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extra_anchovy
02-23-2014, 07:04 PM
why is the standard NES reffered to as a toaster? for one I've never seen a toaster in which the bread goes in horizontally.
the REAL toaster is the PAL Super Nintendo. As a kid I would slam the eject button and the cartridge would come flying out just like a piece of toast when it pops out the toaster.
Can't do that with a standard NES or even an NTSC SNES. So next time you refer to a standard NES as a toaster, think what properties of that system merits that name.
Does it actually have some toaster-like qualities, or is it's affectionate nick-name not really based on anything other than people copying each other without thinking?
wiggyx
02-23-2014, 08:18 PM
Cool story, bra.
Rickstilwell1
02-23-2014, 08:43 PM
No the real toaster is the Pioneer Laseractive when a power surge fries your system's fuse and your Genesis game comes out of the module smelling like it's burnt. (but thankfully still works)
8-Bit Archeology
02-23-2014, 11:43 PM
My ntsc snes can shoot out a cart.
You must not be trying hard enough.
SparTonberry
02-24-2014, 12:19 AM
My ntsc snes can shoot out a cart.
You must not be trying hard enough.

I only have my original launch console and I don't want to test it, but I assume it would make a difference if you have the model with or without the cartridge lock feature (the latter supposedly replaced it with a feature to auto-power-off if you tried to remove the cart while the power is on).
Niku-Sama
02-24-2014, 12:37 AM
http://www.pixfans.com/imagenes/2012/05/nintendo_toaster-450x380.jpg
ApolloBoy
02-24-2014, 01:57 AM
Funny you mention that, because part of the reason why the American SNES looks the way it does was because Lance Barr thought the Super Famicom/PAL SNES design looked too much like a loaf of bread.
BlastProcessing402
02-28-2014, 05:09 PM
Maybe it was originally "toaster oven" and later people just got lazy and shortened it to toaster.

It is more similar to a toaster oven than a regular toaster.

Huh, never really thought about how non-toaster it was. Of course, I never saw why the SNES needed an eject button either. Not like the carts were any harder to get out without it than any other system.