Mini Snes Cartridges

Sixteen-bit console cartridges, shrunk down and turned into keyrings: the squared-off shell, the ridged grip along the top edge, the recessed label panel on the face and the stepped lip where the cartridge met the slot in the machine. For anyone who grew up in the early nineties the shape alone does the work — this is the object you pushed into a console on a Saturday morning and blew into when it sulked. The download runs to several files rather than one, so it lends itself to printing a run and handing them round, or building up a small collection on a single ring. Beyond keys they suit bag charms, desk clutter, shelf displays alongside a retro console, and gifts for the friend whose old machine is still wired up behind the telly.