Cartridge

A cartridge capable of connecting to a game apparatus by inserting the cartridge into a cartridge insertion slot of the game apparatus, the cartridge comprising:

• a first row of electrical contact points aligned in a first direction that is perpendicular to a second direction that the cartridge is configured to be inserted into the cartridge insertion slot;
• and
• a second row of electrical contact points aligned in the first direction and between the first row and an edge of the cartridge that is inserted into the cartridge insertion slot, wherein
• the first row of electrical contact points are part of, in order, a card detection terminal, a strobe signal terminal, a chip enable terminal, a first data input/output terminal, a first power supply terminal, a second data input/output terminal, a second power supply terminal, a third data input/output terminal, a fourth data input/output terminal, a ground terminal and a reset terminal,
• the second row of electrical contact points are part of, in order, the card detection terminal, a clock signal terminal, a fifth data input/output terminal, a sixth data input/output terminal, a seventh data input/output terminal and an eighth data input/output terminal,
• spacing between the electrical contact points is either a first distance or a second distance that is greater than the first distance and the spacing is, in order, the first distance, the second distance, the first distance, the second distance, the first distance, the second distance, the first distance, the second distance, the first distance and the first distance, and
• the electrical contact point in the first row and the electrical contact point in the second row that are both part of the card detection terminal are aligned in the second direction,
• the electrical contact point in the second row that is part of the clock signal terminal is aligned in the second direction with the electrical contact point in the first row that is part of the strobe signal terminal,
• the electrical contact point in the second row that is part of the fifth data input/output terminal is aligned in the second direction with the electrical contact point in the first row that is part of the first data input/output terminal,
• the electrical contact point in the second row that is part of the sixth data input/output terminal is aligned in the second direction with the electrical contact point in the first row that is part of the second data input/output terminal,
• the electrical contact point in the second row that is part of the seventh data input/output terminal is aligned in the second direction with the electrical contact point in the first row that is part of the third data input/output terminal, and
• the electrical contact point in the second row that is part of the eight data input/output terminal is aligned in the second direction with the electrical contact point in the first row that is part of the fourth data input/output terminal.