Sorry about the audio at the end of the video! Bloomin’ nightmare!! Thanks for checking this video out! Thought it would be nice to unbox and check out a virtual boy since I’ve not actually used one before! Hope you enjoy! Oh and thank you for watching the AD! As I am sure you are aware the help is much appreciated as I still don’t have a shower. This is paying for the bathroom to be done!
I appreciate your transparency about the sponsors, even with the fact most RUclipsrs just shove it in your face for the money. Love your videos mate. Cheers! :D
I remember playing one in a Walmart when I was a kid. They had Mario Tennis set up, and it was pretty fun. I think what really killed it was the all-red color scheme.
I remember getting a WICKED headache trying it out as a teen. That tiny tripod also REALLY didn't help, the idea of craning my neck for any length of time playing it is distinctly unpleasant, lol
Bought one that was used from Blockbuster Video 25 years ago. I probably played it a total of 30 minutes and sold it a couple years later. Worst headache and necklace ever!
Gunpei Yakoi wasn't fired. He was planning his departure from Nintendo before the Virtual Boy, viewing making it for Nintendo his parting gift. But Nintendo limited development and we got this.
They also planned the VB to have green and blue leds but that was cut to make it cheaper... Seeing how capable the hardware was, I wish there was a prototype somewhere with the full colour range.
The rectangular cardboard thing is just a protector for the eyeshade during shipping. On an unopened Virtual Boy, it would be placed around the shade to prevent the spongy stuff from getting messed up.
Actually I believe the reason for the stand was because Nintendo feared kids strapping it to their heads and running around, potentially endangering themselves. By forcing people to play it sitting down, they avoided that risk.
In Japan, space can be pretty limited... especially in the big cities. "Toys" were often used and put away right after use. It was uncommon to leave game consoles set up and would be put away after use. That would explain the repacking instructions. Poor Gunpei Yokoi "went over to Bandai.." to develop a GameBoy competitor and then died in an unusual traffic accident. A car break checked him on the freeway causing him to crash. He then stepped out of his car and was killed by another car just as he stepped out.
Gunpei Yokoi wasn't fired from Nintendo, he had been planning for quite a while prior to resign at 55 so he could work more independently, it just coincided with the VB's release Absolutely loving your content though, Elliot. Keep up the amazing work, and good luck with your house!!
@@lallo4525 Cool, and this message is for those that thought he wasn't :) - or missed other videos of his with weird Chinese imports doing emulation on hardware heh
@MC 808 Backing up and emulating your ROMs or ISO’s that you’ve purchased is fine, but copying and distributing ROMs for other people to emulate for free, is not.
Gunpei Yokoi wasn't fired because of the failure of the Virtual Boy, he was planning on leaving anyway around that time and he hoped the success of the Virtual Boy would be a parting gift to Nintendo.
Yeah it's a pretty common myth that he was fired or forced to resign but that was absolutely NOT the case. And then the fact that he died in a car accident not too long later is also taken by people to think that he had done it on purpose for some reason, when really, sometimes a car accident is just a car accident.
This came out when I was in college, and the local Toys 'R Us was liquidating them for something like $75 for the headset and a complete collection of games. I kind of regret not picking it up, but I had to choose between that and surviving to eat that month, and I opted for basic survival. Finding one for £100 is an amazing deal.
When I was younger I’d turn off the lights and lay back on my bed with the headset on my face and the stand on my chest, most comfortable way I found to play
There's a local Retro Gaming shop in my area that had one on display for a while and I asked if I could play it and they let me and after about 10 minutes I just couldn't play the dang thing anymore my eyes were hurting cool visual effects but at what cost
My Dad brought one of those home from the US in 1995 and I LOVED it. It's sill in my men cave/gym and I even have all the original packaging, so this might be of some value in my case. Need to fire it up again some time, haven't played in decades.
Welcome to the owner's club! Protip: if you just lay lay down and place it over your eyes with the stand on your chest you can actually play it properly and see the full effect normally. You'll still get a headache after half an hour, but no back pain, no light leak, and you really immerse yourself.
That tetris Looks really nice, just imagine if the virtual boy had a head strap that would be like way ahead for it’s time. Keep up the good work and adding to your collection, it will all look good on display in your new house. 👌
11:46 Okay so, Panic Bomber isn't exactly the most intuitive puzzle game or anything, but when it clicks and you really get into it it's really fun! Basically here's what you do: - Match 3 or more of the same block in a straight line, vertical, horizontal or diagonal, to make bombs appear on your playfield, the more blocks you match the more bombs will appear, and combos will multiply the bombs. - At some point you'll get a lit bomb, use it to explode the unlit bombs, they follow Bomberman logic, so they explode in a cross shape and the fire of one bomb will explode the next bomb. The more bombs you explode, the more garbage tiles you send to your opponent's playfield. - Try to send as much garbage to your opponent as possible, whichever player fills up their playfield first loses. I really love Panic Bomber, it's probably my favourite puzzle game (though I'm not very good at puzzle games lol) this is a very unique take on the genre with a very interesting risk and reward thing going on, oh and, of course, brilliant music, as you'd expect from Bomberman.
Gunpey Yokoi was NOT fired from Nintendo due to the Virtual Boys commercial failure. He had already decided to retire at age 50 to spend time on his own projects and ideas but delayed that retirement to continue his role at Nintendo per their request. Gunpey Yokoi did not want to release the Virtual Boy as it was, he felt that it needed more work and further refinement, however it was Nintendo who insisted that it be released as they wanted to concentrate development on the N64. When Gunpey finally left Nintendo, several of his staff left with him as Gunpey started the Koto company, which lead to the development of the impressive WonderSwan. Great video but Elliot, please do your fact checking first.
youtube does support vr viewing for any 360 video, but I guess that doesn't really let you do the two different views that would be needed to really show what the vr on this looks like
What a coincidence, I just recently got one too! Pretty neat piece of tech, and a very cool part of my collection! Nice vid as always. Much love, take care!
I'm convinced that part of the VB's failure is that the best games look like a muddle when printed 2D in a magazine or on the box. How do you sell a game that ONLY looks good in 3d? I guess you don't. "Red Alarm" looks AMAZING ... in 3d. But in a flat image it looks like a child's idea of what a video game should be like. "Teleroboxer" is really hard to make out in a flat image. Your gloves kinda blend into your opponent's body. But in 3d it's very clear and the art looks great. Same with "Warioworld". The art looks indistinct and muddy in a flat image. But it looks good in 3d.
I owned one of these shortly after they came out - it was a floor model from Blockbuster, and only one side worked, which sort of defeated the purpose. They were just going to throw it away, so I convinced them to give it to me - because I'm blind in one eye (fortunately the same eye - unfortunately that eye cost me getting a pair of Google Glass later on) The biggest challenge as a US owner was finding games for it. I had a total of 4 games - Tennis, Mario Clash, Wario Land, and a japanese copy of Red Alarm. I didn't have any problem playing the games one-eyed, but 100% did get massive headaches from the red after about 30 minutes.
The cardboard thing is to protect the foamy/rubbery part which blocks light out, when not in use. That part tends to get creased if stored somewhere snug.
Now that was a chaotic video :D. That said; Your phone may have slightly better microphones for speech recording than your actual microphone. Oops. I love the VB, it's ridiculous, and there's like.. No games, but it's so cool in all of its redness.
Gunpei yokoi didn't get fired for the virtual boy. He was planning on retiring but when the virtual boy flopped he put it off for a little while longer and created the gameboy pocket as his last Nintendo product.
Yokoi wasn't fired, he was already planning to retire before the virtual boy was even conceived. It was supposed to be his last hurrah, but it ended up failing for... many reasons
Since you and Freya are such big Tetris fans, be sure to "rotate" the Tetris field using the shoulder buttons - as far as I know, that Tetris is the only one that lets you do that, so it's like playing like four Tetris fields at once. It's kinda hard to explain... check it out!
Great video yet again Elliot, but Gunpei Yokoi was not fired, he actually left on his own because of how he felt responsible for the failure of the Virtual Boy, which he would then start his own company which would make its own handheld system called the WonderSwan, I just wanted to correct you Elliot!
I finally was able to get a virtual boy at the Portland retro gaming expo about 3 years ago. You can also get a power adapter to plug in so you don’t need batteries! Adds a lot of heft but it’s better for longer use. Mine is slightly finicky though and if you bump the console the visuals can glitch a bit but it’s still quite playable
Wait what? Gunpei Yokoi wasn't fired from Nintendo because of the Virtual Boy. He went on to create the Gameboy Pocket, and then resigned. He wanted to go back to making mechanical toys and not video game electronics. He wanted to leave the company on a good note, so that's why he waited until he produced one last successful product before resigning. He wanted his honor intact. If anything, they tried to beg him to stay with Nintendo, because he was the man that basically saved the company from oblivion during their darkest hours. After leaving Nintendo, he did form his own company (Koto Labatories) that did contract work for Bandai. But sadly he died in a car accident a year after leaving Nintendo.
I LOVED the dual d-pads. I love my VB. I got it plus most games for $100. I have the cursed ac adapter. The adjustable stand is only barely better. Added: oh this was back in the day at our local toys r us.
I played the entire Virtual Boy library on my Oculus Quest 2 using an emulator and, even though I wasn't playing on the original hardware, I got eyestrain and a bit of headache after 15 minutes.
Speaking of the retro vibe - have you seen the new ‘Collidor’ kickstarter yet, think you would love it! Thank you for all the amazing reviews and builds.
I had a CIB Virtual Boy collection of all the US released games about 6 years ago. One of the most interesting systems I ever collected for tbh and wish I had kept it lol some of the best captured VB footage that I’ve seen on RUclips at the end though dude.
Quite a few mistakes here. Virtual boy wasn’t released to the rest of the world, it was Japan and America only. Europe missed out. Gunpei Yokoi was planning to leave Nintendo for a bit and retired from Nintendo at 55, amid the failure of the Virtual Boy and the launch of the more successful Game Boy Pocket, Yokoi left Nintendo on 15 August 1996 after thirty-one years at the company. Leaving with several of his subordinates to form a new company called Koto, Yokoi led the development of the Bandai WonderSwan handheld gaming machine, then was killed in a traffic accident. And you missed out on Wario Land, I own a Virtual Boy and Wario Land and it’s such a hidden gem.
OK so 2 things... "I don't think anybody owns 6 of the same batteries..." Oh you sweet summer child. We buy our batteries by the 96 packs for $10 here in the states! There also was a headband kit you could get for this, like modern VR sets, since you mentioned it.
Speaking of WonderSwan; You'd figure Gunpei would have used a similar or more advanced sound chip setup than what was used. Why did the Gameboy sound like an angel's voice and the WonderSwan sounded like an out of tune cement mixer?
i know your not a fan of emulation but i must say there is a VERY on point emulator for this that can be side loaded onto the oculus quest 2 the controller layouts are very similar aswell plus..if the red starts bothing your eyes (and it freaking does FAST) you can change the colors to anything else including greyscale
Gives me a headache badly every time I see one of those god offal things. I tried one out back in the day at Toys R Us. And walked away with the worse headache and dizziness I ever felt in my life. Trying out the 1st 3DS did that to me to. Only not as bad.
Sorry about the audio at the end of the video! Bloomin’ nightmare!! Thanks for checking this video out! Thought it would be nice to unbox and check out a virtual boy since I’ve not actually used one before! Hope you enjoy!
Oh and thank you for watching the AD! As I am sure you are aware the help is much appreciated as I still don’t have a shower. This is paying for the bathroom to be done!
Yeah right, like if anyone is at the end of this video yet, at this moment. 😂 Good luck with the ads (and the shower) :)
I wonder how it would look if they made this in today's world or even make a classic edition
I actually thought no audio at the end was not only intentional but genius and hilarious 🤣
I appreciate your transparency about the sponsors, even with the fact most RUclipsrs just shove it in your face for the money.
Love your videos mate.
Cheers! :D
Can u do a sbs video so we can play it with vr headset
They’re 26 years old now. Don’t they deserve to be called a Virtual MAN? Even if they do live in a lot of parents basements.
Soon To Be VIRTUAL OLD AGE PENSIONER
then doesn't that make all the gameboys gamemen?
@@thunderstudios1211 only if they can grow a mustache
Soon in 2 decades it will be called
The virtual grandparents in even more dread color
@@MrJunk78 The controller without the grip handles kinda looks like luigi's mustache.
I remember playing one in a Walmart when I was a kid. They had Mario Tennis set up, and it was pretty fun. I think what really killed it was the all-red color scheme.
It was originally much better with a full color screen and better tripod but they removed a lot to cut costs
Yeah. Been playing the games on VBoyGo for my Oculus headset. I want to play them for longer but the red burns after a while.
I remember getting a WICKED headache trying it out as a teen. That tiny tripod also REALLY didn't help, the idea of craning my neck for any length of time playing it is distinctly unpleasant, lol
Bought one that was used from Blockbuster Video 25 years ago. I probably played it a total of 30 minutes and sold it a couple years later. Worst headache and necklace ever!
@@RetroZero64
That was never a thing, white LEDs didn’t come out until a year later. All they had was green and red LEDs in 1995.
Gunpei Yakoi wasn't fired. He was planning his departure from Nintendo before the Virtual Boy, viewing making it for Nintendo his parting gift.
But Nintendo limited development and we got this.
Correct, he even left with some of the staff and went on to form his company called Koto.
They also planned the VB to have green and blue leds but that was cut to make it cheaper... Seeing how capable the hardware was, I wish there was a prototype somewhere with the full colour range.
The rectangular cardboard thing is just a protector for the eyeshade during shipping. On an unopened Virtual Boy, it would be placed around the shade to prevent the spongy stuff from getting messed up.
Actually I believe the reason for the stand was because Nintendo feared kids strapping it to their heads and running around, potentially endangering themselves. By forcing people to play it sitting down, they avoided that risk.
In Japan, space can be pretty limited... especially in the big cities. "Toys" were often used and put away right after use. It was uncommon to leave game consoles set up and would be put away after use. That would explain the repacking instructions. Poor Gunpei Yokoi "went over to Bandai.." to develop a GameBoy competitor and then died in an unusual traffic accident. A car break checked him on the freeway causing him to crash. He then stepped out of his car and was killed by another car just as he stepped out.
Ouch
The color of the Virtual Boy goes with the bloodshot eyes you'll have after using it.
Gunpei Yokoi wasn't fired from Nintendo, he had been planning for quite a while prior to resign at 55 so he could work more independently, it just coincided with the VB's release
Absolutely loving your content though, Elliot. Keep up the amazing work, and good luck with your house!!
Emulating isn’t bad, it’s one of the best ways to preserve gaming history second only to original equipment. (Which will degrade and die eventually)
He was kidding lol
@@lallo4525 Cool, and this message is for those that thought he wasn't :) - or missed other videos of his with weird Chinese imports doing emulation on hardware heh
Sure, but In some cases it is illegal
@@Uselessceilingfan Emulation isn’t illegal.
@MC 808 Backing up and emulating your ROMs or ISO’s that you’ve purchased is fine, but copying and distributing ROMs for other people to emulate for free, is not.
Of course he's doing a virtual boy video. Just waiting for your review of the creator god shank's mod
Gunpei Yokoi wasn't fired because of the failure of the Virtual Boy, he was planning on leaving anyway around that time and he hoped the success of the Virtual Boy would be a parting gift to Nintendo.
Yeah then he created the gameboy pocket and then left
Yeah it's a pretty common myth that he was fired or forced to resign but that was absolutely NOT the case. And then the fact that he died in a car accident not too long later is also taken by people to think that he had done it on purpose for some reason, when really, sometimes a car accident is just a car accident.
On the bright side it didn’t hurt anyone, except almost everyone
I'm surprised you found one in the box for that cheap
Hold on. "Emulation is bad"? Didn't you review an RG351V a couple weeks ago and absolutely love it? That thing is literally just an emulation box.
He means the legality , or maybe genuinely prefers original hardware
This came out when I was in college, and the local Toys 'R Us was liquidating them for something like $75 for the headset and a complete collection of games. I kind of regret not picking it up, but I had to choose between that and surviving to eat that month, and I opted for basic survival.
Finding one for £100 is an amazing deal.
"It's like puking on a pile of sh**!"
-AVGN
The VB wasn't released in Europe, so I've never had chance to play on one
I have a Virtual Boy, it’s really underrated! Glad to see you doing a review on it!
When I was younger I’d turn off the lights and lay back on my bed with the headset on my face and the stand on my chest, most comfortable way I found to play
There's a local Retro Gaming shop in my area that had one on display for a while and I asked if I could play it and they let me and after about 10 minutes I just couldn't play the dang thing anymore my eyes were hurting cool visual effects but at what cost
honestly, I love the virtual boy, and it's very underrated
I think the cardboard was too keep the shade protected in the box
My Dad brought one of those home from the US in 1995 and I LOVED it. It's sill in my men cave/gym and I even have all the original packaging, so this might be of some value in my case. Need to fire it up again some time, haven't played in decades.
Welcome to the owner's club! Protip: if you just lay lay down and place it over your eyes with the stand on your chest you can actually play it properly and see the full effect normally. You'll still get a headache after half an hour, but no back pain, no light leak, and you really immerse yourself.
That tetris Looks really nice, just imagine if the virtual boy had a head strap that would be like way ahead for it’s time. Keep up the good work and adding to your collection, it will all look good on display in your new house. 👌
11:46 Okay so, Panic Bomber isn't exactly the most intuitive puzzle game or anything, but when it clicks and you really get into it it's really fun! Basically here's what you do:
- Match 3 or more of the same block in a straight line, vertical, horizontal or diagonal, to make bombs appear on your playfield, the more blocks you match the more bombs will appear, and combos will multiply the bombs.
- At some point you'll get a lit bomb, use it to explode the unlit bombs, they follow Bomberman logic, so they explode in a cross shape and the fire of one bomb will explode the next bomb. The more bombs you explode, the more garbage tiles you send to your opponent's playfield.
- Try to send as much garbage to your opponent as possible, whichever player fills up their playfield first loses.
I really love Panic Bomber, it's probably my favourite puzzle game (though I'm not very good at puzzle games lol) this is a very unique take on the genre with a very interesting risk and reward thing going on, oh and, of course, brilliant music, as you'd expect from Bomberman.
I figured it had to be related, that same music is in Bomberman 93
Gunpey Yokoi was NOT fired from Nintendo due to the Virtual Boys commercial failure. He had already decided to retire at age 50 to spend time on his own projects and ideas but delayed that retirement to continue his role at Nintendo per their request. Gunpey Yokoi did not want to release the Virtual Boy as it was, he felt that it needed more work and further refinement, however it was Nintendo who insisted that it be released as they wanted to concentrate development on the N64. When Gunpey finally left Nintendo, several of his staff left with him as Gunpey started the Koto company, which lead to the development of the impressive WonderSwan. Great video but Elliot, please do your fact checking first.
just imagine what the virtual boy would have been if nintendo didn't force Gunpei to cut feature after feature and rush the design
it definetively deserved o color screen, the history of the console could be very different if it had colors on screen not a red shades
RGB LEDs didn’t exist at the time, so they had to go with Red or Green. White RGB ones came out two years later after VB had already died.
I know this may sound weird but one of my things on my bucket list is to try out a Virtual Boy.
The intro to this video should have been Nintendo’s entire marketing campaign for the virtual boy. They would have made millions!
youtube does support vr viewing for any 360 video,
but I guess that doesn't really let you do the two different views that would be needed to really show what the vr on this looks like
What a coincidence, I just recently got one too! Pretty neat piece of tech, and a very cool part of my collection! Nice vid as always. Much love, take care!
I found one of these in my atic of my old house and I sold it for 300 ! You got a great deal 👌
Reviewing a Nintendo product wearing a sonic shirt. Tracks.
I'm convinced that part of the VB's failure is that the best games look like a muddle when printed 2D in a magazine or on the box.
How do you sell a game that ONLY looks good in 3d? I guess you don't.
"Red Alarm" looks AMAZING ... in 3d. But in a flat image it looks like a child's idea of what a video game should be like.
"Teleroboxer" is really hard to make out in a flat image. Your gloves kinda blend into your opponent's body. But in 3d it's very clear and the art looks great.
Same with "Warioworld". The art looks indistinct and muddy in a flat image. But it looks good in 3d.
I kinda wonder if they did many cross-eye print adverts.
@@Kumimono Was just about to mention that. They had stereoscopic imaging with 2 dots you’d like up for the 3D effect.
You do know emulation isn't bad. Sharing backups is. So along as you own the game and backup equipment your all good emulate till your heart contents
I think the cardboard is the eyes foam's protector, I guess it is a piece of te storage system
I just bought one and I think it was pretty good and fun! (:
Gunpei Yokoi didn't get fired... In fact he stayed on longer then he wanted to and made the GameBoy Pocket< Then He Retired from Nintendo
6:20 Except for DankPods who has about 200 Zillion PKcell batteries.
I owned one of these shortly after they came out - it was a floor model from Blockbuster, and only one side worked, which sort of defeated the purpose. They were just going to throw it away, so I convinced them to give it to me - because I'm blind in one eye (fortunately the same eye - unfortunately that eye cost me getting a pair of Google Glass later on)
The biggest challenge as a US owner was finding games for it. I had a total of 4 games - Tennis, Mario Clash, Wario Land, and a japanese copy of Red Alarm. I didn't have any problem playing the games one-eyed, but 100% did get massive headaches from the red after about 30 minutes.
I still remember the first and only time I saw and played one of these in a K.B. Toys store in my local mall.
Gunpei Yokoi deserves a bit more respect than you've given him.
The cardboard thing is to protect the foamy/rubbery part which blocks light out, when not in use. That part tends to get creased if stored somewhere snug.
Brilliant *vertical noy video I hope you don't get motion sickness while using this * virtual boy* amazing find and amazing video.
Now that was a chaotic video :D.
That said; Your phone may have slightly better microphones for speech recording than your actual microphone. Oops.
I love the VB, it's ridiculous, and there's like.. No games, but it's so cool in all of its redness.
Gunpei yokoi didn't get fired for the virtual boy. He was planning on retiring but when the virtual boy flopped he put it off for a little while longer and created the gameboy pocket as his last Nintendo product.
My dad bought one of these when he was in college we had it growing up and had this weird like space racing game where you’d shoot other pods
8:20 The cardboard thing is just a "protector" for the goggles.
Unnecessary packing material i would say. :D
12:47 Good job Elliot👍
Yokoi wasn't fired, he was already planning to retire before the virtual boy was even conceived. It was supposed to be his last hurrah, but it ended up failing for... many reasons
HELLO, ELLIOT! I USED VECTREX VIRTUAL REALITY HELMET YESTERDAY AND IT'S FROM 1982!
Thanks to @Yandex museum in Moscow which has one on display ready for use by general public!
I’m actually surprised you didn’t have this one already
Ok, here is how you play the VB. Get a cheap bookshelf, install no shelves and play it standing. Not joking. It takes a deicated set up.
You can actually form a 20 line Tetris in VTetris, so the comparison to Tetris Effect is accurate. Btw, you have the stand on backwards.
My preferred way to play VB games is a smartphone with Retroarch, a Bluetooth controller and a VR cardboard.
can tell he never got the headaches from playing it
I have always wanted one of these (or 2, for 2 player)
I got mine from the back of UK games magazine back in the 90's. Always remember - £55 for the console, Wario Land, Tennis and Mario Clash.
this was so ahead of its time
OMG I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONEEEE!!
I think that's one of the only parts missing in my Nintendo collection, but I don't think I want one 😂
I loved the Sound of Silence playing at the end of the vid 🙌❤🖖
Since you and Freya are such big Tetris fans, be sure to "rotate" the Tetris field using the shoulder buttons - as far as I know, that Tetris is the only one that lets you do that, so it's like playing like four Tetris fields at once. It's kinda hard to explain... check it out!
Great video yet again Elliot, but Gunpei Yokoi was not fired, he actually left on his own because of how he felt responsible for the failure of the Virtual Boy, which he would then start his own company which would make its own handheld system called the WonderSwan, I just wanted to correct you Elliot!
I finally was able to get a virtual boy at the Portland retro gaming expo about 3 years ago. You can also get a power adapter to plug in so you don’t need batteries! Adds a lot of heft but it’s better for longer use. Mine is slightly finicky though and if you bump the console the visuals can glitch a bit but it’s still quite playable
Wait what? Gunpei Yokoi wasn't fired from Nintendo because of the Virtual Boy.
He went on to create the Gameboy Pocket, and then resigned. He wanted to go back to making mechanical toys and not video game electronics. He wanted to leave the company on a good note, so that's why he waited until he produced one last successful product before resigning. He wanted his honor intact. If anything, they tried to beg him to stay with Nintendo, because he was the man that basically saved the company from oblivion during their darkest hours.
After leaving Nintendo, he did form his own company (Koto Labatories) that did contract work for Bandai. But sadly he died in a car accident a year after leaving Nintendo.
I am thinking of getting a dmg gameboy because of your channel Elliot!
If you think about it...The world has been doing Labo for decades..Um boxes drrrrrrr 🤣🤘🏾great work bro I love my Virtual boy 🤘🏾
If it wasn't already mentioned, the cardboard was probably for packaging so it didn't mess up the viewing area during shipment.
I believe the cardboard is supposed to surround the rubber your face goes into when it's in the box. To protect it in shipping. I could be wrong.
um Eilot......
Yokoi wasn't fired, he was planned to left nintendo and his last gift was Virtual Boy
Had a friend pick one of these up from on discount at kb toys when were kids. All I remember is my head hurting for two days like I'd had an eye exam
in the gameplay portion he looks like a child looking into the candy selection
I LOVED the dual d-pads. I love my VB. I got it plus most games for $100. I have the cursed ac adapter. The adjustable stand is only barely better.
Added: oh this was back in the day at our local toys r us.
i this is the most positive review of Virtual Boy in this era.
I played the entire Virtual Boy library on my Oculus Quest 2 using an emulator and, even though I wasn't playing on the original hardware, I got eyestrain and a bit of headache after 15 minutes.
i love my virtual boy. I own almost all of them but the ones I don't have are hard to find and quite expensive now.
oh god I feel a headache coming on at 9:45 mark this thing gives you a headache just after 10 minutes of playing it
I believe the piece of cardboard was so you could cut your own viewfinder if the other was too uncomfortable
My parents got this for me new with Mario tennis. Im pretty sure there is still one gathering dust in my parents attic somewhere
You've got to get the Virtual Boy Wario Land if you haven't. It's actually a really fun game and makes great use of the 3D effect.
The cardboard is there so the fabric eye piece doesn't get all messed up in transport...
Speaking of the retro vibe - have you seen the new ‘Collidor’ kickstarter yet, think you would love it! Thank you for all the amazing reviews and builds.
I got a headache just watching him play it
I had a CIB Virtual Boy collection of all the US released games about 6 years ago. One of the most interesting systems I ever collected for tbh and wish I had kept it lol some of the best captured VB footage that I’ve seen on RUclips at the end though dude.
For that link port.. Someone put together a Homebrewed link cable /fight stick so 2 people can play Street Fighter 2 in versus mode
I just got a nes. I’m so happy.
Quite a few mistakes here.
Virtual boy wasn’t released to the rest of the world, it was Japan and America only. Europe missed out.
Gunpei Yokoi was planning to leave Nintendo for a bit and retired from Nintendo at 55, amid the failure of the Virtual Boy and the launch of the more successful Game Boy Pocket, Yokoi left Nintendo on 15 August 1996 after thirty-one years at the company. Leaving with several of his subordinates to form a new company called Koto, Yokoi led the development of the Bandai WonderSwan handheld gaming machine, then was killed in a traffic accident.
And you missed out on Wario Land, I own a Virtual Boy and Wario Land and it’s such a hidden gem.
I love your channel Elliot, Keep up the good work! :)
Picked up mine for $25 on clearance from Electronics Boutique back in the day (same place I got old Nintendo Powers for 19 cents each!)
If they have more than just red and black then this would've took off
OK so 2 things...
"I don't think anybody owns 6 of the same batteries..."
Oh you sweet summer child. We buy our batteries by the 96 packs for $10 here in the states!
There also was a headband kit you could get for this, like modern VR sets, since you mentioned it.
This is the system I grew up with
Speaking of WonderSwan; You'd figure Gunpei would have used a similar or more advanced sound chip setup than what was used. Why did the Gameboy sound like an angel's voice and the WonderSwan sounded like an out of tune cement mixer?
i know your not a fan of emulation but i must say there is a VERY on point emulator for this that can be side loaded onto the oculus quest 2 the controller layouts are very similar aswell plus..if the red starts bothing your eyes (and it freaking does FAST) you can change the colors to anything else including greyscale
Did the audio cut out at the end for everyone or just me?
Gives me a headache badly every time I see one of those god offal things. I tried one out back in the day at Toys R Us. And walked away with the worse headache and dizziness I ever felt in my life. Trying out the 1st 3DS did that to me to. Only not as bad.