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Nintendo VS. System

UniSystem / DualSystem · Nintendo · 1984

Released1984
Typearcade
Sold100,000
Variants in database0
RarityVery Rare
Whysold 100,000 - Very Rare

The Nintendo VS. System is an arcade system that was developed and produced by Nintendo. It is based on most of the same hardware as the Family Computer (Famicom), later released as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). As Nintendo was planning to release the NES in North America, they became wary of the effects the video game crash of 1983 on the home console market. By March 1984, the U.S. arcade industry recovered enough for a plan to introduce NES titles, by having the VS. System serve as a preview of the console to prospective players. It became the first version of the Famicom hardware to debut in North America.

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Famicom-based arcade board. Wikipedia infobox says January 1984, article text says March 1984 (with Vs. Tennis). Dual cabinet $2,400; Nintendo left JP arcades late 1985.

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