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 10 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 10 was produced include: Arm Wrestling, Super Punch-Out!!, Nintendo Vs. System, Vs. Clu Clu Land, Super Mario Bros., PlayChoice 5, PlayChoice, Volley Ball, Pro Wrestling, and Vs. Gradius
Name | PlayChoice 10 |
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Developer | Nintendo (Japan) |
Year | 1986 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 9043 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | System |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
Game Specific | PlayChoice 10 Pinout |
# Simultaneous Players | 2 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Either |
Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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PCB | PlayChoice 10 PCB Image |
Up to ten cartridges can be used on one PCB. Games are timer based, regardless of your performance. These are the different cartridges that were made for the PlayChoice 10:
Overall Like |
4.50 |
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Fun (Social) | 4.10 |
Fun (Solo) | 4.00 |
Collector Desire | 3.55 |
Gameplay | 4.10 |
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Graphics | 3.50 |
Originality | 3.80 |
Sound/Music | 3.50 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
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A dedicated tabletop version was made late in 1988. ISuper Mario Bros. 3I was previewed in the U.S. market via the PlayChoice machine.
Generic Nintendo logo stickers appear on both sides of the cabinet. There are three types of cabinets a counter top, a single monitor type and a dual monitor version. The dual monitor cabinet is a dedicated machine and the single monitor style was a kit converting IPopeyeI, IDonkey KongI, IPacManI, et. al. The main PCBs are different between the single and dual versions.
A Nintendo IPunchOutI cabinet can be converted to a IPlayChoice 10I dual monitor version but a twoplayer wiring harness must be acquired.
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).
Very Common - There are 491 known instances of this machine owned by PlayChoice 10 collectors who are active members. Of these, 402 of them are original dedicated machines. 46 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 42 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 25 active VAPS members with a PlayChoice 10 machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra PlayChoice 10 circuit board for sale.
Wanted - Very Popular - There are 25 active VAPS members currently looking for PlayChoice 10. There is one active VAPS member looking for a PlayChoice 10 circuit board set.
This game ranks a 73 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 38 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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Even though games for the IPlayChoiceI were basicly the same as the home versions for the NES, the hardware is not compatable.
Our members have reported that PlayChoice 10 is playable at 1 locations:
Name | Location | State | Country | Details | Check-ins |
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Bit Bar | 278 Derby St, Salem | Massachusetts | United States | Unknown | 1 |
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