Famicom Cartridge shape variations
 
 
This is the standard Nintendo shape.
Same as above in black.
A Namco game.  Note the Namcot (Namco Home Enterntainment) logo and the    
unusual molding.  The top is flat and usually has a seperate sticker with the name    
of the cart.
A Konami game.  Roughly the same shape as the Namco cart above but without    
the top molding.  You can barely see it but there is a hole through the left side of    
the cart.  This is present on every Konami Famicom cart.  The top is flat and the    
sticker goes over the top with the name of the cart printed there.
A Jaleco cart.  Roughly the same shape as a standard Nintendo cart, but with side    
molding and company name on the upper part of the cart. The back sticker of    
Jaleco carts often has a brief summarary of how to play the game.
A Bandia cart.  Company name and rounded top as well as side molding. Top   
sticker often had the name of cartridge.
The Jetsons by Taito.  Notice the "futuristic" rounding of the cart top.
 

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