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PlayChoice

Description

A multi-game system that would allow a user to select a game from a list of up to ten titles. The game software used was originally designed for the Nintendo Entertaiment System (a home gaming system).

PlayChoice was produced by Nintendo in 1986.

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 PlayChoice was produced include: Arm Wrestling, Super Punch-Out!!, Nintendo Vs. System, Vs. Clu Clu Land, Super Mario Bros., PlayChoice 5, PlayChoice 10, Volley Ball, Pro Wrestling, and Vs. Gradius

Specs

Name	PlayChoice
Developer	Nintendo (Japan)
Year	1986
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9042
Class	Wide Release
Genre	System
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Either
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - \| Gun: Optical
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Counter-Top/Table-Top/Bar-Top

PlayChoice KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.30 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.60

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

Technical Rating: 4.00

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	2.00
Sound/Music	5.00

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.

Images

Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Cabinet - Video Game Marquee: Alternate

Trivia

A dedicated tabletop version was made late in 1988.

Cabinet Information

Generic Nintendo logo stickers appear on both sides of the cabinet.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op PlayChoice Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 58 known instances of this machine owned by PlayChoice collectors who are active members. Of these, 53 of them are original dedicated machines. 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a PlayChoice machines for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for PlayChoice.

This game ranks a 11 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 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]

Flyers

PlayChoice-10: Catch the Title Wave

1989 / 2 Pages

PlayChoice-10: Catch a Shooting Star

1990 / 2 Pages

PlayChoice-10: Latest In Counter Intelligence

1990 / 4 Pages

PlayChoice-10: Manage the Hottest Brother Act Since...

1988

Technical

Even though games for the PlayChoice were basicly the same as the home versions for the "NES", the hardware is not compatable.

Legacy

Manuals

Operation Manual - PlayChoice Manual — **Operation Manual**
(26 pages, 1.7 MB File)

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