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Title: OMG WTH is this? Anyone identify this thing?
Post by: Spaced Ace on July 27, 2008, 03:27:20 am
Link Shortened (http://cgi.ebay.com/ARCADE-GAME-NINTENDO-VS-6-PCB-BOARDS-7-GAMES-NICE_W0QQitemZ170242051702QQihZ007QQcategoryZ13718QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

It looks like a science project gone wrong.
Title: Re: OMG WTH is this? Anyone identify this thing?
Post by: M.Lanza on July 27, 2008, 03:41:44 am
That's an offical variation of the playchoice 10.
I've seen a couple of those.
Title: Re: OMG WTH is this? Anyone identify this thing?
Post by: Spaced Ace on July 27, 2008, 04:22:14 am
Gimp, it doesnt even look right, maybe it the pic or something. 
Title: Re: OMG WTH is this? Anyone identify this thing?
Post by: Circo on July 27, 2008, 05:56:48 am
I have seen that as well, in the wild so to speak.  Wouldnt want it but it is real
Title: Re: OMG WTH is this? Anyone identify this thing?
Post by: ArtMAME on July 27, 2008, 07:31:50 am
They call that a Nintendo "Red Tent" cabinet.  It has a following.  I have seen a few at the Superauctions.
Title: Re: OMG WTH is this? Anyone identify this thing?
Post by: Kevin Mullins on July 27, 2008, 08:59:54 am
They should have thrown in a side view of the cabinet..... would have explained a little more.

It's basically a two player cocktail cabinet ("Red Tent" as mentioned already) that runs the Nintendo VS. boards which would allow for two totally different games to be played on each side of the table OR would also allow a two player game with one person playing on each side.

The games could be changed by simply changing a ROM set on one side of the pcb or the other. So you would have two games per board, but could change one or the other or both of those games out if you wanted to. (that's what all those boxes are....VS PAKs... ROM sets)
Title: Re: OMG WTH is this? Anyone identify this thing?
Post by: FrizzleFried on July 27, 2008, 10:25:00 am
Kevin is correct.  While I have seen Red Tents that have been converted to Playchoice-10 machines, they were originally Nintendo VS cabinets (VS Excitebike, VS Super Mario Bros, VS RBI Baseball, etc).  Ugly as sin,  but they have a following.  That is a good price for the cab and those games frankly.

Remember: Nintendo Playchoice = N.E.S. on timer.  No difference in gameplay, graphics, sound, etc.

Nintendo VS = An authentic Nintendo arcade system.  Graphics tend to be a TAD bit better than the N.E.S.,  gameplay is  different (SMB is much harder),  no timer,  and it's tweaked to be more "arcade like" (ie: you're not going to sit there and play any of the games for a long time unless you're good).