New vb owner

Let’s not forget Bound High, it’s easily the best game for the system. Oh and you might want to pick up a flashboy too for all of your homebrew needs, and to play all of the games ever released to boot ;-):vb:

no pixels here, it’s all LEDs and mirrors. it could just be some dust on the LED window. i won’t say it’s normal, but it is common.

morintari wrote:
Let’s not forget Bound High, it’s easily the best game for the system. Oh and you might want to pick up a flashboy too for all of your homebrew needs, and to play all of the games ever released to boot ;-):vb:

At this point, I think the “flashboy” will be essential to playing Bound High (I agree it’s the best game). I don’t think the cart is available now.

“Red Alarm” has many Easter-eggs (hidden features), such as two bikini-girls. It is among the best exploits of the “3D”.

There are lots of hidden rooms in “Wario Land”, another must-have game; and each level needs a key to advance to the next level, usually the key is in a hidden room. “Mario Clash” has a secret feature that I discovered — that’s my comment on “Virtualboy.org”. 🙂

I also like “Space Squash”, often on ebay for $100. “Japan Only”, it should have been released to US.

If you like puzzles “Tetris” is available in two forms, US and JAPAN versions do play differently. The US one has great 3D, and a puzzle mode where you have to build some object with the provided pieces (like a truck, elephant, helicopter) — when completed the object comes to life and runs off the screen.

RE “pixel out” — let’s hope it is just a dust speck. You might move your eye up and down on a screen that displays lots of solid background; if the line moves at all, it’s dust (or a micro-crack in the clear bezel); if it doesn’t move then could be an LED out. I’ve tried to fix the fine wires on LED’s and IC’s before, with very little success; the chances of you damaging other LED’s while trying to fix the one are high. I haven’t tried a “spring-loaded whisker”, sounds good in concept.

Welcome here, and good luck with your display!

• This reply was modified 10 years, 6 months ago by vb-fan.

modeltfordman wrote:
Hello everyone, I saw this post and decided I’d jump in and say hi. I just purchased a a virtual boy today and am very excited to play it. I never had one growing up and was curious. So my curiosity finally got the best of me. I can’t wait to play some Mario Clash and Wario Land! Now all I have to do is get a flash boy. Also if anyone is familiar with Famicom World I’m usually found lurking there as well.

Welcome to you too!

Don’t miss the “secret stunt” on Mario Clash; it’s the only way to get past level 100 — where critters move very fast! But it takes some strategy to pull it off…

🙂

Alexander wrote:
What is best way to leave it when not in use? I’ve read different things and unsure.

I’ll tell you what I think is the best case scenario for storage to maximize life, or at least what seems logical to me.

Avoid extreme temperatures, but more importantly, try to avoid large amounts of temperature variation. So, don’t store it in an attic that’s not insulated =P. Being stored in a room with a steady temperature will minimize the amount of times the glue heats up and cools down, thus, causing minimal wear.

Welcome to the forums btw.

Welcome to the club! I also highly suggest getting a flashboy if at all possible. I’ve had a VB since 2003 and ever since I got my flashboy I’ve been playing it more than I ever have! My favorites are Bound High! and the Hyper Fighting demo. As far as protecting your VB, I keep mine in a Blockbuster hardcase, which I just so happen to have an extra that I’m selling. PM me if you’re interested.

vb-fan wrote:

morintari wrote:
Let’s not forget Bound High, it’s easily the best game for the system.

At this point, I think the “flashboy” will be essential to playing Bound High (I agree it’s the best game). I don’t think the cart is available now.

Tusk does not list “Bound High”:
http://www.uncletusk.com/catalog/17

…but there is one on ebay, he bought it from Tusk for $80 and is selling it on ebay for $90 (plus $2.50 shipping):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOUND-HIGH-Virtual-Boy-Game-Cartridge-/161317147244?

You might consider getting it. “Bound High” on a Flashboy is fine; but there’s nothing like plugging in an actual cart…

🙂

Alexander wrote:
Ok cheers guys by storage does it matter where I leave the focus switches? It’s gonna be on display in the games room in my house and get played every so often. I read somewhere it can pull the ribbon out of place by leaving it on neutral. Cheers

As far as I know, you can leave the focus slider wherever you want, and it should not have any effect on the ribbon cables. It is the IPD dial that you need to worry about. For long-term storage, it is recommended that you rotate the IPD dial counterclockwise (to the left) as far as it can go. This will put the least amount of stress on the ribbon cables inside.