The most aesthetically pleasing cartridge size and shape

[DeathAdder]

Also, the range of colours of the Famicom carts is pretty cool.

[jimmbob]

I had a guess, but I'm still not sure if it's correct.

No it's right, great word. I can never spell achievement* properly.


*that's correct because Firefox spell checked it for me! lol.

[MattyD]

Not much love for the N64 here huh? I always thought they looked the most pleasing. The curved top took away that boxy feel of most older carts and complemented the shape of the machine very well.

[SuperDanX]

Tbh i dont have a favorite, but i thought it was worth mentioning that Metal gear on the gbc is very attractive as far as carts go. (its translusent, for those who dont know)

[Yakumo]

This has got to be the saddest thread ever yet I still can't resist reading it

Personally I like the SFC carts but my fave of all must be the Japanese MD carts or better still the oddly shaped Japanese Master System carts that came in 3 different type

rare silver cart (only 2 of these ever made with both being Tecmo games)


Standard gold cart


and the oldest Mark III model white carts


The most ugly carts without a shadow od a doubt are the NES carts. Bloody ugly just like the system.
Yakumo

[DeathAdder]

This has got to be the saddest thread ever yet I still can't resist reading it

Feel free to pinch the idea for future Retro Core episodes. I'll quote you a cheap royalties rate.

[JazzFunk]

The most ugly carts without a shadow od a doubt are the NES carts. Bloody ugly just like the system.
Yakumo

Totally agree. Have always despised the 'hollowness' of the NES and its games. Rather than try to fix it, I smashed a NES with a slightly dodgy cartridge port to bits with a hammer one Sunday afternoon in the mid-90's. Not the most fulfilling thing I've ever done, but still quite fun.

[Yakumo]

Feel free to pinch the idea for future Retro Core episodes. I'll quote you a cheap royalties rate.

I'll say I got the idea from cable TV Actually it would be nice to see hem all lined up. I could even add a few MSX, Loppi and other odd carts.

Totally agree. Have always despised the 'hollowness' of the NES and its games. Rather than try to fix it, I smashed a NES with a slightly dodgy cartridge port to bits with a hammer one Sunday afternoon in the mid-90's. Not the most fulfilling thing I've ever done, but still quite fun.

hey, that sounds like a good idea for a Retro Core experiment. Just a shame I can't get the grey shoe box over here.

Yakumo

[DeathAdder]

Loppi? Never heard of it. What's a loppi?

[wheelaa]

I think he means the Casio Loopy, the first console marketed exclusively at the fairer sex.

[DeathAdder]

Never heard of it, but I just did a yahoo image search. The console looks OK, but the boxes in which the carts came certainly do look a bit girly.

http://www.playright.dk/screens/casioloopy_clo_04.jpg

In keeping with the topic of this thread, the cart looks nothing to write home about to me.

[Yakumo]

I think he means the Casio Loopy, the first console marketed exclusively at the fairer sex.

Yeah, that's it. I always get that name wrong.

yakumo

[MattyD]

Tbh i dont have a favorite, but i thought it was worth mentioning that Metal gear on the gbc is very attractive as far as carts go. (its translusent, for those who dont know)

AFAIK all or nearly all GBC-only games came in clear cartridges. I have about a dozen and the only ones that aren't translucent are Zelda DX and Shadowgate Classic, which are both black (and, incedentally, both colour versions of existing games, which is probably why they don't qualify as GBC-only enough to be see-through). The see-through ones sure are purdy though

[crazymadone]

AFAIK all or nearly all GBC-only games came in clear cartridges. I have about a dozen and the only ones that aren't translucent are Zelda DX and Shadowgate Classic, which are both black (and, incedentally, both colour versions of existing games, which is probably why they don't qualify as GBC-only enough to be see-through). The see-through ones sure are purdy though

The ones that only worked on the GBC were the translucent ones, the ones that were enhanced for GBC, but stlll worked on the original GB were like the old carts just in different colours

[Blade Runner]

I like the Japanese Megadrive carts.