The Nintendo Virtual Boy

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James Channel

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@acatacho
@acatacho Жыл бұрын
That boxing game looks insane for the age. You could pass that as a modern indie game with how detailed and polished it looks.
@TheBrotherGrim
@TheBrotherGrim Жыл бұрын
I had one of these when I was a kid and Teleroboxer was definitely the fav, not that there were many games to choose from. It's insanely hard, but the art style is so cool and it looked great in the 3D
@estherstreet4582
@estherstreet4582 Жыл бұрын
This thing's graphical style seems to be "16-bit but ~more~" and I think that's pretty common in a lot of modern indie games these days, so it's weirdly familiar.
@acatacho
@acatacho Жыл бұрын
@@estherstreet4582 YE, that makes sense, I reckon it is a good thing, I personally love that aesthetic.
@OtakuUnitedStudio
@OtakuUnitedStudio Жыл бұрын
The Legend of Mystical Ninja games on N64 actually had a reference to Teleroboxer. The giant robot fights were structured the same way.
@TheBrotherGrim
@TheBrotherGrim Жыл бұрын
@@OtakuUnitedStudio Oh nice! I never got to play that one
@JDBennett1656
@JDBennett1656 Жыл бұрын
About a decade ago, I found one of these for $30 at a flea market in the middle of nowhere Delaware. I made my poor father drive around to gas stations looking for an ATM with me because the guy took cash only. Its in perfect condition, its one of my favorite things to pull out at parties. Its really hard to describe what that screen actually looks like in person.
@clouds-rb9xt
@clouds-rb9xt Жыл бұрын
Is it any good?
@ZingaMadinga
@ZingaMadinga 10 ай бұрын
I play my virtual boy games by emulating them on my phone, and putting my phone into a Google cardboard, and connecting a Bluetooth Xbox controller. The 3d actually looks really good
@ZingaMadinga
@ZingaMadinga 10 ай бұрын
Man $30 dollars is what I hope to pay for something like this one day. Virtual boy is great
@Super_Bros.
@Super_Bros. 10 ай бұрын
@@ZingaMadinga A decade ago it was easy to find these for $30 but modern day it’s more than 400$ boxed. 😂
@doomisforu
@doomisforu 9 ай бұрын
​@@clouds-rb9xt Yes, it is I have one the red screen is not that bad. It actually has really good black levels against the red leds.
@chrisfratz
@chrisfratz Жыл бұрын
If you have an Oculus quest 2, there is a native virtual boy emulator you can get from the side quest Homebrew store allow you to play games in their proper stereoscopic 3D, there's awesome a virtual boy emulator on PC designed for the Oculus rift headsets. Speaking of I need to go back and play more of VB Wario Land, that's a genuinely good platformer, and the stereoscopic 3D in that game is pretty good for a 2D sprite based platformer.
@erinrodriguez5740
@erinrodriguez5740 Жыл бұрын
Yeah even on an oculus go with an Xbox controller virtualboy go is great
@chrisfratz
@chrisfratz Жыл бұрын
@@erinrodriguez5740 I forgot that was the name of it since even though I have a quest I prefer running stuff on my PC instead so I use the rift emulator which is an open VR port of the VBjin emulator. I didn't even know Virtual Boy Go had an Oculus go port, but I guess it fits with the name.
@erinrodriguez5740
@erinrodriguez5740 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisfratz good stuff, this vr community, runs way better than a 3ds trying to run this
@HoopleBogart
@HoopleBogart Жыл бұрын
Holy fuck I need to try this. That thing has been a hunk of junk ever since I completed superhot and re4VR.
@Juicyboi_
@Juicyboi_ Жыл бұрын
Is this something I can find for PCVR?
@choppercove
@choppercove Жыл бұрын
I've been anticipating a video on this horrible amazing device.
@DollyBoy_1923
@DollyBoy_1923 Жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful nugg
@redcrimson1028
@redcrimson1028 9 ай бұрын
I see what you did there lol wish I had one of these. Man nintendo made some huge mistakes in their career. So making some to this day
@thedjgamer-productions
@thedjgamer-productions Жыл бұрын
We all wish we had a friend like James
@someoneelse1534
@someoneelse1534 Жыл бұрын
Can confirm
@ovaerd
@ovaerd Жыл бұрын
Mine is called Rikard. He is INDEED an impressive specimen!
@Juanus14
@Juanus14 Жыл бұрын
Growing up with James is pretty good, too
@Super_nan124
@Super_nan124 Жыл бұрын
Dank pods “we all need a James}
@ollie94374
@ollie94374 Жыл бұрын
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@Jakefiz1
@Jakefiz1 Жыл бұрын
Man ive seen tons of videos about this guy over the years mostly avgn style roasting it for being a failure and eye straining but none of them actually opened it and explained the really cool technology behind it and helping the world appreciate it for what it is! Great content as always James :)
@notpumkin
@notpumkin 3 ай бұрын
Exactly my thoughts. I love VR nowadays and I never realized how ahead of its time this thing actually was.
@Jawmsie
@Jawmsie Жыл бұрын
The realization that the virtual boy's display operates on an overengineered version of the principle that the fans with the LEDS in them that made funky patterns worked on may have just blown my mind.
@toomanyinterests
@toomanyinterests Жыл бұрын
The moving mirror system is similar to some early televisions from the 20's and 30's which used mirrors mounted on a drum or in a spiral to display an image. There were even a few experimental ones that displayed colour. There's a video demonstration online of a mechanical colour television that has been built using an original mirror screw and modern LEDs and electronics, it's a fascinating design.
@piratebear3126
@piratebear3126 Жыл бұрын
Someone else pointed it out, but playing Wario Land on the Oculus Quest was mind blowing. The treasure rooms use the stereoscopic 3D to essentially have full 3D environments. Great game to emulate anyway, but it’s awesome to see the full 3D effect on a decent screen in 2023.
@speedyink
@speedyink Жыл бұрын
The VB screens look sharp and crisp. The real hardware actually looks great in person, it's just hard to film and always looks crap in videos
@Trygon
@Trygon Жыл бұрын
This is amazing. I thought I knew what the virtual boy was, but seeing it pulled apart, mirrors spinning, and display nakedly showing it's only scanline was REALLY informative. What an absolute little marvel.
@SeJoHu
@SeJoHu Жыл бұрын
I will never forget the virtual boy my parents got me and my brother. We both had huge 90s glasses and couldn't fit them into the eye shade, and if we played without our glasses, we got horrible headaches, which was apparently not unique to our experience. We had it for like a week before my parents returned it.
@toomanyinterests
@toomanyinterests Жыл бұрын
I have that problem with my stereoscope, can't fit my glasses in the eye shade. The focus adjust doesn't adjust enough for me so I have to balance my glasses on the other side, between the lenses and the photo. Makes looking at 3D photos rather fiddly, but at least I can do it. There's nowhere to fit the glasses in on the Virtual Boy.
@YokiDokiPanic
@YokiDokiPanic Жыл бұрын
fun fact about the break warnings. When they were developing the Virtualboy, there was a Japanese study done to see if extended play is bad for your eyes, especially for young children. The results were actually very positive and the conclusion was that this was pretty good eye exercise as long as it's calibrated correctly. BUT the study took a bit longer than anticipated and Nintendo wanted to be safe from lawsuits and covered the damn thing in warning labels and programmed a break warning anyway, branding it as a danger to kids' health for no reason.
@k0lpA
@k0lpA 2 ай бұрын
It did cause a lot of eye strain though, especially with the wrong IPD
@THENAMEISQUICKMAN
@THENAMEISQUICKMAN Ай бұрын
I can't say I believe that. Extended play on *any* device up close like that would be bad for your eyes...
@parknich081
@parknich081 Ай бұрын
This is a classic case where you don’t believe everything on the Internet. Especially if there’s no source 💀
@Thewaterspirit57
@Thewaterspirit57 27 күн бұрын
So, what’s the configuration to prevent eye strain and such? Cuz the reports I’ve heard is the eye strain happens often.
@coonyman10
@coonyman10 Жыл бұрын
James will just come in with one of the most comprehensive videos on a 30 year old piece of obscure tech like it's nothing. I love it.
@theSam91
@theSam91 Жыл бұрын
When you took it apart and showed the insides was amazing. The fact they produced that thing in 1995 to an affordable(?) price point for the masses is astonishing to me. The single line of LEDs for the display is genius.
@THENAMEISQUICKMAN
@THENAMEISQUICKMAN Ай бұрын
It was generally considered to be high price even on release at $180. At the time, that would've been more expensive than even the Super Nintendo. EGM literally even said "This price is probably as low as it could possibly be for the technology, and yet the price is still too high for what you get."
@MrBarcode
@MrBarcode Жыл бұрын
I had a virtual boy and most of the games growing up. I think my dad got it in a bundle on clearance from KB toys before they were discontinued. I loved the console but sadly had to get rid of it while moving some years ago. Warioland, Redalarm, Teleroboxer were all the best games for the system. I had the mains adaptor as well. I used the controller like you mentioned but the mains lead cable was resting on the table too much and the clips holding it in place broke so by the end I had to hover it off the table to play. it had the added benefit of being forgotten by my parents every time I was grounded from the genesis or PS1 so I could dig it out of the closet and go nuts with it for a week or so
@beatlesshmeatles
@beatlesshmeatles 8 ай бұрын
oh my goosshhh KB Toys!!!!! what a throwback!
@matiasaguilar2500
@matiasaguilar2500 Жыл бұрын
Oh man this channel is really good, sometimes retro gaming content gets way too overproduced and clean and structured. I love this because this feels like we entered your house and you're showing us all the cool stuff you have
@CbasRielo
@CbasRielo Жыл бұрын
I've seen a lot of people cover the VB but never actually go in depth on it, nice video!
@ForgottenChronicler
@ForgottenChronicler Жыл бұрын
I actually managed to get my hands on one of these with the Blockbuster rental case but unfortunately the glue on the lenses came off and I haven't been brave enough to try soldering it myself lol. But as someone born years after it came out and owning multiple VR headsets it does amaze me how ahead of it's time the V Boy was, definitely a shame it couldn't succeed
@houstoner
@houstoner Жыл бұрын
I had one as a kid in the 90s. My dad got the unit and all the available games for like $50 at a KB Toys clearance. If I had to guess, I probably spent at least 100 hours playing it, maybe more. It was def before it's time. I found the best, most comfortable way to play it was laying down with the kickstand on chest. I wasn't allowed to have a TV in my room until I was 16, but I had this lol. Thanks for sharing, the nostalgia hit pretty hard.
@GaminylGames
@GaminylGames Жыл бұрын
James man, just showing the exterior of the console and explaining the ports and how it was powered, the lens adjustments, hearing the mirrors, the LED screen, etc - that alone is the best coverage I've seen of this thing. but then you went and did an entire teardown and explained how it works internally? Other than maaaaaybe if Digital Foundry and LGR worked together but damn I really can't imagine anybody else covering this in this much detail while being positive and entertaining. I'm glad im here pre-channel-blowup
@Xomby
@Xomby Жыл бұрын
I got one of these on clearance in winter of '95. wish I had gotten more of the games, but the ones I had I recall putting quite a few hours into. I remember actually playing it on long car rides using the battery pack........... [shrug] a system I enjoyed, but years later everyone poops on things that "look bad" or "have bad graphics". at the time, it was way better than the "R-Zone" headmounted game (also had it). Teleroboxer is brutal. love it to pieces.
@Zanpaa
@Zanpaa Жыл бұрын
Shank Mods has an amazing video on making a portable Virtual Boy from a defective unit, and it has great technical explanations about the whole thing (including what each chip does)! Low Spec Gamer has a great history of how the Virtual Boy came to be, including why you don't strap it to your face like it was originally meant to.
@ZingaMadinga
@ZingaMadinga 10 ай бұрын
I wish those were being sold, because I don't wanna have to shell out for a virtual boy, take it apart for the mother board, and put it in a handheld, when I could just emulate the games on a handheld. He says he had to use a real mother boardrs from a VB because you won't be able to play the cartridges without one, but that makes no sense, because as far as I know, the Analaouge Pocket dosent use a gameboy motherboard, but it can still play the games off of the cartridges
@ZENITH_System_3
@ZENITH_System_3 Жыл бұрын
I brought my virtual boy with me on vacation for after hiking when I was tired and it was actually very peaceful and almost tranquil playing some games in nature
@whompronnie
@whompronnie Жыл бұрын
One big issue of course is the way you had to play it, hunched over like a modern bell tower resident. Nintendo had originally planned for it to strap to your head, which might have been more comfortable for adults, but they worried it'd put too much strain on baby necks.
@_00FF00
@_00FF00 Жыл бұрын
Yeee buddy. Glad to see stuff like this saved. Video editing suggestion: High frequency filter for audio. There's a very high-pitched whine throughout the game clips. Think crt screen whine but more piercy.
@xcaiusto
@xcaiusto Жыл бұрын
I think this is the best showcase of this beautiful device, thank you James.
@fruit_smoovie
@fruit_smoovie Жыл бұрын
Your channel is becoming one of my favorites, I just love watching you geek out about about cool shit like this.
@TheBrotherGrim
@TheBrotherGrim Жыл бұрын
I got one of these for Christmas one year, and i actually loved the thing. I had the power adapter and Teleroboxer was definitely my favorite game, even if i constantly got stomped. Playing the VB years later on a VR emulator was amazing, being able to swap the color from red to something more comfortable was mind blowing. I've always loved these things, even with all the hate they get.
@RinIsArty
@RinIsArty Ай бұрын
man the virtual boy was honestly like, decades ahead of it's time, and did incredibly well for it
@mpixl9965
@mpixl9965 8 ай бұрын
If you have a homebrewed 3DS or 2DS you can play virtual boy games via an emulator called "Red Viper", it has the standard features you would expect from a modern emulator, but also some more unique things like being able to change the red colouring to anything you want, and it can even replicate the 3D effect with the stereoscopic slider on 3DS type models!
@joeofloath
@joeofloath Жыл бұрын
I have played one of these, it was a really unique experience. The owner had attempted to write a doom-like FPS for it but I don't think it worked out, which is a huge shame.
@ZingaMadinga
@ZingaMadinga 10 ай бұрын
Imagine doom for virtual boy.
@Dfturcott
@Dfturcott 2 ай бұрын
Now for a long time because it was so different you couldn’t play the games anywhere but 30 years later someone finally made a app so you could play them on your phone and i got to play old games I hadn’t seen in decades but the down side is they named the app “virtual friend” and, now I feel like I can’t let people see my phone. “Dave what’s the lions score?” “I don’t know, check my phone, I have a score tracker.” “Ok, Facebook, KZbin, Amazon, vir….virtual friend? Dave…. are you okay?”
@sparkywilson1405
@sparkywilson1405 Жыл бұрын
It's okay - just okay. I remember laying on my stomach and playing until my neck hurt. I also remember having it in my lap on car rides. Wario Land and Teleroboxer deserve rereleases, or graphical remakes.
@TheBrotherGrim
@TheBrotherGrim Жыл бұрын
A Teleroboxer remake or sequel would make me so so happy....Me and probably like three other people, but still. I loved that game. Wario was gold too.
@IVR02
@IVR02 Жыл бұрын
Pretty much my only experience with the Virtual Boy is a kiosk model that's been on display at a game store in my area for years. They used to have it running, but they switched it off during COVID. Still, I'm glad they've at least kept it on display. Come to think of it, that store is also the only place I've seen a Vectrex in person, so that's something.
@Nurf
@Nurf 7 ай бұрын
the magic eye picture says "James Channel" lol well played sir
@THENAMEISQUICKMAN
@THENAMEISQUICKMAN Ай бұрын
I like that this seems to be Nintendo's one example of a console that suffered from Sega syndrome - i.e "would've been amazing, technology just wasn't advanced enough at the time for their ideas". Sega suffered from that constantly. A portable home console hybrid with the Nomad. Built-in online play on a console. CROSS PLAY on a console! (Yes, this was done on a DREAMCAST!) And they almost never get credit for many things they did first.
@Slash0mega
@Slash0mega Жыл бұрын
the lense might have nothing to do with making it bigger, it just might just allow your eyes to focus on the image as if it was 5 feet away rather than a few inches, so you can actually see it. (i get this theory from how vr do)
@K9arcade
@K9arcade Жыл бұрын
I had a sneaking suspicion you were going to cover this next. It fits your eclectic mix of awesome retro goodies. Nice to see these games in a better light.
@legohalonascarfan3
@legohalonascarfan3 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining and showing the mechanism for how the virtual boy displays graphics, I was completely unaware until now. I knew it was way ahead of it's time, but the tech involved really proves that.
@NickkAtNyte
@NickkAtNyte Жыл бұрын
It's neat seeing the scan line coming from the bottom left to the top right at a diagonal. I don't think I've ever seen a scan line go that way before.
@Kramburger11
@Kramburger11 Жыл бұрын
Quick bit of advice/minor nitpick for future videos: try not to have any CRT monitors on in the background while recording, since they make a super high-pitched buzz that's a bit annoying for people like me who can still hear it (although this sound might be from the VB in this case). Maybe roll off the audio frequencies above 10kHz when recording a CRT to mitigate this as well. The content is still enjoyable regardless. Keep it up! (Nice cheeky "James Channel" in the magic eye image, btw!)
@moonprison4681
@moonprison4681 Жыл бұрын
God... This entirely 🥲
@ExpandDong420
@ExpandDong420 Жыл бұрын
That's the reason why I can't stand CRTs. It pierces my ears and goes right to the displeasure center of my brain
@Games_for_James
@Games_for_James Жыл бұрын
I applied a filter to remove the 15khz range because I’ve had complaints before. I can’t hear it though so it’s hard to tell if the filter worked. I’ll kill off more of the top end in my next video. I didn’t think I even had any running this time. Maybe the VB was making noise 🤷‍♂️
@LowellLoveMusic
@LowellLoveMusic Жыл бұрын
​@@Games_for_Jamesas a musician my advice is find out what your exact hearing range is and filter out everything outside of that range! Cheers
@Archer690Channel
@Archer690Channel Жыл бұрын
if you use a spectrum analyzer or spectrometer you can see the high frequency beeps and if your video editor has a notch filter you can match the freq and the problem is solved without killing the sound of hi hats and the S. not like it makes a huge difference tho since yt will most likely downgrade the audio quality on playback depending on the user settings
@bok..
@bok.. Жыл бұрын
thanks for taking it apart i love to see the internal hardware
@JuanesChiwirosky
@JuanesChiwirosky Жыл бұрын
1:24 (Probably anyone else mentioned it already, but..) modders were able to make the cable link work for Mario Tennis and some other games, LTT has a video showing up the VirtualBoy and they showed a gameplay of that feature.. still, its so sad that multiplayer VirtualBoy was never released officially
@unity-blabs
@unity-blabs 8 ай бұрын
In the last month or so, a virtual boy emulator for 3ds got updated to run at full speed and with full 3d effect! And you can change the color of the screen from red
@bergauk
@bergauk Жыл бұрын
Your video is the first video I think I've ever seen that does a good job showing off just how capable the Virtual Boy really was. I had no idea it looked that good.
@cadoo
@cadoo Жыл бұрын
Man I am so glad you made your own channel, I love your videos. You find such nieche stuff, I love old tech like that!
@karlosgill
@karlosgill Жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen a video on the virtual boy, thanks for this, it’s a shame it never made it to Europe but considering the PlayStation came out in 1995 it never stood a chance
@snappycat360
@snappycat360 Жыл бұрын
now i see why he gave it a good rating, he didnt use the actual screen so his eyes still function
@latergator9622
@latergator9622 Жыл бұрын
I think the way James handles those eye shades was the most delicate I've seen him handle anything
@Games_for_James
@Games_for_James Жыл бұрын
Sooo hard to replace if I damage it
@zacharycastro7838
@zacharycastro7838 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea the tech for this system was so cool! Thanks for taking it apart and showing it off. 🙏🏼
@OZ-10
@OZ-10 Жыл бұрын
This is the first Virtual Boy video where the creator included audio from the games and not just gameplay with a voice over. Dope
@Rohirin
@Rohirin Жыл бұрын
I had one of these and tried to use it in the car. I have never felt sicker in my life. The only two games that I got came with it in a bundle. They were Tennis (which I was good at), and Clash (Which I could never do well at). Never could get my hands on the Wario game.
@Butterbean32
@Butterbean32 Жыл бұрын
I first tried a Virtual Boy a few months ago at Super Potato in Tokyo. Incidentally, the game they had on it was Red Alarm, and honestly was pretty impressed, and I thought the speakers were pretty good too. Thanks James
@morthias666
@morthias666 Жыл бұрын
I can clearly hear Wade drumming in the background
@GingerNingerGames
@GingerNingerGames Жыл бұрын
The best part about this is there's a little bit of this technology in modern VR if you own a Vive or an Index, the base stations use the same tech to throw reference dots around the room for the controllers and headset to track with.
@aaronschulz9739
@aaronschulz9739 Жыл бұрын
Ive seen many 20-30 min videos on this thing that explain less and show less than james does in 11 minutes. James way of explaining and showing stuff is way better than most youtubers I have seen, keep at it.
@doc_sav
@doc_sav Жыл бұрын
I was obsessed with this when I was a kid. People say they were being clearanced for $35-$40 when they were discontinued, but that definitely wasn't the case where I lived, or else people were buying them up very quickly. It definitely had flaws, but at the time I still contend it was an unparalleled experience.
@jodiac
@jodiac Жыл бұрын
Wow the way this works is absolutely incredible. I am amazed. Thank you for showing us this!
@Jen_RS
@Jen_RS Жыл бұрын
Awww yaaaas! I remember this thing being setup on demo in a store. Played it while my parents went shopping. Never could convince them to buy one. So cool to see it on here!
@OceanPacific921
@OceanPacific921 3 ай бұрын
Great video! I always wondered what it looked like on the inside! I have three Virtual Boys, including the store display you showed a picture of. My preferred way to play was laying on my back with the Virtual Boy balanced on my face. My favorite game on it is 3D Tetris. Wario is really good too though.
@paperbros2508
@paperbros2508 10 ай бұрын
0:10 incorrect, it was discontinued in early 1996
@NALTOHQ
@NALTOHQ Жыл бұрын
YAY VIRTUAL BOY LOVE! We stan the VB in this house.
@5FDP666
@5FDP666 Жыл бұрын
I got to play on the virtual boy for the first time last year at a retro gaming convention. I was impressed, I really don't understand why everyone hates on it. It was definately ahead of it's time. Awesome video James 💪
@unmakeyourself
@unmakeyourself Жыл бұрын
Just wanna say you're doing great at the youtube thing mate, keep it up! Genuinely one of my favorite channels out there.
@MangInutil
@MangInutil Жыл бұрын
This looks so cool. Now I lowkey wanna see Nintendo making this again, although I don't know how can they compete nowadays...
@carlosemilio5180
@carlosemilio5180 Жыл бұрын
Labo VR. It got just as much support too!
@BoxOfFeet
@BoxOfFeet 21 күн бұрын
Red Alarm was the game they had in the display model at my Target. If that was the standard demo game, maybe it makes sense that they had "Nintendo" and "Red Alarm" keep popping up. Man, I'd have to stop and play it every time we were at Target. When I got mine that Christmas, I was the happiest kid. That Christmas and the one I got my Sega Saturn were the absolute best. Still have both, the VB is on a shelf behind me right now.
@UnrivaledPiercer
@UnrivaledPiercer Ай бұрын
Games on the 3DS that use the 3D part of the display properly are really a sight to behold. StarFox 64 3D is a good example of very well used 3D for depth perception. I feel like if the 3DS was better utilized for its namesake, it would have really shifted what the Switch was. 3D gaming really should make a proper comeback. Sony tried a 3D TV for a while which was more or less the same tech but without the 3DS eye tracking which didn't work quite as well but was still good when done right. I still play my 3DS for things you just can't get anywhere else. It still to this day is ahead of its time in certain aspects, and it's a real shame we may never see another console like it. It really is the perfect bridge to VR games. Flat, 3DS, VR.
@ZingaMadinga
@ZingaMadinga Жыл бұрын
Virtual boy is definitely heavily underrated. It really deserves more than what it got. It had the games going for it, and had POWER. Really, the headache inducing red graphics (which I've never been bothered by) and the fact that it wasn't that portable since it was a table top device really hurt the virtual boy. I like the virtual boy.
@AllGasNoBreakfast
@AllGasNoBreakfast Жыл бұрын
James I love your honesty! "I don't want to lie to you, so these chips make it work." 😆
@aswprime
@aswprime Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you like the VB, it gave me a headache to just watch the video full screen
@JoCaTen
@JoCaTen Жыл бұрын
bloody hell, not only do the visuals but the audio really do a number on your head. headaches galore!
@Mountain-Man-3000
@Mountain-Man-3000 2 ай бұрын
I played on one for about 15 minutes as a kid. Didn't realize at the time how rare that opportunity would be.
@MissAkashiya
@MissAkashiya Жыл бұрын
Underrated?? HOMIE THEYRE EXPENSIVE HOW DO I RATE SOMETHING I CANNOT HAVE??
@Stephen-wayne-mallett
@Stephen-wayne-mallett Ай бұрын
I’ll never forget playing this as a kid. So special.
@PrimaryTheCat
@PrimaryTheCat 10 ай бұрын
My second favourite James on YT reviewing a Virtual Boy
@rrrandommman
@rrrandommman Жыл бұрын
I had no idea it's display was a single line of LED lights with a vibrating mirror, that's such a clever way to reduce processing requirements.
@hullian1113
@hullian1113 Жыл бұрын
3:39 What people don’t often know is that the SNES (and this!) version of Waterworld has the best soundtrack in retro videogames. All I’ll say is… Map Theme.
@KajuTheRudeMonke
@KajuTheRudeMonke Ай бұрын
It does if you are deaf.
@RDR911
@RDR911 Жыл бұрын
wake up babe a new James' Channel video dropped
@Wolfshalifi
@Wolfshalifi Жыл бұрын
Water world was such a good movie
@RyanMercer
@RyanMercer Жыл бұрын
I used to beg my parents to rent it every weekend when it came out, I think they did 4 or 5 times before it was over.
@crazydrummer181
@crazydrummer181 Жыл бұрын
I remember playing Mario Tennis around 1998 at my cousins house. Crazy how long ago that was.
@E3kHatena
@E3kHatena Жыл бұрын
RE: Virtual Boy on 3DS, the developer of Mutant Mudds (a 3DS platformer with a similar gimmick) actually pitched a full-color port of Wario Land VB for the 3DS, but Nintendo declined it.
@user-gj1lb6xp3t
@user-gj1lb6xp3t Жыл бұрын
I had one of these as a kid and I thought it was awesome, that pinball game was the one I played the most. I wish I would've held on to it.
@caffeinecreature
@caffeinecreature Жыл бұрын
Now, almost 30 years later, basically the only barrier keeping us away from really awesome VR is the motion sickness.
@JellyMyst
@JellyMyst Жыл бұрын
You're probably aware of it already, but Jack Bros is a pretty good game for the Virtual Boy.
@hunterparker69
@hunterparker69 Жыл бұрын
what an interesting video, i’d heard of the virtual boy and its failure but your explanation of the tech and video examples were really entertaining.
@Games_for_James
@Games_for_James Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@NamelessMoreOne
@NamelessMoreOne Жыл бұрын
That's the first time I've seen someone take the time to point out positives of the platform and games.
@CatGoomba64
@CatGoomba64 8 ай бұрын
Bought one of these a few years ago and in my limited use, it's actually a great console. Wish it got support for longer than a few months because this could have been something really special once devs were able to better understand the hardware
@710Chri
@710Chri Жыл бұрын
I see why you and Wade are friends. You guys have the same energy essentially. You’re just more calm. But it need yin and yang. I enjoy yous guys’ channels because it matches up with my type of humor
@philp7353
@philp7353 Жыл бұрын
You taking that thing apart was really stressing me out
@Games_for_James
@Games_for_James Жыл бұрын
I wasn’t 100% confident that nothing would break lol
@MaxwellTornado
@MaxwellTornado Жыл бұрын
I sure do love the constant high pitched static.
@Games_for_James
@Games_for_James Жыл бұрын
Yeah, being a mechanic for 14 years means I can’t hear it and it’s too late to fix it. I’ve since learned how to watch for it and how to remove it.
@MaxwellTornado
@MaxwellTornado Жыл бұрын
@@Games_for_James Damn. Sorry to hear that, mate. Hope you won't lose the rest of it.
@Games_for_James
@Games_for_James Жыл бұрын
@@MaxwellTornado age takes the top end off anyway, I’m sure I’ll be fine. I wear earmuffs a lot more than I used to now too.
@chrisfratz
@chrisfratz Жыл бұрын
Love that the Magic Eye in this video says the name of the channel.
@computerkid1416
@computerkid1416 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see the Virtual Boy getting some love. It really is an amazing and underrated gem.
@johnboydojo
@johnboydojo 8 ай бұрын
I'm so happy someone made a Virtual Boy emulator for the 3DS. I've never seen a physical Virtual Boy console, let alone played one!
@aldothwaite1517
@aldothwaite1517 Жыл бұрын
At the risk of being repetitive, thanks for another excellent video. The virtual boy seems superb for its time regardless of the mono colour display.
@Games_for_James
@Games_for_James Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Ongomar
@Ongomar Жыл бұрын
Seeing that vibrating mirror technology to make a display is really awesome, especially considering it is from 1995
@SuperXzm
@SuperXzm 9 ай бұрын
Frankly, with all those "Virtual Boy Bad" videos I never expected how sharp and easy on the eyes was the actual VB. Teleroboxer, tennis and wario land were great.
@skateecho
@skateecho Жыл бұрын
Im so glad you can share all these games. ive always wondered about the virtual boy and had not heard of most of these games! really neat to see. really want to try that wario land game now! no idea what they sell for these days but its so neat to see. funny ive seen virtual boy games in other nintendo games like wario ware inc has some mini games from mario clash! i had never seen real gameplay before. super fun looking!
@tjsase
@tjsase 8 ай бұрын
4:55 YOUR HEAD ASPLODE
@CantankerousDave
@CantankerousDave Жыл бұрын
The clock ticking or drum machine or whatever that is in the background is too quiet to be it’s own thing, but is just loud enough to be impossible to ignore. I don’t often get a chance to say that something set my teeth on edge, but it damn well set my teeth on edge.
@Games_for_James
@Games_for_James Жыл бұрын
I’m working on the volume issues for the backing track before my next vid, the source audio fluctuates. It sounded loud enough through my laptop speakers but I was in a quiet room
@xcrimsonlegendx
@xcrimsonlegendx Жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved my Virtual Boy as a kid, never got all the hate. VB Wario is still one of my favorite games of all time.
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