That’s a hell of a mount.

I more and more think eBay is a place to put stuff up for a ridiculous price to try to convince the market that items have more value than they are worth. Then eBay can suggest you price higher when you go to sell and the behavior feeds itself.

I had one guy tell me once that he posts items at really high prices because occasionally someone buys it. It?s worth it to them to wait for that one crazy high priced purchase than to sell more at a lower price. I think that item was on eBay over 5 years.

Wow, nice job and thanks for sharing the art. I?m sure you put a ton of work into those.
Is Tusk still making these boxes and CIBs?

Greg2600 wrote:
This is looking pretty cool now. I thought I was on the mailing list, but haven’t gotten anything in ages so I guess not. I didn’t preorder as the description at the time sounded like the cart had to be plugged into a PC via USB just to load games (aka 1 at a time). Clearly Kevin has progressed beyond that. The other bit of confusion (still is) is whether this will be sold as a completely assembled product, or that we have to provide a shell or something like that?

I took some orders with people providing shells at the beginning. It didn’t really work. So now I provide the complete cart.

I emailed everyone I thought I had on the list. I may have missed you. You can always reach out to me over PM or even email. My info is all over PlanetVB and I’m on the PlanetVB Discord. You can also reach me through my site.

The on-screen interface will be the primary interface for everyone, with PC as secondary meant mainly for developers.

Really nice job. Congrats!

tydyedsyko wrote:
How I do wish I could afford the Fight Sticks. I so badly want to add a couple to my arcade setup.

https://www.retrorgb.com/virtual-boy-fight-sticks-on-sale.html

Those are super cool. He posted on Twitter the other day and it looked like he was making his non-VB version. The links don’t work anymore.

I liked this quite a bit but never bought one. Might be cool for a console version.

RetroRGB wrote:
The original one I got from you is 5 feet long. It’s mostly a perfect fit, but when using two VB’s, a Virtual tap and arcade sticks as controllers, it’s cutting it a bit close. I think 6 feet would be perfect.

I could try it. Send me an email.

Lots of work going on here. Most of it being posted to Discord. Here’s a video of the latest progress so that people only on PlanetVB can see it.

RetroRGB wrote:
That looks awesome. Is it longer than your other one? If it doesn’t affect the signal, longer would be better.

5′. Not sure how long you can go without testing. What length are you interested in?

Black version. Looks more like an original cable. Thinner and more flexible.

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Awesome work, as always!

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And the first cable shipping out.

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Extension parts in progress. I had to revise the controller connector a few times but they’re coming out nice and strong now.

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Here’s the V2 programmer shield concept. A cheaper VB programmer option.

Basically I could provide fully assembled units with 3D printed case, or just this shield where people would then need an Arduino atmega2560, display, firmware hex file, some standoffs, cap touch buttons, and then 3D print their own housings.

The shield only path is probably the cheapest no touch option path. Not sure how many people would be interested in the kit only option.

The 3D housing will be very important as it will contain the VB motherboard connector support. If this isn’t correct, you’re likely to damage the pins on the board and be SOL.

I have a small PCB being built right now to test the VB motherboard connector at the top. If that works out then I’ll proceed with this larger shield board.

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Are people still looking for extension cables? PM if so. If there’s enough interest I may do a run of them just because they haven’t become available from any other sources.

Cross posting here as well. I put these up on the Discord channel. FR4 cases. Rock solid. Too bad the vendor decided to not follow the model and its slightly too large. I’ll be having these remade. However, I really like them. I blacken the edges (not shown) and they’re even cleaner. I think I’ll use them for reprogrammable cart cases.

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brumbie13 wrote:
I would possibly be interested.

I think I’ll de-scope from the concept above with the idea of making it cheaper. TBD. HyperFlash32 boards should be here end of the week so I may have to table this for now. However, some test PCBs with my pins to create my own VB motherboard connector are already in progress.

I do have parts for 4 more of the existing programmer, if anyone else is interested.

[mellott124]

Here’s my concept. Instead of a VB mini that the cart plugs into, how about the cart plugs into a programmer that looks like a large cart. Well, a giant HyperFlash32 cart, anyway.

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I’m debating doing a v2 of my programmer. It won’t use a VB motherboard connector this time. I’ve located pins that will work together with a 3D printed housing to provide the connector. Thinking about a 2.7″ OLED screen, cap touch buttons, and the new connector idea. USB input and SD card like the other programmer. But mainly on screen controls, instead of a GUI or RealTerm like before. Probably in a rectangular black Onyx 3D printed case.

The benefits of this v2 are:
1. No longer requires a VB motherboard for the donor connector
2. Larger 2.7″ OLED screen. 128×64 graphics screen.
3. Cap touch buttons. Up/Dwn/Select
4. On-screen controls using cap touch buttons
5. It’s built from all new parts

This is again mainly for developers and people who want individual carts for games instead of a flash cart like HyperFlash32. The v2 programmers will program my 16Mbit and 32Mbit carts, as well as dump existing carts.

Let me know what you think.