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Multi-Carts up to and including #12 are done and will ship tomorrow.

All Multi-Carts up to (and including) #16 have now been built, all that is left on those are labeling and a quick test before I ship them.

I got one of those and according to the programming-program it supports both 2716 and 2732 - so go right ahead.

Yes, I linked to that in my first post as well as the original version of it. But a (well two) N64 video-cables are more expensive than four USB-cables so I'll try and make it with USB... I'm also curious on how to connect it there are a few different sources. The one on this page has everything connected up (except 5V): http://www.goliathindustries.com/vb/VBDiagrams.html If it's correct (how will I know?) I guess I'll go for that one, it has sync in and sync out connected to eachother but on vr32.de they connect pin 6 to pin 6 as sync? and no connection on pin 5...

I ordered five of those USB-cables, plan is to remove the black plastic from the connector, remove the metal-shield, sandwich to connector parts together, perhaps grind a little for a snug fit, glue them together and see if the resulting connector will fit in the metal-shield and repeat the process then put a piece of TP cable in between, maybe 1m could be enough length... Another option is to put a TP female right on the connector, epoxy everything together and use a plain TP-cable as a link, then I could easily check which lengths of wires work with the current game/s.

I found them (SD Gundam, Space Invaders, Virtual Bowling, Virtual Lab) at http://www.emuparadise.org/Nintendo_Virtual_Boy_ROMs/27 They aren't included in Cowering's GoodVboy so I don't know if they're OK but they test OK in Reality Boy.

Which one is the "main virtual boy fan site"? Link? BTW: I noticed USB cables are $0.99 on eBay, free shipping.

I recently got my first Virtual Boy and have been looking into building a programmable cart myself and perhaps buying a FlashBoy. After looking around in several places I found some info about the link port and after checking eBay I noticed there seems to be none to find... I started thinking - what would fit? Are there any connectors of that size, is it really necessary to take it apart and put another connector in there? The connector seems to have about the same spacing as the connector on a Fairchild System cartridge, and that one works OK with a PC ISA bus connector... but it seems there aren't enough room for it's thickness in the link connector. USB! It even fits over the connector, and even if the fit isn't 100% it seems to touch the connectors 1:1 - only thing is that there should be a connector on the other side as well. So why not take two USB-connectors, strip off the plastic, cut off the metal and piece (solder) two of them together? Only thing is that the four connectors in the USB-cable aren't very "springy" and neither are the connectors in the V.B. connector but perhaps the ones in the USB connectors could be bent just a little to make a better connection or use the more springy type from a USB female connector. Perhaps the outer shield of the female USB-connector would also be a good fit if the outwards bent area in the top is cut off. Yes, that's probably the way to go, two female connectors pieced together perhaps fitted in the outer shield metal of one of the female connectors. I'll see if I can get two cheap ones and test it... Modifying a cable seems more appealing to me than to modify the V.B.-unit. Unfortunately I only have one V.B. so even if I build a working cable I don't have much use of it, and to be honest, even if I had two V.B:s I'd have a hard time persuading someone in the family to play with me. EDIT: Found a description on how to make one from a SNES/N64/Gamecube A/V cable, don't know if it's cheaper or easier: http://www.emuunlim.com/VirtualE/spec001.htm Same thing seems to be hacked to: http://www.vr32.de/modules/workshop/?02

I'm thinking of getting one of these and have read through all the posts in this thread. Would it be possible to grab an SRAM, battery and circuits from an original battery backed up cart and mod the FlashBoy with these?

I'm sorry for the delays, it has been things out of my control, it's terribly sad I haven't been able to finish any more carts now that I've been free from work. This is what has happened lately: I had set up my little line of assembly and made a small batch of carts but when testing things went wrong, I finally understood that I had managed to break a few logic circuits and I couldn't understand why, checked the soldering very careful (as it's now almost all surface mounted circuits it takes a steadier hand), couldn't find anything wrong and after checking the pcb for bridges or defects of any kind I tried one cart more, same result... After some extensive testing, de- and re-soldering and measuring I finally discovered that the surface mounted resistors were of the wrong value, I had gotten resistors 1/10 of the ordered value and I hadn't noticed - hard to do when you don't really expect it... Drawing 10 times more current per output isn't recommended, that's why the resistors are there... Luckily none of the expensive circuits broke (they built fine circuits in the 70/80:s) so it's fixable. The day before yesterday I got a short message from my supplier that all their packages sent out in one week of December have gotten stuck in the Chinese customs and that they (the people in the Chinese customs) were going to open all packages from that week manually and check them. They promised increasing discounts if it took too long - if it took 60 days I would get my money back... So - I ordered new parts from an extremely more expensive supplier yesterday, I'm expecting shipment via UPS no later than Tuesday. I have also extended my leave from my main job this week and plan to finish all ordered Multi-Carts this week unless I'm swamped with work from my other job, there are a few things I need to do but it should be feasable. New plan is to start shipping next week, I'll build one cart at the time from start to finish instead so that the people early on the list don't have to wait much longer. Total building time will be longer but I understand if the early buyers are starting to get a little impatient. Again, I'm sorry for the delay - I hope it's worth the wait.

It's currently on a temporary address, will update this thread as soon as it's publicly available.

Seems so, too bad. I'll see if I can get hold of Tim...

I went through all payments yesterday and made a list and noticed I had missed two Swedish buyers that also have paid up front, I have updated the list in the first post.

The $100 offer is valid the rest of this week... I'm expecting the new price to be about $120-$150.

I got the circuits today and the PCB:s have been shipped, should arrive within a week if it doesn't get stuck in customs, and if I remember correctly - you're first on the list...

Manged to solve everything, currently waiting for delivery. Here's pictures of the #2 Multi-Cart:

EDIT: One of our friends here took the offer - thanks for the contribution! Need the last dollars for a batch of components, I'll sell one Pac-Man cart (with box and instructions) for $60 and shipping is on me (you'll save about $20-25). Send me a PM if you're interested.

Hi guys, sorry for the delay, I've been swamped with work and there has been some troubles with the PCB-manufacturer. I've had troubles reaching them and now they have raised the price to almost double of what it was before. So I'm trying to save up some more money (hopefully I'll get a few more orders and it'll be solved that way) and in the meantime I'm also looking for a cheaper alternative. I could have them made locally at about five times the cost - but that really doesn't feel like an option. So hang in there they'll get to you asap. BTW. Toymailman should have gotten his, it has been sent a few weeks ago.

I thought it was an appropriate time from the idea being born to something actually happening - so I just wanted to know if anything has been done or if it was just fantasies...

Any progress here or just fantasies? If anyone has a working but worn loose thumbstick (whole package) I'm interested in getting one. I bought a controller dirt cheap with a defective one and when I opened it up they had melted the cogs on the bottom black part in an attempt to fix it I guess. LMK if you've got one.

Yes, a few, still waiting for the big batch of PCB:s and circuits.

Hong Kong has (had?) the same TV-system as UK, PAL-I.

PM sent.

20 and 25 are really hard to come by... but don't look for Casino Royale - it was called Casino Poker when it was released. retrozoneorg: You're also missing Pac-Man...

It works, thanks!