That is crazy you noticed that. But you are right, there is no disputing the fact. The shape has the same notch in the display and even the holes where you mount the display are correct. The octagon shape of the plastic is perfect and you can just barely see the rectangular part inside of the octagon.

It is nice that I just had the pleasure of cleaning a pair of these. Cool find 🙂 I would think the person who made this prop must be a fan, and thought no one would ever notice.

Do Planet VB users go in on a big order for a discounted price on eyeshades/holders or something?

I am expecting this eyeshade I ordered from ebay any day now: link

I thought 8.99 was a reasonable price. Way better than my home-made one lol

I just uploaded mine for the first time last week. All the options are there on a pc, just hover over your name like modeltfordman said, if you have computer access.

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Nice project, I just tested it out hardware. I was thinking some simple little shooters could be fun and maybe not overly complicated to make. Keep up the good work 🙂

I sent you a PM

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I just recently fixed my virtual boy. When you got it out of the oven I assume you still applied pressure to re-affix the ribbon to the display? It doesn’t look too bad in the picture. It even has it’s original bend back, maybe you just have to cook it again? lol I would keep messing around with it, at the very least you now have a ribbon/display that you can practice soldering with.

I am glad to know you can order replacement parts like that, I have never checked.

Wow, this is the first time I saw this post. That looks really impressive. Keep up the awesome work. I am jealous of you programmers and coders. Something I would like to learn some day.

Someone in the forum said they got one a couple days ago. Email Richard at that link. My experience with him was great. The FB+ is worth every penny, and I haven’t had one issue with it yet.

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TheForce81 wrote:
It is an issue with the lens on the display board for sure and normally is removable by using some elbow grease!

It worked! You are the man, you really know your stuff. No more blurry lines and no other issues either. Thanks so much for your help!

RunnerPack wrote:
DogP wrote about the proper procedure in this post.

I read the post you linked and followed those instructions when I reassembled my VB tonight. Thanks for the link.

Problem solved. Left and Right displays are both crystal clear. In case anyone else has this issue I did exactly what TheForce81 suggested above. I rubbed each lens on the displayboards with a microfibre cloth for about 3-4 minutes with good pressure. I then re-inserted the display ribbons to the VB mainboard as described in the link above. It worked perfectly, the displays now have no issues.

Thanks everyone, i’m off to play! 🙂

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TheForce81 wrote:
I am talking about the clear parts on the displays (the part as in my avatar), the displays you took out of the VB and fixed yourself. You can apply a lot of pressure on that without breaking anything. If only a cloth and pressure doesn’t solve it, using rubbing alcohol, or an eraser can help.

I was cleaning the wrong parts. Time to go try again! I really appreciate your help.

LordRayken wrote:
You need to get those cables soldered and then mess with it. For display issues to be totally ruled out you must have the cables soldered.

I definitely see the importance of getting the cables soldered. I hope to get this done as soon as I can afford to, as I know the oven method is just a band-aid. Like TheForce81 said, currently I am having a different issue.

Thank you everyone for all of your input. Hopefully I will be back with good news 🙂

So I took apart my VB and noticed the mirrors were actually pretty dusty! I was hopeful that cleaning them would solve my issue. Not so much, with a microfibre cloth wrapped around a skinny paintbrush I cleaned everything very well. The mirrors, the glass lenses on the inside, the red lenses. I fired it up, didn’t change anything. So I continued to clean some more, fired it up again and nothing changed.

TheForce81 wrote:
The problem is a tiny speck of dirt on the lens part of the display which you cannot see with the naked eye.
The best way to get rid of it, is to rub with a lint free cloth with a good amount of pressure

What lenses do you mean specifically, and how much pressure? I applied more pressure the second time I cleaned, I still didn’t get any results. I fear I might be that 1% with a scratched lens? Should I try again? any additional tips?

Lester Knight wrote:
I noticed this same thing on my own VB. When I was reinstalling the soldered cables I tested it without the red lenses in and found that it went away. I am confident that what you are describing is a distortion of the light through the red plastic of the lenses. I have since wanted to replace mine with flat glass, but put that project on the back burner due to limited free time.

I didn’t try it without the red things installed. I should have… now I have to take it apart again just to see lol

Thanks for the suggestion!

I actually already fixed the glitch issue I was having by doing the oven method. I followed the guide from: Project: Virtual Boy and watched a youtube video. Although a permanent solder solution would be nice in the future.

The issue I am now having is different, and I would much rather fix it myself.

I have since found this post, This thread better describes the issue I am having.

Has anyone else experienced this? I would love to know the best methods to fixing this issue, before I cause additional problems 🙂

I would love to get my hands on those original magazines. This is the next best thing. Thanks for sharing!

I was quite impressed with this emulator. It ran very well on hardware, I had no idea it would include stereoscopic features! Awesome bonus. I played Tetris last night for a very long time, the gameplay was perfect and the sound was pretty much on point. Thanks so much for your work, I will end up using this for many many years!

wazzal wrote:
Very cool experience to play GB games on the VB 🙂

I thought so as well!

I just spent the last little while reading through this whole post. Incredible work here. I can’t believe all the games that could have been. I have never yearned for something so much in my life 🙂 Thanks for all the hard work.