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VS. The Goonies VS. The Goonies - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

VS. The Goonies - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A whimsical platform game themed after the 1985 movie "The Goonies". Guide Mikey through caverns evading mice and the Fratellis or use bombs or a slingshot to save your buddies who are being held captive. The game plays Cyndi Lauper's song "Good Enough".

VS. The Goonies was produced by Nintendo in 1985.

Nintendo released 106 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1970. Nintendo was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Nintendo during the time period VS. The Goonies was produced include: Balloon Fight, Baseball, Duck Hunt, Excitebike (PlayChoice), Vs. UniSystem, Arm Wrestling, Nintendo Vs. System, Super Punch-Out!!, Vs. Clu Clu Land, and Super Mario Bros.

Specs

Name VS. The Goonies
Developer Nintendo (Japan)
Year 1985
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 10374
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Nintendo Vs.
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 1
Game Play Single
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 - JumpKick/Bomb/Slingshot/Action
Sound Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

VS. The Goonies KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.05 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.60

Overall Like 5.00
Fun (Social) 3.00
Fun (Solo) 5.00
Collector Desire 5.00

Technical Rating: 3.50

Gameplay 5.00
Graphics 3.00
Originality 3.00
Sound/Music 3.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Trivia

Despite the fact that it was released for the Nintendo Vs. System, the game was never released as a cartridge for Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in America. However, a sequel was later released for the home console system.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op VS. The Goonies Census

There are 15,272 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,670 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,971 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 50 known instances of this machine owned by VS. The Goonies collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 of them are original dedicated machines. 5 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 39 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for VS. The Goonies.

This game ranks a 18 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

This Vs. title uses an add-on card that replaces the two 40-pin ICs, the CPU and the PPU, in the middle of the Vs. board on one side. None of the regular ROM sockets are populated.

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