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Virtual Boy Stand Help
larryinc64:
Would the jap Jack Bros play well? It looks like it is story driven. Or is that just the intro cutscenes?
Where would I get a flash cart from?
KalessinDB:
Ehhh it's Zelda-esque, story's nice but not necessary I would say.
A gentleman named Richard Hutchinson sold them from http://www.vectrex.biz (along with 2 different Vectrex flash carts) but it's been dead for a while now. I probably still have his email address somewhere, plus I know he's active on Atari Age forums. I'm sure you could get a secondhand one from ebay or PlanetVB.
And then of course there's always the hope (slim though it may be) that Krikzz of Everdrive fame will make one. Right now he's working on a GBA Everdrive, but I get the feeling he REALLY likes the challenge of making new carts, considering he's made several he swore he never would, so who knows what 2015/2016 will bring.
larryinc64:
I got it in, and it was working at first, but then fell to the horizontal line issue.
I've read that the fix is to re-soder the video ribbon cable, is this true?
Gutling:
I heard that soldering the cable will work, like older gameboys with dead rows. Never had one to try it out though, so just internet advice
larryinc64:
Well, I got a screw, Washer, and Wing and it holds it together well, $0.50.
I also tried to put some glue on the plastic Nintendo plate, the crack got worse, and I just kinda made a mess, though I can ether try to get the glue off (I probably need to soak it or something, or repaint it. I used a bottle they had, IDK the brand, but it is super glue.