Fwirt wrote:
Seriously, what is most peoples’ problem with the VB?
Simple, they momentarily forget that it was made by Nintendo. I mean, Nintendo knows what it was doing, even back then, in terms of playability and gameplay, even if the console itself failed.
It’s a pity, really. I’m glad at least the 3DS doesn’t seem to be going to flop.
That looks incredible. Better than any regular arcade I’ve been to (which I have to admit, are few and far inbetween. Hey, arcades died at some point, right?).
Im sure their is at least 1 or 2 copys of it somewhere.
Well, for all we know… They may have existed… but no longer exist now! Let’s hope that’s not the case.
Virtual Boy Wario Land, but that’s just because it’s my favourite game. With logic like that, though, the thread might as well just have been “what’s your fave VB game?”. 😉
I’ve read about this. Apparently it was trying to do so much it was only mediocre with all of its functionality. Especially the screen was bad – it’s an LCD you’d find in such items as the novelty “1001-in-1 Tetris” console, meaning that any scolling on the screen left a constant fade because the previous pixels took some time powering down.
The VB flopped more because what it was: it simply was too revolutionary for its time; the technology hadn’t been perfected enough yet to attract many people to it.
I can imagine especially the red-only aspect of the console was a turn-off for many.
The passwords will be too easy to guess if you’re only going to have those letters… unless you’re including the entire alphabet or something? (I still have to compile Mednafen on this computer.)
Not really. The majority of people don’t really care about their old consoles and will easily sell it or even throw it away. It’s up to the actual collectors, fans and even profiters to preserve at least a few of them, in the end.
A screen in glasses, you have to move your head to control? This sounds like early prototype Virtual Reality stuff! Now I’m compelled to get one, too. Especially since it’s fun.
Would they? What audience generally buys these VBs? Mostly collectors, right? Would they just throw them away?
But yeah, it would be nice if someone would actually actively repair and sell them. Heck, a nice profit could be made from doing that (as long as the added repair prices aren’t too high of course).
