Just found this on Ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=6158505275&rd=1 So was this made by Nintendo themselves, or just an un/licenced product by a 3rd party? Seems odd that it's only single cart. These time-based systems usually take multiple carts, like the Sega Megatech/Megaplay systems. Pretty cool to play SNES on a Cabinet though.
Here is a link to a Nintendo made unit I posted last week in the ebay thread. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13716&item=6156475958&rd=1
Super system isn't the same thing though, there isn't A full SNES and a convertor board sitting in there. Super system takes special carts and everything.
I remember playing on both "Nintendo Super System" and "Playchoice" arcade machines when I was like 11 or so, in my local arcade. I really like the fact that you got a "controller" like thing on that super-system machine. If I recall correctly, I also saw many home-machines converted for timed use, but wasn't sure how it worked. Sure as hell that's not a licenced product, though. Isn't it against some law to "rent" home consoles in arcades and similar venues? or wasn't it back then?
i also saw those time based machines, gave you like 10 mins of play for 50cents "5 cents usd" also saw the interior, there was a snes inside :O
I remember seeing a really dodgy looking thing like that for PS games a few years ago - it had Tekken 3 on it (probably cuz they couldn't afford the real Namco System 13 Tekken 3), and had a really lame looking timer going along the bottom of the screen - it was like just a big green bar. I remember the picture quality being really crap, too - maybe it had some composite/s-video->RGB converter in it?
Indeed, Super System and Playchoice 10 are different. They take their own games for a start, NOT home carts. Nintendo wouldn't have licenced this. They wouldn't want arcades buying SNES carts and using them to make loads of money. That's why MVS carts were so expensive - nor did SNK. Technically, you can link a SNES to JAMMA without modifying it. This, however, is an old mod that allows you to set a time limit and various other options, like the Super System. It is an interesting item to have for a SNES or arcade collector, still
the one i saw on the machine had bootleg cards with multiple games, and it had that speedy gonzales/sonic hack xD
