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by RetroSpark 2026 days ago
The other replies describe the lack of coprocessors, but there is one way in which Mega Drive cartridges got more sophisticated over time - increased ROM capacity.

At launch, most games were around 512KB in size. By the end of the machine's lifespan 3MB was common and there were even some 4MB and 5MB games.