my glasses cause my vb image to appear biconcave. it is higher on the corners than it is in the middle. this doesn’t really bother me now but when i first noticed it, it took me awhile to figure out what was causing it. i also have blurry edges on some games, but that is because of the red lenses.

[Lester Knight]

i hope that we reach a point when consent has been given and carts for all existing CIB releases can be made. I would like to see games in the hands of every VB gamer who wants or needs them.

when a new batch of PCBs are ordered, it would be nice to see some type of marking or writing placed on the PCB that differentiates it from what came before and also from retail carts. i feel like, artistically and for posterity, this is the way to mark all future carts.

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[Lester Knight]

what did i start? this seems like a great idea. this community could benefit from other sources of cart production as would future homebrew development. i’m rooting for not making CIB releases, just carts. i’ll keep an eye on this thread to see which way it goes. i’ll probably have something more to add when the price point comes up for discussion.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by Lester Knight.

these are cool. now you just need shells and labels. =)

do you have any interest in making reproductions for the community?

this is pretty cool. thanks for sharing!

this is super cool. i can’t wait to read this later! thank you for all of your efforts!

that link was an interesting read about something i wasn’t aware of. thank you for that. i think that solves the mystery of the eBay “reproduction” carts, at least for me.

music trackers really are fun. i used to play with Nitro Tracker on the DS for hours, that and Korg DS.

this was really cool to see. thanks for posting.

here is a great reference site: http://www.handheldmuseum.com/

good luck, these get expensive very quickly.

it is running a port of retroarch. i’ve not done much research into it, but i would suggest you do before buying. retroarch hasn’t ported that well to all things.

it is always nice to see objective VB opinions brought to the public eye (ears). for what it was the VB was (is) an amazing system. about the only thing i feel it is lacking is a larger homebrew scene. i dream of a day where the VB has more completed homebrew projects than actual retail carts, sorta like what happened with the vectrex.

cheers!

typical modern day reporting… interpreting articles (WIKI and other) to report personal conclusions. i can not recall reading anything that relates eye strain to the automatic “pause” feature this article incorrectly called an “automatic shutoff mechanism”. as fans know, there was more to the red LED decision than cost alone.

did windows 8 and 10 make their list? =x

cool. thanks!

Faceball Remastered, cart only. $75 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Virtual-Boy-Homebrew-game-Faceball-Remastered-/132163829151?hash=item1ec593fd9f:g:aBsAAOSwHHFY9toG

Faceball Prototype CIB. $179.95 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Faceball-for-Nintendo-Virtual-Boy-Complete-in-Box-/332169956649?hash=item4d56df4d29:g:sLAAAOSw4CFY3gmQ

This seems like a unique collectible. I hope it fulfills its purpose and finds its way into an accepting new owner’s VB. Good luck with your thread.

all of the released carts were sold with a box and manual. what you have sounds like one of the “unofficial” carts. from what i have read no one has gotten to the bottom of who is making them or how. i would love to see photos of the PCB.

here is info on the official release: http://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=25308#forumpost25308

make sure that you padded the rom to 2mb before flashing it. you can find the padding program here: http://www.planetvb.com/modules/tech/index.php?sec=utils&pid=padder

both mario tennis and teleroboxer have audio before the title screen. so booting one of those should give you an indication if your system is working but the displays are not.

unpadded mario tennis crc: 7CE7460D
unpadded teleroboxer crc: 36103000

please make sure you have new batteries or a correct AC adapter to power the VB.

that is definitely an odd rarity.

not nearly as much as it’s prototype it would seem: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Virtual-League-Baseball-Nintendo-Virtual-Boy-sample-test-development-prototype-/262898065088?hash=item3d35f21ec0:g:2u4AAOSw4GVYRv1t

on my way there i did see a boxed copy for $20 buy-it-now.