As pointed out by JnL on the discord channel apparently to save a game you need to “Press R to save the backup SRAM. (Works only for the first game in the list)”.
I don’t believe we ever chatted here but I do remember seeing you around. The forums are empty these days but we do all tend to chat on the discord server. https://www.virtual-boy.com/discord/
9 years later and my foam crumbled from age, it’s hard to believe how bad it went. But this update is what it now looks like the foam carefully crafted by myself as a replacement.
I haven’t tried it yet but I can say that Oculus Rift gives me extreme dizziness and nausea from which I have literally got sick.
I’ve played Virtual Boy for hours straight and the worst thing that happened is colors for a moment looked an off shade and light seemed way to bright but within moments everything went back to normal.
Virtual Boy is one of the coolest consoles ever made; it really is. It’s only started to achieve its full potential recently though with homebrew as you are aware.
Welcome to the community!