Loaders
Video game concept
Software or hardware that loads games.
This is a container group; its children are:
| Bootloader | Typical of 1980s computers. A bootloader includes a minimal OS on the same media as the game. To play, one must (re)boot the system while the game's boot disk is in drive. | 1978 / 2016 | 169 games |
| Supercharger audio gameloader | Loads games that have been encoded to standard audio cassette tape into a 2600. Multiple tapes & loads during a game are possible so games can be huge | 1982 / 1983 | 12 games |