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Key · 09-08-2018, 11:00 AM

Design Choices For Games and Cartridges

Alongside the design choices for consoles and the like, I also want to bring up some examples of my favorite cartridge designs etc for video games either back in the day or even in current day. Honestly though, some of the most interesting style of game cartridges came out back in the day, specifically throughout the 90's. I know old style computers etc had some cartridges as well, but I don't know enough about this to really talk about them that much.

Let's get right to it though. The first one I'd like to talk about is Majora's Mask:

Both the image on the cartridge and the frame around it are awesome. It felt so cool owning a cartridge like this back in the day. I definitely had this game on display for a while back when I was borrowing games from friends. It's a cool cartridge. Always have loved the design choices.

Next on the list will be another Zelda game, but I'm using it as an example of the type of "cartridge" that this is.

I mean, not only is this a fantastic design for Wind Waker, it's also a great design in general. I really really loved the game disc style they went with for the Nintendo Gamecube. I think it was a smart idea to do so regardless, but the type of game disc is what made the Gamecube one of my all time favorite consoles. Idk. I just really like it. I wish they'd bring this style back, but they've gone back to sort of the small cartridge style. I don't dislike it by any means. I think the cartridge style for the Nintendo Switch is pretty neat. Definitely different.

Now, the final one on the list is not from a console, but from a hand held. I feel like it still counts because those still used game cartridges back in the day. Anyway, probably my all time favorite style of hand held cartridges would simply have to go to the original Game Boy / Game Boy Color cartridges. Specifically:

Back when I got my first copy of Pokemon Gold, I was just amazed by the amount of detail they put into this cartridge. It went so well that they managed to add a sparkle thing to it, and it really made the game look fantastic. Plus, I just love the image of Ho-Oh smack right in the middle. This is definitely one of my all time favorites, perhaps top 3 favorite cartridges. As a kid, it just felt so cool to grab the game out of the box and find that it's gold all around. Or silver if you got silver.

09-08-2018, 11:00 AM	#10 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Design Choices For Games and Cartridges Alongside the design choices for consoles and the like, I also want to bring up some examples of my favorite cartridge designs etc for video games either back in the day or even in current day. Honestly though, some of the most interesting style of game cartridges came out back in the day, specifically throughout the 90's. I know old style computers etc had some cartridges as well, but I don't know enough about this to really talk about them that much. Let's get right to it though. The first one I'd like to talk about is Majora's Mask: Both the image on the cartridge and the frame around it are awesome. It felt so cool owning a cartridge like this back in the day. I definitely had this game on display for a while back when I was borrowing games from friends. It's a cool cartridge. Always have loved the design choices. Next on the list will be another Zelda game, but I'm using it as an example of the type of "cartridge" that this is. I mean, not only is this a fantastic design for Wind Waker, it's also a great design in general. I really really loved the game disc style they went with for the Nintendo Gamecube. I think it was a smart idea to do so regardless, but the type of game disc is what made the Gamecube one of my all time favorite consoles. Idk. I just really like it. I wish they'd bring this style back, but they've gone back to sort of the small cartridge style. I don't dislike it by any means. I think the cartridge style for the Nintendo Switch is pretty neat. Definitely different. Now, the final one on the list is not from a console, but from a hand held. I feel like it still counts because those still used game cartridges back in the day. Anyway, probably my all time favorite style of hand held cartridges would simply have to go to the original Game Boy / Game Boy Color cartridges. Specifically: Back when I got my first copy of Pokemon Gold, I was just amazed by the amount of detail they put into this cartridge. It went so well that they managed to add a sparkle thing to it, and it really made the game look fantastic. Plus, I just love the image of Ho-Oh smack right in the middle. This is definitely one of my all time favorites, perhaps top 3 favorite cartridges. As a kid, it just felt so cool to grab the game out of the box and find that it's gold all around. Or silver if you got silver.