Inspired by the post on the new PSP and nintendo thingy majig.

Anyone remember Virtual Boy, the greatest gaming system of all time!!!!!!!

For those who dont....

Haha my buddy bought one of these back when we were in 8th grade. the thing devoured batteries. Dumbest gaming system ever. What were there, like 5 games? This one even trumps nintendo's failure with the n64. Poor nintendo.

haha.. i played one for like 5 hours one day.. when i stopped, all i could see was red and black..

OH YEAH! this thing was a serious gaming machine.

along with all the eye and neck pain i got from it, i think it probably causes cancer.

some more nostalgia?

R.O.B. and the Power Glove :D

http://www.rolandit.com/games/Peripherals/PeripheralPics/robglove.gif

PS - i had both and never used them...i also had the gun for Duck Hunt and Gunsmoke

relive your childhood

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/duckhunt.html

haha, the power glove was AWESOME.
remember that movie with fred wolf, i think. the kid from some tv show. anyhow, he was in the movie The Wizard.

Then there was that dude in the movie who had the power glove locked up in a box.

haha, good times

Originally posted by BRx8
relive your childhood

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/duckhunt.html

I hope you realize what you have done, i swear i will play this for hours tonight,

http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/june03/dumbestmoments/index15.shtml

Yokoi, typically regarded as Nintendo's most accomplished engineer, was forced to resign thanks to the Virtual Boy debacle. A few years later he was hit by a car and killed, an event that quite possibly would not have occurred if not for the Virtual Boy's failure and his subsequent forced retirement. (The day of the tragedy, I imagine he would have been enjoying a relaxing lunch with Miyamoto, exchanging anecdotes about the SuperFX chip.) So, the Virtual Boy is not only a misbegotten mess of a game machine, it's a vicious and diabolical little thing that helped rob the world of the creator of Metroid and Kid Icarus. I mean, Jaguar sucked, but at least it didn't kill people.

Originally posted by shigginsrx8
haha, the power glove was AWESOME.
remember that movie with fred wolf, i think. the kid from some tv show. anyhow, he was in the movie The Wizard.

Then there was that dude in the movie who had the power glove locked up in a box.

haha, good times

oh geez, you saw that? it was with Fred Savage from the Wonder Years and the movie was called The Wizard...it was a terrible, TERRIBLE movie, but as a kid i saw it at least 20 times...this classic 80s movie was only eclipsed by Sylvester Stallone in the arm wrestling movie Over the Top...Lincoln Hawk was the man and the dad everyone wanted to have...i think

I loved that movie. I just looked and I have it on tape. haha tape. I remember that movie was the first time i saw Mario World 3.

don't laugh, dude...i had that movie on BetaMax...remember THAT?!

Originally posted by BRx8
don't laugh, dude...i had that movie on BetaMax...remember THAT?!

HA! dont laugh, cuz I still HAVE my betamax! AND I STILL USE IT! HA!


At the time (mid 80's) this thing cost about a grand... still works great i tell u! :cool:

Originally posted by GiN
HA! dont laugh, cuz I still HAVE my betamax! AND I STILL USE IT! HA!


At the time (mid 80's) this thing cost about a grand... still works great i tell u! :cool:

whoa...that is very impressive...i can't say i have my betamax vcr anymore but i do still have some betamax tapes...one is the movie "I Come in Peace" and a few others that are stored in the crawlspace...:D

I bought a virtual boy when they were being discontinued.

Got two of them brand new in the box, $5 each.

wow.. betamax..

the wizard was terrible.

Originally posted by Ajax
wow.. betamax..

the wizard was terrible.

TAKE THAT BACK!!!!

haha, just jokes.

Beta, FWIW, was a superior technology to VHS, my stepfather owned a video store back when rental places came on back in the early 80's, back when VHS tapes cost about $70-$80.
However, due to Sony and their proprietary formats, as usual screwed themselves in the long run. Think minidisc.
At long last, Sony is releasing a mp3 player, which is hard drive based to compete with the iPod.

Originally posted by Astor
Think minidisc.
At long last, Sony is releasing a mp3 player, which is hard drive based to compete with the iPod.

They're not. It only plays ATRAC.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/01/sony_hd_walkman/

"The NW-HD1's primary format is Sony's own ATRAC 3 Plus - other formats are converted to that mode when they're transferred over to the player."

Ugh. I'm ready for sony to proprietarially go out of business.

ATRAC is actually very good. The problem is their software completely blows, and the only 3rd party software available is real's media player.

dam I was a total geek back then I saw the wizard and over top a couple of time and even waited in line for 2 hours to see the first ninja turtles movie.......I even played at the universal studios competiton that they made to promote the wizard movie and almost one but tetris kicked my butt and got knocked out in the 4th round. Man to be that young again.

that duckhunt link RULES!

Duckhunt? Oh yeah I remember it. I cut the cord off that light gun and pistol whipped my friend.