Rick Dangerous Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) What are the weirdest or coolest looking cartridges in your collection? For me personally I love my bright yellow 8 bit Wizard of Wor cart. I have always loved the clear Jag carts as well. What are your favorites? What are some carts you just love, regardless whether others might find them to be pretty normal? There are some Nintendo carts I love but they are in storage right now so may have to revisit this at some point.. Looking forward to seeing some fun carts!! Edited January 22, 2016 by travistouchdown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Black_Tiger Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I have TG-16 and PCE versions of the glow-in-the dark blue Atlantean HuCard. I also have a custom PC Genjin 3 game card made for Korean arcades. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) Magicard (2600) - it's an elongated bare boardCosmic Swarm (2600) Cosmic Corridor (2600) Threshold (2600) - orange cart Xonox Double-Enders (2600) - 'nuff saidLondon Blitz, Wall Ball (2600) - Avalon Hill carts have this sort of ridged corduroy texture all over themPitfall, Big Bird ABC (2600) - Taiwan Cooper Stubbies (they're almost half the height of a standard-sized 2600 cart)Miner 2049er (5200) - red card, gold foil labelSamurai Shodown 2 (NeoGeo) - it's a NeoGeo cart Defender, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Picnic Paranoia, Centipede (TI-99/4a) - odd shape, like C64 Atarisoft carts fused to a dongle that will fit in a TI cart portAnything for Channel F - big yellow 8-track-looking thingsAnything for Odyssey 2 (except Imagic carts) - they all have handles Edited January 23, 2016 by BassGuitari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 My blue NWC 1990 cart just because it's BLUE Famicom, so many different colors it'd be popular with austic kids. Gold label Lynx cart with Blue Lightning demo. ok not weird but not common either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 My coolest cart would be the Vs. Super Mario Bros. Reproduction cartridge I got a few years back from retrousb.com. It is the arcade version of the game which is different than the NES version. The cart is crystal clear and you can see the rom board. Plus it has the dip switches to set the amount of lives, continues, timer speed, and coins for a 1-Up. Sadly they discontinued the Vs. Reproduction carts. I hope they start doing so again. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lentzquest Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Honestly I gotta go with R-Zone cartridges. The games are utter garbage but the carts themselves are super cool. I love that you can't see the LCDs on the screen when just looking at it with the naked eye. They're the gaming equivalent of currency coins that have the holes in the middle. I Also really enjoy the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge. Anything that has hatches or storage compartments is definitely fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 My coolest cart would be the Vs. Super Mario Bros. Reproduction cartridge I got a few years back from retrousb.com. It is the arcade version of the game which is different than the NES version. The cart is crystal clear and you can see the rom board. Plus it has the dip switches to set the amount of lives, continues, timer speed, and coins for a 1-Up. Sadly they discontinued the Vs. Reproduction carts. I hope they start doing so again. 20160123_215040_HDR.jpg Right on. VS [shoot the dog] Duck Hunt is my personal fav though. The ramped up difficulty also makes it feel not so much like a kiddie game. Once I got to level 38 on Clay Shooting with the original NES port and game play quickly got boring after that. The VS game alternates Ducks on the odd rounds; Clay pigeons on the even rounds. On Normal and Extreme difficulty setting, rounds 5, 6, 11, and 12 you have three ducks to shoot with only three bullets! Any NES homebrew / repro game in a translucent shell from RetroUSB or elsewhere. Tengen black releases with their large print labels. Color Dreams / Wisdom Tree blue shells. Gold Zeldas. Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble translucent pink Game Boy Color cartridge. Men-A-Vision Air Raid. No I don't own one, but they look freakking awesome! Double Enders. The rainbow of Famicom carts if you're into imports. Also if you count the cool packaging, any Famicom Mini series import GBA game with the package within a package, also series 1-20 with two-toned white / burgundy carts. I have the SMB2j game. The Disk releases (21-30) are in solid yellow however, and contain an Easter Egg that lets you watch the FDS demo by holding A+B on startup. Atlantean PCe/Turbo homebrew. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Here's a few. Edited January 25, 2016 by darthkur 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey.shake Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I love my Famicom games, because they're like multicolored little candies. And among them, the green translucent Salamander cart is probably the coolest. But I've gotta say that my standalone copy of Chuck Norris Superkicks wins. Its giant, weird shape worked in my favor when the store thought it was a 5200 cart by mistake ($4.99!). It won't fit into ANY of the storage containers I own that have slots or predetermined spaces for games -- it's too big. This would be a pain, if it weren't CHUCK NORRIS SUPERKICKS. "Too big for your puny storage setup", that's more like it. (Kaboom pictured for scale.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Few more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Right on. VS [shoot the dog] Duck Hunt is my personal fav though. The ramped up difficulty also makes it feel not so much like a kiddie game. Once I got to level 38 on Clay Shooting with the original NES port and game play quickly got boring after that. The VS game alternates Ducks on the odd rounds; Clay pigeons on the even rounds. On Normal and Extreme difficulty setting, rounds 5, 6, 11, and 12 you have three ducks to shoot with only three bullets! Any NES homebrew / repro game in a translucent shell from RetroUSB or elsewhere. Tengen black releases with their large print labels. Color Dreams / Wisdom Tree blue shells. Gold Zeldas. Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble translucent pink Game Boy Color cartridge. Men-A-Vision Air Raid. No I don't own one, but they look freakking awesome! Double Enders. The rainbow of Famicom carts if you're into imports. Also if you count the cool packaging, any Famicom Mini series import GBA game with the package within a package, also series 1-20 with two-toned white / burgundy carts. I have the SMB2j game. The Disk releases (21-30) are in solid yellow however, and contain an Easter Egg that lets you watch the FDS demo by holding A+B on startup. Atlantean PCe/Turbo homebrew. I used to have that kirby also. Sold it on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I used to have that kirby also. Sold it on ebay. I tracked down a horizontal GBA after my Game Boy Color bit the dust, just so I could continue playing this game. It is technically playable on an SP, but tilt controls are inverted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I always thought this was a nice solution for the few games that allowed four players. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoTurboManiac Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I definitely have to go with the Xonox Double Enders for the Atari 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I always thought this was a nice solution for the few games that allowed four players. I have the first Micro Machines for Genesis. I always wondered about those extra controller ports on the J-cart sequel. Given how sensitive cart ports are to vibration, plugging in two controllers into the cart might crash the game if it gets tugged. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Oh yeah Sonic & Knuckles lock on technology and Aladdin Deck Enhancer. Very few game cart has pass through connector for addition data or game program. Anyone know what would happen if you tried to stack on oh about 20 Sonic & Knuckles together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoshiChiri Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I gotta go with Fairchild Channel F carts, big, yellow, funky patterned numbers on the label- it's like they're made of condensed School House Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Oh yeah Sonic & Knuckles lock on technology and Aladdin Deck Enhancer. Very few game cart has pass through connector for addition data or game program. Anyone know what would happen if you tried to stack on oh about 20 Sonic & Knuckles together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Hands down has to be the Coleco telstar arcade carts.... I mean come on, chrome triangles!! That's just bad ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Oh yeah Sonic & Knuckles lock on technology and Aladdin Deck Enhancer. Very few game cart has pass through connector for addition data or game program. Anyone know what would happen if you tried to stack on oh about 20 Sonic & Knuckles together? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I know this will never work in a million years, but I gotta ask: How do you get back to plugging in Genesis carts into the Power Base converter? SMS has a totally different pinout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 probably why they used the cleaning cart, its just plastic with a wipe wrapped around it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I've got this weird blue cartridge with a T shaped handle and space ships and stuff.... Just kidding of course... I wish I had one of those... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 oh yea I had one of those, chucked in the garbage cause the game sucked 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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