My problem is that A is usually jump in Mario games and for some reason it’s B in Mario Clash.

Not. Intuitive.

Too expensive for me.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Virtual-Boy-17-games-RARE-nintendo-power-an-Sifflet_W0QQitemZ290257819916QQihZ019QQcategoryZ139971QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

17 games and some crap. Too expensive though.

The power supplies are unreliable – repeated pushing in and pulling out of the power cord can push the plug off of the main board of the supply and cause the solder points to crack. This would still let it turn on, but it would immediately turn off.

This might not be your problem, but I have seen that a few times. I fixed it by opening it up and soldering the supply back together.

I’d just buy a new xbox at this point though.

NR20 wrote:
I think it’s not so much that someone would not believe you 😛

It’s that no one cares. Gotcha.

I still want to get that XBOX repaired so I can play my XBOX games.

What’s wrong with your Xbox?

Nintendo
Famicom
Famicom Disk System
NES
SNES
N64 X2
GC X2
Wii
GB X2
GBC X3
GBA
GBA SP X3
GBA SP2 X2
GBmicro X3
DS
DS lite X2
Virtual Boy X2
Pokémon Mini

SEGA
SMSII
Genesis I
Genesis II
SEGA CD II
32X
Saturn X2
Dreamcast X2
Game Gear

Sony
PlayStation
PSOne
PS2
PSTwo (slim)
PSP 1000
PSP 2000

MS
Xbox X2
Xbox 360 X2

Misc.
Atari 2600
Atari Lynx II X2
Panasonic 3DO
Generation NEX
Neo Geo Pocket
Neo Geo Pocket Color X2
GP32
Wonderswan
Game.com
Game Theory Admiral

I think that’s it…

Pictures in case no one believes me:
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5554/games01gh4.jpg
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/3254/games02tk1.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6972/games03mv1.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7347/games04sw8.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3126/games05ul4.jpg
There are some things missing from the pics, mostly because they’re still packed away.

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The right one is still labelled as a, b, y, x it seems.

I used to find good things under ‘gamboy’ and ‘metriod’ but ebay corrects most words these days.

No there’s no soldering. All parts are swappable.

You seem to have misunderstood the intent of the 3D glasses.

The copy of that issue of Nintendo Power was in 3D, and the glasses enabled that.

They don’t really do anything to the VB.

I just looked for some rather beat up GBAs that no one noticed had fixable problems.

The main thing is to look for ‘new brighter screen’ writing on the pics of the boxes. Often people don’t mention the backlit screen in the auction (especially when the screen is broken).

GBAs with broken screens are a dime a dozen but you look for auctions that say ‘won’t hold charge’ THAT’S one you need to grab. That usually means that the screen is intact, but the motherboard is fried. Combine that with one with a broken screen (again making sure the box or auction says ‘brighter’) and you can have a perfectly good SP2.

As for getting them for $20, I just bid enough to win the auction, with shipping, at $20. Often people will outbid you but every once in a while people will ignore the auction and you’ll be fine.

I did the same thing with a gamecube once. Found one where the controller port was smashed (someone must have dropped it on it’s front) but the laser was ok. Combined that with parts from a GC with a burned out laser and you have a working cube.

I’ve been pushing for a VB emu on GBA for a while now but no one seems up to the task. And coders HATE people wandering up to them and saying “You should make this”. But someone managed to port a Vb emu (red dragon I think, not sure, don’t feel like looking it up) to Xbox so you never know…

Black one was a gift.
NES version cost about $20 (off of ebay).
Red also cost about $20 (also off of ebay).
The backlit version was actually comprised of two broken backlit versions; one with a broken screen, one with a broken motherboard. Both were free from some friends.

In total, cause my parents bought me a black Sp way back when and because I have neat friends who break things and give them away, only $40 were spent on this. Others may not be as lucky as me though.

It did take me a while to compile the parts though. Patience is a virtue.