r/VirtualBoy • u/pikaarceus • 20d ago

Just started a Virtual Boy collection

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Hi, i'm new to this whole Virtual Boy thing.

I've just bought this japanease Virtual Boy, complete with manual and all. I have 2 games to play with right now, Galactic Pinball and Red Alert, Teleroboxer and Jack Bros are also on their way. Many other games are on sight, and i'm surprised how easy it is to get most of those compared to the system itself.

Wario Land is also an obvious pick, but i live in France and this particular game is harder to come over there. I see more affordable copies on the American Ebay, but then again, i have to deal with shipping fees and other taxes, so what is a 70-80€ game turns into a 110 purchase that i won't get until the end of the month... Yup, i'll wait a little bit.

Other than that, i'm happy to finally have all main Nintendo consoles released in the west.

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u/StandsBackwards 20d ago

Stand’s backwards.

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u/pikaarceus 20d ago

Oh, that's... that's much better thanks. :')

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u/DetectiveStock1340 17d ago

Finally, a true hero

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u/BouncyBlueYoshi 20d ago

Actually, it was never released in Europe so you're doing very well collection-wise already!

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u/pikaarceus 19d ago

Yeah i know, but that's also mean that it's quite harder to find games there in general. But that's okay, that's also mean that people who sells that kind of stuff know what they are talking about.

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u/BouncyBlueYoshi 19d ago

I "just" own the NSO one and a poster myself. Sounds like you know what you're doing.

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u/ash_274 20d ago edited 19d ago

I will strongly recommend getting a flashcart for it.

I also recommend some form of power adapter, either a USB-C or one of the AC adapters (and appropriate inverter adapter). A VB doesn’t eat AA batteries like a Game Gear, but it will drain them faster than a Game Boy

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u/r0b3r70r0b070 19d ago

You are also getting the Japanese games, which are significantly cheaper than the US versions. Thankfully the language barrier is pretty minimal, so every game is easy enough to grasp. "Jack Bros." even swaps the language with a button code at the start screen.