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[[File:Mitsubishi Kirigamine BeeCard.jpg|thumb|128-[[kilobit]] BeeCard [[telephone card]] manufactured by [[Mitsubishi Plastics]].]] |
[[File:Mitsubishi Kirigamine BeeCard.jpg|thumb|128-[[kilobit]] BeeCard [[telephone card]] manufactured by [[Mitsubishi Plastics]].]] |
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A {{nihongo|'''Bee Card'''|ビーカード|Bī Kādo}} is a [[ROM cartridge]] developed by [[Hudson Soft]] as a [[software]] distribution medium for [[MSX]] computers. Bee Cards are approximately the size of a credit card, but thicker. Compared to most game cartridges, the Bee Card is small and compact. Because of the card's size, [[Atari Corporation]] also adopted it for the [[Atari Portfolio]], a [[handheld PC]] released in 1989. |
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Only a small number of MSX software titles were published on |
Only a small number of MSX software titles were published on Bee Card. In order to accept a Bee Card, the cartridge slot of the MSX had to be fitted with a removable adapter: the Hudson Soft BeePack. The first mass-produced Bee Cards, however, were [[EEPROM]] [[telephone card]]s manufactured by [[Mitsubishi Plastics]]; these were first sold in Japan in 1985.<ref>{{US patent|D305886}}</ref> The [[trade name]]s ''Bee Card'' and ''Bee Pack'' derive from Hudson Soft's corporate [[logo]], which features a cartoon [[bee]]. |
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==MSX software published on |
==MSX software published on Bee Card== |
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Hudson Soft and other [[software publisher]]s distributed at least nine MSX software titles on |
Hudson Soft and other [[software publisher]]s distributed at least nine MSX software titles on Bee Card:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.msx.org/wiki/BeePack |title=BeePack |website=MSX Resource Center |accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref> |
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==HuCard== |
==HuCard== |
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Hudson Soft later collaborated with [[NEC]] to develop a [[video game console]] called the [[PC Engine]]. The companies elected to use Hudson Soft's slim ROM cartridge technology to distribute PC Engine software. Hudson Soft adapted the design for their needs, and produced the [[HuCard]]. HuCards are slightly thicker than |
Hudson Soft later collaborated with [[NEC]] to develop a [[video game console]] called the [[PC Engine]]. The companies elected to use Hudson Soft's slim ROM cartridge technology to distribute PC Engine software. Hudson Soft adapted the design for their needs, and produced the [[HuCard]]. HuCards are slightly thicker than Bee Cards; also, whereas a Bee Card has 32 pins, a HuCard has 38. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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A Bee Card (ビーカード, Bī Kādo) is a ROM cartridge developed by Hudson Soft as a software distribution medium for MSX computers. Bee Cards are approximately the size of a credit card, but thicker. Compared to most game cartridges, the Bee Card is small and compact. Because of the card's size, Atari Corporation also adopted it for the Atari Portfolio, a handheld PC released in 1989.
Only a small number of MSX software titles were published on Bee Card. In order to accept a Bee Card, the cartridge slot of the MSX had to be fitted with a removable adapter: the Hudson Soft BeePack. The first mass-produced Bee Cards, however, were EEPROM telephone cards manufactured by Mitsubishi Plastics; these were first sold in Japan in 1985.[1] The trade names Bee Card and Bee Pack derive from Hudson Soft's corporate logo, which features a cartoon bee.
MSX software published on Bee Card
Hudson Soft and other software publishers distributed at least nine MSX software titles on Bee Card:[2]
Title | Catalog number | Publisher | Year |
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Baseball Craze | BC-M1 | Hudson Soft | 1985 |
Star Force | BC-M2 | Tehkan | 1985 |
Jet Set Willy | BC-M3 | Hudson Soft | 1985 |
T-Plan | BC-M4 | ? | ? |
Pooyan | BC-M5 | Konami | 1985 |
Bomberman | BC-M7 | Hudson Soft / Japanese Softbank | 1986 |
Star Soldier | BC-M8 | Hudson Soft | 1986 |
Champion Takahashi's Adventure Island | BC-M9 | Hudson Soft | 1986 |
E-Piano III | ? | ? | ? |
HuCard
Hudson Soft later collaborated with NEC to develop a video game console called the PC Engine. The companies elected to use Hudson Soft's slim ROM cartridge technology to distribute PC Engine software. Hudson Soft adapted the design for their needs, and produced the HuCard. HuCards are slightly thicker than Bee Cards; also, whereas a Bee Card has 32 pins, a HuCard has 38.
References
- ^ U.S. patent D305886
- ^ "BeePack". MSX Resource Center. Retrieved 30 December 2013.