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Nintendo Super System Nintendo Super System - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Nintendo Super System - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Nintendo's arcade version of their Super Nintendo home game system. Players insert credits to buy time which allows them to pick and choose from a list of available games to play. This system allowed players to try out new games before buying them.

Nintendo Super System was produced by Nintendo in 1991.

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 Nintendo Super System was produced include: Dr. Mario, F-Zero, Vs. Dr. Mario, Ninja Gaiden PlayChoice, Baseball Stars, Mega Man III - Playchoice, Mario's Open Golf, Dr. Mario - Playchoice, Super Mario World, and Nintendo World Cup - Playchoice

Specs

Name Nintendo Super System
Developer Nintendo (Japan)
Year 1991
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8894
Class Wide Release
Genre System
Monitor
Conversion Class Nintendo Super System JAMMA
Game Specific Nintendo Super System Pinout
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Joint
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 6 - YXLBAR
Sound Amplified Either (Mono or Stereo)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Instructions Nintendo Super System Instructions Image
Control Panel Nintendo Super System Control Panel Image
PCB Nintendo Super System PCB Image

Game Introduction

The only games ever made for this system were Pushover, Lethal Weapon, Robocop 3, The Addams Family, Act Raiser, NCAA Basketball, Super Soccer, Skins Golf, Super Tennis, Super Mario World, and F-Zero, Contra 3: Alien Attack, and Ultimate Tennis NSS.

Nintendo Super System KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.53 (2 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.80

Overall Like 5.00
Fun (Social) 5.00
Fun (Solo) 4.50
Collector Desire 4.50

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay 4.00
Graphics 4.50
Originality 4.00
Sound/Music 4.50

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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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Nintendo Super System Census

There are 15,220 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,649 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,619 machines (6,982 unique titles).

Common - There are 48 known instances of this machine owned by Nintendo Super System collectors who are active members. Of these, 36 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 11 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Nintendo Super System machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Nintendo Super System circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Nintendo Super System. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Nintendo Super System circuit board set.

This game ranks a 13 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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Technical

There is no on-board volume control. A connection to this remote control is provided through the JAMMA harness. If you do not want the machine to play at its default full volume, an external volume control 10k Ohm pot must be wired in.

The PCB can be configured for mono sound via the SL and CL jumpers.

Manuals

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

  1. 3D Model (External): Dedicated (9a8cde8327e54dd173b4ec5aa28d567a)

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