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  1. Posted

    try underground-gamer.com

    They aren't there either. I've tried looking for them myself, but it seems the ultra-rare Japanese games just aren't available in rom form through the "usual channels". I'd be suspicious of anyone who wants to sell them to you.

     

    If anyone has found the following, please let us know:

    • SD Gundam Dimension War
    • Virtual Lab
    • Space Invaders Collection
    • Virtual Bowling (Athena)

    Note that Virtual Bowling is NOT the same game as Nester's Funky Bowling.

     

    --Zero

     

     

    You won't get them. The few people who have them hoard them. The virtual boy community is bad like that. It makes the Atari ROM scene look pretty idyllic in comparison.

  2. Posted

    Oh and did I mention... there is a dot & hidden room in this Adventure as well :-) 

     

    (though no one has yet to find the 2nd hidden room in Flashback 1's Adventure.)

     

    Curt

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    With this information, you've sold me on both Flashbacks 1 & 2. Attention to details like this is great. Thanks Curt!

     

    - Shawn

  3. Posted

    hey curt, anymore updates on the ACTUAL release of the system? my best bet is on july 15-19, anyone of those dates is what i herd, but then there is that august24th release date. which one should i beleive??

    885072[/snapback]

     

    Shipments have just started going out, still should be sometime around the beginning of August for retailers to get them into their distribution centers and out to the retail outlets.

     

     

    Curt

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    Curt,

    Any chance the Flashback 2.0 will be for sale at the Classic Gaming Expo Aug 20th? I had hoped to buy one at the show.

     

    - Shawn

  7. Posted

    I'm considering starting one of these 3 collections this year sometime, or more then one. Thanks to a few items included with my prize pack from a contest, I decided not to let them go to waste and considering building a collection starting with them. What's some advantages or disadvantages you guys discovered collecting one or more of these 3 items?

     

    Virtual Boy:

     

    Advantages - Novelty factor, unique gameplay, relatively easy to build a complete US game library

     

    Disadvantages - Headaches (your milage varies on this, I've never had any problems), some stinker games (Waterworld I'm looking at you), and finally ... you're going to hit a wall collecting Japanese games once you get to Space Invaders, SD Gundam, Virtual Bowling and Virtual Lab. Going Ebay prices for these four are an order of magnitude higher than for any other VB games.

     

    - Shawn

  8. Posted

    ... what is it about the Japanese version that makes it more rare - availability?

     

    According to Virtualboy.net "700.000 Virtual Boy units were sold in the USA and 150.000 units sold in Japan" So, the machine's a bit less common than the US unit, but it's not rare by any means. I see them auctioned constantly on Yahoo Japan for the same price range they sell for on Ebay. Not too may people buy Japanese Virtual Boy units because, as Ze_ro said above, the systems are not region locked; so a US VB will play every Japanese game without any problems. It also costs money to import one of these guys from Japan, which would add a lot to the price of purchase. Unless you're doing it to build a Virtual Boy collection :D ,there's no point in owning a Japanese system.

     

    - Shawn

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