Cartridges

[ClodBuster]

For myself, it's not only the carts themselves, but also the feeling of how well they can be inserted into the slot and ejected after playing. Thus, the SFC/PAL SNES carts are pure porn to me still to this day, and a gold standard for other consoles to match.

[bob]

It was like some kind of unwritten law in the video game world that US packaging had to be garbage in the 90s.

well, to be fair, packaging for the sake of packaging is just that...garbage.
i dont keep the boxes my kids fruit snacks come in.

[TR0N]

All ways like how the games for the famicom came in different shape and color.

[jtucci31]

That LaGrange cart alone (with you know, the sweet tunes packed inside) makes me want a Famicom/Twin.

I also like MVS carts, they're badass to hold and look pretty cool when lined up next to one another. I kind of want shockboxes but it's a bit of an investment when windygaming's sleeves are much cheaper and smaller

[SignOfZeta]

It was like some kind of unwritten law in the video game world that US packaging had to be garbage in the 90s.

well, to be fair, packaging for the sake of packaging is just that...garbage.
i dont keep the boxes my kids fruit snacks come in.

That must have been their philosophy too. Personally, the design of record sleeves, book covers, game cases, etc is very much a part of the same overall project as the software inside. If I want to play a game with Akira Toriyama art in it for 60 hours it stands to reason that I would like it to come in a nice durable box with Akira Toriyama on it too. Apparently you're ideologically opposed to that.

[csgx1]

It was like some kind of unwritten law in the video game world that US packaging had to be garbage in the 90s.

well, to be fair, packaging for the sake of packaging is just that...garbage.
i dont keep the boxes my kids fruit snacks come in.

I was curious so I searched fleabay for fruit snack boxes and surprisingly found some and were sold. Wtf, people are buying/collecting actual garbage.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1980S-SUNKIST-DINOSAURS-FRUIT-SNACKS-BOX-VERY-RARE-NICE-CONDITION-/182084742723

[wildfruit]

I wouldn't ever say that cardboard video game boxes were ever intended to be thrown away. It's not necessarily important to have it now on the second hand market, but when you're the first owner I don't really understand the mentality of throwing it away. It does serve more than aesthetics alone.

[ClodBuster]

European N64 and GBA cardboard boxes looked rather unpleasant to me when standing on the shelf. All the small warning and copyright text boxes near the games' logos and titles on all sides made it quite impossible to align them in any way that looked neat.

That's why I got rid of my N64 boxes eventually and stored the carts in a shoebox, may somebody else have fun with the cardboard.

[TheClash603]

It was like some kind of unwritten law in the video game world that US packaging had to be garbage in the 90s.

well, to be fair, packaging for the sake of packaging is just that...garbage.
i dont keep the boxes my kids fruit snacks come in.

I was curious so I searched fleabay for fruit snack boxes and surprisingly found some and were sold. Wtf, people are buying/collecting actual garbage.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1980S-SUNKIST-DINOSAURS-FRUIT-SNACKS-BOX-VERY-RARE-NICE-CONDITION-/182084742723

Quite a few of us on this forum (self included) own Timeball, which I would argue is worse than actual garbage, rotting food, sewage, etc.

[esteban]

TIMEBALL IS NOT A BAD PUZZLE GAME!

And the music is great.

I still like Clash, though, because I know he secretly enjoys Timeball.

[Black Tiger]

I wouldn't ever say that cardboard video game boxes were ever intended to be thrown away. It's not necessarily important to have it now on the second hand market, but when you're the first owner I don't really understand the mentality of throwing it away. It does serve more than aesthetics alone.

TG-16 cardboard boxes were superfluous and not intended to be used to house the games. Even after they later scrapped the jewel cases.

Collectards thanks their gods for this.

[xelement5x]

It was like some kind of unwritten law in the video game world that US packaging had to be garbage in the 90s.

well, to be fair, packaging for the sake of packaging is just that...garbage.
i dont keep the boxes my kids fruit snacks come in.

I was curious so I searched fleabay for fruit snack boxes and surprisingly found some and were sold. Wtf, people are buying/collecting actual garbage.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1980S-SUNKIST-DINOSAURS-FRUIT-SNACKS-BOX-VERY-RARE-NICE-CONDITION-/182084742723

You'd be surprised, there is apparently a decent community of people who collect cereal boxes as well. 

[SignOfZeta]

European N64 and GBA cardboard boxes looked rather unpleasant to me when standing on the shelf. All the small warning and copyright text boxes near the games' logos and titles on all sides made it quite impossible to align them in any way that looked neat.

That's why I got rid of my N64 boxes eventually and stored the carts in a shoebox, may somebody else have fun with the cardboard.

American N64 boxes are terrible too.

[TR0N]

That LaGrange cart alone (with you know, the sweet tunes packed inside) makes me want a Famicom/Twin.

I also like MVS carts, they're badass to hold and look pretty cool when lined up next to one another. I kind of want shockboxes but it's a bit of an investment when windygaming's sleeves are much cheaper and smaller

I have a complete copy of lagrange point myself the music is quite some thing.Still,need to find some one that can swap it's rom for the translated one.For the mvs shockboxes yeah there kind of pricey but they fit the games really well.Beside i like how fans have come up with there own inserts.

[cr8zykuban0]

aes carts cuz them thangs are huge! you can bop somebody in the head with em and kill em!

i also love the famicom carts and the variety of colors they came in.

i do like the shape of megadrive and super fami carts too.