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Pack-in games are those games that have been included with home video game systems, as gratuity.

Especially common in the North American market, ideally a pack-in is a system-selling game that makes good use of the positive features of a given system, to make a good impression on the consumer.

Sometimes a pack-in game will be changed to a more popular game, or another game will be added, along with the original pack-in, if it is perceived that a newer game will sell more systems.

Pack-ins are often the most plentiful games at used game shops.

In the case of Super NES, Super Mario All-Stars was added as a free mail-in offer. Other systems have included pack-in games on a built-in chip, such as Solitaire for Game.com.

This list is to be considered a work-in-progress, and does not include dedicated consoles. It includes various pack-ins that were issued in the time a system was on the market in North America, and in some cases they were also released with only one or none of the games, at various times, or in various value packs.

• Atari 2600 (VCS)— Combat, Pac-Man
• Atari 5200— Super Break-out, Pac-Man
• Atari 7800— Pole Position II
• ColecoVision— Donkey Kong
• Coleco Adam— Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
• Nintendo Entertainment System— Duck Hunt, Gyromite, Super Mario Bros., later Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (another bundle also included World Class Track Meet and a Power Pad), Super Mario Bros. 3
• Sega Master System— Hang-On/Safari Hunt, Hang-On/Astro Warriors, Hang On/Safari Hunt/Zaxxon 3-D, Alex Kidd in Miracle World
• Game Boy— Tetris, Killer Instinct
• Game Boy Advance— Pokémon Crystal, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (but only at Toys "R" Us.)
• TurboGrafx 16— Keith Courage in Alpha Zones
• Sega Genesis— Altered Beast, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Lion King
• Neo Geo— Magician Lord
• Game Gear— Columns, Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System— Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario World, Super Mario All Stars, Super Mario All Stars + Super Mario World, Mario Paint, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Killer Instinct, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
• TurboDuo— Ys book I & II, SuperCD disc with 4 games: Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge, Gate of Thunder and Bomberman, and an HuCard that was usually either Dungeon Explorer, Ninja Spirit, or Final Lap Twin, but could be another random game.
• Sega CD— Sol-Feace/Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective/Sega Classics (CD containing 4 games Revenge of Shinobi, Columns, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage all 6 games packed in one bundle)
• Windows 95— FreeCell, Minesweeper, Solitaire
• Nintendo 64— GoldenEye 007 (U.K. only), Donkey Kong 64,[1], Pokémon Stadium[2], Star Wars: Episode I Racer [3], Super Mario 64
• PlayStation— Battle Arena Toshinden, Ridge Racer, Gran Turismo
• Game.com— Lights Out
• Sega Dreamcast— NFL 2K/NBA 2K (double game bundle), Sonic Adventure/Sonic Adventure 2 pre-release demo/Sonic Shuffle (triple game bundle)
• Nintendo GameCube— The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Metroid Prime, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Smash Bros. Melee, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Resident Evil 4, Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
• Windows XP— Spider Solitaire, Solitaire, Pinball, Minesweeper, Hearts, Freecell, Internet Backgammon, Internet Checkers, Internet Hearts, Internet Reversi, Internet Spades
• Nintendo DS— Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, Mario Kart DS, Nintendogs, Animal Crossing Wild World, Super Mario 64 DS
• Xbox— Halo, Sega GT 2002, Jet Set Radio Future, Forza Motorsport, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space, Top Spin Tennis/NCAA Football 2005
• PlayStation 2— ATV Offroad Fury 2, Gran Turismo 3, Jak and Daxter
• Xbox 360— Hexic HD, Burnout Revenge(Only at Wal-Mart)
• Wii— Wii Sports
• Playstation Portable— ATV Offroad Fury Pro