I didn’t mean anything personal or directly antagonistic, just thought I’d mention the point of keeping things in the open ideally.

– Akumie, could you do us a favour and clarify a little please. We’re all quite excited if what you say is true.

I think it’s best to keep the discussion central to this thread. I’d easily bid 200 Euros if it was a genuine cart and the real deal. I’d also like to discuss what I can/can’t do with it after that and the best place to do that is right here, surely.

If your cart is a proto/alpha for VB Mario Land / Mario Clash, then it’s something the community hasn’t seen yet as working code. I’d be upset if you’re really willing to sell and it disappears into the hands of another collector for the next 15 years.

I understand some people don’t want to dump carts as then the money it took them to spend in securing that cart is seemingly lost. That’s why I suggested best course of action for the small communtiy of VB fans is to chip in a set amount together and donate that to you in return for dumping the cart code.

The cart itself could then be kept by you or sold, but you’d have peace of mind taht you wouldn’t lose out financially.

I think what everyone is interested in here is the code contents of the cart, what it plays like or even if it’s playable code AT ALL. I’ll be honest and say that I think it’s very unfair for someone to try and pry discussion away from here and as such I’ve decided to bid 200 Euros just to keep the discussion on here.

What does everyone else think? Perhaps I’m overreacting but I’ve seen similar stuations on Assembler and NintendoAge, as well as all over DigitPress, sadly.

Collecting shouldn’t be selfish in my opinion, which is why I share the protos I have and have plans to share future protos I get exclsuive access to.

I like the chat, even in it’s buggy rendition. I find it really useful, as some of you may know 🙂

If you let us know exactly what it is, then I can make you a serious offer. That means an image ideally to back it up.

What I would suggest is best, is if you rally a fund together to replace the money you paid for the cart – then have it dumped. The physical example will still hold value and the community can take a look at the code too that way.

Would that kind of thing go down well with you? If I was able to buy it, it’s the first route I’d take anyway.

It will be interesting to see what it goes for in the end. I had my eye on it previous to posting, but it was the Virtual Fishing cart I wanted ironically. I think VB SI is pretty poor even in what it sets out to do.

I know it’s valuable etc because of rarity, but all I see is a piece of shovelware unfortunately. Let’s be honest, that’s ultimately what’s made this and Virtual Lab rare I suppose in the end.

What’s it worth in loose cart form, ignoring the others?

I have a copy of WarioLand on the way, probably the best way around it, but I was interested in the technical aspect as well – if Richard or Chris know what might cause this bug, or if anyone else is familiar with it.

What’s sad is that a lot of old games, source, carts and all sorts of stuff doesn’t get looked after.
What is incredibly valuable to us is usually junk to larger corporations.

NOJ/NCL are better at looking after old code and builds than Capcom were for example.

I play this every now and then in red and black, just because it feels a little like a VirtualBoy game. More Vectrex than VB, but still quite fun. Crying out for a GP mode though! Hope the 3DS release gets more features, the drift mechanics are quite fun but the game needs balance overall. It’s like a good proof of concept type release in my opinion.

My glasses arrived! Now I can see the movie in red and black, as well as the whole world!

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Thanks so much! I really love this. I will be making a Japanese box and manual if anyone is interested, though I cannot speak or write Japanese so will need help from my translator. If anyone has the original text or similar anyway, please let me know 🙂

Totally understandable! 🙂
Just wanted to check as YJ auctions have a habit of ending higher than expected.

That magazine has been scanned and is on the front page of the website, if that makes it unworthwhile for you…

Did anyone watch it yet? My GF actually said she’ll watch it with me – I’m tempted just to watch it as junk-food for the eyes.

Oh and I just bought some of those glasses. Serious.

That’s definitely worth bidding on to win in my opinion!

If I had easy access, I’d be straight in there!

Thanks, I can see the allure now, I’d love to get hold of one of these one day too.

By the way Krisse, the images on that page don’t show up on firefox – is there a bugs section of the site you’d be happy for me to mention things like that in?

it’s free for everyone, I didn’t get in on the ambassador program just yet and I just grabbed 4 swords.

Thanks Coleson! I really appreciate this, I am not familiar on here yet so I missed the thread somehow. Did you make up some boxes in the end? I saw the manual’s a different story.

Yusz!!

Do you print the labels? No problem if not as I can print my own, but I thought I’d ask regardless 😛

If anyone has a box mockup please let me know…

Thanks!

What do they look like? Can you post a pic?

I did think of Teleroboxer, but it annoyed me because it’s similar to a game design idea I have that I’m working on, just a really, really bad version of it…