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Nintendo based the VS. System hardware on the Famicom, and introduced it as the successor to its Nintendo-Pak arcade system, which had been used for games such as Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong 3. Though technologically weaker than Nintendo's Punch-Out!! arcade hardware, the VS. System was relatively inexpensive.
The PlayChoice-10 is an arcade system developed and marketed by Nintendo. Released in August 1986 as the successor to the Nintendo VS. System, the PlayChoice-10 was developed as a means to showcase NES games while maintaining revenue from the arcade business; it did so by allowing players to test up to ten games, one at a time.
A major factor in its recovery was the arrival of software conversion kit systems, such as Sega's Convert-a-Game system, the Atari System 1, and the Nintendo VS. System , the latter being the Western world's introduction to the Famicom (NES) hardware in 1984, prior to the official release of the NES console; the success of the VS.
This category includes a list of Nintendo Entertainment System games released on Nintendo VS. System arcade systems. Pages in category "Nintendo VS. System games"
Nintendo developed the VS. System with the same hardware as the Famicom, and introduced it as the successor to its Nintendo-Pak arcade system, which had been used for games such as Donkey Kong 3 and Mario Bros. (both 1983) Though technologically weaker than Nintendo's more powerful Punch-Out arcade hardware, the VS.
[5] [6] After the golden age of arcade video games came to an end circa 1983, the arcade video game industry began recovering circa 1985 with the arrival of software conversion kit systems, such as Sega's Convert-a-Game system, the Atari System 1, and the Nintendo VS. System, the latter being the Western world's introduction to the Famicom (NES ...
Excitebike [a] is a 1984 racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was ported to arcades for the Nintendo VS. System later that year and Famicom Disk System in 1988. In North America, it became one of the best-selling games on the console. It is the first game in the Excite series.
In 1987, GAMP no Nazo was released in arcades for the Nintendo VS. System, where it was renamed VS. Super Xevious. [8] The arcade version was made to be much harder than its home console counterpart, with enemies becoming much more aggressive and power-ups becoming scarce.