What size art thou, fair game cartridge?

October 5, 2006 1:32 PM

For an artsy craft project, I need the HxWxD of game cartridges, from back in the start with Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision, etc. to today. Ideally, since I'd be ripping them apart, if I knew if they were screwed or rivited or glued, that would be helpful too. Can you help me?

Ideally, I want to know all of them. The more the merrier. Much appreciated!

posted by Kickstart70 to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

nes, snes and n64 cartridges use a security screw like this one. it seems to be out of stock right now but im sure you can find them else where, perhaps ebay. if you are looking to go into the portable world as well, nintendo uses different security screws on their handhelds. i have had good luck using the screw drivers that come with glasses repair kits when screwing around with my gba.
posted by phil at 2:06 PM on October 5, 2006

I misread your question earlier (I was having trouble understand HxWxD...) I can get the stats on the Super Nintendo if you want.
posted by inigo2 at 5:45 AM on October 6, 2006

A lot of the Atari 2600 and Intellivision games came in different shapes and sizes. Furthermore, with the 2600, some companites used screws while others didn't. It all depended on who made the cart. Unfortunately, I just unloaded most of my doubles for the 2600, but I can send you the main intellivision cart along with a few others carts for some systems (Sega Master System, Genesis, and maybe a few others) if you want. Go to my profile and send me an email...
posted by toddst at 10:15 AM on October 6, 2006