Nintendo Vs with a PC10

[CJPT00]

Hey John,

I love your website and your knowledge of pinball/nintendo and all things Arcade!
 
I recently picked up a Nintendo Vs. Dualsystem (Red Tent). It came with 1 motherboard with Castlevania and Super Mario Bros. I Love this machine... Although getting PPU's has posed challenging for me. I have called arcade places (no luck) in my area and I checked Ebay (way too pricey).

I noticed that the Playchoice 10 motherboard has very similiar connectors to the vs. and I would love to have the option of playing 10 games on the vs.

I know that there once was playchoice 10 kits you could buy and convert your vs into one. do you know where i could get such a kit? do you think its worth doing such a thing? What do you recommend?

I always loved anything Nintendo and I think putting a playchoice 10 in the vs system would be more practical with switching games instead of worrying about cpu chips, ppu's, and burning roms.

Your thoughts on this John..

Thanks,


Chris

[John's Arcade]

Hey John,

I love your website and your knowledge of pinball/nintendo and all things Arcade!
 
I recently picked up a Nintendo Vs. Dualsystem (Red Tent). It came with 1 motherboard with Castlevania and Super Mario Bros. I Love this machine... Although getting PPU's has posed challenging for me. I have called arcade places (no luck) in my area and I checked Ebay (way too pricey).

I noticed that the Playchoice 10 motherboard has very similiar connectors to the vs. and I would love to have the option of playing 10 games on the vs.

I know that there once was playchoice 10 kits you could buy and convert your vs into one. do you know where i could get such a kit? do you think its worth doing such a thing? What do you recommend?

I always loved anything Nintendo and I think putting a playchoice 10 in the vs system would be more practical with switching games instead of worrying about cpu chips, ppu's, and burning roms.

Your thoughts on this John..

Thanks,


Chris

There is a kit to convert the Vs. system to PC-10. I don't think it's worth it. You are better off getting a second cabinet for PC-10 games. Why ruin a nice dedicated Vs. system?

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Hi,
I picked up a second red tent that is in poor condition.  It runs but needs recapping, sanding and light painting.  I was thinking about fixing it up and would like to know if a PC10 PCB would work in this unit.  Would a new wiring harness be required or would the PCB play without many changes?

[John's Arcade]

Hi,
I picked up a second red tent that is in poor condition.  It runs but needs recapping, sanding and light painting.  I was thinking about fixing it up and would like to know if a PC10 PCB would work in this unit.  Would a new wiring harness be required or would the PCB play without many changes?

Nintendo made a conversion kit so you could plug a PC-10 into your red tent. You'd need that kit to do it. It's not a direct swap.

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Could you point me to a link of a picture or the contents of the kit?  Since I have never seen one, I am guessing they are rare and costly.  Would rewiring a system not be an easier solution?  Do the power supplies match if I found a PC10 wiring harness?

[John's Arcade]

Could you point me to a link of a picture or the contents of the kit?  Since I have never seen one, I am guessing they are rare and costly.  Would rewiring a system not be an easier solution?  Do the power supplies match if I found a PC10 wiring harness?

There is a manual for the kit here:

http://johnsarcade.com/vs_downloads/misc/VS_Playchoice_manual.pdf