Rumble Pak
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The is a removable device from Nintendo
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 which provides force feedback while playing video games. Games that support the Rumble Pak cause it to vibrate in select situations, such as when firing a weapon or receiving damage, to immerse the player in the game. Versions of the Rumble Pak are available for the Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64
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, the Nintendo DS
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, and the Nintendo DS Lite
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The is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It is a slimmer, brighter, and more lightweight redesign of the Nintendo DS, designed to be aesthetically sleeker, while taking styling cues from the Game Boy Advance SP, and to appeal to broader commercial audiences...

. A select few Game Boy Color
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 and Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

 games use a similar technology built into the game cartridge. The use of external Rumble Paks, since their introduction, is still rare today. This, however, is mainly because the force feedback vibration that they provide has become a built-in standard feature in almost every home video game console controller since.

Nintendo 64

The original Rumble Pak, designed for the Nintendo 64 controller
Nintendo 64 controller
The Nintendo 64 controller is the standard game controller included with the Nintendo 64. Released by Nintendo in late 1996 in Japan and North America, and 1997 in Europe, it features ten buttons, one digital "Control Stick" and a directional pad, all laid out in a "M" shape.-Design:The controller...

, was released in April 1997 in Japan, July 1997 in North America, and October 1997 in Europe. It requires two AAA batteries
AAA battery
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 and is inserted into the controller's memory cartridge slot, which prevents simultaneous use of the Controller Pak. This usually has little impact, as Nintendo 64 games are cartridge based and have the ability to store saved data in the cartridge, but for games that support the Controller Pak, it is possible to switch between accessories at certain points, a method known as "hot swapping
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".

The Rumble Pak was introduced bundled with the game Star Fox 64
Star Fox 64
, known in Australia and Europe as Lylat Wars, is a scrolling shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is a reboot of the original Star Fox, and the only game in the Star Fox series to be released on the Nintendo 64....

 (known as Lylat Wars in the PAL region
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) and made available as a separate purchase two months later. Rumble Pak support soon became a standard for N64 games. Launch titles Wave Race 64
Wave Race 64
is a racing game for the Nintendo 64 that was released on September 27, 1996 in Japan and on November 5, 1996 in North America. In Wave Race 64 the player races on jet skis in many different weather conditions, on a variety of different courses. The game was sponsored by the Kawasaki Heavy...

 and Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64
is a platform game, published by Nintendo and developed by its EAD division, for the Nintendo 64. Along with Pilotwings 64, it was one of the launch titles for the console. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, and later in North America, Europe, and Australia. Super Mario 64 has sold over...

 were re-released in Japan in July 1997 with Rumble Pak support.

Several thirdparty versions of the Rumble Pak, such as the Tremor Pak
Tremor Pak
The Tremor Pak is a third-party version of the Nintendo 64's official Rumble Pak, a device designed to vibrate the N64 controller during selected games to enhance realism...

, followed. Some draw power from the controller instead of batteries, but the lower power makes them less effective. The TremorPak Plus allows a memory card to be inserted simultaneously, eliminating the need to switch between two accessories. The Nyko
Nyko
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 Hyper Pak Plus contains internal memory and allows the user to adjust the amount of feedback between "hard" and "too hard".

Reception

When reviewing Star Fox 64, IGN
IGN
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 praised the Rumble Pak, stating that it "adds an unusual burst of arcade ecstasy to the game".

IGN's Levi Buchanan wrote an 11th birthday article on the Nintendo 64's Rumble Pak, describing how its influence led to rumble being "an industry standard within a single generation". He said that it is bulky and heavy when attached to the Nintendo 64 controller, but that "[t]he trade-off was actually worth it".

More recently, in TWGNews's "Top 10 Controller Innovations" article, the Rumble Pak is listed as #8, saying "the Rumble Pak added a whole new level of immersion to the fifth generation of video games".

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  • NBA In The Zone '98
  • NBA In The Zone '99
  • NBA In The Zone 2000
  • NBA Jam 2000
    NBA Jam 2000
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  • NBA Live '99
  • NBA Live 2000
    NBA Live 2000
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  • NFL Blitz
    NFL Blitz
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  • NFL Blitz 2000
    NFL Blitz
    NFL Blitz is a series of American football themed video games by Midway featuring the teams of the National Football League. It began as a 1997 arcade game but was eventually ported to home consoles and spawned several sequels...

  • NFL Blitz 2001
    NFL Blitz
    NFL Blitz is a series of American football themed video games by Midway featuring the teams of the National Football League. It began as a 1997 arcade game but was eventually ported to home consoles and spawned several sequels...

  • NFL Blitz Special Edition
    NFL Blitz
    NFL Blitz is a series of American football themed video games by Midway featuring the teams of the National Football League. It began as a 1997 arcade game but was eventually ported to home consoles and spawned several sequels...

  • NFL Quarterback Club '98
    NFL Quarterback Club '98
    NFL Quarterback Club '98 is a football video game, released in November 1997. It was developed by Iguana Entertainment and published by Acclaim for the Nintendo 64.- Features :NFL Quarterback Club '98 contained numerous features:...

  • NFL Quarterback Club '99
    NFL Quarterback Club '99
    NFL Quarterback Club '99 released in November 1998, for Nintendo 64, is one of the first sports games to work with the Expansion Pak. The game featured all the NFL teams, replay past Super Bowls and history on the past Super Bowls. NFL Quarterback Club '99 delivers all 31 teams and 3D rendered...

  • NHL '99
  • NHL Blades of Steel '99
    NHL Blades of Steel '99
    NHL Blades of Steel '99 and NHL Pro 99 in Europe is an ice hockey game for the Nintendo 64, it was released in 1999. The game has Controller Pak and Rumble Pak support.-Features:* All 27 NHL teams including the expansion Nashville Predators....

  • NHL Breakaway '98
    NHL Breakaway '98
    NHL Breakaway '98 is a 1998 ice hockey game for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Microsoft Windows. The game also has Rumble Pak support for the Nintendo 64.-Features and gameplay:...

  • NHL Breakaway '99
    NHL Breakaway '99
    NHL Breakaway '99 is an ice hockey game for the Nintendo 64 and is a sequal to NHL Breakaway '98. It was released in 1998.- Features :The game features '98 did. A season mode, practice mode, playoff mode a an exhibition mode. It features all the NHL teams....

  • Nightmare Creatures
    Nightmare Creatures
    Nightmare Creatures is a survival horror video game released for the PlayStation and PC in 1997, and Nintendo 64 in 1998 as a North America exclusive. It was developed by Kalisto Entertainment and published by Activision.-Plot:...

  • Nuclear Strike 64
  • Off Road Challenge
    Off Road Challenge
    Off Road Challenge is a video game developed and published by Midway Games. This game originally released in 1997 for the Arcade using the Midway V Unit hardware. This game eventually released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998 developed by Avalanche Software and published by Midway Games...

  • Operation WinBack
  • Paper Mario
    Paper Mario
    Paper Mario, known in Japan as , is a role-playing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 game console. It was first released in Japan on August 11, 2000, in North America on February 5, 2001, and in Europe and Australia on October 5, 2001...

  • Paperboy 64
  • Perfect Dark
    Perfect Dark
    Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features...

  • Polaris SnoCross
    Polaris SnoCross
    Polaris SnoCross is a snocross snowmobile racing game for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Game Boy Color and later PC . It was released in 2000. It has some of the most famous snocrossers in the world....

  • Quake 64
  • Quake II
  • Rally Challenge 2000
    Rally Challenge 2000
    Rally Challenge 2000 is a racing game for the Nintendo 64, it was released in 2000.It had a Japan only predecessor that was released in 1999 as Rally '99, some minor graphic changes, English and title screen with the Year 2000, are among the few changes.Players can race on nine tracks:*Easy -...

  • Rampage 2: Universal Tour
    Rampage 2: Universal Tour
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  • Rampage World Tour
    Rampage World Tour
    Rampage World Tour is a video game released in 1997 and is the second game in the Rampage series.Up to three simultaneous players control the monsters George , Lizzie , or Ralph , created from humans who were mutated by experiments conducted at Scumlabs...

  • Razor Freestyle Scooter
    Razor Freestyle Scooter
    Razor Freestyle Scooter is an extreme sports game for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color. It was released in 2001.-Gameplay:...

  • Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
    Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
    Ready 2 Rumble Boxing is a boxing game for the Dreamcast, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, and Nintendo 64 and it was released in 1999 by Midway. The success of the Dreamcast version led to it becoming one of the few Sega All Stars titles....

  • Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2
  • Resident Evil 2
    Resident Evil 2
    Resident Evil 2, known as in Japan, is a survival horror video game originally released for the PlayStation in 1998. Developed by Capcom as the second installment in the Resident Evil series, its story takes place two months after the events of the first game, Resident Evil...

  • Re-Volt
    Re-Volt
    Re-Volt is a radio control car racing themed video game released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1999. It made appearances on the PlayStation, PC, Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast, with a spinoff: RC Revenge for PlayStation and a enhanced port called RC Revenge Pro for PlayStation 2...

  • Ridge Racer 64
    Ridge Racer 64
    Ridge Racer 64 is a racing game developed by Namco and Nintendo Software Technology for the Nintendo 64 in 2000. It features tracks from Ridge Racer and Ridge Racer Revolution and its very own set of desert tracks exclusive to the Nintendo 64....

  • Road Rash 64
  • Roadsters
    Roadsters
    Roadsters is a racing game that was released by Titus Software in 2000 for the Nintendo 64, Playstation, Sega Dreamcast and Gameboy Color. It is a car racing game that features both licensed cars from manufacturers and unlicensed cars from imaginary manufacturers that are based and bare great...

  • Robotron 64
  • Rocket: Robot on Wheels
    Rocket: Robot on Wheels
    Rocket: Robot on Wheels is a video game for Nintendo 64, developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Ubisoft, released in 1999. In the game the player takes control over Rocket, the title robot, who despite the title has only one wheel. This was the first game developed by Sucker Punch...

  • Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt
    Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt
    Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt is an interactive board video game developed by Realtime Associates for the Nintendo 64. It was originally shown at THQ's booth in 1999 and was published that same year. The game is based on the animated television series Rugrats which aired on Nickelodeon from 1991 until 2004...

  • Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA
    Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA
    Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA is a racing video game developed by Atari Games and published by Midway Games for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was released on November 10, 1998 in North America, and February 10, 1999 in Europe....

  • S.C.A.R.S.
    S.C.A.R.S. (video game)
    S.C.A.R.S. is a racing video game featuring cars that are shaped like animals. It was released in 30 November 1998 for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and for Windows.-Gameplay:...

  • San Francisco Rush
  • San Francisco Rush 2049
    San Francisco Rush 2049
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  • Shadowman
    Shadow Man (video game)
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  • Snowboard Kids
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    Snowboard Kids, originally released in Japan as , is a snowboarding video game for the Nintendo 64. It was developed by Racdym and published by Atlus. The game features 10-year-old children who snowboard down various courses, not necessarily involving snow. Many reviewers compared its style to...

  • Snowboard Kids 2
    Snowboard Kids 2
    Snowboard Kids 2, released in Japan as , is a snowboarding video game developed by Racdym and published by Atlus. But unlike the first game, It was not released in Europe. Even though, it wasn't released there, a PAL version still exists and that was released in Australia.-Plot:The game is set in...


  • South Park Rally
    South Park Rally
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  • South Park
    South Park
    South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...

  • Space Invaders
  • Space Station Silicon Valley
    Space Station Silicon Valley
    Space Station Silicon Valley is a platform game released in October 1998 by Scottish developer DMA Design...

  • Spider-Man
    Spider-Man (2000 video game)
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  • Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth
    Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth
    Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth is a futuristic vertical scrolling shooter, released in 1998. It was developed by Hudson Soft, and is part of their Star Soldier series....

  • Star Wars Episode I Racer
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    Star Wars: Battle for Naboo
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  • Starcraft 64
  • Star Fox 64
    Star Fox 64
    , known in Australia and Europe as Lylat Wars, is a scrolling shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is a reboot of the original Star Fox, and the only game in the Star Fox series to be released on the Nintendo 64....

  • Stunt Racer 64
    Stunt Racer 64
    Stunt Racer 64 is a racing game for the Nintendo 64, developed by Boss Studios, and published by Midway for a North American release in 2000.-Features:Set in some unspecified time in the future, the gameplay includes more than simple racing...

  • Super Bowling
    Super Bowling
    Super Bowling is a video game for the Super NES and the Nintendo 64.-Summary:Four computer opponents are available, two female and two male...

  • Super Mario 64
    Super Mario 64
    is a platform game, published by Nintendo and developed by its EAD division, for the Nintendo 64. Along with Pilotwings 64, it was one of the launch titles for the console. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, and later in North America, Europe, and Australia. Super Mario 64 has sold over...

     (Japanese re-release)
  • Super Smash Bros
  • Supercross 2000
    Supercross 2000
    Supercross 2000 is a racing game for the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation based on the motorbike racing sport of supercross. It was released at the end of 1999 by EA Sports, and includes campaign and multiplayer modes, as well as a "free play" feature for practicing tricks, similar to many other trick...

  • Superman 64
    Superman 64
    Superman: The New Adventures, often referred to as Superman 64: The New Adventures or Superman 64, or simply just Superman, is an adventure video game that was first shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 1997 , released by Titus Software on May 31, 1999 on the Nintendo 64...

  • Tom & Jerry in Fists of Furry
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    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is a tactical shooter computer game and the first in the Rainbow Six series. It was developed and published by Red Storm Entertainment for the PC in 1998. It was later ported to Mac OS, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast and Game Boy Color. An expansion pack, Tom Clancy's...

  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
    -Reception:The game was very well-received by most critics, scoring an outstanding 92 on Metacritic based on 18 reviews for the PS1 version. IGN gave the N64 version of the game a 9.1 out of 10 praising the gameplay for "genius control, combo system and design" despite little criticism with sound...

  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, often abbreviated as THPS2, is the second game in the Tony Hawk's series. It was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision in 2000...

  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, often abbreviated to THPS3, is a skateboarding video game in the Tony Hawk's series. It was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision in 2001 for the Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation. In 2002, it was published for the...

  • Top Gear Hyper-Bike
    Top Gear Hyper-Bike
    Top Gear Hyper-Bike is a motorcycle racing game for the Nintendo 64, developed by Snowblind Studios and published by Kemco. It was released in 2000.-Reception:...

  • Top Gear Overdrive
    Top Gear OverDrive
    Top Gear Overdrive is a racing game released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64 and the sequel to Top Gear Rally. This game had support for high-resolution graphics if used with the Expansion Pak and featured music from a band known as Grindstone.-Gameplay:...

  • Top Gear Rally
    Top Gear Rally
    Top Gear Rally is a rally game for the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. The Game Boy Color version was released under the name Top Gear Pocket, although the European release uses the original name. It features five tracks. It has a feature that allows the user to give their virtual...

  • Top Gear Rally 2
    Top Gear Rally 2
    Top Gear Rally 2 is a racing game for the Nintendo 64. It was released in 2000, and is a sequel to Top Gear Rally. Like the original Rally, a related game was released for the Game Boy Color as Top Gear Pocket 2, then retitled Top Gear Rally 2 for its European release.-Gameplay:The game's objective...

  • Toy Story 2
    Toy Story 2
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  • Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals
    Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals
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  • Triple Play 2000
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  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
    Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
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  • Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion
    Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion
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  • Turok: Rage Wars
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  • Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding
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     (Japanese re-release)
  • WCW Backstage Assault
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  • WCW Mayhem
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  • WCW Nitro
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  • WCW vs. nWo: World Tour
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  • Wheel of Fortune
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  • Wipeout 64
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  • The World Is Not Enough
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  • WWF Attitude
    WWF Attitude
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  • WWF No Mercy
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  • WWF War Zone
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  • WWF Wrestlemania 2000
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Nintendo DS

The Rumble Pak for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

 is an official DS Option Pak shaped like a Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
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 cartridge and is designed to be inserted in the system's Game Boy Advance game slot (SLOT-2). It was the first Nintendo DS accessory to utilize the slot. In North America, it was first made available bundled with Metroid Prime Pinball
Metroid Prime Pinball
Metroid Prime Pinball is a pinball video game themed after the Metroid series. The game uses the graphical style and various story elements from Metroid Prime. It was developed by Fuse Games for the Nintendo DS handheld game console, and released by Nintendo in North America and Australia in 2005,...

, but is now available through other promotions or as a stand-alone purchase from Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

's online store. The accessory was released differently in Europe due to a delay of Metroid Prime Pinball in that region. Various DS games supporting the Rumble Pak (Metroid Prime Hunters, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, and 42 All-Time Classics
Clubhouse Games
Clubhouse Games, known in Europe as 42 All-Time Classics and in Japan as , is a compilation video game consisting of card, board, and parlor games developed by Agenda and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console...

) had been released in Europe before the accessory was available. The accessory was eventually released as a pack-in with the game Actionloop
Magnetica
Magnetica is a puzzle game for the Nintendo DS, released as part of the Touch! Generations series. The game was developed by Mitchell Corporation and published by Nintendo, and is based on Mitchell's 1998 arcade game Puzz Loop.The game was first revealed at Nintendo Japan's 2006 Conference...

 in the UK.

Although the Rumble Pak works with both the Nintendo DS and the redesigned Nintendo DS Lite, it protrudes from the Nintendo DS Lite when inserted, as do Game Boy Advance cartridges, because of the Nintendo DS Lite's smaller size. For this reason, a smaller version of the Rumble Pak is available in Japan, which is flush with the system when inserted. It was initially available in just black, but other colors produced by unlicensed accessory manufacturer eWin, such as white (see picture), have been released. Other color variations been released by eWin.

Some flash cartridges for the Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance flash cartridge
A Game Boy Advance flash cartridge is one of several cartridges containing flash memory that have been developed for use in the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. These cartridges enable homebrew applications and games to be used on a GBA. The capacity of the cartridges ranges from 64 Mbit up to 8 Gbit...

 (SLOT-2 flash cartridges) have a built-in rumble feature that, when used in tandem with a SLOT-1 flash card on a Nintendo DS can provide rumble as if it were an ordinary rumble pak.

The Nintendo DS Rumble Pak is incompatible with the Nintendo DSi
Nintendo DSi
The is a handheld game system created by Nintendo and launched in 2008 and 2009 in Japan, North America, PAL territories, and other regions. It is the third iteration of the Nintendo DS, and its primary market rival is Sony's PlayStation Portable...

 and Nintendo DSi XL, as both consoles lack a SLOT-2. However, none of the games supporting the Rumble Pak require it for proper operation of the game, meaning that the games themselves are still compatible with DSi (some software titles, such as Nintendo DS Browser
Nintendo DS Browser
The Nintendo DS Browser is a version of the Opera web browser for use on the Nintendo DS, developed by Opera Software and Nintendo. The Nintendo DS Browser comes in separate versions for the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo DS Lite; this is due to differing physical size requirements for the memory...

 and Guitar Hero: On Tour, have SLOT-2 peripherals that are required for operation, and are hence incompatible with DSi and DSi XL, although the former already has an alternative version made specifically for the Nintendo DSi and later consoles). Despite Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL's lack of SLOT-2, some Nintendo DS titles released post Nintendo DSi's introduction continue supporting the Rumble Pak accessory, mainly due to the fact the Nintendo DS Lite console is still being sold concurrently to the Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL.

Reception

The Nintendo DS Rumble Pak was initially met with harsh criticism as reviewers pointed out the limited number of games compatible with the card (at the time only four were compatible). Reviewers also pointed out the annoying "squealing noise" or "electronic chirp" that the device made when 'rumbling'. IGN stated that "Good thing it's free, because at this point we wouldn't bother buying it as an extra." as they felt it was "broken".

List of compatible games

This is the currently known list of Nintendo DS games (in alphabetical order) that support the Nintendo DS Rumble Pak. None of them require the Rumble Pak. Even if inserted, most games will require the feature to be enabled in their respective options menus before the Rumble Pak will be enabled.

  • Air Traffic Chaos
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  • Akagawa Jirou Mystery: Yasoukyoku
  • Animal Boxing
    Animal Boxing
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  • Bomberman 2 (Custom Battler Bomberman in Japan)
  • Club House Games (42 All-Time Classics in Europe)
  • Custom Robo Arena
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  • Diddy Kong Racing DS
  • Dirt 2
  • Elite Beat Agents
    Elite Beat Agents
    Elite Beat Agents is a music video game developed by iNiS and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It was first released in North America, and has since been released in Europe and South Korea . It is the spiritual sequel to Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, a Japanese rhythm game...

  • Ferrari Challenge
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  • GRID
    Race Driver: GRID
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  • Hotel Dusk: Room 215
    Hotel Dusk: Room 215
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  • Higurashi no Naku koro ni Kizuna: Dai-Ichi-Kan - Tatari
    Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
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Game Boy Color games with built-in rumble

There were several games for Game Boy Color that supported rumble. Since the Game Boy Color hardware did not include native force feedback and had no extra slot for a separate peripheral, all games supporting this feature had it built into the game cartridge itself. These games that had this feature required an extra AAA battery (on top of the 2 AA batteries
AA battery
An AA battery is a standard size of battery. Batteries of this size are the most commonly used type of in portable electronic devices. An AA battery is composed of a single electrochemical cell...

 required to power to the Game Boy Color) that is inserted into the cartridge to power the vibrating motor. These games include:
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  • Hole in One Golf
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  • Polaris SnoCross
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Game Boy Advance games with built-in rumble

The major difference between the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games with rumble (apart from being for different systems) is that the Game Boy Advance games draw power directly from the Game Boy Advance itself and do not require an external power source. There are only two Game Boy Advance games with built-in rumble: Drill Dozer
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is an action platformer game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance system, released in 2005 in Japan, and in 2006 in North America. It features a built-in rumble pack.- Story :...

 and WarioWare: Twisted!
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, the latter being a motion detecting game that 'rumbled' slightly when the game was tilted through use of a piezoelectric gyroscope
Vibrating structure gyroscope
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.
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