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A VS. Balloon Fight machine

The Nintendo VS. System is an arcade machine using the same type of chips on the Play-Choice 10 used for competitive play. Almost all the games on the VS. System ran on identical hardware, with the notable exception that four special PPUs (video chips) were also made, each containing a different palette (each of which appears to arrange the colors completely randomly). Most boards could be switched to a new game simply by swapping the program ROMs, though the appropriate PPU would also have to be used - if not, the game would appear with incorrect colors. Several of the later VS. games employed further measures of protection by using special PPUs (Palette Processing Unit) which swapped pairs of I/O registers and/or returned special data from normally unimplemented regions of memory - attempts to run these games in other VS. systems would result in the game failing to even start. Some games had higher contrast and details the the original ones released on the NES. They lasted from 1987 to 1990. Nintendo did not support the VS. System for very long in Japan - it ended shipments for it there in the fall of 1985.[1][2]. Namco supported the VS. System in Japan for a couple years longer, putting some of their Famicom hits into arcades.

In 2017, Nintendo partnered with Hamster to release their classic VS. System games on the Nintendo Switch eShop as a part of Arcade Archives

List of Nintendo VS. System machines

Japan and North America

Release Game Title Ref.
1984 VS. Tennis [3][4]
1984 VS. Mahjong [3]
1984 VS. Baseball [5][4]
1984 VS. Wrecking Crew [6]
1984 VS. Pinball [7][4]
1984 VS. Stroke & Match Golf [7][4]
1984 VS. Balloon Fight [8]
1984 VS. Clu Clu Land [9]
1984 VS. Excitebike [9][4]
1984 VS. Urban Champion [10]
1985 VS. Ice Climber [11][4]
1985 VS. Raid on Bungeling Bay* [12]
1985 VS. Mach Rider [13][4]
1985 VS. Soccer [14][4]

North America only

Release Game Title Ref.
1984 VS. Ladies Golf [4]
1985 VS. Duck Hunt [4]
1985 VS. Hogan's Alley [4]
1986 VS. Super Mario Bros. [15]
1986 VS. Gumshoe [15]
1986 VS. Slalom* [16]
1986 VS. Gradius* [17]
1986 VS. The Goonies* [17]
1987 VS. Castlevania* [18]
1990 VS. Dr. Mario [19]

*:Third party franchise

References

  1. ↑ "Coin-Op "Super Mario" Will Ship To Overseas" (Game Machine, issue 279, page 24)
  2. ↑ "Super Mario Brothers creates stir in Japan" (Play Meter, volume 12, number 5, page 9)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "任天堂、プライベートショーで VSシステム発表同時に上下2画面の「パンチアウト」も" (Game Machine, issue 230, page 3)
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 "Vs. Challenge" flyer (Nintendo of America)
  5. ↑ "任天堂から「VS.ベースボール」で 本格野球プレー 2人が攻守に分かれ同時対戦、タイマー制採用" (Game Machine, issue 236, page 25)
  6. ↑ "2人が表と裏からハンマーで ビルの壁を壊す 任天堂から「VS.レッキングクルー」" (Game Machine, issue 242, page 21)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "任天堂から「ゴルフ」と「ピンボール」 2ゲーム一体に 新型キャビネット「MDシステム」で" (Game Machine, issue 243, page 25)
  8. ↑ "ボタンで浮き上がり上部から 敵の風船を割る 任天堂から「VS.バルーンファイト」" (Game Machine, issue 248, page 18)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "任天堂から1ハード2ゲームで 金塊を探し出す 「クルクルランド」とバイクレース" (Game Machine, issue 251, page 25)
  10. ↑ "ジャブとKOパンチ駆使し素手による決闘任天堂から「アーバンチャンビオン」" (Game Machine, issue 254, page 20)
  11. ↑ "2人同時プレイ、2通りのハンマーを使い 氷の山を征服 任天堂から「アイスクライマー」" (Game Machine, issue 255, page 17)
  12. ↑ "Raid on Bungeling Bay" (Game Machine, issue 258, page 21)
  13. ↑ "Mach Rider" (Game Machine, issue 266, page 7)
  14. ↑ "2人同時プレイの試合展開 対戦サッカーで 任天堂からROMキット販売" (Game Machine, issue 275, page 24)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Dedicated games, merchandisers mark ACME" (Play Meter, volume 12, number 5, page 16)
  16. ↑ "New Products: VS. Slalom" (Play Meter, volume 12, number 18, page 113)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Konami's WEC LEMANS 24" (Play Meter, volume 12, number 21, page 82)
  18. ↑ "Players' Picks: Two Pick Hits for Nintendo Systems" (Play Meter, volume 13, number 5, page 91)
  19. ↑ "Nintendo Bows VS. Dr. Mario Pak At San Diego Distributor Meeting" (RePlay, volume 16, issue 1, pages 44-46)
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