Game Storage Medium

Proprietary

The term "proprietary software" is often used to mean computer software which is, neither free or an open source. The term is commonly used in a narrower sense to describe software with restrictions on use or private modification, or with restrictions judged to be excessive on copying or publishing of modified or unmodified versions.

Flash Storage

Flash storage is a non-volatile storage which can be erased or deleted electrically an reprogrammed if wished. What is unique about flash storage is that there is no power needed in terms of storing files it is stored on a chip. It’s usually found in USB flash drives and memory cards which people use to save documents or media files on, using applications such as laptops, computers, mobile phones, digital cameras and audio players.


Various websites stated it has also gained popularity in video games console hardware. However, this is often used instead of EEPROM or battery- powered static RAM (SRAM) for game save data.
EEPROM stands for Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. A technology website explained that “EEPROM is like an EPROM chip since it can be written in or programmed more than once. Unlike the EPROM chip, however, an EEPROM chip need not be taken out of the computer or electronic device of which it is part when a new program or data needs to be written on it”
.. (2009). What Is EEPROM?. Available: http://www.tech-faq.com/eeprom.shtml. Last accessed 17 December 2009.

UMD

Is an optical disc medium, UMD stands for universal media disc, which has recently been produced for the PSP handheld games console and developed by Sony.

The primary application for UMD discs is as a storage medium for PSP games, although the format is also used for the storage of motion pictures, and to a lesser degree, television shows for playback on the PSP. The video is encoded in the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format, with the audio in ATRAC3plus.

Advantages

• Harder to make copies of the disc

• Small size and compact

• Copy Protection

• Magnetic tape/ case

Disadvantages

• Maybe more easily broken

• Memory (1.8) storage

• Not many formats

DVD

Nearly all computers in the last few years have added DVD/CD burners that support -R (read and write once) and -RW (read and re-write many times) disc burning. Lately, some Windows PC systems are adding internal Blu-ray Disc burners that support BD/DVD/CD-R/-RW, including Sony, Dell and Lenovo.