Here’s an impressive Japanese Floor Model Display on Yahoo! Auctions Japan:

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/312698600

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Great to hear all this! Thanks for the update.

Very nice video!

Inirius wrote:
Such a great brochure, I’ll love to get it 🙂 (and also find the VB cap)

To this day, not a single person is known to have that specific VB cap. There is speculation that the cap’s design may have changed before the caps were actually made. Nevertheless, I also hope to find that specific version of the VB cap someday.

I recently got a Blockbuster’s Virtual Boy Must See 3-D Sweepstakes brochure

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Inirius wrote:

Quaze wrote:
Updated collection pic for 2018 🙂

What’s the white boxed VB ? Is it a debug version ?

Most white-boxed VBs that are accounted for contain USA VB systems that were made early on in the production run (having serial numbers close to the 1000 mark, more or less) and that were intended to be used only for demonstration purposes. They are, nevertheless, nearly identical to all the other commercially released USA VB systems. There is also at least one known white-boxed VB that contains a pre-production VB system that was sent to a developer some time before the production run, so the VB system therein has no serial number at all on it. Other than that, that system is also almost identical to the commercially released version.

Unfortunately, no ROM or prototype cart for this game has been discovered so far.

You can download the ROM here: https://www.planetvb.com/modules/games/?h010d

In the list here: https://www.planetvb.com/modules/games/?hg
You can click on a title and then find its downloadable ROM, if it’s available, under the “Downloads” tab.

There has not yet been a prototype known to have made it out of the hands of the original developers. One might be able to play one of the Double Yakumans for the Game Boy on the Virtual Boy using the Game Boy Emulator, but I myself have never tried that.

If you go to the “Games” tab of the Homebrew section and click on one of the sort arrows of the second “Status” column, it puts all “Finished” games together in a single section.

beatmania wrote:
Thanks for these! This is really awesome.

I tried my hand at Photoshop using your translation…any interest in more of these?

I’m not sure if you noticed, but I had actually already created an English version of the Japanese article using Paint and other programs, which I included as an attachment in the post that also had just the digital text version of the translation and the attachment of the original Japanese article.

Right now, I don’t think I’ll be making any more Japanese to English translations for Virtual Boy stuff for a while, unless something new is found for a still unreleased VB game. I am actually working on other translation projects at the moment, completely not video game-related.

For the most part, though, this very thread should have just about all of my English translations ever made for unreleased Virtual Boy games.

vuefinder83 wrote:
There’s even a Tetris one!

They had better still release a proper version of Defender. I’m still worried about that.

Dude… Even the kid’s hairdo was altered, of all things.

Amen!

I have sent up some prayers for him, too.

Hmmm… I wonder who, or what, the “legends” will be…

KGRAMR schrieb:
Hey Benjamin! Could you help me out in translating this :D?

Gosh… it would take me way too long to figure that out, especially to make out some of the characters. If you can’t find someone fluent in English and Japanese on here, I would recommend trying the translation forum section of Assembler Games.

Seam schrieb:
Hey guys, check this out

https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Super-Famicom-Magazine-1995-No-13-Japan-VIRTUAL-BOY-TERRANIGMA-TENCHI-SOUZOU/153007300208?hash=item239ff21e70:g:cEMAAOSwZlZaA7op

is there already a scan of this? I didnt see one in the scans section.

https://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=36970#forumpost36970

English Translations Begin Here:
https://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=39731#forumpost39731

JoePassive wrote:
Some games you all posted got an orange stickers on them. what is that? please let me know thanks

In Japan, unlike in North America, there was never a rental program during the commercial life of the Virtual Boy, whereby prospective customers could rent a Virtual Boy unit and/or games before buying them outright. Therefore, prospective customers had to play the VB games inside a retail store using the VB demo unit in the store, if they wanted to try them out before making a purchase. Six of the Japanese Virtual Boy games were sent to stores specifically for this purpose, and they each included a “Sample for Demonstration” sticker on their game boxes, which let the store know that these specific copies of the games were not to be sold to customers but were only to be used for the VB demo unit. The six Japanese Virtual Boy games that came in this “demo-only” form were Mario’s Tennis, Red Alarm, Teleroboxer, Galactic Pinball, Mario Clash, and Wario Land. On each orange sticker on the game boxes for these games, it reads “この商品は実演用サンプルとしてご使用ください”, which translates to “This product should be used as a sample for demonstration.” Finding copies of these Japanese demo games is extremely difficult these days for a few of them, especially Mario’s Tennis and Teleroboxer. Hope this info helps.

Japanese to English Translations for The Super Famicom Magazine, Issue 7.21 No. 13 1995:

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バーチャルボーイソフトのすべて
All Virtual Boy Software

9月以降発売予定ソフト
Software Scheduled for Release in September or Later

マリオクラッシュ
任天堂 / 9月発売予定 / 4,900円 / ACT
Mario Clash
Nintendo / Scheduled for Release in September / 4,900 Yen / Action

単純で奥が深い期待のマリオACT ！
A Mario Action Game with Simple yet Deep Expectations!

マリオを操作し、手前と奥の2
つのラインを行き来しながら、敵
を倒していくアクションゲーム。
敵を倒すにはときどき登場するカ
メを踏んで、まずはそれを投げて
敵を気絶させる必要がある。ただ
し、倒したい敵が奥のラインにい
るときは手前のラインから、手前
にいるときは奥のラインから投げ
なければ、気絶させることはでき
ない。その後、気絶させた敵に横
からカメを当てれば倒すことがで
きるのだ。
It’s an action game in which you control Mario to knock down enemies while going back and forth between two sets of lines in the front and back. In order to knock down the enemies, sometimes you will first need to stomp on a turtle that appears and throw it at the enemies to stun them. However, an enemy that you want to knock down cannot get stunned unless you throw from the front line when it’s in the back line or from the back line when it’s in the front. After that, you can knock down the stunned enemy by hitting it from the side with a turtle.

気絶していない敵に横からカメ
をぶつけても、敵は進行方向を変
えるだけで、倒すことはできない。
多数の敵を気絶させ、いっきに倒
してボーナス得点をねらおう。
If you hit an enemy that isn’t stunned with a turtle from the side, the enemy just changes its direction of travel and can’t get knocked down. If you stun numerous enemies and then knock them down all at once, you score extra bonus points!

ステージは膨大な数が用意されている。数ス
テージごとにボーナスゲームも楽しめるぞ。
A huge number of stages are available. You can also enjoy a bonus game every few stages.

ステージが進むごとにさまざ
まな敵が登場するぞ。
Each time it advances to a new stage, a new variety of enemies appears.

こんな感じの立体映像
が見られるぞ!!
Stereoscopic Imagery Like This Can Be Seen!

立体ならではのアイディア
An Idea Unique to 3D

2つのラインにつねに気を配ら
なければならないアイディアは抜
群。立体ならではのアクションだ。
The idea that you should always be watchful of the two sets of lines is extraordinary. It’s an action game unique to 3D!

バーチャル・ボウリング
アテナ / 発売日未定 / 価格未定 / SPT
Virtual Bowling
Athena / Release Date TBD / Price TBD / Sports

3Dにはもってこいのボウリングゲーム！
A Bowling Game Perfect for 3D!

アテナから発売予定のソフトは、
同社お得意のボウリングゲームだ。
The software scheduled to be released by Athena is a bowling game, the company’s specialty.

ボールやピンに立体感をもたせ、
バーチャルボーイの機能をフルに
いかした奥行きのある画面により、
いままでにないボウリングの臨場
感を演出している。
Stereoscopic effects have been applied to the ball and pins, and the screen with depth, which makes full use of the Virtual Boy’s functions, produces a realistic feeling of bowling like never before.

ボールのころがる音やピンの倒
れる音。男女別のキャラクター選
択におけるパワー・スキル・きき
腕・ボールの重さなども細かく設
定でき、本格的なプレイが期待で
きるとともに、視点きりかえによ
り、本物のボウリングでは味わえ
ない感覚も表現しているぞ。
You can set details such as power or technique, dominant arm, weight of the ball, etc. during the character selection by gender, and along with the full-fledged play that can be expected, with the sounds of the ball rolling and the pins falling, it also conveys a feeling that cannot be experienced with real bowling, owing to the changing point of view.

カンタン操作のうえ、サブゲーム
も数種類と充実して、だれにでも
楽しめるゲームになりそうだ。
It is likely to be a game that anyone can enjoy, with simple controls and also enhanced with several types of sub games.

画面は開発中のもの。仕様は
変更される可能性あり。
The screen is under development. Specifications are subject to change.

コース、曲げる方向、強さを決めて投げる。
操作は非常にかんたんだ。
The controls are very simple. Determine the course, curve direction, power, and release.

こんな感じの立体映像
が見られるぞ!!
Stereoscopic Imagery Like This Can Be Seen!

ボウリングならではの奥行き感
A Sense of Depth Unique to Bowling

ボールが画面奥に転がっていく
感じが、画面きりかえとともにう
まく表現されている。
The feeling of the ball rolling towards the back of the screen is well-conveyed by the changing screen.

インスマウスの館
アイマックス / 10月発売予定 / 価格未定 / ADV
Mansion of Innsmouth
I’MAX / Scheduled for Release in October / Price TBD / Adventure

スリルあふれるホラーアドベンチャー
A Horror Adventure Full of Thrill!

3Dホラーアドベンチャー・イン
スマウスの館……、この館から脱出
することがこのゲームの目的なの
である。
It’s a 3D horror adventure, Mansion of Innsmouth… with the purpose of the game being to escape from this mansion.

プレイヤーは迷路を探索し、扉
を開く鍵を手に入れ、制限時間内
に各フロアを脱出するのだ。また、
執拗に追いかけてくるモンスター
″インスマウス″から、アイテムを
利用してうまく逃げまわらなくて
はならない。
The player must explore each maze, get the key to open the exit door, and escape each floor within the time limit. In addition, items must be used to escape successfully from the monsters of “Innsmouth,” which are relentlessly in pursuit.

インスマウスは息づかいもあら
く、雄叫びをあげながら襲ってく
るぞ！館内の異様な気配が、ス
テレオサウンドで再現されている
わけだ。ホラーの魅力を追求した
ゲームなのである。
The Innsmouth monsters also breathe roughly and hunt you down while giving out roars! These peculiar indicators within the mansion are reproduced with stereo sound. It’s a game that truly pursues the appeal of horror!

3D画面に引きこまれてしまうよ
うな臨場感が体験できるぞ。
You can experience a sense of realism that draws you into the 3D screen.

立体映像の迫力はもちろん、ステレオサウン
ドの包み込むような迫力もスゴイ！
The intensity of the stereoscopic imagery as well as the enveloping power of the stereo sound are, of course, amazing!

こんな感じの立体映像
が見られるぞ!!
Stereoscopic Imagery Like This Can Be Seen!

本物の3Dダンジョン
Genuine 3D Dungeons

3Dダンジョンに、迫りくるイン
スマウスが再現されている。恐怖
や圧迫感が味わえるぞ！
The approaching Innsmouth monsters have been reproduced in 3D dungeons. You can truly taste fear and a feeling of oppression!

実際のゲーム画面はさらに立体的な映像で見ることができます。
The actual game screens can moreover be seen with stereoscopic images.

[マリオクラッシュ] © Nintendo [バーチャボウリング] © アテナ [インスマウスの館]
© I MAX
“Mario Clash” © Nintendo
“Virtual Bowling” © Athena
“Mansion of Innsmouth” © I’MAX