Who ACTUALLY PLAYED Virtual Boy?

This is just a question for all the people saying they think the Virtual Boy was terrible...

How many of you actually played the system? Because for a lot of people who are watching reviews and such, the games look terrible because it's so flat (as you need 2 lenses to get the 3d effects).

If you've never played and are basing your opinion on what you've seen on youtube or the like, trust me the games are nowhere near as bad as they look. But who here has actually played it, and may even have enjoyed their time with it?

I played it at a Target several times, playing Wario Clash, Virtual Tennis, and a bit of Nester's Funky Bowling.

The system itself seemed ok, it was bolted down and gave me a bit of a cramp in my neck from stopping down to level with it. The games were also ok, a little slow and awkward to play without seeing the buttons. So I would have to either stop the game and look down or fumble my hands around until i hit the button that worked.

But every time I pulled out to leave, I felt a bit light headed. Not unusual for me at the time (old graphics and excitement seem to do that to me) but still enough to know that it wasn't worth owning when I already had a 64 and Game Boy.

played it at the store a couple times, found it unbearingly horrible. hence why i never bought one and probably never will (unless i see one for $5)

i don't need to smell dog **** to know its dog ****

My cousin has one and I've played it a number of times, its not great but its not that terrible either, its just not a whole lot of fun.

I have one and yeah, it does suck.

Mario's Tennis is the only game I have and it's awful.

Why does the controller have 2 D-pads?

Dude.

Why do you think there are less than like 25 games for the thing?

Because it just sucks.

I'm a huge N fanboy too. I play my NES every day.

Virtual Boy just sucks..

The Angry Video Game Nerd played it lol if you guys haven't played this crap check out his video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyVAp0tOk5Afaustotaveras

Haha I've seen it. But he actually says some of the games aren't even that bad. In fact he says Wario Land is "damn good". But James is hilarious, great. If you liked that go to http://www,cinemassacre.com

He has everything there. Including reviews of other consoles such as the Jaguar, 32x, Sega CD, Intellivision etc.

[QUOTE="faustotaveras"]The Angry Video Game Nerd played it lol if you guys haven't played this crap check out his video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyVAp0tOk5Asonic_spark

Haha I've seen it. But he actually says some of the games aren't even that bad. In fact he says Wario Land is "damn good". But James is hilarious, great. If you liked that go to http://www,cinemassacre.com

He has everything there. Including reviews of other consoles such as the Jaguar, 32x, Sega CD, Intellivision etc.

Got it in the closet over there, along with 8 games.MAILER_DAEMON

Wow, so you own over 33% of the library? Nice.

Anyway, I played the VB a few times as a kid when my local blockbuster had it up on display. I thought it sucked back then because it only had one color, used vector graphics, and made me a bit sick (although to be fair I was also straining to get my head up to the thing since I was still a little kid at the time).

[QUOTE="MAILER_DAEMON"]Got it in the closet over there, along with 8 games.gameguy6700

Wow, so you own over 33% of the library? Nice.

Anyway, I played the VB a few times as a kid when my local blockbuster had it up on display. I thought it sucked back then because it only had one color, used vector graphics, and made me a bit sick (although to be fair I was also straining to get my head up to the thing since I was still a little kid at the time).

That's over half of the North American Library

Hey Mailer Daemon, do you have "Space Invaders Virtual Collection"?

I played the Virtual Boy and loved it. I especially loved Galactic Pinball, which is hands down my favorite video pinball game of all time, and of course I had a lot of fun playing Wario Land for the VB. That is by far my favorite Wario Land game.

I played it a bit when I was moving my cousin to his new house. He had one in the back of his closet. I played for a bit, then we beat it with a sledgehammer.

I played the Virtual Boy and loved it. I especially loved Galactic Pinball, which is hands down my favorite video pinball game of all time, and of course I had a lot of fun playing Wario Land for the VB. That is by far my favorite Wario Land game.

m0zart

haha, those were my favorite 2 titles as well. I loved the sevret Samus Cameo that you could earn by breaking the bumpers.

I did, and I loved it. As a matter of fact, my dad bought me one of these bad boys when I graduated from high school:

'Tis one of my most prized possessions :)

Owned one, and really didn't like it. Just using the system made me physically sore for some reason, just because I was constantly hunched over while I was playing it, haha. It was a good try by nintendo to be innovative, but for me the technology just didn't catch up to the idea!

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[QUOTE="MAILER_DAEMON"]Got it in the closet over there, along with 8 games.sonic_spark

Wow, so you own over 33% of the library? Nice.

Anyway, I played the VB a few times as a kid when my local blockbuster had it up on display. I thought it sucked back then because it only had one color, used vector graphics, and made me a bit sick (although to be fair I was also straining to get my head up to the thing since I was still a little kid at the time).

That's over half of the North American Library

Hey Mailer Daemon, do you have "Space Invaders Virtual Collection"?

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[QUOTE="gameguy6700"]

Wow, so you own over 33% of the library? Nice.

Anyway, I played the VB a few times as a kid when my local blockbuster had it up on display. I thought it sucked back then because it only had one color, used vector graphics, and made me a bit sick (although to be fair I was also straining to get my head up to the thing since I was still a little kid at the time).

MAILER_DAEMON

That's over half of the North American Library

Hey Mailer Daemon, do you have "Space Invaders Virtual Collection"?

I've actually only played (way back when) Mario Clash, Red Alarm, Mario Tennis and 3d Tetris. What did you think of Teleroboxer?

I just bought a Virtual Boy on ebay (cannot wait till it gets here) which will be the first time I've played it since I used to rent the console (yes I said rent) since 1995, 15 years..and I bought Mario Tennis and Red Alarm. I am getting Teleroboxer (which I have not played) but there's no reviews for it. What were your thoughts?

I've played it, yeah. It was a funny novelty, but pretty forgettable when looking at the gameplay. And yes, the stories about it giving you headaches are entirely true. Playing this thing for longer than 15 minutes just can't be healthy.

There's one somewhere back home; probably in my oldest brother's closet.

We had 4 games on it I think, and while the games we had weren't that bad, my neck would get soar after playing a game for a little while due to bending over to look through the screen.

Can't say I miss the system.

This is just a question for all the people saying they think the Virtual Boy was terrible...

How many of you actually played the system? Because for a lot of people who are watching reviews and such, the games look terrible because it's so flat (as you need 2 lenses to get the 3d effects).

If you've never played and are basing your opinion on what you've seen on youtube or the like, trust me the games are nowhere near as bad as they look. But who here has actually played it, and may even have enjoyed their time with it?

sonic_spark

The original Game Boy had how many colors? 2. Gray and Puke Green. It was small and sometimes hard to distinguish objects while playing. That can also induce headaches. The graphics were also laughable.

"The simplicity of the gameplay was almost as simple as 70s video games". This is an outright lie. Yes there were simple games. The same can be said for Gameboy PS1, PS2, PS3, and almost every system out there. Every game for Virtual Boy is not simplistic.

The same style of games were also available for GB, GBA, NES, and SNES. The 3D fields were how all 3D effects worked in that day. It wasn't made at the same time of Avatar. It looks odd because of what it is and what it has to do to make the 3D effect work. The library is small because it didn't sell well and some people were having bad effects from prolonged play. It's not the best system out there and I can respect an opinion, but these are really invalid statements about it.

The original Game Boy had how many colors? 2. Gray and Puke Green. It was small and sometimes hard to distinguish objects while playing. That can also induce headaches. The graphics were also laughable.

"The simplicity of the gameplay was almost as simple as 70s video games". This is an outright lie. Yes there were simple games. The same can be said for Gameboy PS1, PS2, PS3, and almost every system out there. Every game for Virtual Boy is not simplistic.

The same style of games were also available for GB, GBA, NES, and SNES. The 3D fields were how all 3D effects worked in that day. It wasn't made at the same time of Avatar. It looks odd because of what it is and what it has to do to make the 3D effect work. The library is small because it didn't sell well and some people were having bad effects from prolonged play. It's not the best system out there and I can respect an opinion, but these are really invalid statements about it.

billyd5301

I did and I enjoyed it for a while.

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The original Game Boy had how many colors? 2. Gray and Puke Green. It was small and sometimes hard to distinguish objects while playing. That can also induce headaches. The graphics were also laughable.

"The simplicity of the gameplay was almost as simple as 70s video games". This is an outright lie. Yes there were simple games. The same can be said for Gameboy PS1, PS2, PS3, and almost every system out there. Every game for Virtual Boy is not simplistic.

The same style of games were also available for GB, GBA, NES, and SNES. The 3D fields were how all 3D effects worked in that day. It wasn't made at the same time of Avatar. It looks odd because of what it is and what it has to do to make the 3D effect work. The library is small because it didn't sell well and some people were having bad effects from prolonged play. It's not the best system out there and I can respect an opinion, but these are really invalid statements about it.

Emerald_Warrior

So, you are going to take 3 of the most impressive games from SNES and say that it didn't compare? The Virtual Boy was not intended to be, and didn't end up being a home console system. "Nintendo pushed the Virtual Boy to market so that it could focus development resources on the Nintendo 64" - Wikipedia The games on virtual boy in no way play or look as simplistic as a 70's video game.

Hm yeah, exactly the same? Virtual Boy and Game Boy are just as comparable to what you are comparing it against. It's not a home console, yet not a handheld system which I am sure helped lead to it's demise. 3D effect absolutely did work like this. The Master System glasses worked this way, so did the glasses you would get for the Superbowl and other tv shows. And I have experienced headaches from extending play times with the Game Boy Advanced SP. It's called eye strain.

Lol, once again Wikipedia is your friend. In your first post you compared it to SNES games. Here you go and compare it to N64. Certainly not it's era. It was released 2 years before the N64. And once again, it was not intended to be home console. Here is that quote once more...

"Nintendo pushed the Virtual Boy to market so that it could focus development resources on the Nintendo 64"

Was it a bad idea? Probably. It's the only system I can think of that isn't portable or isn't a home console. Possibly the Sega Nomad could be thrown in here since it ate through batteries so fast, but it didn't sell well either. I am not the biggest Virtual Boy supporter out there but you seem to have trouble understanding that it is not a home console designed to compete with games like Resident Evil. It follows the same simplistic path that Game Boy games took in those days with slightly better graphics and a 3D gimmick. Pong in the 70s had 0 usable buttons. Those games mainly use paddle controllers. The Virtual Boy has A, B, L, R, and 2 D-pads. Granted every Virtual Boy game does not take advantage of every button, but some do.

Teleroboxer has a user review of 7.0, Wario Land 8.3, Mario Clash 7.6, and Mario Tennis 7.7. Apparently the people who actually own the system and the games for it don't believe every game for it is terrible.

I am really not dancing around anything. You said the gameplay was that of a 70's pong game. If you have ever played a 70's pong maching you know that as far as video games go they are the crudest thing in existance. The Virtual Boy games in no way are reminiscent of a 70's pong game. I think the fact of 4 buttons and 2 d-pads being greater than 0 buttons completely shows that's not true at all. The games are quite worthy of the era that they were released in. I don't know if Mario Tennis has been released on the Wii but I know it was on the Game Cube, and it is still just bouncing a ball back and fourth. New Super Mario Brothers still has you going around platforming just as you do on the Virtual Boy anyway, so in every respect that arguement is invalid as to the game selection.

You should support yourcomparison with something more than "You have to turn it on", "It connects to a TV", or "You have to move around the screen" because in those cases my Xbox 360 is similar to a 70's pong machine. Pong has no level progression, pong has no characters or character depth, Virtual Boy does have these.

Obviously not enough for what? You are rabbidly running down a 15 year old video game system like it's somehow relevant? I like the SNES and Game Boy Advanced a lot more than the Virtual Boy. A lot of people do. It sold way more systems. Does it matter? Are they going to start making games for those again? Just like all classic systems/consoles, I enjoy it and the games I have for it. I don't really care that you don't consider it a good system. I only care that like I said earlier you are stating a lot of your opinions as facts. Facts that can easily be proved false by doing any research on the system.

Virtual Boy was pretty sweet actually. Teleroboxer was better than the new Punch-Out game. It was more bad timing than anything else. The Virtual Boy arrived when the number one thing on peoples minds was 3D graphics. Oddly enough, while lacking in the polygon area, the VB was the only system that offered a real 3D effect. I think the games look better now, especially if you are comparing them to low resolution games optimised for crt televisions.

The system had some really good games. It's too bad it wasn't utilized. Baby steps--Nintendo understands this concept, which is why they are an innovator in the industry. Really, imagine if the VB was supported. By today there could be a full color VB type unit with fleshed out graphics, 3d sound, and be as light as a pair of eye glasses.

Just to throw in my 2 cents, I think alot of people approach the VB in the wrong way. They always view it as what it wasn't rather than what it is. Now, that would be a perfectly legitimate arguement when the system was brand new, as it probably didn't live up to a lot of peoples expectations.

15 years later however, I think it makes alot more sense to just take the VB for what it is: a relatively cheap system with more good games than bad released for it. Sure none of them may be incredibly in-depth, but most of them have a great pick up and play quality to them, and most importantly, are alot of fun. Instead of trying to compare the games to other epic blockbuster titles of the era, it makes alot more sense to me to just enjoy the games and the Virtual Boy for what they are :)

A. Learn to take a joke.

B. "Virtual Boy's gameplay value doesn't stand up to PS1, Saturn, N64, SNES, Genesis, Gameboy, or any other system mentioned in this thread". You non-stop compare it to home console systems.

A. Learn to take a joke.

B. "Virtual Boy's gameplay value doesn't stand up to PS1, Saturn, N64, SNES, Genesis, Gameboy, or any other system mentioned in this thread". You non-stop compare it to home console systems.

billyd5301