Unfortunately, I decided to start saving for a new notebook just a few weeks ago. If I start dipping into that money, the longer I’ll have to wait for my notebook… 🙁

…Plus, I remember reading that you can mod the NTSC version to output PAL60, but I haven’t seen anything on doing the reverse to a PAL unit.

Maybe people who just bought a VB, and obviously have no idea of the price of a VB game, wanted a copy of it. You’ll also notice the postage is only ~$2. That takes it to around $10, which isn’t that bad a price for a VB game.

…But then again, maybe the guy was lucky and managed to attract all the n00bies out there. Try and take note of whatever selling methods he used (auction duration & directory location, 2 line description and really bad photo :-P), and try to replicate them next time you sell a VB game. 😉

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That statement leads me to believe that it isn’t your laziness that prevents you from making your own games, but is in fact your mental capacity is too insufficient to support anything more than filling up the internet with your mindless comebacks.

…I wonder if KR155E can IP ban…

I’m guessing that all your games are German?

And I’m kinda interested in the PAL DC, but those kinda tend to go for more than I want to pay for one…

…And you’re not selling anything VB? 🙁

…And I suppose you aren’t even more lazy than us…
…Can’t even bother turning off Caps Lock… 🙁

I remember a Virtual-E project along these lines ages ago.

Unfortunately it was determined that the transfer speed of the link port wasn’t fast enough, and the project was never finished. 🙁

I don’t think Jim is planning to pay him for it… 😉

The startup screens are in Japanese (of course), as well as the game select & pause menus. Most of the other stuff (like actually playing golf) seem to be pretty much in English.
…Of course, I only played a few quick holes on each, so there may be more I don’t know about…

Either way, it shouldn’t be too hard to find your way around after a while.

My mistake. It was Faceball. :vbsmile:

(The link to Retrogames Issue 23 was included in the post above.)

Thing is, the one I opened was perfectly alright (although a bit worn). I recently got a Jap one that has a screen glitch, but haven’t opened it yet.

Putting homebrews (or any kind of ROM ;-)) on a cart is easy.
The hard part is making the rewritable cartridge. 😛

My screwdriver only lasted long enough to open my first VB, which is why I bought normal screws to replace those annoying ones in case something happens in the future.

Welcome! 😀 Its not often we meet many (ex-)Nintendo employees, let alone one who actually worked on the VB.
It’s almost as if working there kills their enthusiasm for their merchandise 😉 (or they had none to begin with… :-()

As you may already know, a while back someone was able to get a copy of Bound High, unfortunately (in spite of our nagging/pleading) they refuse to share it. 🙁
Its a real shame that people refuse to share with others. Just because we are able to play a game doesn’t make the cartridge itself worthless. If that were the case entire NES collections would’ve been flushed down the loo by now (and have looking at the condition of some of my carts. :razz:)

…Anyway, that was more of an observation than a question.

:question: How much of the game did you actually get to play?
:question: Did you work on any other VB items, and if so what?
:question: And what did it take to get a job there? 😛

IIRC according to what I’ve read on these forums, screen problems on the older systems is becoming more and more common. I personally just bought a near-mint Jap unit, which unfortunately has lines across one screen.
(Haven’t opened it yet to repair it, so the following may not be entirely correct)

* After you have opened the VB, locate the pinkish cables as pictured at the top left and right on the PCB image above
* Reseat the cables back into their connectors

I can’t remember, but there may be another 2 cables leading to the displays as well. Its probably best to reseat those as well.

Until recently, I thought that this was the only problem. However there have been posts about mechanical failure of the displays themselves. AFAIK these can’t be repaired. 🙁

I highly doubt its the game, unfortunately. 🙁

I think I’ve heard this exact problem before. Most of the time its just a matter of reseating the display cables (which unfortunately involves opening the console). You can’t use the commercially available Nintendo screwdrivers to reach the deep screws of the console, so you have to make your own.

See the cables on the top left/right of the PCB? Those are the ones that seem to give the most troubles.

NOTE: If you do open your VB, its best to replace the screws with normal ones so you can use a regular screwdriver if anything should need adjusting in future.

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Its always nice to hear from new potential VB programmers. 😉

“The console came with Mario Tennis…”
“I have ordered the following games from eBay:
Mario Tennis”

So good you ordered two? 😛

…By closing their eyes before/while posting? :question:

This is why this place needs a sticky saying that this is for Virtual Boy, not VisualBoy/Advance.

…What am I saying? They won’t look at it even if you have one… 🙁

…If you somehow manage to electrocute yourself on 5-12 volts, I’d like to know how. 😉

Depends on how much you’re willing to pay him. 😛

Its not really a thing you can rush. Life tends to take priority over VB (unfortunately). 🙁