Cool that it fills your whole vision, even the VB doesn’t do that. Just looks like you are staring at a small 3d box.

Dayum, a lot of VB’s seem to be getting the horizontal line issue lately. I wonder if this is the end of the road for many Vb’s at this point in time? At least the end of the road till we all get them resoldered.

Well I just got my boards back, here’s the end results.

And a video…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8489Fg4r1TE

Works great now! I’d say the video quality is even better than before the line glitch occurred.

Benjamin Stevens wrote:
Vertical Force is very import friendly for those who know English but don’t know Japanese. In the Japanese version of Vertical Force, the “Important: Read Instruction and Precaution Booklets Before Operating” screen appears in both English and Japanese. The Auto Pause Function screen also appears in both English and Japanese. From that point on, the rest of the game is fully and only in English, including the end credits when you beat it. As you said, there isn’t any story in the game, so that just leaves the menus at the start of the game and the very little score text and new level text and such that appear at the end of each level and start of each new level all in English only.

Nice, good to know, and i kinda like the Jpn box art too. Dat black.

Took some real effort. But I got that sucker open! Some of those security screws were a real pain.

Luckily the left and right boards have little marker dots on them so I can remember which is which.

Had a lot of trouble with the left side’s bottom corner screw (cause it’s so close to the plastic outer shell) was the most nerve wracking thing i’ve ever done. But I managed to get it off without stripping it, WHEW!

So I can confirm that the security screwdriver I ordered did indeed work. Although the deepest screw was a close call (the hilt of the screwdriver was right up against the outer shell of the VB).

Can’t wait to get the boards repaired now.

Benjamin Stevens wrote:

decayedmatter wrote:

… as long as this screwdriver set I ordered works in opening up the unit I am definitely getting it repaired and keeping it.

You should be able to rest easy, knowing that the security screwdriver bit set you ordered will be able to open up your Virtual Boy just fine. I just got done making some measurements, and I determined that the distance from the end of the handle to the end of the steel shaft must be longer than 6.9 centimeters (due to the thickness of the non-removable handle) to reach the whole way down to the deepest screw in the Virtual Boy head unit, and according to the description for the security screwdriver bit set that you ordered, this distance is 7 centimeters. Thus, you’ll have just under 0.1 cm distance to spare. 🙂

Sweet! That does ease my mind, I was a little worried that once I got it, it wouldn’t be long enough. Can’t wait to get my VB fixed now. Thanks for all the help so far everyone.

jrronimo wrote:
Welcome to the forums! Sorry to hear it’s under bummer circumstances. 🙁

I’m sure runnerpack’ll do ya good. The solder fix is definitely the way to go if you want to keep playing your VB games… but you’re right: It might be better off selling.

The Mario Tennis Box itself is worth a little bit — ~$100 by auctions I was looking up earlier, if it’s in nice condition.

The Performance AC adapter is supposed to be somewhat rare, too.

I don’t have a boxed Mario Tennis, only Wario Land. But yea, as long as this screwdriver set I ordered works in opening up the unit I am definitely getting it repaired and keeping it.

Lester Knight wrote:
please let me know how they work! i am interested in ordering a set. i have a nice set already but it can’t be used on the vb, not without major modification to the bit, which would make it useless with the driver.

I am hoping they will work. If not they will still be useful for other reasons (gotta open up my game gear to clean the inside of the screen)

Well I hope they work cause I just ordered them.

[decayedmatter]

Dor-Si wrote:
I went searching for the handled bit I bought a few months back, but found these instead.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Security-Screwdriver-Bit-Set-3-8-4-5-mm-Nintendo-NES-SNES-SEGA-N64-Cartridge-/160977879639?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item257b078257

This is the first time I’ve seen this particular set, but apparently 58 people and counting have purchased them. They look slim just like the one I have, so there shouldn’t be any issue opening it up, and at $6.99 a pair, the price is right.

Once you get it open, you can remove the LEDs and ship them off separately for soldering and save on postage vs. sending the entire unit….or like Mr. Stevens said, you can try the oven method. However, I’d only recommend the latter if you’re brave and willing to risk failure. I’ve used the oven method on several successfully, but I also scorched my first one (whoops!).

This seems like a method I’d like to do. Send them off to be soldering. But is there anyone in the US who does this service? I really don’t wanna do the baking method for 2 reasons.

1. I’m afraid i’ll screw it up
2. From what I hear it’s not a permanent solution. I’d rather get it soldered so it’s a permanent fix.

So is there anyone here who does soldering for this?

EDIT: Nevermind I just got a PM from RunnerPack, he’s got a good reputation here for repairs huh?

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I’m in the US.