It was about three a.m. when the power went out. I had been asleep for a few hours when it happened. It must have made a noise because it woke me up. Among the stuff I did was I fixed a lamp thingy, so now I have that in case it goes out again. Using a flashlight, I went and retrieved my Virtual Boy along with a few games, unplugged the Virtual Boy (didn’t want to short it out) and went and got the battery pack (luckily there were 6 batteries still inside from the last time). I was anxious for it to come back on to see if my computer was OK, so I put in Virtual Boy Wario Land and played it for about an hour. I got to level 5 when all of a sudden, voila! The lights came back on! So, my Virtual Boy does help to pass the time during power outages, which, oddly, almost always seem to happen when it’s dark (except for that snowstorm where it was out for about 24 hours!)

Soooo… The power went out in the middle of the night while you were asleep, so you woke up and played Virtual Boy until the power came back on, then you went back to sleep?

Why didn’t you just stay asleep?

I tried going back to sleep, but I couldn’t.

The power just came back on after about 90 minutes without it. What was weird was the power went out, and a second afterwords, we heard a big huge explosion. Or what sounded like one. Maybe it was a tree falling on the power line and then slamming into the ground. Anyway, I did what I do every power outage: Play my Virtual Boy. Finding the other controller (the one powered by batteries, not by electricity) was easy. After a few attempts for it to power on and failing, I changed the batteries. Still nothing. So I blew in the cartridge (even though you’re not supposed to) and it worked! I was ready to play Virtual Boy Wario Land! After getting a GAME OVER while fighting the second boss in level 8, I thought I’d have to start anew. Instead it took one of my treasures and allowed me to try the second boss again. I wonder what would happen if I got a GAME OVER and have no treasures, like I do now? I’ll find out next time the electricity went out. I beat the second boss on the second try, and just as it was saving my progress, the TV came back on. Power was restored! But it might go out again. Who knows? Luckily I wasn’t using my FlashBoy or C7050 Odyssey2 cart or Wii-U or anything special when the power went out. But power outages are unpredictable (and they suck, too.) But I know one thing: Virtual Boy Wario Land isn’t my favorite game because I think it’s too hard. I’m probably in the minority here.

Not to bump this thread but the best solution for Virtual Boy Wario Land is to stockpile extra lives when they give you the chance to win them at the end of the stage. I’ve even gone from the end to the start of the game and back just to get as many lives as possible. I think I’m in the 80’s something or somewhere like that. Anyway it works for me.