the collision detection has me a bit frustrated while playing. it is clear to me that my bullet hit the plane, but nothing happens. other times the bullet fired upon me goes by me, and then when it clears my plane i lose a life. otherwise, this is a really fun homebrew and i have enjoyed playing it.

if any system was ripe for development it is the VB. it really is lacking in titles, due to its poor reception and limited number of software releases. i wish more homebrew devs would consider making a vb game. so many great titles (puzzle, arcade, rgp, 1st person adventure, etc) would lend themselves well to 3D.

thank you for your game, it is really fun. we all hope that you come back when you have time!

isn’t it really fun and addictive? when i got my cart only like 34 had been produced. it really is something special to own it as a repo!

i picked up a new japanese tap and found that i haven’t had a use for it. i don’t know what i would do with a whole case, but it would be a cool collectors item!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-10-Brand-New-Nintendo-Virtual-Boy-AC-Adapter-TAP-JAPAN-IMP-/270830049810?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0eba9a12

10 brand new japanese taps, in a VB shipping box.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Virtual-Boy-System-Kiosk-POS-Display-WITH-Virtual-Boy-/350500541165?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519b75d2ed

Virtual Boy System Kiosk/POS Display WITH Virtual Boy, $499 buy-it-now. local pick up only, NJ USA. has a cracked plastic area where the art goes, missing original art work.

before a game goes on a cart it really needs to be polished. no one wants to pay $50 for a game and then a few runs later a bug fix or two are released on a new version of the cart.

the bound high and space pinball repos are basically stripped down flashboy+ boards. so i don’t think the PCB would be an issue. however, the donors are because there is no source of aftermarket connectors or cases. the connector issue is something that has been discussed but i don’t recall ever reading a solution.

i agree that we would need new parts because we can’t keep destroying mario tennis carts. =/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Virtual-Boy-Custom-Hard-Case-Storage-/150700294224?_trksid=p4340.m444&_trkparms=algo%3DPI.WATCH%252BCRX%26its%3DC%252BS%26itu%3DUCC%252BSI%252BUA%252BLM%252BLA%26otn%3D11%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6828715314445782409

custom hard shell cases.

not sure if anyone has posted this link, i came across it and it looked interesting. very similar to a project i’ve wanted to start but i have been unable to find the foam for sale.

thanks for the additional info. i’ve sent you a PM. =)

http://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=4221

i tried to order that screwdriver at one point but they wanted more than $20 just to ship it to me.

which is the correct size gamebit for the vb? i think i would like to grab one and grind it down to take out the displays. i would like to take you up on that offer to just fix the displays.

cheers!

that is easier said then done. i’ve called all over to find a video game repair shop who was willing to do the fix, i’ve yet to find one. finally found a guy out in vegas but he wasn’t to sure how to do it, said he would “look it up” and then when asked some specific questions about the VB he didn’t have the answers, so i didn’t mail my vb to him.

i’m in the US and as i recall theforce81 is in the Netherlands? USPS wanted something like $45 to ship one way.

i wish i had someone on my block, or even in my city, who could do the fix and who knew how to do it. i did start a dialogue with a planetVB member on IRC about it, but didn’t have the funds at the time to follow through. though, if he is reading this i’ve been thinking about it the past few months! =)

if you do know someone who can do it, and do it correctly, get it done. its the only way to permanently fix the problem.

hey everyone,
sorry to bump such an old thread but i felt it made more sense to post my question here than to start a new topic.

does anyone know if any homebrew or custom carts were ever created for this system? by custom carts i’m thinking of rom dumps for holiday themed messages or greeting cards, usually those are what i expect to see for older systems.

thanks!

My apologies to you. When I first started to debug last night I thought perhaps it was a computer issue on my end. After all, the cart is basically brand new, I thought it was impossible that it could be a problem with the FB+.

Instead of going to bed, like I should have, I sat up and tried everything I could think of. By the time I was done I came to the conclusion that directly contacting you the next day would have been a better solution!

Guess that is the 1 thing I left out of my post, the ROMs are properly padded.

At this point I can’t even get the FB+ to be recognized by any of my machines. I’m not sure what happened, how it happened, or what to try next. It was working and then it wasn’t. I’m wondering if a bad solder point would cause this issue, but then if it was only related to connection/flashing, what is making it not load on the VB? The ROM I last flashed (before making my post) worked, then after taking out the FB+ and putting it back in, I now only get a black screen.

By the way, my VB is powered with the US AC Adapter. So this isn’t a battery issue or anything like that.

Right now everything is unresponsive. I don’t even think I can do anything with it to further debug.

i received my space pinball repo cart in the mail yesterday. i’ve just spend the past 30 minutes enjoying it. i must confess that i like this build of the game much more than galactic pinball. i just wish it had more than 1 puck, but i’m enjoying the “proto-build” of this version. i like how that 1 pick goes from level to level when you reach the exit point, and having 1 puck greatly increases my concentration!

it is easy to see how much more polished galactic pinball is, with the intro voice, music, sound efx, etc, but i feel that they shouldn’t have omitted the prototype’s levels.

thanks again richard! you have made my day!

that’s a ridiculously high price for a used virtual boy system.

its funny how people are willing to pay for something that was on TV. i’ve been to their shop, it was fun, but it doesn’t make something worth more because it was featured on a TV episode.

i’ve seen the stands sell between $25-50 on eBay. you could probably grab one for cheaper if you waited for just the right listing.

mario tennis sells for .99 to 3.00 on ebay, not including shipping. those that ask more usually end up not selling it. i just picked up 6 donor cars for .99 – 1.99 each, all through auction which kind of proves people aren’t really willing to pay more for that game right now.

i usually see red alarm sell for around $5. teleroboxer and vertical force for around $8-12. you can usually find teleroboxer without the box for $5 (again not including shipping). i also recently picked up an unboxed copy of the US release of vertical force for 2.99.

if the games have boxes, dust caps, etc, then you can probably get $10-15 for mario tennis and $15-25 for the other two games.

the stand is an important part of the virtual boy. if this unit does not have any eye glitch issues then i would say that it would go for around $50-$80.

i’m by no means a virtual boy selling expert, but i have been checking ebay almost daily for cool vb stuff since buying mine just about a year ago. you will always see prices that are much higher than what i’ve typed, but more often than not those items do not sell and are relisted. that isn’t to say that the suggested $135 is a bad price, it all depends on who wants it and how honestly you advertise it.

I always feel weird about sending a large amount of money to a total stranger in another part of the world. I took the plunge and ordered a FB+ directly from Richard close to a year ago. I paid him using my Paypal account.

Richard kept me informed every step of the way. When the kit was ready he also let me know that it had been sent out.

I also ordered a Flash Boy box from Chris, the admin of this very site.

Both of them are 100% trustworthy, extremely friendly, and are great to do business with.

Don’t worry about any of it, just order from Richard and then enjoy your FB+

[Lester Knight]

your roms must be padded for flashboy to work with them, so trying to flash non-padded roms will not work. make sure you have the game you want to flash checked in the application (as discussed a few posts up).

i found that the cable that came with the flash boy and a 1 inch adapter that i have are the only two things that work for me. i’ve tried a longer cable but it failed to work, even though the flashboy was detected. i’ve also had mixed results with my usb expansion, so you if you are using one you might want to plug directly into the pc as well.

i’m flashing on xp sp3 without issue. i’ve read that on vista and 7 you may need to run the program in the “administrator” mode.

keep debugging and let us know how it turns out.

edit:: i’ve just attached the version of the flashing software that i am using for my fb+. give it a try!

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I just wonder where the author got the information: “The rarest game for the Virtual Boy is Waterworld”

that line was updated so that it assumes far less.

VBrulez wrote:
What a awful review. No games were covered, and it was just the stuff everyone already knew.

gbatemp’s avg user is in their 20s and while they may have heard about the vb most know nothing about it. it was these gamers that the review was written for. the goal of the review was to inspire new gamers to try an old system. as a result it is a review of the system including a history, some tech specs, info on how to use it, info on how to make an informed purchase, etc. reviewing the games did not fit into the scope of the review, instead additional links were included so that the reader could use their own time to find out more about the games. i don’t see how the choice to review the system and not the games makes it an “awful review”.