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The softer curved design of the PAL versions of these cartridges casings always appealed to me more than the chunky ones sold in the US. I never understood why
by beezlewax 6mo ago
The softer curved design of the PAL versions of these cartridges casings always appealed to me more than the chunky ones sold in the US.
I never understood why they were different though.
- rcfox 6mo agoCould be to highlight their incompatibility?
- Cpoll 6mo agoFun fact: Modding an NA SNES to play Japanese games is one step: use some needle-nose pliers to break off a small plastic tab in the cartridge slot.
- pezezin 6mo agoThe PAL SNES just reused the curved design of the original Japanese Super Famicom. I also find it way more appealing than the US version, but I grew up in Europe, so it is the one that I saw back in the day.
- wk_end 6mo agoFWIW I grew up with the North American design and I still find the JP/PAL design nicer.
- AussieWog93 6mo agoI'm the opposite. Grew up in Australia (with a 64, to be fair), love the US design. Our ones can't be stacked, and are missing top labels. A collector's nightmare!
- neuroelectron 6mo agoMarketing basically. They wanted the console to look more like video equipment and less like a toy. This concern was because of the video game crash of '83
- 10729287 6mo agoUS market was huge and US subsidiairies could impose their very own vision to HQ. It’s been the case for a lot of vg companies in those days. Check Capcom. Plus everything must look badass in the states, especially as the Genesis (Megadrive) was king back then there and looked way more mature.