Topic: Now all I need is a half decent Virtual Boy emulator

[Schlotzky5]

http://kotaku.com/5417019/geforce-3d-vision-glasses-review-i-can-see-forever

[Quemaqua]

Neat.  Useless, but neat.  I could see it being interesting, but... who wants to wear that crap all the time when playing games?

[Ghandi]

I remember playing the Virtual Boy kiosks back in the day and thinking, "what the fuck is this?"

Worst. Concept. Ever.

And don't even mention the Phantom. The Phantom is the greatest thing ever to grace mankind.

[W7RE]

My brother still has his VB, and plays it on occasion.

[idolminds]

Ive actually been looking for a VB for collectors purposes.

[gpw11]

I remember playing the Virtual Boy kiosks back in the day and thinking, "what the fuck is this?"

Worst. Concept. Ever.

And don't even mention the Phantom. The Phantom is the greatest thing ever to grace mankind.

I can't fucking wait until that shit drops.

[Ghandi]

It's a tough find. You really have to know people to find it. Somehow it magically combines all systems together AND gives you a blowjob as you play. Completely unprecedented.

[Schlotzky5]

I have a VB. I got it a long time ago new when it was on super duper failed product clearance. I have mario tennis, mario clash, wario world, and waterworld. Waterworld has received my personal GOTY every single year since it came out. Its got everything. Red blobs, other red blobs, Red dots shooting from some red blobs to other red blobs. Mind blowing.

[Cobra951]

I figured that's what this 120-240Hz refresh fad was about, at least in part.  Movies are going 3D, and now they're trying to make us buy into this shuttering-eyeglasses tech to give us an image per eye at 60 Hz.  It's not new, but its widespread application is.  Yes, Que, they do expect us to wear those the whole time we're gaming, or watching the latest movies on TV.  Just wait and see.  It will have only partial success, if any, but that still means lots of geeks getting a strobed view of the world for inordinate amounts of time.

[Quemaqua]

The day we switch to 3D, it either better be the best fucking thing the world has ever seen, or my money is just going straight to books and tabletop games forever.  And hookers.

[gpw11]

3D like that can be cool in some applications (imax nature movies and shit), but I can't see it ever fully replacing 2D displays just because the accessories necessary are kind of a bitch to deal with.

[Schlotzky5]

The day we switch to 3D, it either better be the best fucking thing the world has ever seen, or my money is just going straight to books and tabletop games forever.  And hookers.

I bet the hooking industry was pissed as hell when they head about videogames.


I think that the point is to get the accessories so that they aren't annoying. We've come a long way from johnny mnemonic 3d, but until its like putting on a pair of reading glass its not gonna get mainstream.

[Ghandi]

Right, the technology isn't there right now. It's a distraction in many cases.

But eventually we will move in another direction.