Who else Rocks the Game Gear with...

[Segaedge]

Cool stuff Bro!
This reminds me, I need to play My Geo a little more

[Thierry Henry]

^^

Fear not. The Dust Police squad are on their way.

[Segaedge]

^

[Moirai]

heh. i just yesterday started playing my neo geo after a while of not being used.. ive got a newfound appreciation for samurai shodown 2.

[Guntz]

*sigh*, it just isn't the same...

[Bibin]

I still can't believe the Virtual Boy existed. It always felt like the laser light was going to damage my eyes, so uncomfortable and nerve wracking lol.

I can't wait to get a TV tuner for Game Gear someday even if I have to run input from somewhere else, like my TV. It would be sick to watch a DVD or something on Game Gear

Why is this image pretending it's blurry with motion blur? One of the few things the VB had going for it was that the display was razor sharp and was super low persistance.

[Guntz]

Because nobody has actually played a Virtual Boy, therefore they wouldn't know that. The VB hate has got to be some of the worst bullshit I have ever heard over the years. I played a real, fully working Virtual Boy and I have been a huge fan ever since. I've got two solder-fixed VB units and a stack of games, great console.

[Segaedge]

The Vboy is quite alright, nothing extremely great but definitely playable.

I've got two solder-fixed VB units

Care to share what did you do? I have one that is currently down.

[Bibin]

The Vboy is quite alright, nothing extremely great but definitely playable.


Care to share what did you do? I have one that is currently down.

I had great luck taking a tiny bit of flux and a tiny bit of solder, and carefully dotting a little solder on the PCB where the ribbon meets the PCB on the eye board. The flux helps the solder creep under the ribbon and solder it down, improving it from the previous adhesive-based connection.

That's how I fixed mine. I don't have a lot of games for it, but especially for the time of release the VB is an excellent piece of R&D work and very impressive for what it is. I really like the audio as well.

[Thierry Henry]

There were a few times where I had the opportunity to pick one up. I can honestly say, though, the VB is one of the very few gaming related systems that doesn't hold any appeal at all for me.

In fact, during one such occasion, I opted to go with one of these instead.
It's utter bollocks, but somehow it seemed more interesting to me at the time.

[profholt82]

Who else still rocks their khakis with a cuff and a crease, and still has no love for the police?

[Segaedge]

Who else still rocks their khakis with a cuff and a crease, and still has no love for the police?

[Ecco]

Because nobody has actually played a Virtual Boy, therefore they wouldn't know that. The VB hate has got to be some of the worst bullshit I have ever heard over the years. I played a real, fully working Virtual Boy and I have been a huge fan ever since. I've got two solder-fixed VB units and a stack of games, great console.

By the way, I played VB when it was new, but not since then. It felt very uncomfortable on my eyes, but I couldn't decide if the problem was my eyes or if it was just in my head. It's possible it made me feel paranoid about my eyes just because the red light reminded me of harmful red lasers. Either way, I couldn't enjoy gaming while it resembled shining red lasers in my eyes lol.

[Radiance]

How rare are these FM tuners? I had never even heard of them.

[Segaedge]

How rare are these FM tuners? I had never even heard of them.

I bought 2 new old stock (without original boxes) about 10 years ago and I haven't seen any since.