Difference between dedicated super mario and vs.???

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Difference between dedicated super mario and vs.???

Can someone educate me the difference between the dedicated super mario bros boards and the vs super mario boards? Is this vs a time limit where the dedicated is just until you die? Are the games different at all?

If I want to build a dedicated SMB what do I need? I know its not jamma.
 
I don't believe there is a dedicated super mario bros. There is a dedicated mario bros but that's a different game. There is a super mario bros cart for the play choice system. Play choice is the timed system where the games are the same as on the NES home system (not the same cartridges). You can have 10 carts on the PC 10 mother board at one time and select which you want to play. The VS system would be the closest to a dedicated version of super mario bros that was made for the arcade. Vs does not have a time limit and basically there is a rom set or small board and rom set that allows you to change from one game to another.
 
I don't believe there is a dedicated super mario bros. There is a dedicated mario bros but that's a different game. There is a super mario bros cart for the play choice system. Play choice is the timed system where the games are the same as on the NES home system (not the same cartridges). You can have 10 carts on the PC 10 mother board at one time and select which you want to play. The VS system would be the closest to a dedicated version of super mario bros that was made for the arcade. Vs does not have a time limit and basically there is a rom set or small board and rom set that allows you to change from one game to another.

What is this then?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendos-S...207?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aae6102d7

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPER-MARIO...869?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item231593f6cd
 
Anyone know the differences between the VS and the nintendo game cartridge? I know there is supposed to be some differences.

I have both the PC10 SMB and the VS SUB in my gameroom right now but I don't play them much. There are definitely some minor differences. I think the PC10 is exact copy of the home version and the VS has the diffs. There are 2 diffs I can think of right now. 1 is the VS has a hole you can fall through in 1-2 when you are running along the top trying to get to the first warp zone. If you fall you are unable to get to that warp zone and have to go through standard exit for 1-3. Another is that you can't warp as far in second warp zone in VS, dont remember the exact world but I do remember being forced to play one in VS that you can skip in PC10.
 
I have both the PC10 SMB and the VS SUB in my gameroom right now but I don't play them much. There are definitely some minor differences. I think the PC10 is exact copy of the home version and the VS has the diffs. There are 2 diffs I can think of right now. 1 is the VS has a hole you can fall through in 1-2 when you are running along the top trying to get to the first warp zone. If you fall you are unable to get to that warp zone and have to go through standard exit for 1-3. Another is that you can't warp as far in second warp zone in VS, dont remember the exact world but I do remember being forced to play one in VS that you can skip in PC10.

there is also a huge gap you have to jump on one of the levels in the VS version that does not exist in the PC 10 and NES home version.
 
the vs levels are the same at first but by the time you get to level 5 it starts getting dramatically different from the NES/playchoice version. bigger gaps, its a much harder game. wont let you warp to world 8 either, only as far as 5.
 
If I want to build a dedicated SMB what do I need? I know its not jamma.

You should use a dedicated vs. cabinet if you want to make a dedicated SMB. It's different than a Donkey Kong cab; it has no speaker grill below the control panel. The speaker is actually just under the marquee on a Nintendo dedicated vs. cab.

Here's what a dedicated vs. cab looks like. It's also the same type of cab that a single-monitor Playchoice 10 uses, as well as R-Type.

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13777&d=1250961635

If you have a single-monitor Playchoice cab you can use the vs. pcb on the same wiring harness. You can also easily connect the vs. control panel to the Playchoice harness to fully convert it from Playchoice to Vs. Unisystem.
 
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