Personally, I don't think this looks that good. It's just a copy of how the physical hardware looks. People who have only used digital options will say this has character, but the character is just copying what people were already used to. It's interesting now because most people don't remember the physical versions, so this looks unique. Back then, the versions we now have would look more unique. It's all about perspective.
They did have skins though, so it could look like anything. That's one thing that's missing from a lot of modern software. You can't customize it.