Vs. The Goonies

Manufacturer: Nintendo
Year: 1985
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Platform
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Nintendo Vs.
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 1
Gameplay: Single
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [Jump|Kick/Bomb/Slingshot/Action]

Sound: Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)

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Vs. The Goonies Description

A whimsical platform game themed after the 1985 movie "The Goonies". Guide Mikey through caverns evading mice and the Fratellis (or use bombs or a slingshot) to save your buddies who are being held captive. The game plays Cyndi Lauper's song "Good Enough".

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VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Common - There are 29 known instances of Vs. The Goonies owned by one of our 3,650 members who participate in our machine census project. Of these, 4 of them are original dedicated machines, 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 23 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 59,767 machines (3,520 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 6 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - We currently do not know of any VAPS members that have gotten around to adding this game to their wish list. The wish-list system is fairly new (not all VAPS members have filled one out) and there are probably a number of collectors who might purchase this game if offered one at the right price.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Technical

This Vs. title uses an add-on card that replaces the two 40-pin ICs, the CPU and the PPU, in the middle of the Vs. board on one side. None of the regular ROM sockets are populated.

Trivia

Despite the fact that it was released for the Nintendo Vs. System, the game was never released as a cartridge for Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in America. However, a sequel was later released for the home console system.

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Vs. The Goonies - Title screen image

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