Thanks that is so cool! That picture may just be worth printing out on nice paper, framing, and hanging up in the game room!

I just want to say that perhaps you are not being too careful, just realistic. There is definitely a learning curve to soldering, and I truly believe this is one of the situations where having the right equipment makes all the difference.

I ruined more consoles than I would like to admit trying to learn to solder, and even though I am good at it now, there are still some mods I still send out to have done by others who are more capable.

You’re right, if you had problems getting solder braid to work, you may not have the equipment or the skill. There’s no shame in that, just wisdom.

Hopefully you’ll find someone who is able to help. I bet there are German gaming message boards or facebook groups or some way to find a group of vintage gamers in Germany online, if you can’t find any help here, that may be a good place to start looking.

For what it’s worth, from what I can see of your virtualtap, it doesn’t look like it has been damaged to me. I think you likely won’t have any problems with it if you find a modder who has the skill

Good luck!

I would possibly be interested.

Okay thanks. I have a consolized version of the VB so the carts load upside down. I think the buttons of the flashboy won’t work for me because I won’t be able to access them. That’s the main reason I was hoping for a multiboy.

I’ll just keep my fingers crossed for the future.

Hey Kevin, just curious, do you still think you’ll end up doing the MultiBoy32? I held out on buying this one because I liked the idea of the MultiBoy better, but more and more this project seems to be shifting into the MultiBoy and I’m feeling like maybe I missed my chance to get on board this project if you don’t end up doing any further batches/orders.

Thanks.

I purchased an Elegoo Mars for this project.

I have been experimenting with mixtures of a base black anycubic resin and Siraya Tech’s Blu resin, which is a much tougher resin for functional parts.

I have come close to figuring out a solution I am happy with through experimentation, but I have two main issues I’m running up against:

1) Parts of my edges are not forming correctly and so the edges don’t have the sharp clean lines I’m looking for. I have been watching videos on manually adding supports and I think that’s my answer. I’m not even really overly concerned with that, should be an easy one to solve with a bit more experimenting.

2) When I test fit parts, they work beautifully. However, what I have observed after many test fits is that the material is kind of wearing a bit and leaving a chalky residue. I’m not overly concerned about this for myself, but if I do a larger run of these for the community, I want to provide a product that looks good and functions properly. I think I wouldn’t be overly impressed if I bought a cable from someone and it started looking chalky after light use. This one is really bothering me and I’m not sure there’s going to be a resin solution to the problem.

I’m starting to think maybe using the resin for the casing after I get that dialed in and then looking toward a carbon fiber material like you use in your patch cable for the connectors themselves.

What type of material did you end up printing with? I couldn’t get great prints with PLA, I bought a resin printer and am playing with that, but I’m not quite sure that’s the way to go. I know Kevin uses a carbon fiber material but that material is $200/spool and requires it’s own separate 3D printer from any normal printer you use, which is probably cost prohibitive for the average person.

Great progress! It’s all coming together!

Looks like you used a standard soldering iron and solder found in a hardware store. Usually on those you can’t control the heat and they come with giant tips. Those are used to solder much bigger items than electronics.

If you want to learn to solder on electronics, you can. There are great online resources available, but soldering is one of those things where having the right equipment for the job makes so much of a difference.

Great work on both of these!

If I understand correctly, with this latest design update, we can use the buttons on the cart to switch between games. Is that it?

If so, I am sold. I was holding out for the MultiBoy32, but if this will let me switch between ROMS without needing to plug the cart into a computer, I’m sold.

Also, if we don’t need to plug the unit into a computer and the ROMs are stored on an SD card, what is the purpose of the USB connection?

At one point in the game the character that gives you the Virtual Boo says “We’ll sell millions of these!”

I had a good chuckle at that.

I’m in for a few sets as well.

Welcome! Glad to have ya!

Nice! What a great find!

I always assumed this was going to be a preorder. Definitely do what you need to do. I think you have the support of a lot of people who are anxious for this. I’d be happy with either a preorder or a kickstarter.

That’s a great collection! Thanks for sharing!

I think Mobius Strip Tech (the person who made the FURGB boards for Voultar) has kicked around the idea of taking up this project and making boards. Perhaps if enough people show interest to him, he may make them on request. I don’t have any personal knowledge, that’s just what I remember him saying.

He’s got a website and an active Twitter account. I’m new here and don’t know the rules on linking. I don’t want to link and possibly get in trouble, but you should be able to find him via a search for his name.

Oh this is really exciting! I hope this takes off. I sent you an email.

Hey congrats on the great work!