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Question about the Virtual Boy
The_Spaniard
It's never lupinesIrvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
It's never lupinesIrvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
Long story short I got a Virtual Boy cheep to put on my desk at work as a conversation piece. Anyway I set it all up, plugged in the system, and turned it on only to have no reaction. I sent it back and got another one sent to me. I set this one up and turn it on only to have nothing happen.
Now here is the question. Does the Virtual Boy have to have a game inside for it to turn on? Or if you turn it on with no game inside does it just give you a simple prompt but not do anything after that? Frankly I'll be pissed either way because either A. I sent back a perfectly good system and got the run around for 5 fucking months for nothing, or B. I just got sent a SECOND broken system that was shitty to begin with.
Now here is the question. Does the Virtual Boy have to have a game inside for it to turn on? Or if you turn it on with no game inside does it just give you a simple prompt but not do anything after that? Frankly I'll be pissed either way because either A. I sent back a perfectly good system and got the run around for 5 fucking months for nothing, or B. I just got sent a SECOND broken system that was shitty to begin with.
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A: All the VB shows with no game inserted is a black screen. It would seem the VB is Nintendo's only system without a startup logo included with the hardware, so it's on each game cartridge.
http://www.virtual-boy.org/faq.htm
From the same site:
Without a game in the slot or power hooked up right, the VB will not startup. If none of those work you might want to consider getting a new VB head unit, because it is probably broken.
So it sounds like you need an actual game inside before anything will happen.
there is a red light coming on when you flick on power, somehwere right?
I have a VB and can't remember if there is a power LED somewhere..
edit: also are you using it with the batteries or AC adapter?
More troubleshooting:
Double-check all connections. (Power, controller, and game.)
Clean the cartridge. I recommend rubbing alcohol on a qtip.
Try the other power method (batteries or AC (if possible)).
See if you can get any sound. (If so, the screen's broken.)
I strongly recommend cleaning the cart, and trying with batteries then.
...Ah. That.
Searching further, it appears that even if there's no game, the unit will still vibrate slightly from the mirror spinning, which you should be able to feel.