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Mar 01, 2018 • 02:54

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Japanese to English Translations for Unreleased Virtual Boy Games

It’s interesting to note that on the Virtual Boy Software Schedule on page 98 of The Super Famicom Magazine, Issue 7.21 No. 13 1995, the title “Virtual Handball” can be seen. Thus, it appears that in between Hect applying the working title “Virtual Dodgeball” (ヴァーチャルドッジボール) and the title “Virtual Battle Ball” (ヴァーチャルバトルボール) to their game, they also applied the working title “Virtual Handball” (ヴァーチャル・ハンドボール).

Also to be noted is that the genre for the unreleased game “Intercept” is shown to be “Sports,” which is actually also what the Perfect “Stereoscopic Panorama” Book shows it to be. Perhaps Coconuts Japan was planning to make it a futuristic and/or space-based sports game, like what they did with Space Squash.

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

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特集
Feature

7月21日に任天堂から発売されるバーチャルボーイは、ハンディタイプとしては画期的な3
Dゲームマシンだ。今回の特集では、現時点で画面写真を掲載できる14タイトルを紹介するぞ。
The Virtual Boy, which is to be released by Nintendo on July 21st, is a portable, revolutionary 3D gaming machine. In this special feature, we introduce 14 titles, which are able to have screenshots posted at this time.

あらたな可能性を見いだした！3Dゲームマシン
バーチャルボーイ
ソフトのすべて
A 3D Gaming Machine that has Found New Possibilities!
Virtual Boy
All Software

定価15,000円
List Price: 15,000 yen

視差を利用した立体画像が楽しめる
It Offers Stereoscopic Images Using Parallax

バーチャルボーイには32ビット
のRISCチップが搭載され、ゲ
ーム画面は左右に2台セットされ
たミラースキャンの高画質LED
ディスプレイに映し出される。左
右の画面は一見同じように見える
が、発光表示位置か若干ずれてい
て、同時に左目が左の画面を、右
目が右の画面を見ると、視差が生
じていかにも立体表現をしている
かのように見えるのだ。今回紹介
している画面写真は、どちらかの
目で見たものなので、実際の立体
表現からかなりそこなわれたもの
になっている。店頭などで自分の
目で確かめることをすすめるぞ。
The Virtual Boy comes equipped with a 32-bit RISC chip, and its game screen is displayed using two sets of high-quality mirror-scanning LED displays on the left and right. At first glance, the left and right screens look the same, but the positions of the luminescent images deviate slightly, and when you look at the left screen with your left eye and the right screen with your right eye at the same time, a parallax occurs, and it really looks like there are three-dimensional images. The screenshots introduced this time are what we could see with either eye, so these are fairly impaired compared to the actual stereoscopic images. We recommend checking it out with your own eyes at a retail store.

電源は、電池ボックスに単3電
池6本を入れるか (約7時間の使
用が可能)、または別売りで発売さ
れているACアダプタタップを買
えば、ACアダプタでプレイする
こともできる。そのほか周辺機器
としては、本体を肩で固定して自
由な姿勢で遊べる、ショルダーマ
ウントも発売される予定だ。
To supply power, you can put 6 AA batteries in the battery box (these allow about 7 hours of use), or if you buy an AC adapter tap sold separately, you can also play using an AC adapter. Other peripheral devices to be released include a shoulder mount, which fixes to your body at your shoulders and lets you play with a free posture.

こんなに精密なグラフィックが立体で迫ってくるのだ。
These precise graphics come at you in three dimensions!

従来のゲームマシンとは別の発想が必要
Ideas Different from Those for Conventional Gaming Machines are Necessary

立体表現をいかせるソフト。こ
れがまず第一のポイントだ。そし
てプレイ時間が長時間に及ばない
もの (ゲーム開始後一定時間がす
ぎると休憩をうながす画面が出
る)。多くのメーカーが15~20分程
度で1プレイが終わるものと考え
ているようだ。とすると、おおよ
そ出てくるソフトのジャンル、タ
イプは限られてくる。アクション、
スポーツ、パズル、シューティング
といったところが適しており、R
PGやシミュレーションでは作り
にくい、ということになるだろう。
Software that produces stereoscopic presentations… that’s the first point. Software whose playing time doesn’t last for a long time (after a certain amount of time passes from the start of a game, a screen appears, prompting a break). Many manufacturers seem to think that one play will end after about 15 to 20 minutes. Considering all this, the genres and types of software that will come out will likely be limited. Action games, sports games, puzzlers, shooters, and so on will be suitable, but it’ll be difficult to make RPGs or simulations.

とはいっても、作りかたによっ
てはジャンルなどは関係ないかも
しれない。一般的に、ニューハー
ドの爆発的な普及には、そのハー
ドの特性をいかしきった起爆剤的
なソフトが必要とされている。ゲ
ームボーイのときの「テトリス」
のように。いままでにながったタ
イプのハードだけに、従来では考
えつかなかったところから、そう
いったソフトが出現する可能性は
あるだろう。
Having said this, genres and so on may not matter, depending on how the software is made. In general, in order for new hardware to become explosively popular, it is necessary for the explosion-triggering software to take full advantage of the special characteristics of its hardware – like “Tetris” at the time of the Game Boy. There is now the possibility that software will emerge from that which couldn’t even be thought of in the past, namely because of the types of hardware that have existed until now.

バーチャルボーイソフトスケジュール表
Virtual Boy Software Schedule

発売日 / タイトル / メーカー名 / ジャンル / 価格
Release Date / Title / Manufacturer’s Name / Genre / Price

7月21日 / ギャラクティックピンボール / 任天堂 / TAB / 4,900円
July 21st / Galactic Pinball / Nintendo / Table / 4,900 Yen

7月21日 / マリオズVSテニス / 任天堂 / SPT / 4,900円
July 21st / Mario’s VS Tennis / Nintendo / Sports / 4,900 Yen

7月21日 / テレロボクサー / 任天堂 / SPT / 4,900円
July 21st / Teleroboxer / Nintendo / Sports / 4,900 Yen

7月21日 / とびだせ！ぱにボン / ハドソン / PUZ / 4,900円
July 21st / Pop-Out! Panic Bomber / Hudson / Puzzler / 4,900 Yen

7月21日 / レッドアラーム / T&Eソフト / SHT / 4,900円
July 21st / Red Alarm / T & E Soft / Shooter / 4,900 Yen

8月12日 / バーティカルフォース / ハドソン / SHT / 4,900円
August 12th / Vertical Force / Hudson / Shooter / 4,900 Yen

8月11日 / T&Eヴァーチャルゴルフ / T&Eソフト / SPT / 6,500円
August 11th / T & E Virtual Golf / T & E Soft / Sports / 6,500 Yen

8月 / バーチャルダブル役満 / バップ / TAB / 5,300円
August / Virtual Double Yakuman / Vap / Table / 5,300 Yen

8月下旬 / バーチャルプロ野球’95 / ケムコ / SPT / 5,480円
Late August / Virtual Pro Baseball ’95 / KEMCO / Sports / 5,480 Yen

9月下旬 / ジャックブラザースの迷路でヒーホー！ / アトラス / A/R / 4,980円
Late September / Hee-Haw in the Maze of Jack Bros.! / Atlas / A/R / 4,980 Yen

9月 / バーチャルフィッシング / パック・イン・ビデオ / SLG / 価格未定
September / Virtual Fishing / Pack-in-Video / Simulation / Price TBD

9月 / マリオクラッシュ / 任天堂 / ACT / 4,900円
September / Mario Clash / Nintendo / Action / 4,900 Yen

9月 / ニコちゃんバトル / BPS / SHT / 価格未定
September / NikoChan Battle / BPS / Shooter / Price TBD

9月 / バーチャルLABO(仮) / J・ウイング / PUZ / 価格未定
September / Virtual Lab (Tentative) / J-Wing / Puzzler / Price TBD

10月 / インスマウスの館 / アイマックス / ADV / 価格未定
October / Mansion of Insmouse / I’Max / Adventure / Price TBD

今夏 / Vテトリス / BPS / PUZ / 4,980円
This Summer / V-Tetris / BPS / Puzzler / 4,980 Yen

未定 / ヴァーチャル・ハンドボール / ヘクト / ACT / 価格未定
TBD / Virtual Handball / Hect / Action / Price TBD

未定 / スペーススカッシュ / ココナッツジャパンエンターテイメント / ACT / 価格未定
TBD / Space Squash / Coconuts Japan Entertainment / Action / Price TBD

未定 / プロテウスズーン(仮) / ココナッツジャパンエンターテイメント / SHT / 価格未定
TBD / Proteus Zone (Tentative) / Coconuts Japan Entertainment / Shooter / Price TBD

未定 / インターセプト(仮) / ココナッツジャパンエンターテイメント / SPT / 価格未定
TBD / Intercept (Tentative) / Coconuts Japan Entertainment / Sports / Price TBD

未定 / ドラえもん(仮) / エポック社 / 未定 / 価格未定
TBD / Doraemon (Tentative) / Epoch / TBD / Price TBD

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

※そのほか周辺機器としてはスタンドの高さを調整できる「アジャスタブルスタンド」、
交換用の「アイシェード」も同時発売される。
*Other peripheral devices to be released at the same time include an “Adjustable Stand,” where the height of the stand can be adjusted, as well as a replacement “Eye Shade.”

Feb 28, 2018 • 00:23

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: 1995 Nintendo Merchandising: Retail Display Program Brochure

KoNeko wrote:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think this catalog is also the first time we’ve seen any boxart/promo materials for the unreleased Kid Kirby on SNES?

A Google image search doesn’t bring up very many results. It looks like Unseen64.net has had a lower quality image of it up for about ten years, and there are a couple other sites with a similar image:

Kid Kirby [SNES – Cancelled]

In any case, Planet Virtual Boy very likely has the highest quality image of it on the net now. 😀

Feb 24, 2018 • 17:06

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Japanese to English Translations for Unreleased Virtual Boy Games

Japanese to English Translations for the “Game Boy Tsūshin (News) Tips Special,” a special supplement originally included with the July 1995 issue of “Monthly Famicom Tsūshin (News)”

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バーチャルボーイ
Virtual Boy

ああっ、バーチャルボーイっていったい
何なんだあ! と、お悩みのあなた。こ
のコーナーを読んでじっくり研究せよ!!
What on Earth is a Virtual Boy, you ask? To help your troubles, read and study this section carefully!

なに?
What?

バーチャルボーイ……それは、
ゲームボーイに続いて任天堂が世
に送る、家庭用携帯ゲームマシン
である。しかも、立体感あふれる
仮想世界を体験できるというもの
なのだよ。いままでにない世界を
じっくり味わってくれたまえ!!
The Virtual Boy… It’s a portable gaming machine for home use, which Nintendo is delivering to the world, following the Game Boy. Moreover, it lets you experience a virtual world full of three-dimensional sensations. Thoroughly enjoy a world that you have never seen before!

赤色LEDディスプレイ
Red LED Displays

いままでのブラウン管や液晶画面ではムリだった透
明感のある立体的な映像を、左右にある赤色LED
ディスプレイがクッキリと表現してくれるのだ。
Stereoscopic images with a sense of transparency, which are impossible with conventional CRTs and LCD screens, are expressed clearly by the red LED displays on the left and right.

スピーカー
Speakers

本体の左右にあるスピ
ーカーからステレオサ
ウンドが流れてくるぞ。
Stereo sound comes from the speakers on the left and right sides of the main unit.

グリップコントローラー
Grip Controller

左右にある亞ボタンによっ
て、上下左右だけでなく奥
行きある操作もできるのだ。
With the control pads on the left and right, you can move not only up, down, left, and right, but also to the front and back.

電池ボックス
Battery Box

単3アルカリ電池6本を使
用して、連続で約7時間の
プレーが楽しめるのだよ。
Using six AA alkaline batteries, you can enjoy playing for about 7 hours in a row.

データ
Data

ディスプレイ: 赤色LEDとミラーによる
スキャン方式(左右2セット)
大きさ: 縦21.4センチ、横25.4センチ、高さ11.0センチ
重さ: 760グラム(本体のみ)
発売日: 平成7年7月21日発売予定
希望価格: 15000円
Display: Scanning method with red LEDs and mirrors (2 sets on left and right)
Dimensions: Length 21.4 cm, Width 25.4 cm, Height 11.0 cm
Weight: 760 g (main unit only)
Release Date: To be released on July 21, 1995
List Price: 15000 yen

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きっとこうなる!? バーチャルボーイな世界
The World of Virtual Boy is Sure to Include These!?

通信ケーブル
Link Cable

2台のバーチャルボーイを接
続することによって、ふたり
で同時プレーが可能になる!?
これでふたりだけの仮想世界
へ……いってらっしゃい。
By connecting two Virtual Boys, two people will be able to play simultaneously!? This will take us to two virtual worlds…

[In the Illustration]
くうえぇ
Wow!
はウぁ
Woo!

リチャージャブルバッテリーパック
Rechargeable Battery Pack

単3電池のかわりに、くり返して充電
できるバッテリーパック。グリップコ
ントローラー部分に接続して使える!?
Instead of AA batteries, a battery pack that will be able to be charged repeatedly, which will be able to be connected to the grip controller part!?

リチャージャブルバッテリーパックセット
Rechargeable Battery Pack Set

リチャージャブルバッテリーパックと、
その充電のときに必要なチャージャが
セットになったもの!? ま、これがな
ければ、充電すること
ができないんだけどね。
忘れないようにしよう。
A set including the rechargeable battery pack as well as the charger necessary at the time of charging!? Well, don’t forget that without this, it cannot be charged.

ACアダプタ
AC Adapter

スーパーファミコンやファミコンと共
通して使うことのできるアダプター!?
これで安心してプレーできるかもね。
An adapter that can be used in common with the Super Famicom and the Famicom!? You’ll be able to play with peace of mind.

ACアダプタタップ
AC Adapter Tap

ACアダプターとグリップコントロー
ラーを接続するために必要なタップ!?
忘れるとアダプターが使えないかも。
A tap necessary to connect the AC adapter and grip controller together!? The adapter cannot be used if you forget this!

ショルダーマウント
Shoulder Mount

テーブルなどの安定し
た場所でなければプレ
ーできないバーチャル
ボーイを、プレーヤー
の肩に固定させて自由
な姿勢でプレーできる
ようにする!? でも、
通勤、通学のときにま
使っちゃダメだからね。
This fixes to the player’s shoulders, so that the Virtual Boy ー which cannot be played without a stable place, such as a table ー can be played with a free posture!? Even so, it can’t really be used when going to school or work.

[In the Illustration]
う〜んジャストフィット
Say! It fits perfectly!

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バーチャルボーイ
ニューソフトスケジュール
Virtual Boy
New Software Schedule

バーチャルなソフトが
つぎつぎ発売されるぞ
Virtual Software To Be Released One After Another

バーチャルボーイ本体の
発売日が迫るにつれて、ソ
フトの種類もドンドン増え
てきている。できれば、す
べてのソフトを遊んでみた
いんだけどなあ、う~ん。
As the release date of the Virtual Boy system is approaching, the types of software are also increasing. If possible, we would like to play all the software.

7月発売
Released in July

21日
21st
レッドアラーム(仮) <ティーアンドイーソフト> 価格未定
Red Alarm (Tentative) Price TBD

21日
21st
V-テトリス <ビー・ピー・エス> 価格未定
V-Tetris Price TBD

8月
August
バーチャルダブル役満(仮) <バップ> 価格未定
Virtual Double Yakuman (Tentative) Price TBD

8月以降発売
Released After August

9月
September
フェイスボール <ビー・ピー・エス> 価格未定
Faceball Price TBD

9月
September
チキチキLABO 価格未定
Chitty Chitty Lab Price TBD

’95年発売
Released in ’95

’95年夏
Summer of ’95
T&E VRゴルフ(仮) <ティーアンドイーソフト> 価格未定
T&E VR Golf (Tentative) Price TBD

発売日未定
Release Date TBD

テレロボクサー(仮) <任天堂> 価格未定
Teleroboxer (Tentative) Price TBD

マリオズドリームテニス(仮) <任天堂> 価格未定
Mario’s Dream Tennis (Tentative) Price TBD

ヴァーチャルバトルボール <ヘクト> 価格未定
Virtual Battle Ball Price TBD

ドラえもん(仮) <エポック社> 価格未定
Doraemon (Tentative) Price TBD

スペースピンボール(仮) <任天堂> 価格未定
Space Pinball (Tentative) Price TBD

ピックアップ
Pick Up

ほかにもこんなソフトが発売される
のだ。首を長~くして待っていよう。
The following software will also be released. We wait with great interest!

ヴァーティカルフォース
Vertical Force

シューティング — 8メガカートリッジ
ハドソン — 7月発売予定 — 価格未定
Shooter — 8-Megabit Cartridge
Hudson — To be Released in July — Price TBD

高低差のある立体縦シューティングゲ
ーム。機械神によって暴走した兵器を相
手に、ラグナロクを操って戦い抜くのだ。
A three-dimensional vertical shooter with altitude variation. Battle it out by controlling Ragnarok against enemy weapons recklessly driven by a caretaker computer.

←敵を破壊して仲間に
することができるのだ。
3機までストック可能。
← You can destroy enemies and make them companions. You can stock up to 3 machines.

→高さという概念
が加わったのだ。
→ The concept of altitude has been added.

ソリッドラインシステムなのだ！
It’s a solid line system!

これが自機ラグナロクだ!!
This is your machine, Ragnarok!

超古代の技術によって
機械神の影響を受けず
に行動できる戦闘機。
しかも、敵プログラム
を支配下におく能カま
でも使うことができる。
A fighter that, due to very ancient technology, is capable of acting without being influenced by the caretaker computer. Moreover, the ability to control an enemy program can also be used.

上面
Top

前面
Front

側面
Side

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とびだせ！ぱにボン
Pop-Out! Panic Bomber

パズル — 4メガカートリッジ
ハドソン — 8月発売予定 — 価格未定
Puzzler — 4-Megabit Cartridge
Hudson — To be Released in August — Price TBD

いろいろな機種で発売された『ぱにっく
ボンバー』が今度はバーチャルボーイで登
場だ。ルールはいままでどおり、ボンバ
ーマンを連鎖したり爆弾を爆破したりし
て、ブロックを画面上部まで積み上げさ
せたほうの勝ち。最強目指してボンバー。
“Panic Bomber,” released for various systems, is now appearing on the Virtual Boy. The rules remain as usual: Win by chaining the Bomberman characters and the bombarding bombs and pushing the blocks up to the top of the screen. Strive to be the strongest Bomber!

←背景や敵キャラ、
ブロックなど、す
べてが立体的な動
きを見せてくれる。
← The backgrounds, enemy characters, blocks, etc. all show three-dimensional movements.

→伝説のゴールデ
ンボンバー像を手
に入れるのだっ!!
→ Obtain the legendary Golden Statue of Bomberman!

ミッドナイトボンバーズを倒すのだー！
Defeat the Midnight Bombers!

バーチャルボーイで
こんなゲームをやってみたい！
にしひろきの
Hiroki Nishi: I Want to Play Games Like This with the Virtual Boy!

やっぱり、肩に固定するんじゃ
なくて、水中メガネのように頭
に固定するの。そしてコントロ
ーラーはパワーグローブみたい
なヤツにして、それで『ドラゴン
ボールZ』をプレーしたいなあ。
Much like with underwater goggles, you would fix it to your head independently, without fixing it to your shoulders. And the controllers would be like Power Gloves, in which case I would like to play “Dragon Ball Z”!

にしひろき予想周辺機器
Hiroki Nishi’s Peripheral Devices

ヘッドマウント
&
バーチャルグローブ
Head Mount
&
Virtual Gloves

[In the Illustration]
うリゃあ
Yaahh!

イラスト / 姫野かげまる
Illustration by Kagemaru Himeno

Feb 24, 2018 • 00:08

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: MARIO KART 7 [3DS screenshots]

KR155E wrote:
Awesome, man, the 3D is gorgeous! I love the spinning title screen animation!

I also really like that animation. I’m curious to see what kind of pseudo-motion video this thing can pull off.

Feb 22, 2018 • 23:58

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Last remaining English boxes!

retronintendonerd wrote:

VirtuousRage wrote:
Lastly, my suggested changes for Innsmouth Mansion. 🙂

Would you happen to have an english translation shot of the controls page out of the Space Invaders Virtual Collection manual?

I’m trying to make sure I have the correct idea behind the controls. TYIA

Here’s a link to my original English manual:

http://www.planetvb.com/content/manuals/pdf/sp_usa_trans_im.pdf

All of my original ones can be found under the “Manuals” tab for each relevant game.

Feb 20, 2018 • 01:09

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Japanese Magazine Virtual Boy Coverage

There was some Virtual Boy coverage in the Game Boy Tsūshin (News) Tips Special issue from July of 1995.

ゲームボーイ通信
攻略スペシャル

This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by Benjamin Stevens.

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Feb 19, 2018 • 23:48

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Music – More Unfinished Stuff!

Guy Perfect wrote:
So behold, my second-ever chiptune!

Attachments:

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Feb 17, 2018 • 16:59

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: The Noteworthy Auction Thread™

A rather nice-looking reproduction copy of Virtual Bowling:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Virtual-Bowling-Nintendo-Reproduction-Virtual-Boy-Japan/173163484184?hash=item2851591418:g:aVQAAOSw1zhah2N0

Be sure to understand that it is a reproduction copy, made from scans taken from this site.

Feb 17, 2018 • 01:46

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: 1995 Nintendo Merchandising: Retail Display Program Brochure

vuefinder83 wrote:
Wow! So awesome!

Look at those Browser System Paddles, these are most definitely the ULTIMATE way to display Virtual Boy game paks!

Amazing score, Ben!

Anything in there showing the VidPro Pocket Plak Systems, with Virtual Boy VidPro cards anywhere?

Looking forward to seeing more scans from this Brochure!

I believe everything of which I made extremely high resolution scans is all the Virtual Boy products in this brochure, but here are all the pages to be sure.

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Feb 15, 2018 • 01:37

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: The Noteworthy Auction Thread™

Congrats to whomever pushed the Buy-It-Now button for this one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Vintage-Virtual-Boy-Video-Game-Console-SOLD-AS-IS-/112812242501?hash=item1a44223645%3Ag%3AX7QAAOSw8RZaggGH&nma=true&si=%252FfXgxWvsKnNQthfc206mEmkrO84%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Feb 10, 2018 • 00:35

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Nintendo Co., Ltd. 1995 Annual Report Booklet

As I was browsing through my Nintendo Power issues recently, I noticed something in Issue # 80 from January of 1996 that might give us a good idea of the rarity of this Nintendo Co., Ltd. 1995 Annual Report Booklet and the relevant press releases that were included with it. On pages 112 and 113 of the issue, it can be seen that only 5 winners of that particular Player’s Poll Contest were awarded press kits containing this report. Other than that, only industry insiders who were allowed into the expo would have received copies, unless other privileged attendees held similar contests as Nintendo Power did.

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Feb 02, 2018 • 23:33

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Last remaining English boxes!

VirtuousRage wrote:
:: Virtual Bowling ::
(Does this game have hidden Japanese text I’m not aware of??)
:: V-Tetris ::
(Does this game have hidden Japanese text I’m not aware of??)
:: Virtual Lab ::
– Rom needs Japanese text replaced.

These three games won’t need any work done on the ROMs, as virtually all the text in the games is in English already, and whenever there is Japanese text, there is corresponding English text on the same screen.

Jan 27, 2018 • 17:15

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Invincible Iron Man Gagaga-In (Planned 8ing VB Title!)

e5frog wrote:
New reply from Eighting:

”
Mr. Fredric Blaholtz

As a premise, we can not answer whether “Invincible Iron Man Gagaga – In” existed or not.
Because we have a duty of confidentiality as a developer.
Therefore, we can not even answer who the client of the game is.

For your reference, the company Hudson has disbanded, and it is unknown who owns the rights of that work.

Best Regards,

EIGHTING Co., Ltd.
Public Relations
Yutaka Miyakoshi
”

If I had to make a bet, I’d bet that nobody who is currently at Eighting even knows anything about the game, let alone who the client may have been. I’m guessing that the only traces of the game lie with person who currently possesses such. Thus, there would also be nobody at Eighting who would even care if such ever got leaked; nevertheless, rules have to be followed, unfortunately…

Jan 26, 2018 • 00:42

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Invincible Iron Man Gagaga-In (Planned 8ing VB Title!)

e5frog wrote:
It doesn’t say anything on the papers presented in the first post? I’m thinking if there’s a business name other than Eighting.

In Post # 4, I translated everything that can be seen on the papers in the first post, so no business name appears there.

Unfortunately, there could be a lot of more interesting and useful information among the other pages of that bundle of papers, but the woman in possession of such has already indicated that she won’t reveal more info among those papers.

Jan 25, 2018 • 03:17

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Invincible Iron Man Gagaga-In (Planned 8ing VB Title!)

If it’s a Cyberbots-styled game instead of what i said then we really lost a potentially good game for the system. I mean, there’s destruction galore on that game…But knowing that these were the same people from Bloody Roar then i wouldn’t be surprised 😉

Now that you mention it, Gagaga-In very well may have been an attempt to be a close spin-off of Cyberbots. The sketch of the giant robot in Gagaga-In even includes the drill arm, like what the one Cyberbot has.

Jan 25, 2018 • 01:55

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Invincible Iron Man Gagaga-In (Planned 8ing VB Title!)

KGRAMR wrote:
I bet it’s something akin to Teleroboxer, which would’ve been awesome.

It’s weird, though, that Eighting doesn’t seem to have made anything like Teleroboxer later on for any other system. It would be a shame if they had an idea for Gagaga-In that just got totally scrapped and then never found itself in any other form on another system. That’s why I think it could have been a one-on-one fighting game similar to Bloody Roar.

Although, given that it seems the concept was initially created long before the Virtual Boy’s launch, since the sketch seems to indicate that it was thought that the game, at one point, could have possibly been released in July of 1995 around the same time as the Virtual Boy, if it was indeed going to be like Teleroboxer, then maybe that’s why it got put on the back-burner, since they would have likely heard about Teleroboxer and then perhaps decided not to make something too similar to it.

Nevertheless, the fact that it was going to be “giant” robots is rather interesting. One would think that they would have wanted there to be interaction with other large obstacles or objects during the fights, such as with the destruction of buildings, etc. Otherwise, what point would there have been for the robots to be giant?

Jan 24, 2018 • 01:14

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Invincible Iron Man Gagaga-In (Planned 8ing VB Title!)

KR155E wrote:
It seems we’re out of luck for now, at least as long as Eighting still exists. Because of the possibility of a lawsuit against her, she is not willing to get the ROM dumped, share a video, or even more images from the design document. The fact that the game was never publicly announced doesn’t make it any easier to share anything. Her getting into legal problems doesn’t seem too far fetched, judging by how quickly her video was taken down in 2013…

At least I got to see photos of the cartridge, which I am allowed to share.

At the very least, I would like to know how the game would have played. Would it have been a one-on-one fighting game, where you see your character from the side and fight one-on-one battles similar to Ultraman’s, or would it have been a full 3D game where you look out of the eyes of your giant robot, and could you have moved around fully or would you have been stationary like with Teleroboxer? Have you tried asking her for details like that?

If I had to guess, I guess I’d go with a 3D one-on-one fighting game with play mechanics like Virtua Fighter and the use of polygons or the like, since Bloody Roar was released not too long after this one should have been, so perhaps ideas from this unreleased game made it into Bloody Roar.

Jan 19, 2018 • 23:07

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Invincible Iron Man Gagaga-In (Planned 8ing VB Title!)

KR155E wrote:
I have briefly talked to her this morning.

The video she posted was taken down by request of “stakeholders of the developer” and it’s difficult to share information about the game since Eighting does still exist and might go after her. She’s a former Hudson employee and has a development ROM in possession. It’s unclear whether it’s a dump or an actual cartridge, but I strongly assume it’s the latter. Unfortunately, she currently does not have a Virtual Boy, so she can’t shoot a new video.

I did not get another reply after asking if there was a possibility to share the ROM… Will wait for another day, but might have to play the “obscene amounts of money” card. 😉

That is super exciting! I can help out with playing that card, if need be. 🙂

Jan 19, 2018 • 18:08

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Invincible Iron Man Gagaga-In (Planned 8ing VB Title!)

I find it incredible that the original poster of the info about this game seems to have been in the presence of a test cart for the game. We haven’t been able to find evidence of people who’ve come across test carts for the vast majority of other unreleased Virtual Boy games, for which much more information has existed in magazines and the like and been made more readily available online for quite some time. Nevertheless, it does seem based on the info that the poster must have been in contact with someone from Hudson or Eighting, who allowed the poster to try out the test cart on an actual Virtual Boy, but then the cart likely went back into the possession of Hudson or Eighting. Either way, I’d love to see that video footage of the sample game or demo.

Jan 19, 2018 • 16:42

Benjamin Stevens • Topic: Invincible Iron Man Gagaga-In (Planned 8ing VB Title!)

astro187 wrote:
What to potential awesome discovery! Maybe our resident Japanese translator Ben Stevens can take a crack at this translation and perhaps communicating with this person if they don’t speak English? 😁

I myself don’t speak Japanese, so someone who does would have to try to communicate with this person, if the person can be reached. I took my best crack at translating the info, but it gave me more difficulty than Japanese texts that I’m used to looking at, so it would be good if someone fluent in Japanese could check my results:

幻のバーチャルボーイ開発ソフト　鉄鋼無敵ガガガイン

バーチャルボーイ発売１年が過ぎた頃発売はハドソン　企画開発エイティングで開発していた８０年代ロボット格闘ゲーム「鉄鋼無敵ガガガイン」のサンプルROMを実機の小さい覗き窓からスマホで撮影しました凄くレスポンスもよく技も出しやすく楽しいです　開発中にバーチャルボーイの寿命も尽きお蔵入りになりましたサンプルなので曲はぱにっくボンバーマンです発売していればバーチャルボーイの中では人気ソフトになれたのではないかと思います

Visionary Virtual Boy Development Software: Invincible Iron Man Gagaga-In

From the small viewing window of an actual machine and using a smartphone, I recorded the sample ROM of the 80’s robot fighting game “Invincible Iron Man Gagaga-In,” which Hudson and the planning and development group Eighting were developing, which was to be released after about a year had passed from the launch of the Virtual Boy. It’s very responsive with well-developed techniques and is a lot of fun. It is just a sample that has now been shelved and that saw its end during the lifespan of development for the Virtual Boy, so the music is from Panic Bomberman. I think that it could have become popular software among Virtual Boy titles if it had been released.

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