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Canadian Coin Box, July 1985
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2026-11-06
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copyrighted trade magazine; OCR text hosted by the Internet Archive
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Canadian Coin Box Magazine; 600 dpi scan in the Internet Archive item "canadian-coin-box-magazine-july-1985".
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Canadian arcade trade magazine. Carries Nintendo of Canada's Vs. System advertising feature, which lists the Vs. Pak library and a Dualsystem/Unisystem table.

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In July 1985 the Canadian arcade trade magazine Canadian Coin Box wrote that Vs. Baseball followed Vs. Tennis in spring 1984, and that, like it, it can be played on both screens at once. Its table lists Vs. Baseball for the two-screen Vs. Dualsystem and not the Unisystem.Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, tableMagazine
In July 1985 the Canadian arcade trade magazine Canadian Coin Box listed Vs. Excitebike in Nintendo's Vs. Pak library, playable on both the Vs. Dualsystem and the Unisystem, and an ad in the same issue named Excitebike among the Unisystem's top earners.Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, tablescan p. 65, advertisementMagazine
Canadian Coin Box, an arcade trade magazine, wrote in July 1985 that Vs. Golf and Vs. Pinball were introduced at the AMOA show of 1984, "two completely separate games in one cabinet", and listed Vs. Golf as playable on both the Vs. Dualsystem and the Unisystem. A Vancouver distributor's advertisement in the same issue named Golf first among the Unisystem's top earners.Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, tablescan p. 65, advertisementMagazine
In July 1985 Canadian Coin Box carried Nintendo's feature on Vs. Hogan's Alley and Vs. Duck Hunt as the newest VS. Pak releases, both shooting games needing a light gun attachment and said to be "blasting all earning records at test locations". It describes Vs. Hogan's Alley's three screens as one sequence: a police line-up, then, after harder rounds, a street scene where targets pop up at random, and a bonus round of juggling tin cans before play goes back to the alley. A Vancouver distributor's ad in the same issue named Hogan's Alley among the UniSystem's top earners.Nintendo VS. System featureNintendo VS. System feature, tableNintendo Is On Target To A Double Hit With VS. Hogan's Alley And VS. Duck HuntNintendo Is On Target To A Double Hit With VS. Hogan's Alley And VS. Duck HuntNintendo Is On Target To A Double Hit With VS. Hogan's Alley And VS. Duck HuntNintendo Is On Target To A Double Hit With VS. Hogan's Alley And VS. Duck HuntNintendo Is On Target To A Double Hit With VS. Hogan's Alley And VS. Duck Huntadvertisement (Pacific Vend Distributors, Vancouver)Nintendo VS. System featureNintendo VS. System feature, tableadvertisement (Pacific Vend Distributors, Vancouver)Magazine
In July 1985 the Canadian arcade trade magazine Canadian Coin Box listed Vs. Ice Climber in Nintendo's Vs. Pak library, playable on both the Vs. Dualsystem and the Unisystem, and an ad in the same issue named Ice Climber among the Unisystem's top earners.Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, tablescan p. 65, advertisementMagazine
Nintendo's Vs. System arcade library listed Vs. Mach Rider as a future release for summer 1985, for both the Dualsystem and the Unisystem cabinets, in Canadian Coin Box's July 1985 issue. Akagi Masumi's list dates Nintendo of America's release to January 1986.Nintendo Vs. System feature, tableMagazine
By July 1985 an advert in Canadian Coin Box listed Atari's "Paperboy" as in stock, beside Data East's Commando.advert, "In Stock" list (OCR text lines 28-33)advert, "In Stock" list (OCR text line 33)Magazine
In July 1985 the Canadian arcade trade magazine Canadian Coin Box wrote that Vs. Golf and Vs. Pinball, introduced at AMOA '84, were two completely separate games in one cabinet. Its table lists Vs. Pinball for both the Vs. Dualsystem and the Unisystem.Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, tableMagazine
Canadian Coin Box, an arcade trade magazine, wrote in July 1985 that the Vs. System's "success story" began with Vs. Tennis at the ASI show in February 1984: an upright or sit-down cabinet with two screens, four coin slots, and play between the two monitors, a configuration "now termed the VS. Dual-System". One player could take on a friend or the computer in singles, or two could play doubles against two friends or a computer team. Its table lists Vs. Tennis for the Dualsystem only.Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, scan p. 10Nintendo Vs. System feature, tableMagazine