Pack-in game
A pack-in game is a game that is included with the purchase of a video game console.
Characteristics
Pack-in games are intended to be system-selling games that make good use of the positive features of a given system. 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-in games are often the most plentiful games at used game shops.
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.
Pack-in games
- Atari 2600 (VCS)— Combat, Pac-Man
- Atari 5200— Super Break-out, Pac-Man, Everlasting Worlds
- Atari 7800— Pole Position II
- Atari Lynx— California Games, Batman Returns, Shadow of the Beast
- Mattel Intellivision— Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack, Astrosmash
- ColecoVision— Donkey Kong
- Coleco Adam— Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
- Nintendo Entertainment System— 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 Warrior, Hang-On/Safari Hunt/Zaxxon 3-D, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Sonic the Hedgehog
- Game Boy— Tetris, Killer Instinct, Star Wars
- Game Boy Advance— Pokémon Crystal, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Toys "R" Us only)
- TurboGrafx 16— Keith Courage in Alpha Zones
- Sega Genesis— Altered Beast, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Lion King, Streets of Rage 2,Sonic the Hedgehog 2/NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles
- Neo Geo— Magician Lord
- 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, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- 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— Sewer Shark, 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)
- Sega CDX— Sonic CD & Ecco The Dolphin & Sega Classics (CD containing 4 games Revenge of Shinobi, Columns, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage all 6 games packed in one bundle)
- Virtual Boy—Mario's Tennis (North America only)
- Nintendo 64— GoldenEye 007 (U.K. only), Donkey Kong 64,[1] Pokémon Stadium,[2] Star Wars: Episode I Racer,[3] Super Mario 64
- PlayStation— Battle Arena Toshinden, Ridge Racer, Gran Turismo, "Demo Disc"
- Game.com— Lights Out
- 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, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Resident Evil 4, Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Nintendo DS— Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, Mario Kart DS, Nintendogs, Animal Crossing Wild World, Super Mario 64 DS, Brain Age 2, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
- Xbox— Halo/Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding, Sega GT 2002, Jet Set Radio Future, Forza Motorsport, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space, Top Spin Tennis/NCAA Football 2005
- PlayStation 2— ATV Offroad Fury 2, Gran Turismo 3, Jak and Daxter,"Demo Disc, Ratchet and Clank, Gran Turismo 4
- Xbox 360— Hexic HD, Burnout Revenge (Wal-Mart only), Gears of War (Australia only) In Canada: Project Gotham Racing 3, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (with Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Volume 1), Call of Duty 3 and Forza Motorsport 2, In Brazil: Project Gotham Racing 3, Perfect Dark Zero and Forza Motorsport 2.
- Kinect — Kinect Adventures.
- Wii— Wii Sports (until 2011)(except in Japan and South Korea), Wii Sports Resort (with Wii Sports) (as of 2009), New Super Mario Bros. Wii (with limited edition red console), Mario Kart Wii (as of 2011)
- PlayStation Portable— ATV Offroad Fury Pro, Daxter, LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
- PlayStation 3— Motorstorm (80 GB HDD), Spider-Man 3 (Blu-ray Movie)(40 GB HDD)
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