KR155E wrote:
Hopefully other store display owners can shed more light on this.
Vuefinder says “let there be light” 😉
Looks like the retail store that once owned my counter display had stuck a Virtual Boy counter card / mobile to the top of the marquee. The adhesive strips from a counter card / mobile stand lines up perfectly with the adhesive remains on the top of my marquee. You can even see a blue-ish blemish near the strips where some bastard probably rocked the sign back and forth, breaking the mobile to get it off.
I do not want this find to take away credit of my above claim that store displays onced had signs that displayed the suggested retail price of the Virtual Boy. Hopefully, one day, a VB store display with said sign will turn up, because I remember it pretty clearly.
pinmagic wrote:
For those who plan to keep their games sealed in the box, you may want to reconsider. The batteries provided are GP brand “heavy duty” batteries. I replaced mine immediately with a brand name alkaline, to minimize the chance of leakage over time. They go back in the box easily, so if you take a little care in opening them, it shouldn’t be noticeable.
Yeah, I might just do that. But I’ll wait until the original batteries no longer work the “Try Me” feature. I knew eventually this would happen.
Benjamin Stevens wrote:
I sure hope that these get restocked, and that Defender doesn’t get canceled. I fear that something has happened, which will cause Defender never to get released, in which case people would have to settle for homebrew Joust-hacks with altered cabinet art.
Nah you’re good Ben. I’ve been collecting these for at least a year now, and one thing that I noticed is that they’ve been releasing these games in two’s (except for 05, 06, and 07, those three were released at the same time). I’m quite confident that 08 and 10 will get another run, it’s just that with Joust and Rampage being the most recent to be released they’re probably just sold-out everywhere at the moment since collectors already have numbers 1 – 7. Now numbers 01 and 02 are a different story. I haven’t seen those restocked in almost a year, so eBay might be your best bet when it comes to acquiring those. I just received 01 Pac-Man in the mail today, so my collection is now temporarily complete.
speedyink wrote:
Isn’t there a jumper in two of these to turn one of them into a different one? I want to say Centipede and one of the other ones. I guess the two have identical boards with both games on them, and just a jumper which dictates which actually gets booted.
Yeah, Centipede has Q*bert, and Q*bert has Centipede… 08 Joust has Defender, which most likely will be “09”. I heard #10 Rampage was too big to fit another rom in it, but I’m very curious to know if there’s another rom hidden inside of 06 Frogger. I can’t find any videos of people hacking that one yet.
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Just checked my local Wal-Mart, and no 08 or 10. This is the same location where I purchased my ones from, they did have a bunch of them like almost a month ago.
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Here’s my collection so far. Looks like I’m only missing “01 PAC-MAN” since “09” hasn’t been released yet. I actually forgot that I had “02 SPACE INVADERS”, it was on its side behind the other boxes in my stash.
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mine came in the mail today!
These are really cool! The controller was a really nice touch. Seems like a fun little craft to make these.
Might dangle mine from my rearview mirror or something.
Thanks again, Candice!!!
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Check this out…
Pretty sure I also found the “Adjustable Game Pak Showcase Organizer (for all systems to include Virtual Boy”!
The first picture below is the actual description from the seller’s ebay listing. He mentions the “Showcase” wich he referred to as “World of Nintendo cabinets”, he even mentioned the “Adjustable Game Pak “Push System” Organizers”.
This tray can hold 14 games… That’s the entire North American release of Virtual Boy games in one single tray!
I’ll post a link to the seller’s ebay listing at the bottom, just in case anyone is interested in buying one for thee ol’ collection. The trays will only fit the games if they’re not encased in acrylic box protectors, so if you’re okay with that, then these trays are an excellent way to display them, and at the same time creates more space for more VB stuff 👍
Also…
vuefinder83 wrote:
Here’s a game holder that would’ve been used in retail stores to hold various Nintendo games. The tray can hold up to 10 NES, Game Boy, or Virtual Boy game paks.
When I said the “Push System” can hold 10 Virtual Boy games, I was going by what the seller had stated in their items description. But as it turns out, the Push Systems can only hold 8 games.
I recently scored this “in box” copy of Red Alarm with everything included in the picture, and with a good buy-it-now price! 😉
