VS. System

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VS. System
Designer Nintendo R&D1
Manufacturer Nintendo
CPU Ricoh 2A03 at 1.79 MHz
Graphics Ricoh RP2C02
Memory 2 KB
Media N/A
Released March 1984-1990
Added to Museum Not yet

VS. System was an arcade hardware platform that was available from March 1984 to 1990.

It was produced by Nintendo concurrently with an arcade platform with similar hardware specifications, the PlayChoice-10.

The VS. System was preceded by games that used Z80-based arcade hardware by Nintendo from 1980 to 1985.

Home versions of the games

Some of the VS. System games were released on Nintendo's video game consoles, both through traditional game ports and through emulation.

VS. Clu Clu Land

VS. Clu Clu Land was released on the Family Computer Disk System in Japan on April 28, 1992.

This version was included via emulation in Animal Crossing for GameCube on December 14, 2001 in Japan and on September 15, 2002 in North America. It was also released through emulation in a Japanese re-release of Animal Forest with the additions from the North American release of Animal Crossing on June 27, 2003 and in Europe in a version of Animal Crossing which also included these changes on September 24, 2004. China received VS. Clu Clu Land through emulation in Animal Forest for iQue Player on June 1, 2006.

VS. Clu Clu Land was also released on the Famicom emulation service for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers on Nintendo Switch in Japan on May 15, 2019.

VS. Excitebike

VS. Excitebike was released for the Family Computer Disk System in Japan on December 9, 1988. This was an enhanced port that added a track editor, additional music, and a mode two-player simultaneous mode.

The arcade version of VS. Excitebike, without the extra features of the Famicom Disk System version, was released for Nintendo Switch through emulation via Arcade Archives by Hamster on September 21, 2018.

The enhanced Famicom Disk System version was also released through emulation on Switch on September 21, 2018, via the Nintendo Entertainment System emulation service for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.

Arcade Archives

In addition to the games mentioned above, several VS. System arcade games were also released for Nintendo Switch through emulation via Arcade Archives by Hamster.

VS. Super Mario Bros. was released on December 22, 2017, VS. Urban Champion was released on November 9, 2018, VS. Ice Climber was released on February 22, 2019, VS. Gradius was released on August 15, 2019, VS. Pinball was released on August 30, 2019, VS. Castlevania was released on October 17, 2019, VS. Golf was released on October 25, 2019, VS. Balloon Fight was released on December 27, 2019, VS. Mahjong was released on February 21, 2020, VS. Wrecking Crew was released on May 1, 2020, VS. Baseball was released on June 19, 2020, and VS. Tennis was released on December 18, 2020.

Games for the VS. System

Title Developer Release Notes
VS. Atari R.B.I. Baseball 1987 Atari Games 1987
VS. Atari R.B.I. Baseball 1988 Atari Games 1988
VS. Balloon Fight Nintendo R&D1 1984
VS. Baseball Nintendo R&D2 1984
VS. Battle City Namco 1985
VS. Castlevania Konami 1987
VS. Clu Clu Land Nintendo R&D1 1984
VS. Dr. Mario Nintendo R&D1 1990
VS. Duck Hunt Nintendo R&D1 1985
VS. Excitebike Nintendo R&D1 1984
VS. Freedom Force Sunsoft 1988
VS. Golf Nintendo R&D1 1984
VS. The Goonies Konami 1987
VS. Gradius Konami 1986
VS. Gumshoe Nintendo R&D1 1986
VS. Hogan's Alley Intelligent Systems
Nintendo R&D1
1985
VS. Ice Climber Nintendo R&D1 1985
VS. Ladies Golf Nintendo R&D1 1984
VS. Mach Rider Nintendo R&D1 1985
VS. Mahjong Nintendo R&D2 1984
VS. Mighty Bomb Jack Tecmo 1986
VS. Ninja JaJaMaru-kun Jaleco 1985
VS. Pinball Nintendo R&D2 1984
VS. Platoon Ocean Software
Sunsoft
1988
VS. Raid on Bungeling Bay Will Wright
Hudson Soft
1985
VS. Slalom Rare 1986
VS. Soccer Intelligent Systems
Nintendo R&D1
1985
VS. Star Luster Namco 1985
VS. Super Mario Bros. Nintendo R&D4 1986
VS. Super Sky Kid Namco 1986
VS. Super Xevious Namco 1986
VS. Ten Yard Fight Irem 1985
VS. Tennis Nintendo R&D1 1984
VS. Tetris Tengen 1988
VS. T.K.O. Boxing Namco 1987 Known as VS. Family Boxing in Japan.
VS. Top Gun Konami 1987
VS. Trojan Capcom 1986
VS. Urban Champion Nintendo R&D1 1984
VS. Wrecking Crew Nintendo R&D1 1984