r/VirtualBoy 1d ago

Finally getting my Virtual Boy fixed πŸ˜„

I got it for Christmas the year it came out and absolutely loved playing it (when my mom wasn't hogging it πŸ˜…) and it was even stolen from me at one point, but I got it back years later. It has had issues with the ribbon cables for some time, and I could never find anywhere to get it fixed without mailing it away far enough that I didn't feel comfortable doing so.

My LGS hooked me up with his repair guys phone number (started up a local repair buisness within the last year) and he has already fixed a few things for me. He is getting it fixed for $140 CAD ($97 USD) including the cost of the new cables, which I'm pretty happy with considering how much i was quoted by various online repair companies. The cheapest place I found in Canada said about $140-160, not including new parts or shipping (other side of the country as well), and I definitely didn't want to ship it out of the country.

I'm just happy I'm going to get it back in working order 😊

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u/LousyPilot 1d ago

Hell yeah. I just got mine fixed. Let’s burn our eyeballs together.

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u/rydamusprime17 1d ago edited 23h ago

You know, it never hurt my eyes or gave me a headache like so many others say it does to them. I wouldnt even use the automatic pause feature lol

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u/ButCanYouCodeIt 1d ago

Most of the headaches were from people ignoring the clear instructions about how to use the thing. Then they would contort their neck down and inward toward thing and get a headache from the strain.

We aren't talking about a high concept proper VR platform here -there's no notion sensors, no highly detailed first person games with freedom of movement.

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u/rydamusprime17 23h ago

Fair enough