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Sometimes such games had some features removed because the most common size of [[Cartridge|cartridge]] used was only 128KB which only cartridge had less capacity compared to a 3" disk (178K with standard DATA format - the usable storage size. Later with later disc games had used around 210KB of usable storage 210K on each disc. Compare this , compared to 128KB used for most cartridge games) and in addition there was no way to store game state (i.e. the cartridge contained an EPROM and the ACID protection chip only, no EEPROM or RAM). It is worth noting that 256KB and 512KB (max capacity) can be used with cartridges but most used 128KB ROMs.

Some other cartridge games looked similar to almost the same as the CPC version, but did have use some enhancementsPlus features. Some examples:

*[[Crazy Cars 2 ( Cartridge )]]

*[[Fire and Forget 2 ( Cartridge )]]

*[[Operation Thunderbolt Klax (Cartridge)]] *[[Tintin On the Moon ( Cartridge )]]

*[[Crazy Cars 2 Operation Thunderbolt ( Cartridge )]] This was better than the direct ports.

Please visit their respective pages to read *[[Wild Streets (Cartridge)]]  This was still better than the direct ports, because it could give a more about these games"16bit version look". == Examples of games developed using lots of Plus features == *[[Pang (Cartridge)]]*[[Navy Seals (Cartridge)]]*[[Plotting (Cartridge)]]

It is easy nowadays a common feature to make a modify existing CPC games into "Almost Direct Disk to Cartridge Port" , just by using modifying the [[No$cart]] utility by [[Nocash]].  A number of unofficial cartridge games have been made this way and some have been even been sold colours in nice packaging and sold on Ebay (Iznogoud, Saboteur). It is nowadays game to use a common feature to modify existing CPC games to take advantage better choice of some plus features, mostly colours from the [[Plus]]'s bigger palette, but often these remain on disk.With [[No$cart]] these could be converted to cartridge and made into "Almost Direct Disk to Cartridge Port".

Most As most cartridges were the original games released from the GX4000 era so these ideas were , it was mostly applied to games. To apply this Now that the operation of the ACID protection chip is known, and the development of various homebrew cartridge hardware solutions may lead to utilities you would need Direct Disk to have drivers Cartridge Port applied to access disc/tape for storage, any kind of software or include the OS/firmware in your new cartridgegames that make fuller use of Plus features.