Now that you mention it, I think I do remember seeing that item as I was scanning through the current Ebay Virtual Boy market, and I think I remember the seller including a note somewhere in the description that it would work with a Virtual Boy, am I right?

I did not notice “VB” on the box itself, however.

That is very cool. With “VB” on the box, I’d say that qualifies as a genuine Virtual Boy accessory. 🙂

My reproduction cart of Space Pinball arrived in the mail today, and it looks very nice.

Thanks Richard! 🙂

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That One wrote:
Thanks everyone! I only got it for $10. I didn’t realize it was worth that much. How much would it be worth with a stand? Where would I find an original stand?

You definitely got your system and games for dirt cheap. Since you did, I would strongly recommend buying a stand for it from a seller on Ebay before attempting to sell the whole package. A new buyer would have to buy the stand separately anyway, but it makes the whole package more presentable and easier to sell if a buyer isn’t required to do that.

I would strongly think that with the stand, you could sell the whole package for at least $135.00 fairly quickly. If not, then just slowly and gradually lower the price over time – no harm in that.

Here is a pretty nice auction for you aspiring collectors out there:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Virtual-Boy-System-15-Games-and-Power-Adaptor-Lot-w-Case-/280823690280?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4162657428

Hey colb,

Glad to see that you plan to get back into some VB gaming.

I hope that you plan to post those high scores that you mentioned on this site and perhaps even work at getting them even higher.

It seems that there are many people playing their Virtual Boys at this time but who have no desire to join the high score competition. I would appreciate some more friendly competition! 🙂

If I were selling those items, here is what I would consider to be “fair” prices:

Mario’s Tennis (loose) = about $5.00
Red Alarm (loose) = about $15.00
Teleroboxer (loose) = about $15.00
Vertical Force (loose) = about $20.00

Actually, I would sell each for less than those amounts, but that’s me.

As for the system with adapter but missing the stand, I would sell it for no more than $80.00.

Thus, the total package would be about $135.00.

That would actually be somewhat less than what I paid for my first Virtual Boy and games, though, so you could probably get a little more than that for those items.

Hey Krisse,

May I ask how you managed to acquire the VUE Debugger in the first place, mainly… from what source did you originally get it? I’m just curious. You must have had some pretty good connections to get that thing.

Overall, I thought that the review was thorough, as far as letting people know about the system goes, and an enjoyable read.

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

I just can’t imagine where the writer would have gotten that from.

Krisse has had the VUE-Debugger available for sale for a long time now, as is shown in his excel document attached to the first post of the thread “Attention Collectors! Selling my VB stuff!”

This isn’t just something that he can just give away to anyone who thinks it would be neat. As the description says, it is a Rare Version 1 Prototype Debugger, and it is the only one known to exist in the entire world.

That’s why the price is listed at 10,000 Euros.

If someone really wants to add this to his or her collection, that person really better want it a lot.

But Krisse is the one who can decide how much less he might be willing to sell it for, but I can certainly understand the current high selling price.

Nice upload.

I noticed that the video portion of “Space Pinball” had a caption of “Galactic Pinball.”

Was that intentional?

LOL. That’s okay, colesonwilson, you can let everyone know about your Halo: Reach prototype.

Just so that people who are new to this site don’t have any confusion:

In post #3 of the forum topic: “Do you think a copy of Dragon Hopper is in private hands?” akumie posted:

“well I have a official virtual boy mario demo but will probably never realease it”

Krisse, the site administrator, readily recognized the joke and called his bluff, making the comical comment in post #8:

“Cool! I recently acquired a beta copy of ‘Virtual Boy Barbie in Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats Land’ from a former employee of Activision. Would you be Interested in a trade?”

Obviously, the Barbie game doesn’t exist and Krisse knew that akumie didn’t have some mario demo, which is why he made the silly offer.

Akumie confirmed that he made up having a mario demo in post #41 of the forum topic: “Bound High ROM – buggy, can anyone help?” when he wrote:

“I made a fake thread on this site just to really see if someone really had the rare games because tired of waiting for so many year …”

He was evidently referring to his post about having a mario demo, which Jojobean seemed to take at face value.

akumie continued the gag of having a mario demo in post #20 of the aforementioned Dragon Hopper thread, but newer members took him seriously and got excited for no good reason.

I have a feeling that VBrulez is also well aware of akumie not having a mario demo and is continuing the gag with his recent post, but still, I don’t want any newbies to get their hopes up for no good reason at all.

Anywhere from 200 degrees Fahrenheit to 300 degrees Fahrenheit for a couple minutes at a time would probably be fine. I even know of one person who fixed several Virtual Boys who recommended 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 1 minute at a time. Keeping it anywhere within this range and just doing it for 1 to 2 minutes at a time shouldn’t cause any permanent damages to the displays.

I think the average hair dryers produce a heat of 150 to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, so if you want to use a hair dryer, you may just have to blow the hot air on the necessary sections for a longer period of time.

JAUG wrote:
So how to make this trick right?

Hi JAUG,

I’m not exactly sure of what you are asking, but if you need to know where the page is that describes the oven method in detail, it is found online at:

http://home.comcast.net/~virtual.boy/projectvb/displayfix.html

The forum thread that talks about this issue is found here:

http://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3295&forum=1

These were the only two things that I used to fix my Virtual Boy’s display problem on a weekend over 3 months ago. I would recommend taking the time to read all the information in these 2 places very slowly and carefully, so that you can mentally prepare yourself for when you attempt it. Though putting the displays in an oven sounds dangerous, it really works rather well. Just keep the oven at the recommended temperature and do it for no more than 2 or 3 minutes at a time. I did actually have to put one of the displays in the oven 3 times at about 2 minutes each at the recommended temperature, before I finally got the desired results, so just don’t put the screws back into your Virtual Boy until you have tested that both displays work great. It’s actually pretty easy to hold the system together simply with one hand and test to see if both displays are working properly with the other hand, before putting all the screws back in. Also, definitely reinforce the cables with packing tape! Not doing so just doesn’t make any sense.

TheForce81 wrote:
Is this a reaction to my last post? If so, I would read it carefully again, because this doesn’t make much sense if it is meant to be a reaction to my post.

I think akumie is still just a little upset from when he had to wait a little extra time to play Bound High! for free a little more than a year ago. His recent post seems to make large reference to that.

I just wonder if akumie would really be willing to help reimburse the thousands of dollars that would have been necessary for one to have acquired a Faceball prototype cart.

I personally think that the $80.00 was a great deal, especially given the completeness (I saw the system’s instruction manual along with all original parts of the system, just didn’t see any wrappings, though) and the condition of the system’s box itself.

The posts on youtube about the shop getting a bad deal because the system showed glitchy lines are to be rejected. Anyone who has tried to fix his or her own Virtual Boy using the oven bake method knows that it is a very easy fix, without any soldering skills or other technical skills being needed. I used the oven bake method together with packing tape reinforcement on my system over 3 months ago, have since played the system for many more hours, and see no indication of having to repeat the oven bake method for a very long time, if ever, especially given how well the packing tape alone holds the cables to the PCBs once the displays are screwed back up against the plastic housing. Of course, I’m the only one who uses my system, and since my interpupillary distance never changes, I never touch the IPD Adjustment Dial, which might be why the oven bake method is more than sufficient for me. However, I’m sure that many others also have IPDs that never change and are also the only ones who ever use their systems, so that method should be cheap (all you might have to do is buy a special screw driver to remove the system’s screws), easy, and sufficient for them, too.

VirtualJockey wrote:
Gone, lol.

I’ll still trade 5 BB cases for a TM if somebody has one to trade.

So did your Travel Master case sell for $350.00? If so, nice job.

Okay. I’m back from my friend’s house and found out that the serial number on his Virtual Boy was torn off, definitely before the system and case were purchased used. Thus, I can’t provide the serial number for the unit, unfortunately.

However, there was an additional detail noticed that could shed some more light on the origin of this Travel Master case. The system and case also included a VB instruction manual, and on the manual there is a piece of tape with writing on it that says “full retail value of game will be charged if instructions are not returned,” and this is the system’s instructions mind you.

The only place other than the toy store that used to be in the Indiana Mall, from where my friend thought it may have been purchased, was Blockbuster. Given the fact that this sticker largely shows that the system was, in fact, a rental system at one time, I would have to conclude that Blockbuster did, indeed, have some Travel Master hard cases along with the Virtual Boy hard cases and put them out for sale when all the Virtual Boy stuff was being sold. I also found out that my friend’s brother was actually the one who purchased the system with Travel Master case for my friend, and he also verified that he either bought it at the toy store that used to be in the Indiana Mall or Blockbuster, no other option. So I’d have to go with the notion that this was a Blockbuster purchase.

I must also agree that both shows have gone downhill over the years.

I used to watch Saturday Night Live all the time, back when people like Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Norm Macdonald, David Spade, etc. were on it. Now, I couldn’t even tell you who the current actors are because I don’t think I’ve watched a single episode for a few years. The show did get very dull and I just had no drive to try to watch it anymore.

The Simpsons show also isn’t quite what it used to be, but the Simpsons are in a different ballpark to me. I still try to regularly watch the show, and I would be very sad to see it go. The Simpsons are more like a part of the family that you just always have to stay in touch with to see what is going on in their lives. They may not be as funny or entertaining as they used to be, but they still have their good moments, and a stronger “bond” of sorts is connected with them as a solid family and community as opposed to Saturday Night Live that is just always a coming and going of various different actors.