Pack-in game
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Pack-in games are those games that have been included with home video game systems, as gratuity.
[edit] Characteristics
Especially common in the North American market, ideally a pack-in is a system-selling game that makes good use of the positive features of a given system, to make a good impression on the consumer.
Sometimes a pack-in game will be changed to a more popular game, or another game will be added, along with the original pack-in, if it is perceived that a newer game will sell more systems.
Pack-ins are often the most plentiful games at used game shops.
[edit] Alternate-format pack-ins
In the case of Super NES, Super Mario All-Stars was added as a free mail-in offer. Other systems have included pack-in games on a built-in chip, such as Solitaire for Game.com.
[edit] Pack-in games
This list is to be considered a work-in-progress, and does not include dedicated consoles. It includes various pack-ins that were issued in the time a system was on the market in North America, and in some cases they were also released with only one or none of the games, at various times, or in various value packs.
Atari 2600 (VCS)— Combat, Pac-Man
Atari 5200- Super Break-out, Pac-Man
Coleco Adam— Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
Nintendo Entertainment System— Duck Hunt, Gyromite, Super Mario Bros., later Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (another bundle also included World Class Track Meet and a Power Pad), Super Mario Bros. 3
Sega Master System— Hang-On/Safari Hunt, Hang-On/Astro Warriors, Hang On/Safari Hunt/Zaxxon 3-D, Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Game Boy— Tetris, Killer Instinct
Game Boy Advance— Pokémon Crystal, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (but only at Toys "R" Us.)
TurboGrafx 16— Keith Courage in Alpha Zones
Sega Genesis— Altered Beast, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Lion King
Game Gear— Columns, Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Super Nintendo Entertainment System— Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario World, Super Mario All Stars, Super Mario All Stars + Super Mario World, Mario Paint, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Killer Instinct
TurboDuo- Ys book I & II, SuperCD disc with 4 games: Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge, Gate of Thunder and Bomberman, and an HuCard that was usually either Dungeon Explorer, Ninja Spirit, or Final Lap Twin, but could be another random game.
Sega CD— Sol-Feace/Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective/Sega Classics (CD containing 4 games Revenge of Shinobi, Columns, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage all 6 games packed in one bundle)
Windows 95— FreeCell, Minesweeper, Solitaire
Nintendo 64— GoldenEye 007 (U.K. only), Donkey Kong 64,[1] Pokémon Stadium,[2] Star Wars: Episode I Racer [3]
PlayStation— Battle Arena Toshinden, Ridge Racer, Gran Turismo
Sega Dreamcast— NFL 2K/NBA 2K (double game bundle), Sonic Adventure/Sonic Adventure 2 pre-release demo/Sonic Shuffle (triple game bundle)
Nintendo GameCube— The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Metroid Prime, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Smash Bros. Melee
Nintendo DS— Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, Mario Kart DS, Nintendogs, Animal Crossing Wild World
Xbox— Halo, Sega GT 2002, Jet Set Radio Future, Forza Motorsport, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space
PlayStation 2— ATV Offroad Fury 2, Gran Turismo 3
XBOX 360- Hexic HD Burnout Revenge(Only at Wal-Mart)
[PSP]- ATV Offroad Fury Pro
