i am not an expert on the hardware, but i am pretty sure it isn’t outputting video. the 2-player connection plug was designed for 2 virtual boys, its a link cable.
i assumed that one might overwrite the other and that applying both would break something. i applied the level patch first and then the control fix patch. i now have the best of both worlds! =)
the collision detection has me a bit frustrated while playing. it is clear to me that my bullet hit the plane, but nothing happens. other times the bullet fired upon me goes by me, and then when it clears my plane i lose a life. otherwise, this is a really fun homebrew and i have enjoyed playing it.
if any system was ripe for development it is the VB. it really is lacking in titles, due to its poor reception and limited number of software releases. i wish more homebrew devs would consider making a vb game. so many great titles (puzzle, arcade, rgp, 1st person adventure, etc) would lend themselves well to 3D.
thank you for your game, it is really fun. we all hope that you come back when you have time!
i picked up a new japanese tap and found that i haven’t had a use for it. i don’t know what i would do with a whole case, but it would be a cool collectors item!
Virtual Boy System Kiosk/POS Display WITH Virtual Boy, $499 buy-it-now. local pick up only, NJ USA. has a cracked plastic area where the art goes, missing original art work.
before a game goes on a cart it really needs to be polished. no one wants to pay $50 for a game and then a few runs later a bug fix or two are released on a new version of the cart.
the bound high and space pinball repos are basically stripped down flashboy+ boards. so i don’t think the PCB would be an issue. however, the donors are because there is no source of aftermarket connectors or cases. the connector issue is something that has been discussed but i don’t recall ever reading a solution.
i agree that we would need new parts because we can’t keep destroying mario tennis carts. =/
not sure if anyone has posted this link, i came across it and it looked interesting. very similar to a project i’ve wanted to start but i have been unable to find the foam for sale.
i tried to order that screwdriver at one point but they wanted more than $20 just to ship it to me.
which is the correct size gamebit for the vb? i think i would like to grab one and grind it down to take out the displays. i would like to take you up on that offer to just fix the displays.
that is easier said then done. i’ve called all over to find a video game repair shop who was willing to do the fix, i’ve yet to find one. finally found a guy out in vegas but he wasn’t to sure how to do it, said he would “look it up” and then when asked some specific questions about the VB he didn’t have the answers, so i didn’t mail my vb to him.
i’m in the US and as i recall theforce81 is in the Netherlands? USPS wanted something like $45 to ship one way.
i wish i had someone on my block, or even in my city, who could do the fix and who knew how to do it. i did start a dialogue with a planetVB member on IRC about it, but didn’t have the funds at the time to follow through. though, if he is reading this i’ve been thinking about it the past few months! =)
if you do know someone who can do it, and do it correctly, get it done. its the only way to permanently fix the problem.
hey everyone,
sorry to bump such an old thread but i felt it made more sense to post my question here than to start a new topic.
does anyone know if any homebrew or custom carts were ever created for this system? by custom carts i’m thinking of rom dumps for holiday themed messages or greeting cards, usually those are what i expect to see for older systems.
My apologies to you. When I first started to debug last night I thought perhaps it was a computer issue on my end. After all, the cart is basically brand new, I thought it was impossible that it could be a problem with the FB+.
Instead of going to bed, like I should have, I sat up and tried everything I could think of. By the time I was done I came to the conclusion that directly contacting you the next day would have been a better solution!
Guess that is the 1 thing I left out of my post, the ROMs are properly padded.
At this point I can’t even get the FB+ to be recognized by any of my machines. I’m not sure what happened, how it happened, or what to try next. It was working and then it wasn’t. I’m wondering if a bad solder point would cause this issue, but then if it was only related to connection/flashing, what is making it not load on the VB? The ROM I last flashed (before making my post) worked, then after taking out the FB+ and putting it back in, I now only get a black screen.
By the way, my VB is powered with the US AC Adapter. So this isn’t a battery issue or anything like that.
Right now everything is unresponsive. I don’t even think I can do anything with it to further debug.
i received my space pinball repo cart in the mail yesterday. i’ve just spend the past 30 minutes enjoying it. i must confess that i like this build of the game much more than galactic pinball. i just wish it had more than 1 puck, but i’m enjoying the “proto-build” of this version. i like how that 1 pick goes from level to level when you reach the exit point, and having 1 puck greatly increases my concentration!
it is easy to see how much more polished galactic pinball is, with the intro voice, music, sound efx, etc, but i feel that they shouldn’t have omitted the prototype’s levels.
that’s a ridiculously high price for a used virtual boy system.
its funny how people are willing to pay for something that was on TV. i’ve been to their shop, it was fun, but it doesn’t make something worth more because it was featured on a TV episode.
mario tennis sells for .99 to 3.00 on ebay, not including shipping. those that ask more usually end up not selling it. i just picked up 6 donor cars for .99 – 1.99 each, all through auction which kind of proves people aren’t really willing to pay more for that game right now.
i usually see red alarm sell for around $5. teleroboxer and vertical force for around $8-12. you can usually find teleroboxer without the box for $5 (again not including shipping). i also recently picked up an unboxed copy of the US release of vertical force for 2.99.
if the games have boxes, dust caps, etc, then you can probably get $10-15 for mario tennis and $15-25 for the other two games.
the stand is an important part of the virtual boy. if this unit does not have any eye glitch issues then i would say that it would go for around $50-$80.
i’m by no means a virtual boy selling expert, but i have been checking ebay almost daily for cool vb stuff since buying mine just about a year ago. you will always see prices that are much higher than what i’ve typed, but more often than not those items do not sell and are relisted. that isn’t to say that the suggested $135 is a bad price, it all depends on who wants it and how honestly you advertise it.
