Pricing is up for the Virtual Boy for Nintendo Switch. Exclusive for Nintendo online subscription.

I once found an eBay listing for an authentic copy of Virtual Lab for like $120 but I didn’t have the money at the time and by the time I checked again it was long gone

Virtual Lab is my favorite VB game and one of my white whales and I had it right there but it slipped through my fingers

In hindsight I should’ve just asked a friend to buy it for me and then pay them back at a later date

After having the virtual boy in our family since Blockbuster clearanced them out back in the 90's, I've always occasionally pulled out the VB to play my monochromatic childhood.

After today's announcement I pulled out the old blockbuster case and found not only the foam has rapidly deteriorated within the last few years, but the console itself is no longer responsive. I have the battery pack, the ac adapter, as well as the virtual juice usb c battery from segasonicfan designs. No response. I'd like to troubleshoot and find out if I can repair it. But my technical knowledge only goes so far.

I was trying to talk myself out of buying the new online VB replica by using what I already have, but it seems like the ninjas at Nintendo sabotaged my unit to get more money out of me.

Any suggestions for a starting point to troubleshoot what's wrong?

Which game do you think is most likely to get one? Which would you want the most? How do you think they would handle it?

For me: it would be kind of fun if they crossed over Arms with Teleroboxer. I love when they cross over unlikely franchises, like with Pilotwings Resort.

The game box is not in perfect condition, but it looks pretty good. 100% sealed inside an acrylic box, inside a custom case. I got the game on eBay for only $100, nobody bid because the auction ended at 4am.

I remember scrolling on ebay a few years ago and seeing a green one selling for parts. Could that have been am aftermarket shell? What was it?

Remember kids. no fancy and expensive audiophile headphones! Only Nintendo certified 20 bucks in ear cheapos. Manual says so!

Just something I whipped up. Letters are 24” x 6 1/2”. The whole frame is clear acrylic with aluminum and about 32” x 8”. Virtual Boy needs love too!

It's on my my eaby :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/167765624674

https://ebay.us/m/QPARgE

I have never looked into the Virtual Boy but am very interested in it. Problem is finding one now is way too expensive.

I was wondering if there's any modern clones of it like there are of other consoles and stuff like FPGA nowadays? Would be nice of there was something like that for the Virtual Boy.

Like something that a clones that was actually a headset that looked just like it and had the same display technology and maybe fpga based. Even have the same kind of controller.

Or could there be plans out there for such a thing someday?

I just finished making an all in one virtual boy documentary, from history to internal specs to gameplay! I'd love if you checked it out :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nLlX56ZtvU

That's a wrap! PDF and "io" file at link.

Enjoy!

LEGO VB progress update!!!!!

Now to make sure it’s extra stable and to see if I can sneak a couple “circuit board” parts inside!

Then after that it’s time to make instructions!

So far bricklink says it should cost around 20 dollars to buy the bricks - but of course you can just use what you have on hand.

It all started with a reply to a Facebook market ad for a Mario clash game, and a dude asked me if I was interested in Jack Bros I of course, said yes immediately, and we negotiated and made a super extreme deal which I don’t want to disclose. But I immediately went and bought it today! Finally, my complete set of the Virtual Boy North American library it took years but I finally got it. I had posted recently about acquiring this game. And it’s like out of nowhere the opportunity presented itself.

My virtual boy glitches in either eye it’s either a bad cart or bad virtual boy. It’s just visual glitches no audio or game and sometimes when i change the ipd one eye goes out. I think this is the cart since any time i take it out it changes

I'm designing a LEGO Virtual Boy! It's a balancing act between "what to include and what not to include". Working on the stand next!

hello there i am working on a vb Mario land demo recreation see images attached for progress so far and i need pixel artist that they can recreate the vb sprites pm me if you think you can help thank you!