According to my friend in Japan, this book was bundled with a magazine called Dengeki Super Famicon. He tells me that this is pretty rare – a similar “bonus book” from Family Computer Magazine is much easier to find.

Actually, I see two separate listings on ebay for each of those titles. I’m guessing there are more Hyper Fighting carts out there than we’ve been lead to believe.

Of those 4, Virtual Bowling is the only one truly worth owning, based on gameplay. It’s really well done – better than Nestor’s. Gundam is an incredibly boring game. It’s so easy, you have to make an effort to lose. VLab is a Tetris knockoff that looks like a high school project (which is probably an insult to high-schoolers, who could certainly create something more professional than this), and SI is just SI with a 3D background.

It’s no surprise Nintendo USA didn’t bother with these titles.

I sold a ton of those things on eBay, back in the day, and I never saw a checklist like that, so I assume it was used by employees.

As a side note, one of my hard cases had an interesting attachment on the handle. It was kind of a u-shaped metal plate that dropped into place when you lifted the case by the handle. It held the 2 halves of the case together, presumably in case you hadn’t clamped it closed properly, so the VB wouldn’t fall out and end up on the floor. I only had one case with it – it’s around here somewhere.

Sorry, no pic – my stuff is in storage, pending a move later this month.

That’s available on a few systems: http://www.gamefaqs.com/search?game=gunpey

I used to play it on the Wonderswan. Great game.

Nintendo is an amazing company, and they’ve done some very cool things, but in my book, Sega was always the best. The Genesis was awesome, and I loved my Nomad (portable Genesis with screen). Then there was the Dreamcast – way ahead of its time, and with some of the neatest peripherals ever, tho most were sold only in Japan.

I miss Sega.

Very cool! Maybe the next thing you can cast is a “period” key for your keyboard. ;>)

Yes, I’m quite sure that Nintendo would want to name a new product after one of the biggest failures in corporate history. And I understand that they’ll be serving “Newer Coke” at the trade show booth.

It’s heavy and solid. The guy in Japan just wrapped it in some brown craft paper, and dropped it in the mail. Survived just fine.

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They were given to the sales reps who went into the stores to set up displays, etc. I’m sure there were a fair number distributed, but probably not a lot still left. I have one. It’s a Large, but it’s big on me. If someone wants to trade for a Medium, let me know.

Nice piece, but it didn’t appear to have the Japan-only (AFAIK) floor plate – a large, heavy metal plate you stand on while playing. The plate hooks over the bottom legs of the display unit, but isn’t physically attached to it. Fortunately, I was in Japan a number of years ago, and met a guy who had the foot plate on his display. I was able to work a deal for the foot plate, so now it’s on my US display unit.

I’m told that, when the VB died, Nintendo reps went around tossing these units. Shame.

I printed it out, using the “booklet” setting, and it automatically printed in the proper booklet format, with 2-sided printing. Nice. Now I just need to cut it to size and staple it in the middle.

Nice! Thanks!

“Virtual & Boy”? That’s a dealbreaker.

Late to the game, as always, but count me in!

I happen to live near DogP, and we hang out on occasion. He recently repaired the displays on all 3 of my VB displays, and I am quite the happy camper. Thanks, again, DogP!