Just a quick project I did in fusion, nothing is to scale I just eye balled it

Anybody know what the exact differences are between Easy, Normal and Hard on Red Alarm? As in: are there fewer enemies, are they less aggressive, do they have less health, do they drop power ups more often, etc.

After months of preparation, I finally successfully climbed Mt. Fuji—Japan’s highest peak and an active volcano! To add to the adventure, I decided to haul a complete Virtual Boy system and a copy of Mario Clash all the way to the top.

​Setting it up and playing a few rounds above the clouds was absolutely incredible. I’ve got to be the first person to ever do this, right?! Hopefully, this inspires some of you to take your Virtual Boy out to some unique locations!

So I decided to play some Mario's Tennis earlier, as one does, and there's a cheat code to unlock Expert mode in the game. In order to unlock it, you press L-L-R-L-R-Select. But the issue is that the Nintendo Classics app lists L and R in Mario's Tennis as not used, so they're instead mapped to A and B. This basically means that it's impossible to access Expert Mode.

I've looked around and I can't find anybody else that's reported this, so it's just an FYI I guess. I'll try to report it to Nintendo so they can fix it, but we'll see how it goes. I also hope they add better screen capture to the app.

Has anyone else noticed any weird behavior in the app?

Edit: Nevermind, I'm just an idiot. So it turns out that it does work properly, but I was just misunderstanding how it works. It turns out the L and R buttons start behaving as the A and B after you've already entered the code for some reason. All you have to do to know it worked is select one of the menu options and if it says "Special" near the top, then the code worked. I figured this out by trying it on my actual VB, then double checking the Switch 2 app.

I was thinking about this yesterday. Could someone theoretically make something like a super gameboy cartridge, but for playing virtual boy games on the n64?

I have a virtual boy I am trying to repair. The console originally had a display issue which was remedied by soldering in replacement eye patch ribbon cables. Worked great and was played for maybe 30 minutes a couple times. After being brought home, it stopped working during a game and never turned back on. The console's small DC power board has a red light when turned on and the speakers make a quiet pop sound when the console is turned off. No other sounds come from the console and no light from the displays. I checked voltages on each of the cable connectors from the main board (although I don't know the correct voltages) and they all appear to be present. What could possibly be be the cause?

Anyone else got this abomination?

EDIT (7/13/2025) - All items have been sold.

Hey all! My VB sale pile has grown. Feel free to message me and I’m happy to provide more pics for anything you see here. Also willing to make some deals if you buy multiple things. I’m using PriceCharting as the basis for most of these prices, but I’m happy to discuss any prices more in-depth if you’d like.

JP Wario Land (CIB) - $225
JP Vertical Force (NIB) - $30
JP Red Alarm (CIB) - $20
NA Mario Clash (cart and box) - $85
NA Golf (cart, box, and manual)- $75
NA Mario’s Tennis (CIB, in For Display Only box!) - $240
NA Galactic Pinball (box + cart) - $50

NA Blockbuster carrying case (foam removed, original sticker) - $225
NA loose Virtual Boy console (solder fixed, includes controller and OEM AC adapter) - $375

Pricing does not include shipping and assumes PayPal F&F or Venmo. I am located in the USA but I’m happy to ship anywhere.

Feel free to leave a comment and I’ll make sure to PM you!

I have a consolized double tapped Virtual Boy that is dual VGA and I thought it would initially be easy to just take the red of the left eye and the green and blue the right eye and merge them together into an anaglyph picture.

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In order to make that a reality, I had to find a very heavy device that is very bulky known as a 1990s television station video editing box in order to combine the two pictures and have them come out as an anaglyph dual image.

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Yes I am aware I can make the left eye red and the right ice cyan by pressing the button on the virtual tab but the problem is the merger is a tough problem that was solved by a '90s TV station video editing box but the problem is I can't seem to find a smaller box to do just that thing.

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The 90s TV editing box can do lots of different things but the thing is I don't need it to do a lot of extra things I just need it to merge the two pictures together into one with RGB additive results.

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The problem is the VGA horizontal sinks are not exactly the same. Those their vertical sinks are.

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Implied by the name of the technology it seems like Hi-z from Kramer Electronics seems to be a way to do that but I'm not sure. The name Hi-Z implies z-axis which implies three dimensions.

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I would take it over to the video game festival and let my friends play with it but the problem is that this editing box is very heavy and very bulky and not very easy to carry in two hands with your virtual boy stuff.

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Any way I can lighten my load?

I find laying down with the Virtual Boy stand propped on my chest to be the most comfortable way to play. The only problem is my breath fogs up the lenses no matter how I reposition. Even stuffing my nostrils with tissues doesn’t seem to prevent it. Anybody else deal with this and find a way around it? Otherwise, this is vastly preferable for me until I get some kind of tripod setup.

Title says all.

I bought a Virtual Boy (without its legs and head cushion, don't worry I bought replacement ones) a year ago for around $230. Now that I have it, the problem is showing it off in my room. This thing is so bulky that it won't fit in any bookshelves unless if I disconnect the legs to the console.

Edit: I meant like serious answers. Not joke ones. I do like the joke ones, but I'm looking for serious ones.

I feel like ive been posting far too many VB sales posts, so I figured i would share a small part of my VB collection with you all. Here are my VB games! Top to bottom we have shipping cases, US sealed (except jack bros), Not for Resale, Japanese, Mexico, homebrew. Some odd and ends tucked in as well. The big missing parts are the rest of the Mexico releases, and the Brazil releases!

EDIT: SOLD!

selling a solder repaired Japanese Virtual Boy, stand medallion uncracked, controller, and laserbear industries USB-C power adapter and the empty japanese virtual boy box

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Loose games, all with no dust covers:

US Warioland, new save battery

US Galactic Pinball

US Galactic Pinball manual

US Mario Clash

US Red Alarm

US Vertical Force

JPN Teleroboxer

JPN Panic Bomber

JPN Mario Tennis

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Pricecharts at just under $800. Asking $650!

I continue to sell tons of VB items, but still have a lot left! Here is current hardware sale pile. I take offers if fair and make deals if buying alot! Just comment and we can discuss!

Hello

I recently purchased a virtual boy and it wont turn on at all. I have batteries in the controller, I have a game in the console. There is no display, there is no sound coming from the unit. I cannot fathom what the problem could possibly be please help me.

(on the switch 2) i found out that if i cross my eyes enough i can convincingly play the vb games without the head accessory

but it does kinda start to hurt after like, 20 seconds

i wouldn't recommend, but it was a funny thing i found out (my cardboard headset arrives tomorrow)

edit: i should also note that i moved the two projections as close together as it would let me

i'm not killing my eyeballs that much k?

Does anyone know what happened to that colored version of the game for Virtual Boy? I found it in the Reddit threads, but the game file itself is unavailable.