Tempest Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Is there such a thing as a Virtual Boy multicart? Is it possible to make one? There are a few interesting games that were only released in Japan that I'd like to get my hands on, but I'm not going to pay $300+ for them. Tempest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 If someone made one I'd be interested in it as well, although I don't have a system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk2600 Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 * Cough cough* space invaders yeah i dont believe a multicart exists, i dont even know if it is possible, probibally be a good ? for someone who knows the specs and developing software or what not. Idealy, id like to look at this post and have someone say they have a bunch of them and sell em to us, although thats a long shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 There have been some attempts in the past but its rather messy affair, theres no groundswell of love and its not a well understood system. That being said the best bet lies in making a flash cart ala the vecflash for vectrex. You can see how far this hacker got with his, perhaps some lurking wizard here could bring it to a useful state? http://projectvb.vze.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 3, 2006 Author Share Posted August 3, 2006 I want to try and rig some kind of head strap for my VB as well. I'm too tall to comfortably use that tiny little stand. WTF were they thinking? Tempest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 I could swear that I read somewhere that a VB multicart or two were rumored to have been found in Hong Kong, with all the published games along with some unreleased stuff and tech demos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpddytim Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 A multicart would be great. I also think the VB could be an excellent platform for homebrews if a flashcart were made. Just think of all the trippy and crazy stuff you could write for that monster. -Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorlaxnut Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I could swear that I read somewhere that a VB multicart or two were rumored to have been found in Hong Kong, with all the published games along with some unreleased stuff and tech demos. This cart? http://www.virtual-boy.org/hongkongmodule.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk2600 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I could swear that I read somewhere that a VB multicart or two were rumored to have been found in Hong Kong, with all the published games along with some unreleased stuff and tech demos. This cart? http://www.virtual-boy.org/hongkongmodule.htm Well, that solves that. none of us will ever own one i suggest some 1 make 1, it would be a good money maker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard H. Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 I also think the VB could be an excellent platform for homebrews if a flashcart were made. I think a single slot FLASH cart would be more useful than a ROM based multicart. There's one problem however, the cart's connector is reverse, i.e it has a socket instead of a PCB connector edge. And AFAIK there's no source of these sockets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalton4life Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 I attached the headset directly to the controller. It works well and much better than using that stand. I really wish there was a multicart, because there's no way I'm over $100 for the more rare VB which can easily run 2-3 times that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk2600 Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 I also think the VB could be an excellent platform for homebrews if a flashcart were made. I think a single slot FLASH cart would be more useful than a ROM based multicart. There's one problem however, the cart's connector is reverse, i.e it has a socket instead of a PCB connector edge. And AFAIK there's no source of these sockets there is a huge surplus of virtual boy games. Baseball especially, you can buy cases of that game afaik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I also think the VB could be an excellent platform for homebrews if a flashcart were made. I think a single slot FLASH cart would be more useful than a ROM based multicart. There's one problem however, the cart's connector is reverse, i.e it has a socket instead of a PCB connector edge. And AFAIK there's no source of these sockets Well, you could use a common game, like Virtual Tennis, that's like Mario for NES, one of the few games that was a packin on ALL systems (as far as I could tell) and even sold seperately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard H. Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Does anyone have a list of games with ROM sizes ? (this page from the site doesn't work) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard H. Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 That being said the best bet lies in making a flash cart ala the vecflash for vectrex I reckon I could adapt the VecFlash circuit to make an 8MBit VB FLashCart. I don't know how many games this would accommodate though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 10, 2006 Author Share Posted August 10, 2006 I found a torrent that had them in it. They appear to be 1MB to 2MB each. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Fisher Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 That being said the best bet lies in making a flash cart ala the vecflash for vectrex I reckon I could adapt the VecFlash circuit to make an 8MBit VB FLashCart. I don't know how many games this would accommodate though. Richard, As an extremely happy owner of a VecFlash (and beta tester of the Colecovision adapter, which I use a great deal), I believe I would have to erect a shrine to you if you could adapt this to work on the VB.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 The demos can be as small as 64K, but all the released games were 512K, 1M, or 2M. It looks like demos and all could all squeeze into less than 32M, and my whole directory with bad dumps and everything is 55M. What would be really cool is a cart with 2M of RAM and a CC2-style flash card loader. -rwx------ 1048576 2 Oct 1998 3D Tetris (U) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 2 Oct 1998 Galactic Pinball (JU) [!].vb -rwx------ 2097152 2 Oct 1998 Golf (U) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 9 Mar 2000 Insane Mouse Mansion (J) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 9 Mar 2000 Jack Bros (J) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 13 Dec 2003 Jack Bros (U) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 5 Oct 1998 Mario Clash (JU) [!].vb -rwx------ 524288 2 Oct 1998 Mario's Tennis (JU) [!].vb -rwx------ 2097152 9 Mar 2000 Nester's Funky Bowling (U).vb -rwx------ 524288 9 Mar 2000 Panic Bomber (J) [!].vb -rwx------ 524288 2 Oct 1998 Panic Bomber (U) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 9 Mar 2000 Red Alarm (J) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 9 Mar 2000 Red Alarm (U) [!].vb -rwx------ 524288 13 Dec 2003 Space Squash (J) [!].vb -rwx------ 2097152 9 Mar 2000 T&E Virtual Golf (J) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 5 Oct 1998 Teleroboxer (JU) [!].vb -rwx------ 524288 9 Mar 2000 V Tetris (J) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 13 Dec 2003 Vertical Force (J) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 9 Mar 2000 Vertical Force (U) [!].vb -rwx------ 2097152 9 Mar 2000 Virtual Boy Wario Land (JU) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 13 Dec 2003 Virtual Fishing (J) [!].vb -rwx------ 1048576 2 Oct 1998 Virtual League Baseball (U).vb -rwx------ 1048576 9 Mar 2000 Virtual Pro Yakyuu '95 (J) [!].vb -rwx------ 2097152 9 Mar 2000 Waterworld (U) [!].vb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard H. Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 (edited) Would the 2Mb games be missed if I did build a 1Mb cart ? (i.e. are they good games) Scrap that, I've found a fairly easy way to build a 4Mbyte (32Mbit) cart. I'm going to start on it as soon as I get hold of another VB (sold mine) Edited August 13, 2006 by Richard H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Fisher Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Would the 2Mb games be missed if I did build a 1Mb cart ? (i.e. are they good games) Scrap that, I've found a fairly easy way to build a 4Mbyte (32Mbit) cart. I'm going to start on it as soon as I get hold of another VB (sold mine) I'll start working on that shrine. I guess I shouldn't have bought those three games yesterday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpddytim Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Would the 2Mb games be missed if I did build a 1Mb cart ? (i.e. are they good games) Scrap that, I've found a fairly easy way to build a 4Mbyte (32Mbit) cart. I'm going to start on it as soon as I get hold of another VB (sold mine) PM sent about supplying you with a VB so you can get started! -Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard H. Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 PM sent about supplying you with a VB so you can get started! Thanks for the offer Tim, but I'm hoping to trade for one here in the UK. Wouldn't mind a common cart though (I need practice getting the connectors out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Scrap that, I've found a fairly easy way to build a 4Mbyte (32Mbit) cart. I'm going to start on it as soon as I get hold of another VB (sold mine) Awesome! Put me down for a preorder You get a VB flash cart working, I'm definitely buying one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard H. Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Hopefully, I should have everything I need to build the prototype next week (including plenty of ribbon cable ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespertillio Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 If this works you can most definitely count me in for one. Kudos sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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