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- mmachine, on 02/12/2009, -1/+14here's to a cramped neck and chronic vomiting.
*cheers* - joehodgson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14my eyes hurt just thinking about it
- RyeBrye, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9A "Look back" with no pictures or video? Just a bunch of grey-on-white text? That's no fun.
- fishindiesea, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8"and the Sony PSP picking up steam all its own with a large library of solid games"
what? - Ninjamonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I have one, I bought it for about $30. Mario Tennis was pretty fun.
- aurrea, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Hahahaha.... that is the only thing that stood out about this article. "large library" ? PSP? The only games I play for PSP is Madden and GTA.
- rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I used to play it for hours. Afterwards it would take a few minutes before I could see correctly.
There were a few good games for it, though. Did anyone have Red Alert? - chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The main problem was that it was just too ahead of it's time, too different for joe gamer to want to use it. A+ to Nintendo for trying something new and taking a chance, it wasn't successful, but you have to acknowledge that they dared to be different.
- devwal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6rspeed: they were /all/ _red_ alert... :)
- mudskip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5dugg.. because I loved my VB.
Gunpei Yokoi, the father of Metroid, Game Boy, and Virtual Boy is the most tragic part of the Virtual Boy saga.
I hate that he was frowned upon by Nintendo.
One wonders..
What would have happened if he could have somehow stayed with Nintendo?
What other amazing things would he have made if he had not died on Oct 4, 1997?
We will never know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei_Yokoi - vhold, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I think one really unappreciated aspect of the Virtual boy is that it introduced dual directional controls.
Even though they were D-Pads and not analog sticks, Red Alarm was the first console game (to my knowledge) to have the traditional slide/turn dual controls and triggers for shooting that we see in all console FPS now. - manicarzo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I remember playing one at least. I really didn't think it was all that bad--the games just weren't very fun.
- okcookienc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I never had the problem many folks complain about with eye pain... I used to lay on the floor, head tightly stuck in the thing, playing for hours til my legs cramped up. I remember getting up and feeling dizzy, but thats about it. I loved Virtual Tennis (or was it Mario Tennis?) and yeah, I had Red Alert... the Wario game, meh. I think when I bought it it came packaged with Tennis, which IMO was the best title out for it. Then, one day my friend and I got into a "fight" and I dropped his shoe in the toilete. In retribution, he tossed my Virtual Boy off my balcony. Of course, it never recovered. I think I'll check ebay for it soon. I wanty.
- Dgen_X, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5what...no pictures of bloody eyeballs?
- cambrown99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I remember working at Blockbuster, setting up the in-store display and laughing my ass off at the sheer number of health hazard warnings printed in red inside the instruction booklets.
- ModernTenshi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I remember playing Wario Land and Red Alert for hours when I was younger. For me, I never really seemed to have an issue playing it for hours.
And am I the only one that found the controller to be comfortable as hell? - MSIGuy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I liked the Virtual Boy. I remember trying to steal my neighbor's when he wasn't looking.
I can see why people weren't too fond of it. The Virtual Boy was a big departure from what was considered "typical gaming" at that point. - ecksman321, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Exactly...
Red Alarm was my success for skipping school. The headache and vomiting - -Jaguar-, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I love and still play my Virtual Boy. The 3D effect is awesome even if it is all red. Where's my color Virtual Boy (that isn't thousands of dollars)?!?
- exoendo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5does the little logo that says "staff" next to the title look a bit familiar? or am i seeing things?
- codyman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Yeah i bought one at Toys R Us years back right after they stopped making them. I think I got the machine for like 25 and each game for 5... so i bought a ***** load of games... I played the thing for maybe six months and coincidentally thats when i was diagnosed with nearsideness... no joke, seriously...
wheres my lawyer.... - zaofreek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I got my Virtual Boy for $30 at Wal*Mart when distributors figured they needed to get rid of the failed consoles. There were actually some fun games for it. Warioland was probably my favorite, followed by Teleroboxer. The all red screen never made sense to me. Neither did the original price of $180 (I think that was the price). Another issue was the fact that developers didn't quite seem to know how to work with the console. I mean, who wants to write a game for a console with all red graphics, "real" depth, and a strange controller?
Also, am I the only one who laughed when reading about the PSP's "large library of solid games"? - b3and1p, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4rspeed: Actually if you stare at red for a while your eyes will try to correct it and when you look out at the world you will see everything in Cyan (the opposite of red). Cyan isn't exactly green, but its kinda close.
- lazyguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3But if it succeeded, it sure would have "revolutionalized" a market that "needed innovation"
- thenativeraver, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I liked wario land, that was good. But damn, that thing used to hurt my neck and everything still looks green...
- JRMillion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I got one when it first came out and was like $200... plus the 3 games... tennis, boxing and red alert :)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I rented one from Blockbuster when it came out. I loved it! But I could never EVER find a comfortable position to play it in. Years later, I bought one off ebay with a load of games. It's somewhere around here......
- Ignathius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2am i the only one that figured out if you laid on your back, the VB would balance nicly on your face?
i was going to jerry-rig a headstrap thing to it so i didn't have to lay down all the time (the hell with playing it on it's little stand), but never got around to it. - Braxo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I still have mine and it works! About once a year I bring it out of its box to play a little bit of it.
- Spooner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I don't see anything new here. Is it just me or so some sites think they can just re-tell us something we've already read about and known a bunch of times?
Wake me up when you can tell me something interesting about the Virtual Boy that I didn't already know. - jgee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Meh, I was expecting a foreshadowing of the Revolution, which would have made me very sad, very sad indeed.
- codyph55, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4hey, whats all this hate... i bet most of you ***** never even had one.
i had one and i can say i have some great memories from that system it reminds me of my childhood.
yes it had some flaws like all systems do but for some it was a great gaming experience. i loved it! - rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4It damaged your eyes so badly that you see red as green!? :D
- theuber1337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I wanted one when I was a kid. My parents wouldn't buy it for me though, probably for the best.
I got one on ebay 3 or 4 years ago. I really liked the concept and its fun if you play it in moderation; havn't touched in in years though. - TheNik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Haha, I remember it vaguely.
"We introduce the VIRTUAL BOY!"
Then the whole world says, "Wait... What?" - kolop1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3 No, it was not ahead if its time. It was uncomfortable. You had to sit awkwardly to play it, It had a red screen that caused head aches, and it was not for anyone under 7.
It was the system not meant for anyone. If you were over 7, if it didn't hurt your neck, if it didn't give you headaches it was for you.
I dont want to get headaches and back pain playing a game. - jakeadams, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2haha im probably the worst gamer ever. i had a virtual boy, and a n-gage.
- boredofthesane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Here here. I loved that thing and I could play it hours on end. I never got headaches, and at 23 today I have better than perfect vision.
- PSyMastR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I own and love my virtual boy...
- scbysnx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"The market itself has stabilized over the years, and hasn't really seen that many failures along the way...just mainly innovations."
this is where I jump off this train. This is the dumbest statement I've ever heard. Not many failures?????? neo geo pocket? 2 sega handhelds, numerous smaller companies trying it, that nokia thing, there was a palm powered gaming machine that failed, I could go on. I'm not even going to say anything about "the market stabalizing" other then saying look at the turbulance of the psp and the general non use of hand helds compared to when gameboy first came out. When gameboy's first came out every one of my friends had one and you wouldn't see us walking around without it. Not the case now. - inotocracy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I loved the Virtual Boy, you couldn't find an experience like Teleroboxer on any other platform. Yes, the thing may have given you headaches, and yes it was only in various shades of red but the gameplay was great.
- Psykus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Edit: Oh, you mentioned N-Gage, nevermind..
- Kev1000000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I personally LOVED Virtual Boy.
Nesters Funky Bowling..
Pinball..
Mario Tennis..
Red Alarm..
Oh man.. - UnlivedPhalanx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have a VB and I love it, just like the NES and SNES, it's a classic.
- jer2eydevil88, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have one and I love it... Red Alert is the *****.... as for the R-Zone (remember those?) I hated it...
wow what a time trip... I must have been 8 or 9 years old when I got the V-Boy as a present from my grandparents...
Its far better than my PSP ever could be... (or could've been since I sold it). I think playing with the OS of the PSP was the second most fun part of owning one... the next was playing SNES games at 1/10th the speed they should play at.. - markos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Rented it, got dizzy, tried again, vomited, took the damn thing back to the store.
- jonnyeh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Not to mention that this 'portable' system wasn't really portable.
- DenZ88, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It was mario... back when mario was 2d
- mrwilly123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh my god, the Game.com.... It had a dial-up modem that you could get for it, I don't remember why. And it pretended to double as a PDA.
My friend had it, and i was so jealous. I would steal it from him to play Batman & Robin. I remember the screen being so blurry when there was movement that it was pretty much impossible to play. Good times. - carpespasm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1zee goggles, they do nothing!!!
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