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human
ELI5:Why are the cartridges for NES and SNES games so big if they only have to fit a relatively small computer chip.

I saw people making the hard drive holders and was astonished.
gpt
It had to do with the Video Game Crash around the time the NES was released. To make the NES look more pleasing to the US, they turned the Famicom into an "Entertainment System" Much like a VCR or Cable Box. So in turn they made the Game Carts much bigger than needed to resemble something like a VHS Tape. This gave the US populous the illusion of holding something substantial and worth the money they put down for the thing. 

By the time the SNES came out, it was the Norm for carts like that, so it stuck. Even the N64 carts are bigger than needed.