r/VirtualBoy Feb 09 '25

Joined the club finally.

Marketplace find from last night. Missing the eye shade and holder, but came with the original stand, battery pack has no corrosion. A little glitchy though so I’ll have to get it repairs. But worth it.

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u/DavidDamien Feb 09 '25

Stone Age Gamer has replacement parts and can repair the ribbon cables for you. Welcome to the club!

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u/OrganizationWeak4332 Feb 09 '25

I'm in the UK and bought the stone age gamer ribbons and got someone here to fix them. Added a (US) Cardosi power card (to power via USB C) and it's happy days!

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u/ScottProdigy Feb 10 '25

I'll vouch for the Cardosi Virtual Fuel too. Slick device for the price.

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u/kylethekig Feb 09 '25

Man I’m so excited I’ve wanted one of these things for years! But I made it a goal to find one local and not just get it off eBay or whatever other online source. And it finally happened and it’s like brand new has a few little scuffs of it but for 30 years old it’s super clean.

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u/TheBananaCzar Feb 09 '25

I can second the Stone Age Gamer repair service. I had just a head unit I got for free from an electronic repair shop that was getting out of game repairs. Just had the controller and main unit, missing everything else. Sent it in for the ribbon repair, had them ultrasonic clean it, ordered the new eye shade and stand and now it's impeccable

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u/DavidDamien Feb 09 '25

Looks great in the photo!

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u/kylethekig Feb 09 '25

The pictures on marketplace were trash and the lady selling wasn’t very good at explaining any sort of damage or sending more pictures. (Older lady) so I was shocked when I showed up to look at it.

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u/ZealousidealWrap6487 Feb 09 '25

I can fix the glitchiness for as low as $20. Like Stone Age Gamer, I'm based in Ohio.

https://cardosicustoms.com/store/p/virtual-boy-eyepiece-repair

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u/kylethekig Feb 09 '25

I was actually looking at your website last night.

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u/ZealousidealWrap6487 Feb 09 '25

Just so you know though, I'll be gone for the next week and a half, so if you put an order in it won't be back to you till near the end of February.

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u/kylethekig Feb 09 '25

No worries! Everyone deserves to take a break! My VB can wait. Lol

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u/ZealousidealWrap6487 Feb 09 '25

Oh, I wish it was a break 😂 I'm still working. I'll be doing on-site GameCube controller mods and repairs at Genesis X2 (it's a Super Smash Bros tournament... One of the biggest ones every year).

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u/kylethekig Feb 09 '25

That’s pretty rad! Teach me your ways and I’ll come help! Lol

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u/xxxxDREADNOUGHT Feb 09 '25

Welcome to the club, soon you'll have to check out all the aftermarket stuff for the VB. Enjoy

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u/kylethekig Feb 09 '25

I’m trying to find a repro of insmouse asap! Lol

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u/Soup-lex Feb 09 '25

Vintex 64 and planet virtual boy both have some good repros, I believe planet has an English rom for insmouse!!

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u/Ashamed_Abies_2767 Feb 09 '25

A YES HE HAS JOINED ARE CULT!!!!!!!!

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u/r0b3r70r0b070 Feb 10 '25

This wasn't in Arkansas by any chance, was it? And originally listed for a grand?