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casm Cinematronics > * Reged: 08/27/07 Posts: 668 Send PM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? 02/26/11 06:25 PM Reply > Hi all > > I haven't used MAME in a while and every time I start using it again, I search for > some of my old-time favorite games such as Super Mario Brothers, Excite Bike, > Castelvania etc. > And every time I wonder: Why are these games only emulated in that dumb "Playchoice" > stuff. > Eventually I discover them under "Vs.", such as "Vs. Super Mario Brothers" etc. > I've searched the web and MAME resources, but so far I still have no idea what that > "Vs." stands for? > Can anyone help? "Vs." is the abbreviation for versus. The system got that name because some of the games came in a twin-screen cabinet designed for head-to-head play of some of the titles. http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=2971 http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=6403 http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=1981 http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=3149 http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=1980 http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=3148 http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=4253 > Surely the original game name was NOT "Vs. Super Mario Brothers", etc. Yes, it was: http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=1338 There was also the Vs. UniSystem, which played Vs. System games in a single-monitor cabinet: http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=4254 Edited by casm (02/26/11 06:27 PM)

Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? Markie3 02/26/11 01:03 PM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? jumpmaniac81  02/27/11 05:13 AM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? AeroCityMayor  02/27/11 06:02 PM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? Vas Crabb  02/27/11 11:41 PM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? Firehawke  03/04/11 04:41 PM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? Vas Crabb  03/05/11 09:01 AM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? GatKong  03/08/11 05:53 AM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? Vas Crabb  03/08/11 07:45 AM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? mogli  03/07/11 10:57 PM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? AWJ  02/28/11 12:41 AM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? Fever  02/28/11 03:30 AM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? lordflux  03/04/11 06:15 PM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? AeroCityMayor  02/28/11 12:09 AM What's wrong with you people (nt) Smitdogg  02/27/11 05:52 AM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? R. Belmont  02/26/11 06:33 PM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? casm  02/26/11 06:25 PM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? OAB  02/26/11 02:36 PM Re: What does "Vs." stand for in "Vs." Games - Vs. Super Mario Brothers, etc. ? Sez  02/26/11 01:19 PM

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