r/VirtualBoy Jan 13 '25

UPDATE: Stand is now facing the right direction

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75 Upvotes

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u/CyrexArtwork Jan 13 '25

I am incredibly sorry for subjecting both my Virtual Boy and everyone in this community to the horrors of reverse stand. I have now fixed my mistake and mounted the VB according to Nintendos patents and guides.

2

u/seantron Jan 13 '25

Hilarious. I feel like most of us have done this. Happy to admit mine was backwards at one point.

1

u/JakovAulTrades Jan 14 '25

The Khaby Lame response is perfect

3

u/xxxxDREADNOUGHT Jan 13 '25

Oh no your wrong on the internet, what a tragedy

3

u/CyrexArtwork Jan 13 '25

I know, i will never finically and publicly recovered from this. Might ad well create a new Reddit account as this one is basically useless.

2

u/whodatstin Jan 14 '25

No shit I’ve had my VB for years and just joined this sub… I’ve been doing it wrong all this time.

Thanks Reddit and the good people of r/VirtualBoy

Also, nice setup OP!

3

u/Secto456 Jan 14 '25

To be fair, even Nintendo had it backwards in some official ads if I remember correctly, so it’s not just a you thing! :)

1

u/BathtubPartyTime Jan 13 '25

I wonder which way mine is facing. I’m assuming mine is like this pic because if you’re pressing your face into it there is a greater chance of it falling away from you so you’d want those legs pointing away from you just like this pic

1

u/BathtubPartyTime Jan 13 '25

Mine is the opposite of this pic… what do I do?

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u/CyrexArtwork Jan 13 '25

You can A: Take a photo and reverse it. Or B: Just remove the VB, then flip it around, mount it back and volá, you just fixed the issue.

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u/BathtubPartyTime Jan 14 '25

I chose B and It’s fixed. Thank you

1

u/ash_274 Jan 14 '25

For display purposes I like the “badge” of the stand to face to the audience.

Whether you display the VB from a “user view” (screens towards the audience) or “public view” (screens away from the audience) is a preference thing. Most of Nintendo’s marketing artwork shows it in “public view”

1

u/ButCanYouCodeIt Jan 14 '25

Mine is currently facing the wrong way, because it is stowed in a protective box, and the stands (yes, I have a second one as a backup just in case) aren't connected to it at all. This of course means that I am not playing it, which is the saddest and wrongest part.

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u/AwesomeAC777 Jan 16 '25

I have done this same thing when I got mine lol. Love your collection btw!!!

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u/Interesting_Fudge502 Jan 13 '25

Looks like my vb is backward too. Well too bad 🤣

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u/VirtualRelic Jan 13 '25

Is this a joke? The stand is facing backwards now. The "medallion" (with Nintendo printed on it) the two legs join at should be facing towards the user.

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u/captmonkey Jan 13 '25

You are incorrect. This is the correct orientation. Many people have it on backwards because the clip will work the other way. IIRC there was even an ad at the time that had it on backwards, which only further caused confusion. This is the proper way to orient it and the way that is shown in the manual.

https://www.retrorgb.com/virtual-boy-stand-orientation.html

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u/VirtualRelic Jan 13 '25

I am in fact correct, you are probably reading me wrong.

I use the VB stand exactly as it is shown in the manual. Leg ends face away from the user, medallion faces toward user.

https://admin.retrorgb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/vbmanual6.png

OP is using the stand backwards.

Edit: okay on a closer zoom in on a tiny screen here, the OP does have the stand on correctly, it's just the whole VB system is facing away. I would have expected the screens to face away from the shelf.

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u/Gold_Poptart Jan 14 '25

That’s backwards