scipioafricanus
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Post by scipioafricanus on Feb 12, 2017 22:46:52 GMT
Anyone ever try this thing?
Asking for a friend...
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stratogustav
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Post by stratogustav on Feb 12, 2017 22:52:34 GMT
I wish I did. I've never seem one. However it's cool that Nintendo has its own VR brand for future proof.
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MeleeMonk
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Post by MeleeMonk on Feb 14, 2017 2:04:34 GMT
I've actually seen one in person. It was in a display case for sale at a popular used games store in my area. The first time I actually heard of the Virtual Boy was while I was playing Wario Ware Smooth Moves on the Wii back in '07. One of the minigames featured a 3D model of it, and when I first saw it I was like "WTF IS THAT THING?  ??" Lool what a strange looking console ("strange" in a cool sort of way) |
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Post by Imperial Khador on Feb 14, 2017 3:43:21 GMT
I didn't have a lot of love for this system, but I did play Virtual Boy Wario Land a few years back on emulator with Red/Blue 3D glasses, and it held up pretty well. I wouldn't mind a 3DS re-release.
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dschult3
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Post by dschult3 on Feb 14, 2017 23:50:25 GMT
I almost bought one from an EB Games at our local mall, scipioafricanus. Is that place even in the mall anymore? Anyways, I am kicking myself for not getting one, because they discounted them to $25 or so. I didn't get it, because there were only 8 games out. It was incredibly cool, but that AVGN video has the damn thing pegged. It was a cool idea waaaaaay ahead of its time, but they didn't quite get it right. The Wario Land game was pretty cool. Red Alarm was pretty damn cool too. Unfortunately, you couldn't play the games for more than an hour, so I have no idea as to how the games were after 15 minutes or so. |
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Armored Core Raven
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Post by Armored Core Raven on Feb 15, 2017 4:15:27 GMT
I tried a handful games a few years ago, shortly after the 3DS had been released, someone was showing it off at a local game con type of thing. They had it set up on a stand on a table that could be lifted and lowered so you'd stand up and play without having to adjust yourself, it made it a lot easier for everyone to try it out regardless of age/height.
I remember I tried Red Alarm (spaceship shooter with wireframe 3D graphics), Vertical Force (top-down shmup) and Mario Clash, I thought they were genuinely good games all three, just too bad they were exclusives on such an awkward and failed machine and never got ported to anything else (afaik).
The 3D effect was pretty good though, better than 3DS I'd say.
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Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Feb 17, 2017 14:26:44 GMT
The 3D effect was pretty good though, better than 3DS I'd say. Wow, that's pretty cool. |
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scipioafricanus
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Post by scipioafricanus on Feb 17, 2017 23:34:46 GMT
Ben Heck takes one apart.
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Cervantes
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Post by Cervantes on Feb 18, 2017 0:46:23 GMT
I saw one of these in a store when I was a kid. I didn't have the chance to play it, but I sure was impressed by it being a VR device and a portable one at that. I don't know if I noticed it was a Nintendo machine. I immediately thought it was awesome and only really learned about it years later - and that AVGN video was probably the first time I saw it in action.
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MeleeMonk
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Post by MeleeMonk on Feb 18, 2017 1:23:43 GMT
By the way, do Virtual Boy emulators exist? I'm guessing no, but I figured I'd ask anyway.
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Post by Imperial Khador on Feb 18, 2017 3:04:02 GMT
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scipioafricanus
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Post by scipioafricanus on Sept 13, 2020 9:58:30 GMT
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dschult3
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Post by dschult3 on Feb 27, 2024 0:23:33 GMT
I don't have a 3DS, and I know some of you guys do. I'd love to hear about how this works.
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??" Lool what a strange looking console ("strange" in a cool sort of way)
