Greetings!

I’ve been into old games since they were new games, haha…

Got my first VB at launch… begged my mom for it! She sold it after the reports about seizures and things… but I replaced it years later with a lucky bid on eBay!

I have Mario’s Tennis and Wario Land in my collection… if any of you have extra common games you’re looking to get rid of, let me know! I don’t care about completeness or quality – I just want to play the games!

Welcome in the best virtual community.
Give a look at the Marketplace in the Forum.

You could find hot deal.

mxpxrobbie wrote:
Greetings!

I’ve been into old games since they were new games, haha…

Got my first VB at launch… begged my mom for it! She sold it after the reports about seizures and things… but I replaced it years later with a lucky bid on eBay!

I have Mario’s Tennis and Wario Land in my collection… if any of you have extra common games you’re looking to get rid of, let me know! I don’t care about completeness or quality – I just want to play the games!

Hi! Welcome!!! 🙂

You could build a collection one game at a time (here, or online auctions); but at this point they’re getting pricey. I got “Jack Brothers” direct from Atlas, a couple of used games; they now go on ebay for $50-100. Space Squash is another excellent game but was “Japan Only”; got mine on ebay for $100.

If you just want to play the games, I suggest getting a FlashBoy, and playing all the games hosted here; especially Faceball and the homebrews. There are also sites that host all the released games, including the rare ones. Thought I’d never get to play “Virtual Lab” or “Virtual Bowling” (online auctions go for well over $1000), but have played them on my FlashBoy.

I also recommend getting the three games from Uncle Tusk — the unreleased prototype “Bound High” is one of the best games made; very convincing box and manuals, they go for $75-$85.

Have fun!

The Advice that VB-Fan shared really does sum up the best approach if your just into the VB for gaming (as opposed to collecting). The Flash Boy + is all you need.

However if you want to get a few games just to have (with or without box) just for rapid changing in between games The best advice I can offer is Japanese games. A lot of the Japanese versions of US games are cheaper but still in English for the most part (not Baseball, Panic bomber or Jack Bros, but the bulk of the rest).

That, and game lots on ebay. When your just starting its easy and fun to just pick an auction with like, 5 or 6 games in it; most likely all ones you don’t have (except Tennis. That is always in there and everyone has it) and paying under $80 for them.

ectoglow wrote:
The Advice that VB-Fan shared really does sum up the best approach if your just into the VB for gaming (as opposed to collecting). The Flash Boy + is all you need.

However if you want to get a few games just to have (with or without box) just for rapid changing in between games The best advice I can offer is Japanese games. A lot of the Japanese versions of US games are cheaper but still in English for the most part (not Baseball, Panic bomber or Jack Bros, but the bulk of the rest).

That, and game lots on ebay. When your just starting its easy and fun to just pick an auction with like, 5 or 6 games in it; most likely all ones you don’t have (except Tennis. That is always in there and everyone has it) and paying under $80 for them.

I was under the impression the FlashBoy+ is no longer being made… I am interested in one – not really into collecting the games, but I definitely want to play them on my VB!

mxpxrobbie wrote:

I was under the impression the FlashBoy+ is no longer being made… I am interested in one – not really into collecting the games, but I definitely want to play them on my VB!

Richard still makes and sells them, as he advertises here:

http://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=13655#forumpost13655

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Benjamin Stevens wrote:

mxpxrobbie wrote:

I was under the impression the FlashBoy+ is no longer being made… I am interested in one – not really into collecting the games, but I definitely want to play them on my VB!

Richard still makes and sells them, as he advertises here:

http://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=13655#forumpost13655

I second that, get a flashboy, a must if you want to just play, and you can play em all.
You do need to play VB games on VB hardware to get the most from them so flashboy is invaluable in that respect.