I think the Virtual Boy controller is the best controller ever.
I mean, there are good controllers out there, but the VB one is superb.
I Would like to play it on the PC.
Is there an adapter? has anyone thought about this?

it would also be nice for development purposes. compile and test on emulation with a real controller.

retronintendonerd wrote:

UHATEIT wrote:
why would you want to play the VB on your PC? Just play your VB on your VB!

To me I see it as not everyone can afford some of the games or has a Flash Boy to play them. This is also makes it easier for people to use emulation to capture clear footage of games without needing a bunch of equipment.

I kid I kid, and I get it. For me it just takes away the experience of the amazing 3D graphics that the lasers trick us into 🙂 but I get it for the purposes of development and testing on a computer!

UHATEIT wrote:

I kid I kid, and I get it. For me it just takes away the experience of the amazing 3D graphics that the lasers trick us into 🙂 but I get it for the purposes of development and testing on a computer!

Oh I agree. Nothing will ever beat playing the real thing. I made a USB controller for emulating purposes but I think this would be better so no controllers need to be sacrificed.

VB controller USB adapter housing design completed. Ordering the first prototypes now. Likely to be a spin but fingers crossed. 🙂

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mellott124 wrote:
VB controller USB adapter housing design completed. Ordering the first prototypes now. Likely to be a spin but fingers crossed. 🙂

Looking good!

mellott124 wrote:
VB controller USB adapter housing design completed. Ordering the first prototypes now. Likely to be a spin but fingers crossed. 🙂

Super sweet! Looks pretty official.

KR155E wrote:

mellott124 wrote:
VB controller USB adapter housing design completed. Ordering the first prototypes now. Likely to be a spin but fingers crossed. 🙂

Super sweet! Looks pretty official.

Thanks. Parts are being made now. 5 sets on their way by end of the week. It only took about a day to design so not too bad. I’ll update again when I have assembled units.

Can definitely sign me up for one as well, looking great!

I think the VB controller is great, so if it’s cool, I would like to order one as well! 😀

UHATEIT wrote:

retronintendonerd wrote:

UHATEIT wrote:
why would you want to play the VB on your PC? Just play your VB on your VB!

To me I see it as not everyone can afford some of the games or has a Flash Boy to play them. This is also makes it easier for people to use emulation to capture clear footage of games without needing a bunch of equipment.

I kid I kid, and I get it. For me it just takes away the experience of the amazing 3D graphics that the lasers trick us into 🙂 but I get it for the purposes of development and testing on a computer!

Well, the VB doesn’t have any lasers, but there are VB emulators that are compatible with current VR headsets. They work… okay. Honestly, it isn’t the best for a bunch of technical reasons involving pixel ratios. But it is the best many people can do.

The best reason, though, is for developers to test their games.

Some delay here on builds. USPS lost the package and the housings are being remade.

mellott124 wrote:
Some delay here on builds. USPS lost the package and the housings are being remade.

Dude you’re not alone. They lost two packages on me last week. They are the absolute worst. Sorry they screwed you 🙁

Yea, seems like it is postal chaos right now. I have a modded SNES mini (the original system redesign, not the SNES Classic) that I sent off to get repaired and is currently lost somewhere in Cleveland. :/ Sucks they lost the housings, but at least it wasn’t the controller sockets I guess.

Wow, that’s pretty bad. This is the first one I’ve ever had them lose.

OK, here’s the first unit. USPS found the housing package and redelivered. However Mouser sent my microcontroller board order out of country so there will be another few days delay in getting orders out for this. Despite the delivery issues, things came out really well especially with a red and black Anker USB cable.

The adapter shows up as a gamepad within Windows. There are 3 different mappings. By default all VB controller buttons get mapped to digital buttons as the VB controller is 14 digital buttons. I added two other mappings which can be selected by holding the A or B button when the adapter is powered up. Holding the A button down during power up maps the left d-pad to analog X,Y and everything else digital. Holding the B button down during power up maps the left d-pad to analog X,Y and the right d-pad to analog rotation with everything else to digital buttons.

The housing came out nice. There are some very small ridges that appear on the outside due to internal features that I wasn’t expecting but still looks clean. Really happy with how things turned out for a first pass at this housing.

I’m not providing the red/black Anker cable so here’s a link if you’re looking for one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SUY0NCI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So that completes it for this project. I’ll be shipping out units for this in about a week after those microcontroller boards show up. This has motivated me to do an update to my Power Glove adapter too. 🙂

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Wow that is looking sharp!

Looks awesome! Another professional grade product from Kevin. Thanks for doing these for us. So glad I got in on these!

Is it too late to get on the list for one of these adapters? Be amazing to try out a Virtual Boy controller on the PC. I might even try it on my Switch just to see if it will work. For science, of course.

BigScheaf wrote:
Is it too late to get on the list for one of these adapters? Be amazing to try out a Virtual Boy controller on the PC. I might even try it on my Switch just to see if it will work. For science, of course.

I can do another small batch if there is interest. The initial 5 units are already accounted for. Looks like there is interest for maybe another 5. If you’re interested then send me a PM.

BigScheaf wrote:
Is it too late to get on the list for one of these adapters? Be amazing to try out a Virtual Boy controller on the PC. I might even try it on my Switch just to see if it will work. For science, of course.

I can do another small batch if there is interest. The initial 5 units are already accounted for. Looks like there is interest for maybe another 5. If you’re interested then send me a PM.

If anyone is also interested in a Nintendo Power Glove version, I’ll have those in about 2-3 weeks as well. Housing already designed.

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Power Glove?!? How would that work? I actually have one (on display, of course 🙂 ) but I don’t see how I could use it to interface with my PC in a useful way. Now I’m curious though.

mellott124 wrote:

If anyone is also interested in a Nintendo Power Glove version, I’ll have those in about 2-3 weeks as well. Housing already designed.