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Vs. Collection came out in 1996 for the Super Nintendo, a time when the system was still getting interesting compilations. It was published by Bottom Up, and it gathers a handful of Nintendo's older arcade and NES titles, reworked for two-player versus matches. This wasn't a typical collection; it took familiar single-player games and twisted them into something competitive.

You and a friend pick a game like Mario Bros. or Excitebike, then face off directly. The goal is always to outscore or outlast your opponent within a time limit. In Mario Bros., you fight over coins and try to bump enemies into each other; in Clu Clu Land, you race to uncover hidden shapes while shoving each other into spiky sea urchins. The action is fast and often unpredictable, with the screen sometimes splitting to handle the chaos. It feels like a playful, sometimes frantic argument translated into pixels.