Virtual Boy

pretty kool gaming thingy u got there

The VB has always been underrated in my opinion as well. I remember getting one for my birthday back when it first came out in 1995. Then later after it tanked, blockbuster was selling the rental games for it for 1$, so I cleaned up on everything I didn't have. Shame you didn't get Mario Clash yet, I loved that game Pinball and 3D Tetris were good too. But, I guess you'll have everything once you get the FlashBoy. Haven't played my VB in a while, but I pull it out of storage every so often and play for a few hours.

I think it would be great if they released some of the better VB games on the 3DS, but I doubt Nintendo would do that. Maybe a homebrew emulator some day? One can dream.

woah 3D gaming .
$150 for a Visual Boy .
and a flashcart too , how much did that cost you ?

i really wonder what it looks like while playing it .
not enough vids are showing that can show me what the true experience is .
the only way ; i have to actually try it

AH! D: I'm so jelly right now!

Honestly, it was a great system if you could look passed it's flaws of the whole red and black thing.

The people who hate on it, well, 90% of them haven't even tried it and are only basing it off of AVGN's video.

Also, if it interests you AW, Nathan Barnatt (aka: Keith Apicary) is coming out with a new music video for the Virtual Boy where he has a whole light up suit and everything.

I am so jealous right now

If you play Wario Land at some point in your review process I hope you can mention it in the review. I've heard a lot of great things about that game. Happy gaming AW.


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[quote name='Splych' post='3508378' date='Mar 9 2011, 06:36 PM']flashcart too , how much did that cost you ?[/quote]

its hand built by the guy who invented it. ships from the UK. all for $100.

there is a second kit being worked on that will support microsd cards and a multi-loader interface (like modern flash kits).

read about that one here: http://brennanthl.wordpress.com/project-vboot/

-another world

by the way, for anyone who wants to hunt down roms, there are a few emu projects for the VB.

here is some info: http://www.projectvb.com/tech/emulation.html

by the way that site has a ton of cool info, its worth poking around.

-another world

Never before have I been more jealous from the topic of a blog.

I fucking want it.

You seem to like old consoles alot don't you?

I've never really played the vb, I've heard of emus, but people say it hurts your eyes.

I got a VB around November on craigslist for about $75 with box, mario tennis and the wario game with it. It is a very nice system and I hope you get as much fun out of it as i do

[quote name='Sheaperd121' post='3508433' date='Mar 9 2011, 07:07 PM']You seem to like old consoles alot don't you?

I've never really played the vb, I've heard of emus, but people say it hurts your eyes.[/quote]

i just played red alarm for the past 20 minutes. my eyes are fine. its just red graphics. i'm going to be playing with it a lot so i'll be sure to report if i have any headaches or eye problems. with the emus they require 3d glasses (i assume) and those do hurt your eyes over time.

-another world

[quote name='Another World' post='3508460' date='Mar 10 2011, 03:26 AM'][quote name='Sheaperd121' post='3508433' date='Mar 9 2011, 07:07 PM']You seem to like old consoles alot don't you?

I've never really played the vb, I've heard of emus, but people say it hurts your eyes.[/quote]

i just played red alarm for the past 20 minutes. my eyes are fine. its just red graphics. i'm going to be playing with it a lot so i'll be sure to report if i have any headaches or eye problems. with the emus they require 3d glasses (i assume) and those do hurt your eyes over time.

-another world
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I wonder if you could find that one rare game for the vb? I believe it was called Jack bros?

[quote name='Sheaperd121' post='3508433' date='Mar 10 2011, 03:07 AM']You seem to like old consoles alot don't you?

I've never really played the vb, I've heard of emus, but people say it hurts your eyes.[/quote]

Only eye problem I ever had with the VB was your eyes get used to the darkness inside the hood. So after you've played for a while, going back into the light can be a little bit of a shock until your eyes adjust again. Besides that, I never had any headaches, eyestrain, nausea, or well, any of the bad things anybody ever says about the VB.

The PC VB emulators are okay if you want to get a feel for what the general game play was like, but there really is no substitute for seeing it in person. It's a shame it didn't do better, there were a lot of games that never got released that looked really promising (F-Zero, Mario, etc).

[quote name='ShadowSoldier' post='3508400' date='Mar 9 2011, 08:48 PM']Honestly, it was a great system if you could look passed it's flaws of the whole red and black thing.

The people who hate on it, well, 90% of them haven't even tried it and are only basing it off of AVGN's video.

Also, if it interests you AW, Nathan Barnatt (aka: Keith Apicary) is coming out with a new music video for the Virtual Boy where he has a whole light up suit and everything.[/quote]
Like how some people who are hating on the 3DS?

A lot of things hurt your eyes, but I got to say (as a joke) looks like the red view of death (RVD).

Wouldn't want to carry that thing around, but who I'm I fooling, I still would want/buy that.

[quote name='Sheaperd121' post='3508462' date='Mar 9 2011, 07:29 PM']I wonder if you could find that one rare game for the vb? I believe it was called Jack bros?[/quote]

i've seen it sell on ebay for around $150. i already have the rom and a flash kit on the way =P

[quote name='Another World' post='3508480' date='Mar 10 2011, 03:43 AM'][quote name='Sheaperd121' post='3508462' date='Mar 9 2011, 07:29 PM']I wonder if you could find that one rare game for the vb? I believe it was called Jack bros?[/quote]

i've seen it sell on ebay for around $150. i already have the rom and a flash kit on the way =P
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How is the game like anyways? I've never really seen any gameplay for it. It's it like mario bros in anyway?

Edit: Nevermind, I just saw what it looks like.

here is more info on it and a review: http://www.planetvb.com/modules/games/?r005g

-another world

Odds are people bash it because it is, by today's standards, rather primitive, clumsy, and clunky. Nowadays I whip out my DS and in seconds I'm playing Pokemon for a good five hours straight. For this thing you had to do set it up and couldn't even play it for long.

I still think it looks more like a novelty or collector's item than a serious gaming device but it'd sure be interesting on the shelf and probably worth playing to see how far technology has come.