View Full Version : Yay! I won! Now, what exactly did I buy?
neuropolitique
01-04-2005, 12:40 PM
It's called a Demo Vision. Apparently, it was a device stores could use to display Game Boy games on a moitor or tv. It features a red Game Boy Pocket hard wired to a box about the size of a PC. Here is the auction;
Demo Vision (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8157818670&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT)
Other than what's stated in the auction, I have no info. I can find no information on the net about this unit at all. Search here turned up nothing as well. So, does anyone here have any knowledge they'd like to share?
digitalpress
01-04-2005, 01:00 PM
It's one of those units you used to see at E3. Developers hooked them up to monitors so visitors could see their Game Boy (and Game Boy Color) games on a big screen. I'm not sure what else you want to know - they weren't sold commercially but many developers had (and probably still do have) them.
neuropolitique
01-04-2005, 01:06 PM
Well, That makes a lot more sense than it being a store display unit. That ribbon cable wouldn't survive a day in a store. And, actually, I think I like it even better now. Thanks!
qbertandernie
01-04-2005, 01:10 PM
i like it!
id imagine there will be several ebay searches for 'demo vision' in the months to come!
from me anyway...
Ed Oscuro
01-04-2005, 01:55 PM
Gah, a steal! Good find.
TheRedEye
01-04-2005, 01:55 PM
Acclaim had a TON of these.
rbudrick
01-04-2005, 01:57 PM
Neuropolitique, sweet find!
I've actually been looking for one of those for a while, so if you'd like to sell it, please give me a shout.
Thanks in advance if you do! :)
Acclaim had a TON of these
Frank, who has these? Didn't someone around here get a lot of their stuff? Or, um, was it you? :-) LOL
-Rob
Cauterize
01-04-2005, 02:13 PM
Acclaim had a TON of these
Frank, who has these? Didn't someone around here get a lot of their stuff? Or, um, was it you? :-) LOL
-Rob
Assembler did!
Nice find, id love to see pics of it in action once u get it!
neuropolitique
01-04-2005, 03:32 PM
I've actually been looking for one of those for a while, so if you'd like to sell it, please give me a shout.
-Rob
Sorry, no plans to sell. I'm very excited to have one. I was so worried someone from here would post it Buying and Selling or something. ;) I will have plenty of pics when I receive it.
On a somewhat related note, the same seller has a SNES tester unit up right now.
SNES Tester (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4315&item=8157998484&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW)
Only 3 hours left, but it seems pretty cheap to me.
sirgeoph
01-04-2005, 09:04 PM
even the tester model yellowed...
Jasoco
01-04-2005, 09:16 PM
On a somewhat related note, the same seller has a SNES tester unit up right now.
SNES Tester (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4315&item=8157998484&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW)
Only 3 hours left, but it seems pretty cheap to me.Damn, that would go great with my SNES Tester. Mine plugs in the top. That one looks to plug in the bottom. Anyone know if they go together? (Mine can be found on my website.)