Best looking cartridge?

[MottZilla]

I took apart an American SNES cart the other day (Donkey Kong Country) and found that the board itself only took up about 1/3rd of the case. The rest is just plastic. It could have easily fit in a Genesis case.

Then you got a later Donkey Kong Country cartridge because the earlier ones the PCB takes up the entire cartridge. As the early ones have two mask roms rather than one.

I don't like how some cartridges have end labels and others don't. That was what was better about the US SNES cartridges than the SFC design. Sorry, I'll take the US design over the SFC any day just because of that. It forces you to look like a dumbass if you just have the carts stacked up or otherwise just so the top is seen. You have to do like the AVGN said in the video and just start pulling them out and looking, gee is this the game I want to play? I'm guessing that Nintendo did not feel like redesigning the cartridge that much for the N64 since all that was done I think was another dumb physical lockout. They should have put damned end labels on them.

I really do like the HuCards. Probably the coolest cartridges ever. After that I'm not sure really.

[DefectX11]

I did like the Jag carts- great feel to them, solid plastic. Plus the curved part on the top was not only functional for stacking, but also made them stand out.
HuCards too. Those were different, thats for sure.

[geluda]

My favourite carts are Neo Geo AES carts, then it's probably the US SNES carts, also Saturn 4MB carts are very sexy!

[AlecRob]

My three favorites are probably Atari 2600 carts, Genesis carts, and original gameboy carts, and DS carts.

DS carts remind me of HuCards but even smaller and cuter :)

[Bloodsack]

Who ever said HuCard is right. Their so cool. gaming card

[MSX]

Love the Neo Geo AES carts. They are big and you know you are holding arcade quality.

[stranno]

Odyssey 2. Love the boxes and the stickers on the cartridges

[Rabid Peanut-Butter]

32X carts. Nicely rounded and slick.

I too have always loved the design of the Sega 32X carts. I think they still look great today.

Classic Game Room loves them too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GaRiRrgPUY&noredirect=1

[soniccd123]

The Hu Cards are very cool, there's also thats Master System tiny game cards which i don't remenber the name.

And talking about cards, how do you guys store them? I have some Mega Drive cartridges without case, but i don't know how store them.

[Cyantist]

I don't like how some cartridges have end labels and others don't.

Something I left out when talking about the Pal SNES games.

Oh, you got to love this. No end labels on the cartridges. May I ask why? Here are the Genesis games. You can read them. You can see what they are. If I'm trying to pick out a game I could just visually scan my eyeballs across them without having to this: (taking out games one at a time) Oh, what's this? Oh, Virtua Fighter. What's this? Oh, Star Wars. What's this? Primal Rage. Same thing as Atari. Labeled, NOT labeled. Labeled, NOT labeled. Labeled, labeled, and NOT labeled. Even Nintendo's guilty of the same thing. If you labeled the older games, why can't you the same with the newer ones? Who came along and said, "Okay, we're going to have better graphics, better games, oh, those end labels gotta go." When did this idea of simple convenience become obsolete?!

[7Force]

I don't think any cart is really good looking. I'd probably pick Mega Drive carts as the best looking ones, or Neo Geo AES because they're in big boxes with cool art (the same reason why vinyls are cooler than CDs)

[ave]

Famicom - there were so many different kinds, it's absolutely amazing! For instance, Jaleco at some point had the crazy idea to provide dust protectors for their carts so it feels like you open a giant USB stick before you can insert the card Lol.

Then there are some cartridges that had LEDs!! Not sure if any other company but IREM did it though?


Mahsou's cartridge has a red LED in the middle to underline the demonic theme of the game! (aka Deadly Towers in USA)
Same goes for Spelunker.

Namco made shiny cartridges such as Super Xevious, Star Wars and Dragon Buster :)




I agree on Neo Geo AES as well. They really feel like you got your money's worth! But I don't prefer them aesthetically, so I wouldn't include them in the ranking.

HuCards are really nice, too, but not sure if we should call them cartridges? They are always just referred to as cards, same goes for Master System cards which shared almost exactly the same concept.
Apart from the Famicom, I actually really like NES cartridges. The label on the spine makes a loose collection look really, really nice on a shelf as far as loose carts are concerned.


And I'm sorry but I cannot understand the love for Super Famicom whatsoever. I hate the cartridge design, it's awful. They always wobble around on the shelf, you can't stack them, there are no spine labels like with the NES or US SNES carts, it's just horrible allaround. I never liked the console design either, never did. Too round, too boring.

[HEX1GON]

Shiny carts are awesome, you can see yourself in them, won't see that type of paintwork on anything today.

[Baseley09]

Probably agree with Famicom, a bucket of loose Famicom carts in their various colours is rad, proper video gamez.

Would choose Hu-Cards, but....they aint carts.

[Baseley09]

Probably agree with Famicom, a bucket of loose Famicom carts in their various colours is rad, proper video gamez.

Would choose Hu-Cards, but....they aint carts.

[BakuBaku]

I love the Super Famicom carts.

[Eviltaco64]

I'd say American NES cartridges, then non-American SNES cartridges.

In terms of durability, though, I'd say that N64 wins the battle.

[ave]

In terms of durability, though, I'd say that N64 wins the battle.

I think Nintendo carts in general are incredibly robust. I have yet to find a Famicom/SNES/N64/GB/GBA cart that wouldn't work, regardless of how shabby it looks. The N64 carts would probably survive a nuclear holocaust though.

[A. Snow]

I'll go with the HuCard as well. It isn't disk media so I'll count it as a cartridge.

[MottZilla]

I think Nintendo carts in general are incredibly robust. I have yet to find a Famicom/SNES/N64/GB/GBA cart that wouldn't work, regardless of how shabby it looks. The N64 carts would probably survive a nuclear holocaust though.

Really? I bought a Ninja Gaiden 3 cart that didn't work. Somehow multiple pcb traces on one side of the board where the plastic closes around the car edge got damaged and the only way I could get it working was by soldering wire to bridge where the traces had been damaged. It isn't Nintendo's fault. But game cartridges in general are fairly durable.