Exactly how many is ‘a bunch’? I’ve always wondered. I have never opened one of my units. Perhaps I’ll destroy one this winter when work gets slow for me and tinker around with it.

Simply put….no.

So, can you post any sort of link to your article or maybe even post a copy of it? I don’t currently subscribe to GamePro.

A little late on that one P3n0r.

I was actually just about to post a link to that site. I don’t know if the $200 ones on ebay are capable of delivering steroscopic 3D effects. Still, it looks like a neat toy that I would buy if I had the money. I’d be willing to bet that these will drop in price drastically in the next year or so. Remember the personal headsets similar to these that Sharper Image was selling a few years ago? They wanted about $1800 when those first came out. Now you can get something comparable for hundreds less.

On a side note; If cool toys like this keep being created, we may very well see something quite similar to the Virtual Boy in the future. The interest in 3D gaming is growing. It only needs to be more affordable. I have faith it will happen. It just might take a while.

Never lose hope.

Yeah, but the only problem is having to hold it so close to your face while playing. Unless they make a stand and a separate controller that plugs into it some how. Hmmm…

Sweet dude. I want to read it!

Congrats.

Here’s an interesting one. It’s hard to tell if this is the real deal or not.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Virtual-Boy-two-Athena-development-eproms_W0QQitemZ8243446845QQcategoryZ4315QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Can I borrow your jetpack?

Your best bet is to keep your eyes on eBay. Sometimes you will see just a stand up for auction.

lopazthespastic: Actually, I just had it on normal mode. Not being “high and mighty”.

manicfoot: If you press select rather than start to begin the game, it will bring up the options menu. You can change a few other things as well. Max number of contiues, how many rounds per level, etc.

I guess my hand-eye coordination just isn’t what it used to be. Maybe I should play it on easy mode. 🙁

Yeah, I’m going to give it the good old college try again tonight.

Space Squash.

Right. But if that is the case (no pun intended), they must not have made many. Other than this one, I have only ever seen one other on eBay.

Ok, I here is a copy of the exact email I sent to KR155E…

First pics (top view).

From this veiw, they both appear to be quite the same aside from the labels.

Second pics (label close-ups).

The dimensions of the stickers on each case are different. Each case has a slight indentation on the top that is specific to its sticker/label size.

Third pics (corner shot to show border detail).

Here, we see another slight difference. It may be hard to tell from the photos, but the “border” on the Block Buster case (top) is slightly raised. Whereas the border on the Travel Master case is actually indented.

Fourth pics (Inside shot of the top).

Notice that the Block Buster case (top) has a section of the foam cut out so that an abbreviated set of instructions could be placed there. The Travel Master case does not have this. Other than that, they are identical. This almost makes me wonder if the Travel Master one was either going to be produced for the common consumer, or perhaps it was a proto type of sorts to show Block Buster how the case would look. I have searched all over the internet and can’t find any info on the company that produced this case. My guess is that they maybe changed names, or they no longer exist.

Fifth pics (inside the case).

Here is the inside portion of the bottom. Again, the top photo is of the Block Buster case. The only difference here is the small sections of foam on the Block Buster case that show wear. (I took my VB out to take the pics). Other than that small detail, they are perfectly identical.

Sixth and final set of pics (to show similar markings).

The above pictures are what lead me to believe that these two “different” cases were made by the same company. Now, anyone with enough common sense knows that most plastic products are created by using molds. That being said, if a mold has a slight blemish or marking in it, it will show up in every copy of the product that is made. If two different companies are producing the same product, then they are clearly using their own molds. Two molds form two different companies are not going to be exactly the same.

Both cases share many very similar markings. I could take more pics of other such markings, but why waste my time? 😛 All this leads up to my conclusion that both cases were made at the same place, and by the same molds. Again, the top pic is of the Block Buster case.

How many cases were made that say Travel Master? I have no clue. Was the Tavel Master case meant to be purchased by consumers that wanted a case more sturdy than the soft Performance case? The answer evades me. Was this just a sort of “sample” case to show Block Buster what they could produce for their rental units? Your guess is as good as mine. If anyone has answers (especially ones they can back up), do tell!

Note: Sorry some of the pics are different sized. I uploaded them to my Photo Bucket account and it must have resized them a little funny.

Ok, it seems to have gone through to that one. Let me know 🙂

Ok, nevermind. I tried to email them to krisse@vr32.de, but it didn’t work. I got some error message back. Perhaps the file size is too large?

Hey KR155E, I am emailing you some nice pics of this case right now. They are high res pics, but feel free to resize them and use them on your site. The pics are so good, it may give you a reason to update 😛

-Bill

Thanks buddy 😀 I’ll have to go fix that in my auction now.