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So I just bought a Virtual Boy... Am I crazy or is it just winter depression kicking in?

Wordstar

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Hi Era,

So i was getting a lot of Retro Console stuff on twitter in the last couple of weeks and somewhere i saw a Virtual Boy pop up.
Next thing I knew i was on ebay and ordered myself one.

This thing has alway been somewhat fascinating to me. Because when i was a Kid i used to read al the news about the upcomming Virtual Boy.
I was so curious about the device and it seemed so futuristic to me and somewhat mysterious and cool looking.
The Virutal Boy ended up never comming out in Europe in the end so i never got the chance to get a hold of one and soon it was a thing of the past.

Ever since this time i always had a lot of nostalgica for this device... Reading about it in the magazines and wondering about that machine.

My days of wonder will soon be over when it sits on my Desk as a collectors piece. Got it with Mario Tennis and Wario Land just to get a look at some games.


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BaconHat

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Won't go and say you're crazy, its easy to read about something and want it, but the nostalgia for the concept of it will probably go away fast as your eyes tires out from the screens and the red.
 
ShiftyRat

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I loved my Virtual Boy when I was a kid, despite the headache it gave me every time I used it. I think it's a cool piece of history!
 
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Wordstar

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BaconHat said:
Won't go and say you're crazy, its easy to read about something and want it, but the nostalgia for the concept of it will probably go away fast as your eyes tires out from the screens and the red.
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good thing im not realy wanting to play with it that much and its more of a collectors piece.
 
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dipship31

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Was a glorious day walking into Toys R Us and seeing them clear out brand new Virtual Boys with Mario's Tennis for $29.99
 
napkins

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i remember i could have bought a new virtual boy from target for $50 around the time they knew it was a failure. i wish i could have, but i probably would have sold it by now anyway
 

pulsemyne

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When i played one years and years ago (just after it launched) I found the 3D to be really good on Mario Tennis.
 
Kyou

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I got a Virtual Boy as a gift a few years ago and went on to get a copy of every game released for it in NA

There's only 14 so it was a fun little hobby for a bit. Have only played it once.
 
DevilPuncher

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Honestly, I'd probably get one just because I'd think it would be funny to do so.
 
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Wordstar

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boogerbrain51

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You not crazy for buying one. I remember playing the demo unit in sears as a kid and thinking it was insane. I recently put the emulator on my steam deck with the wario game and Tetris too see how it was and yea it was like silly gimmick:(
 
Laserbeam

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I bought one years and years ago for pretty much the same reason. It's such an odd thing that I wanted to experience myself finally.

I had fun with it for those exact reasons. It's not good, but it sure is wild.
 
Synth

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Wordstar said:
Thats exactly what i did... Just went for it... lifes to short and so on



I always was sort of scared of sidequest because i alway thought its some sort of a jailbreak thats not allowed. But i dont realy know what it realy is.
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Meta use Sidequest as their official discovery program for App Lab titles. I think if you had anything to worry about regarding its use, they'd have been more careful about creating that association haha
 
Dark Knight

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Good get! Awesome novelty of a system and a weird little piece of Nintendo history. Need to find a good place to display mine at some point.
 
septentrion2

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A friend of mine rented a Virtual Boy for his birthday party when we were in grade school and it was an unforgettable event.
I think we had Teleroboxer and Red Alarm and .. maybe a bowling game? Tennis? Some weird sports-y game.
It was a lot of fun and the controllers are awesome.

I've seen streams of people playing the Wario game on VB and that one looks like a legitimately good game, so check that out if you haven't yet!

Enjoy it, OP 🫡
 
Hellsing321

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Most of the games sucked but Wario Land was a legit banger. It's a tragedy that it hasn't been remade for better hardware.
 
Lkr

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you're crazy, but its okay!

for real though, I have no clue where mine is, or if I even still have it at this point. my sister was asking about it recently, and I told her if she can find it, please take it. I never intend to use it again LOL
since you never got to try it, I can understand the fascination. I got mine second hand from my cousin in ~2000. he was sick of it, and I thought it was the coolest shit I ever saw when I would go to his house. it was a cool idea, just terrible execution
 
Billy Awesomo

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Back in like 95? 96? When the VB came out I had a choice between that or a nomad (maybe it was a year after it came out…) as a birthday gift. I choose the Virtual Boy. Eventually ended up with like 7 games for it, played the ever loving daylights out of Wario Land VB. Despite the console being terrible, I still love that system. Two years ago my stand broke and I had to 3d print a new plastic part for it and now it's as good as new! I still pull it out to play every year or so.

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Crissaegrim

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Wario Land is great, I love that game. Man, I remember me and my sister putting money together to buy this thing when it came out, good times lol.
 
Jamesac68

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I haven't used my Virtual Boy in years but I'm happy I've got it. It's a wonderfully strange piece of Nintendo history, and if you've got the display space and interest there's no reason not to have one.
 
Thrill_house

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Enjoy getting headaches? I remember trying to play this thing as a kid. Was the most insane console I have ever seen to this day. I don't know what Nintendo was thinking.
 
BlackSalad

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Love my VB, kids adore mario tennis and galactic pinball!

Warioland is great of course, worth a playthrough


One of the screen electrical contacts finally came off so I need to send it in for a proper repair
 
demi

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Unless your unit has been looked at by someone knowledgeable, your headset will eventually have issues where the picture becomes broken or not visible in the one or both eyepieces. There is no stopping this, just an old age / lack of quality on Nintendo's part. But it is fixable!
 
Astro Cat

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Wario Land and Mario Tennis were pretty good but I imagine getting headaches if I had to play them for much more time than the in store demos.
 
Huey

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Wordstar said:
good thing im not realy wanting to play with it that much and its more of a collectors piece.
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If it's this, why would you be crazy? It is a collectors item, plus for collectors, value is in the eye of the beholder.

If it was just straight to play virtual boy, I would say yes you're crazy lol
 

pje122

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Wordstar said:
It wasnt cheap thats all im gonna say
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Hmmm...
Well, I was asking because maybe I'd be interested in buying it from you if/when you had your fill of it.
But just trying to gauge what sort of amount that would be.

My Virtual Boy experiences were limited to Sears/K-Mart/Blockbuster demo units back in the day. Same as a lot of us here, I would assume.
 
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