BeeCard
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A BeeCard is a memory card developed by Hudson Soft with the size of credit card totally aimed at the video game console market to distribute video games. A BeeCard contains an integrated circuit that is placed close to the connectors and protected by a thin plastic layer for protection. Compared to the more traditional cartridges used by almost every early game console system, the BeeCard is relatively small and compact. The first BeeCards were first sold in Japan in 1985 and were manufactured by Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
The only known system that used BeeCards was MSX and could only be used in combination with a BeePack, a special adapter with the size of a traditional MSX cartridgde which contains a slot on the top in which a BeeCard can be placed.
Later Hudson Soft developed the HuCard and used it for the NEC PC Engine and SuperGrafx game consoles. HuCards are slightly thicker than BeeCards and contain 38 pins while a BeeCard has only 32.
[edit] Trivia
The name BeeCard is derived from Hudson Softs corporate logo.
[edit] Games
Games released as BeeCard:
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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, unknown
- Pooyan, BC-M5, Konami, 1985
- Bomber Man, 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, unknown
