PlayChoice-10
| PlayChoice-10 (various games) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio | Nintendo |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1986 |
| genre | various |
| Game mode | up to 2 players |
| control | 8-way joystick ; 2 buttons, light gun optional |
| casing | Standard and Cocktail |
| Arcade system |
NES Hardware + Control CPU : Z80 (@ 4 MHz) Sound CPU: - Sound Chips: PSG 2A03 (NES) |
| monitor | 2 × grid resolution 256 × 240 (4: 3 horizontal) Color palette: 52 |
| information | Game mix, player buys game time |
PlayChoice-10 is an arcade machine from Nintendo with 10 different games. It was built from 1986. There are combinations with different games. In contrast to other arcade games, the player buys playing time by inserting coins and can also play different games within this.
hardware
The hardware is based on the Nintendo Entertainment System , but is not 100% compatible.
In addition, a control CPU is used, the Zilog Z80 .
There are devices with one or two monitors that are stacked on top of each other. Game tips are displayed on the second monitor; this requires additional program code, which is usually stored on an additional ROM chip.
Due to the hardware, the graphics of the games are significantly simpler than the respective original arcade versions and correspond to those of the NES games. The colors of NES and PlayChoice are slightly different.
There are also PlayChoice and PlayChoice-5 devices with one or five games, but these are much rarer.
The Nintendo VS devices are also technically related. Systems , whereby there are UniSystem and DualSystem devices. The latter are practically two arcade devices that are angled next to each other. A UniSystem consists of a device with a control panel for two players. Both players can play against each other at the same time.
In contrast to the boards of conventional arcade machines, the interchangeable game modules consist of small, elongated circuit boards and are similar to RAM memory modules.
Games list
- 1942 (computer game) (1985 Capcom )
- Balloon Fight (1984 Nintendo )
- Baseball (1984 Nintendo)
- Baseball Stars (1989 SNK Corp.)
- Captain Skyhawk (1989 Milton Bradley )
- Castlevania (1987 Konami Inc.)
- Contra (1988 Konami Inc.)
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (1990 Capcom)
- Double Dragon (1988 Technos )
- Double Dribble (1987 Konami Inc.)
- Dr. Mario (1990 Nintendo)
- Duck Hunt (1984 Nintendo)
- Excitebike (1984 Nintendo)
- Fester's Quest (1989 Sunsoft )
- Gauntlet (1985 Atari Games Corp.)
- Golf (1984 Nintendo)
- The Goonies II (1986 Konami Inc.)
- Gradius (1986 Konami Inc.)
- Hogan's Alley (1984 Nintendo)
- Kung Fu (1984 Irem .)
- Mario Bros. (1983 Nintendo)
- Mario Open Golf (1991 Nintendo)
- Mega Man 3 (1990 Capcom)
- Metroid (1986 Nintendo)
- Mike Tyson Punchout (1987 Nintendo)
- Ninja Gaiden (1989 Tecmo )
- Ninja Gaiden II (1990 Tecmo)
- Ninja Gaiden III (1991 Tecmo)
- Pinbot (1988 Rare )
- Power Blade (1991 Taito )
- Pro-Wrestling (1986 Nintendo)
- Wheel Racer (1987 Square )
- Rad Racer II (1990 Square)
- RBI Baseball (1987 Tengen )
- RC Pro-Am (1987 Rare)
- Rocking Kats (1991 Atlus Soft.)
- Rush'n Attack / Green Beret (1987 Konami Inc.)
- Rygar (1987 Tecmo Ltd.)
- Shatterhand (1991 Jaleco )
- Solar Jetman (1990 Rare)
- Super C (1990 Konami)
- Super Mario Bros. (1985 Nintendo)
- Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988 Nintendo)
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988 Nintendo)
- Tecmo Bowl (1989 Tecmo Inc.)
- Tennis (1983 Nintendo)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989 Konami Inc.)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (1990 Konami Inc.)
- Track & Field (1987 Konami Inc.)
- Trojan (1986 Capcom)
- Volleyball (1986 Nintendo)
- Wild Gunman (1984 Nintendo)
- World Cup Soccer (1990 Technos)
- Yo! Noid (1990 Capcom)