Virtual Boy Prototype System on ebay

[DogP]

Hey,

I didn't see a post on this, and I think this belongs here and not the ebay forum, but if it's in the wrong place or a duplicate, feel free to do as you please ;) .

Anyway, here's a really cool prototype Virtual Boy system on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&item=220011280627&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 . Notice the different logo, black focus/IPD adjustments, no rubber nubs on the speakers, and of course the super-cool multi color buttons (plus various other differences). Too bad it doesn't have the thick foam eyeshade.

I dunno if any of you are planning on bidding, but if you are, I'd email to get actual pictures of it working and verify that it does in fact work with standard retail games (if it matters to you). If this is the same one I heard about a while ago (the ones used at the early shows), it has a different pinout, and will only work with early prototype carts.

DogP

[ProgrammingAce]

It looks like the ones from Spaceworld, which would be pretty hard to duplicate.

I've heard it both ways as to if it will play retail games or not, but i'm thinking it won't.

[DogP]

Yeah, I'm sure the case is all original, I'd just be worried about the innards... I heard from the seller on another forum that it actually does work w/ retail games, but if that's true, I REALLY hope that he didn't swap w/ retail insides. I'd rather have a prototype VB that didn't work w/ retail games than a frankenstein'd proto/retail VB :P . Either way the bid is WAY higher than I'd ever bid, so it doesn't really matter to me ;) .

DogP

[ProgrammingAce]

Two grand? No way...

And the more i think about it, prototype VB units did have a different pin configuration. The question then becomes, are the spaceword units early enough to be considered actual protos?

I'd love to have one of those, but at that price, no way.

[DogP]

Well I'd say it's a proto unit, since there are big enough differences between that and the released system, but I wouldn't pay anywhere near that for it... I mean it's cool, and the controller with the multicolored buttons is one of the most well known "coolness" things about the proto VBs, but there was no way I was gonna bid over $500 on it.

I'm crazy for VB stuff, but the only thing I can think of paying that much or (a lot) more for is an unreleased VB proto game and/or official game source code.

DogP