Virtual Boy System w/ new Ribbon Cable Upgrade/Capacitors/Peripherals & V Tetris

Description: Up for sale is a working, cleaned, upgraded, and near picture perfect Nintendo Virtual Boy system with V Tetris game and game box with inserts. I have meticulously spent many hours working, cleaning, upgrading, and quality testing this Virtual Boy system that includes the ribbon replacement on both internal eyepieces using Cardosi Eyepatches. THIS IS A MUST for anyone looking to purchase a Virtual Boy as all units without this upgrade will eventually fail to work properly. And if you’re looking to get this in time for Christmas and you’re concerned about the Ground Shipping arriving on time, please contact and I can change the shipping to priority for a faster shipping time. Included in this system are: - Head unit console (Cleaned and upgraded) - *Eyeshade holder (Brand New aftermarket from Repair Box - Sealed)- *Cloth Eyeshade (Brand New aftermarket from Repair Box - Sealed)- Virtual Boy Stand (Brand New aftermarket from Repair Box)- Controller (OEM and Cleaned)- AC Adapter Tap and Power Supply (OEM Japanese and working - GOOD BYE BATTERIES!!!)- Controller Stand (Brand New and assembled) - V Tetris (Japanese release only with English gameplay. Comes complete with box and inserts in Japanese) * The assembled aftermarket eyeshade holder and cloth eyeshade in the photos is for visual reference only and not included. You'll be receiving the same exact aftermarket holder and cloth eyeshade still sealed and brand-new. Restoration Work and Upgrades 1. Virtual Boy console system upgrades include replacing the OEM glitchy and degrading ribbon cables that connects the LED/PCB eyepieces to the motherboard with a permanent cable ribbon fix using Cardosi Virtual Boy Eyepatches soldered directly to both left and right LED/PCB eyepieces.The original ribbon cables for the eyepiece by Nintendo were poorly made by today's standards and were glued instead of soldered onto the LED/PCB eyepieces. The OEM ribbon and attaching glue degradation is what has led to many Virtual Boys having eyepieces not working or degraded viewing with error lines during game play. This PCB ribbon cable upgrade for both eyepieces is a permanent solder fix that eliminates error lines and brings back the video to each lens where the OEM glue and OEM ribbon cables had previous lost signal giving no video or bad connection giving video corruption. 2. ALL CAPACITORS in the Virtual Boy head unit have been replaced with brand new capacitors from Console5 to ensure the computer electronics will keep running for another 30 years without worry of failing. 3. Head unit shell, controller shell, membranes, and buttons have all been hand washed with dish soap to remove 30 years of dust, dirt, grime, and acne oil. 4. Viewing lens have been polished to give clearer gameplay viewing. This is a near picture perfect restoration. I have performed quality tests on this system with 15 different games which are: Red AlarmTeleroboxerV TetrisGalactic PinballVirtual GolfMario TennisVertical ForcePanic BomberJack Bros.WariolandVirtual League BaseballNester's FunkyBowling Mario ClashInnsmouth no YakataBound High Condition There's a couple of scratches on the main head unit as shown in the photos, otherwise the head unit looks very nice. While performing quality tests on this build, I detected some very faint transparent that appeared on either the title screen/ beginning animation and during gameplay. This happened on 3 games - Mario Clash, Innsmouth no Yakata, and Nester's Funky Bowling. The only time a faint line appeared on Mario Clash was during the very opening cloud scene as the clouds pulled back and then down to the Clash Hotel. After that they never appeared again. For Innsmouth, a small faint line appears during gameplay on the right side of screen that's so small, it won't show up on camera. And for Nester's Funky Bowling is where it shows up the most between the 2 arrows. These are very minor flaws on games other than Mario Clash you'll most likely never see as all other 12 games play picture perfect. And if you're considering on getting Innsmouth no Yakata expect to pay $250-$300 and around $80-$100 for Nester's Funky Bowling. I'm disclosing full transparency for new Virtual Boy owners and those unaware of potential issues when purchasing a Virtual Boy. The Virtual Boy is 30 years old. Beyond the poor-quality control issue with the ribbon cable, there are 224 LEDs (you got that right) in EACH eyepiece to produce an image and one or two LEDs might go out over 30 years. This is something no ribbon cable/solder fix replacement can correct as this is component failure that cannot be fixed. I've seen others post their Virtual Boys that mention they've performed the ribbon cable/solder fix replacement or claim to have picture perfect restorations. What you don't see are whether those fixes have any dead LEDs, or they say there are no dead pixels (Note: Virtual Boys have no pixels), or all working LEDs based off a single game like Mario Tennis where the majority of the screen is black and hides any dead LEDs or imperfections. Or worse, those who are selling their systems saying it works and showing Mario Tennis on both lenses. For one, a Virtual Boy without a permanent solder ribbon cable replacement is a ticking time bomb and is bound to start malfunctioning at any time. The other is, my systems are quality tested against 15 different games while other selling choose a game to hide defects and present images from far away. I show my work while other sellers give none and mislead buyers claiming to have full restoration while not showing their work or using just 1 game with lots of black to hide dead LEDs that will show up in other games. I also go out of my way to make sure you're getting a Virtual Boy system worth having. Beyond the ribbon cable upgrade and replacing the head unit capacitors, the head unit and controller have been cleaned from the 30 years of accumulated skin oil, dust and dirt. ANDDDD........you can proudly display it with a controller stand for a professional look instead of having your controller just lying on a table or shelf. With that said, perfect PCB eyepieces with fully functional LEDs is getting harder and harder to find thus more expensive. So I've priced mine accordingly. A lot of hard work and extras went into this Virtual Boy. Feel free to check my 100% feedback score particularly from my other Virtual Boy sales from my previous buyers. They will confirm quality and satisfaction of work I do in bringing these Virtual Boys back to life. Last thing, I always bubble wrap my systems and package them very carefully. If the system sells early enough in the day, and I have the time, I try to ship out the same day if possible. At the very least, the system will ship out the next day except for Sundays since the post office is closed. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for checking my auction. =T

Price: 400 USD

Location: San Bruno, California

End Time: 2025-01-12T10:40:58.000Z

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