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Game backup device, a Common card
A game backup device, informally called a copier, is a device for backing up ROM data from a video game cartridge to a computer file called a ROM image and playing them back on the official hardware.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,000
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Game backup device quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Game backup device card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Game backup devices also make it possible to develop homebrew ______ on video game systems.
Answer
software. Game backup devices also make it possible to develop homebrew software on video game systems. From the Game backup device article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Shlomi Eldar. Shlomi Eldar 64 · Game backup device 61 · Rise Hall 58 · Scarbrough Building 55 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Recently flash cartridges, especially on the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS platforms, only support the latter function, they cannot be used for backing up ROM data.
- Game backup devices also make it possible to develop homebrew software on video game systems.
- Some can also backup save data.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Game backup device article was read about 6,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Game backup device
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Game backup device (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Evan-Amos, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
