Splain wrote:
I don’t know what to call it “officially” or whatever, but I had to buy some of these wheels to replace the wheel on my Game Boy a while back. You can find it by searching for “10k potentiometer” plus “duplex” or “5 pin” or “dual” then checking the pictures to make sure it’s what you want.
Or actually, I have a bunch of spares if you want me to send you a few, for just the cost of shipping. I only needed one but ordered a pack of 10, and I haven’t touched them for years lol.
Thank you! Those search terms look like they’ve provided exactly what I’m looking for!
I found these on Amazon Canada for about $6 shipped, plus with Prime I can have them this week as well. I appreciate your offer though. Do those look like the right type you you as well?
So at this point, I’ve taken peoples advice to clean with vinegar and scrubbing. I’ve reflowed the solder connections on the audio board as well. It’s definitely markedly improved, but it’s still not 100%. For some reason the audio slider only affects the right speaker, but not the left. The controller board is still kind of flaky, but it’s much more reliable at the moment. It seems to be mostly working for now anyways. I’m not sure how long until it starts to corrode again though.
That’s Super Potato in Tokyo. I was there last year at this time, and the Virtual Boy was still plugged in and working at the time. If it’s not there anymore, it might have finally given up the ghost. It’s a shame, because it was my very first experience with the Virtual Boy, and convinced me that it wasn’t as bad as people say.
