The funny thing about NES carts as that the inside is mostly empty space in most cases. I like the Famicom cartridge type look. Smaller and many color variations on the plastic.
I remember walking into Prange Way and seeing the NES setup with ROB on the jewelry counter. It wasn't on, it was just being displayed. I don't know if it was real or just a display unit. It was probably a "coming soon" deal. At the time, I was gaming and programing on a C128, and wasn't paying much attention to game consoles. I think one thing that made the NES special for me, was that, at the time before launch, you'd see those Play Choice 10 or Nintendo versus machines in the arcades and 7-11's, so, even before the console launch, I was already familiar with at least Super Mario Bros and Excitebike, and when people started actually getting the game console, it was incredible, because the only difference in the graphics between the arcade machines and the home versions, was just the screen being turned horizontal at home instead of vertical. It was really the first time an arcade game came home.
