
,	O
only	O
117.75Megabits	O
are	O
actually	O
available	O
for	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
largest	O
games	O
released	O
(	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Phantasia	I-Application
and	O
Star	B-Application
Ocean	I-Application
)	O
contain	O
48Megabits	O
of	O
ROM	O
data	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
smallest	O
games	O
contain	O
2Megabits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cartridges	B-Protocol
may	O
also	O
contain	O
battery-backed	O
SRAM	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
game	O
state	O
,	O
extra	O
working	O
RAM	O
,	O
custom	O
coprocessors	O
,	O
or	O
any	O
other	O
hardware	O
that	O
will	O
not	O
exceed	O
the	O
maximum	O
current	O
rating	O
of	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
overall	O
plan	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
,	O
rather	O
than	O
include	O
an	O
expensive	O
CPU	O
that	O
would	O
still	O
become	O
obsolete	O
in	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
hardware	O
designers	O
made	O
it	O
easy	O
to	O
interface	O
special	O
coprocessor	O
chips	O
to	O
the	O
console	O
(	O
just	O
like	O
the	O
MMC	O
chips	O
used	O
for	O
most	O
NES	O
games	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
most	O
often	O
characterized	O
by	O
16	O
additional	O
pins	O
on	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
card	O
edge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	O
FX	O
is	O
a	O
RISC	B-Architecture
CPU	O
designed	O
to	O
perform	O
functions	O
that	O
the	O
main	O
CPU	O
could	O
not	O
feasibly	O
do	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	O
fixed-point	O
digital	B-Architecture
signal	I-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
(	O
DSP	O
)	O
chip	O
allows	O
for	O
fast	O
vector-based	O
calculations	O
,	O
bitmap	O
conversions	O
,	O
both	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
coordinate	O
transformations	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
revisions	O
of	O
the	O
chip	O
exist	O
,	O
each	O
physically	O
identical	O
but	O
with	O
different	O
microcode	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
games	O
could	O
be	O
downloaded	O
for	O
a	O
fee	O
from	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
kiosks	I-Application
onto	O
special	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
containing	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
and	O
a	O
MegaChips	O
MX15001TFC	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
games	O
were	O
available	O
both	O
in	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
and	O
download	O
form	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
were	O
download	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
contain	O
other	O
enhancement	O
chips	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
created	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
a	O
single	O
company	O
in	O
a	O
few	O
games	O
;	O
the	O
only	O
limitations	O
are	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
itself	O
to	O
transfer	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
chip	O
and	O
the	O
current	O
limit	O
of	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
region	O
of	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Canada	O
,	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
locking	O
mechanism	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
console	O
is	O
only	O
present	O
in	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
locking	O
mechanism	O
was	O
removed	O
,	O
USA/Canada	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
were	O
redesigned	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
locking	O
mechanisms	O
in	O
older	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cartridges	B-Protocol
with	O
the	O
newer	O
design	O
started	O
appearing	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
date	O
of	O
production	O
,	O
some	O
games	O
are	O
available	O
with	O
both	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
All-Stars	I-Application
and	O
most	O
later	O
USA/Canada	O
releases	O
were	O
only	O
made	O
in	O
the	O
newer-design	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
