I'm not sure we ever tried unplugging the cartridge from the device while inside the console, that sounds like it would have been a good idea. IIRC it was most

I'm not sure we ever tried unplugging the cartridge from the device while inside the console, that sounds like it would have been a good idea. IIRC it was mostly how the wedge on top pushed things down so the bundle would correctly be detected as completely inserted, eventually the Game Genie was pretty much required.