jrronimo wrote:

InactiveX wrote:
Elite.

My favourite game ever, the NES version would work great with the VB controller.

http://www.bbcmicrogames.com/screenshots/elite1.gif

There was an NES version of Elite?!? I… should really track that down!… he says before reading the rest of the thread where there are links.

Yes, and I have a copy of the PAL cart. I haven’t played NES Elite for a few years now (my favourite is the BBC Micro disk version), but I remember it being surprisingly playable with the icon-driven interface, and the frame rate was very good IIRC.

Elite.

My favourite game ever, the NES version would work great with the VB controller.

Looks good danielps, thanks for sharing your work.

I feel I should point out here, for those who don’t know the GB, that all Game Boys ever made were region free. The mentioning of PAL in the listing and in this thread’s title is redundant and possibly misleading.

IOW, this game can be played on any Game Boy from anywhere in the world.

Hello to you, fellow brit!

It’s very cosy in here, I think you’ll be nicely comfy.

HonkeyKong wrote:

Unrelated to power problems, but Amy suggestions on straightening out the eye shade? The new VB I have had a pretty mash up one, I have it pressed flat under a book right now as I had no other ideas.

Try putting it in a trouser press or iron it under some paper. And don’t call me Amy.

coupe_sherm wrote:

InactiveX wrote:

coupe_sherm wrote:
I ask because I actually have a $20 dollar bill lodged in my snes from when I was a kid and opening it up could easily pay for the tool haha.

Whaaat? I want to hear about this!

Hello coupe_sherm!

When I was younger I was given 20 dollars in a birthday card. To keep my brother from finding it I needed a good hiding place. Where did i pick? My snes. I pressed down the eject button and slid the 20 dollar bill into the unit. A week later I went to get it out and realize it had went back all the way into the unit and was completely out of reach.

I contimplated breaking it open over the years but could never bring myself to do it. Now with this new gamebit on the way I can retrieve my long lost birthday 20.

Great story!

Reminds me of a hole in a wall at school that me and my friend used to put our Star Wars figures into. You could pop them in at the top of this dry stone wall and the figures would fall down the inside of the wall, and emerge through a hole at the bottom.

One day one of our figures got stuck in the wall and blocked up the hole. It may well still be there thirty-odd years later. I think it was Luke Skywalker in Hoth fatigue.

I digress OT. Sorry. Funny how you remember these things…

coupe_sherm wrote:
I ask because I actually have a $20 dollar bill lodged in my snes from when I was a kid and opening it up could easily pay for the tool haha.

Whaaat? I want to hear about this!

Hello coupe_sherm!

Lee Chapman wrote:
I had Mario Tennis, Mario Clash, Teleroboxer and Galactic Pinball. Pinball was by far my fave game.

Hi Lee,

If you’re a pinball fan, check out the Space Pinball prototype, which has different tables to Galactic Pinball:

http://www.planetvb.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=333

You’ll need a FlashBoy if you want to play it on a real VB.

Those stretch-goals seem decidedly “back of a fag packet down the pub” to me.

$12,500 = New “Easy Mode” option. Sydney takes two hits instead of one to die.

I think I’ll sit this one out.

Wyndcrosser wrote:
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That’s your calendar image name. DH….. Dragon Hopper? 🙂 lol.

In your case it stands for “Deluded Hopefulness”. 🙂

You two got it! How shap-eyed you are.

L___E___T : It’s an old Stunt Race FX cart for the SNES. I’m going to put the unreleased game Starfox 2 on it (once I get a new soldering iron – my one has had it).

RunnerPack: It is indeed SkyAttack! In the Tomytronic 3D range, I also have Thundering Turbo, but I think Sky Attack is the best game in the series, although I haven’t played them all.

Well done you two. You get a virtual medal each.

Cheers, Lumi!

For the sharp-eyed of you out there: the photos depict in the backgrounds two 3D stereoscopic games/toys from the past (excluding the VB). Can anyone identify them?

A real-life virtual prize will be awarded to the spotter. 😉

Thanks RunnerPack! I knew it wasn’t a new thing to mount the VB on a stand, but I looked at what had been done previously and decided I could do it in a more simplistic and effective way.

Nicely done. I really like the sound of your voice!

bigmak wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-de-6-Jeux-Nintendo-Virtual-Boy-JAP-5-Boites-Vides-sauf-Galactic-Pinball-/151620505768?pt=FR_Jeux_Vid%C3%A9o&hash=item234d4950a8

Good deal..wait ..shipping is HOW MUCH ?

-Eric

Very reasonable shipping if you live in France. And the games are a great price!

No customs charges too. And 100% good feedback. Not bad on the whole really!

Thanks for that fine explanation, bigmak.

Regarding the copyright infringement area, and speaking purely hypothetically:

What would the legal standpoint be with regard to Capcom’s IP if such a Hyper Fighting VB cartridge were to be sold supplied with a genuine copy of Street Fighter II for the SNES (approx price £5-10)?

Theoretically, of course.

DogP wrote:
And who knows… maybe they’re redoing the characters, graphics, sounds, etc. and planning a full release.

I wondered about the feasibility of this, but didn’t really want to be cheeky and ask.

Like you say, who knows…

You can store one game at a time on the FB+. Flashing to another game is dead easy with a Windows PC.