http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=189047 2019-10-20T03:19:50 -05.00 scaryice 4 Originally posted by: Tulpa

Interesting.

I think it makes sense. Namco expected people to store them stacked vertically, with the front label facing up, and the top label would be oriented correctly and you can see what game it is in a stack.

But I think a lot of people thought it should go the other way. Whether they were looking at how it looks inserted in a Famicom or they were wanting it to match how Konami carts were, most ended up upside down.

I have two Namco carts with top labels. Both are upside down.
One thing I just realized is that Galaxian, Namco's first release in 1984, was the first Famicom game to have a top label of any kind. That's an interesting theory on why they chose that. Konami started releasing games a year later and they chose the other way. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=189047 2019-10-18T13:36:39 -05.00 scaryice 4 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=189047 2019-10-18T09:22:31 -05.00 scaryice 4
I think it makes sense. Namco expected people to store them stacked vertically, with the front label facing up, and the top label would be oriented correctly and you can see what game it is in a stack.

But I think a lot of people thought it should go the other way. Whether they were looking at how it looks inserted in a Famicom or they were wanting it to match how Konami carts were, most ended up upside down.

I have two Namco carts with top labels. Both are upside down. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=189047 2019-10-18T07:30:07 -05.00 scaryice 4
I had some fun researching this, check it out! ]]>