I can post the pictures again when I get home (if I remember). Scrub them with a Comet gel and soak them in a bleach/water concoction overnight.. that's what I did and they came out literally sparkling. I have recently heard that others have tried this on yellowed SNESes with no success. Bummer.

Stupid question: What's so cool about this system? What are the killer games?

It was the first CD based system.

As far as games.. mostly shooters, some anime style RPGs, mostly very Japanese games.

That's good enough for me :)

you could always go and get some plastic prep (and color if needed) from the auto paint store. it'd be 3m plastic prep what it does is eat away any dirt, old color, etc in plastic products so they can be brought back or repainted. great product i've used it on a lot of computer parts and if you do want to paint 3m has a plastic only paint that if you get the right color you would never be able to tell any difference, unless you're one of those cake on the paint people. :) just some info if you can't find any other way to clean it, these products do cost some $$$ for a normal sized spray can of the plastic prep its around $30