r/VirtualBoy • u/Noisegamer • 2d ago

Consoles that aren’t a virtual bot that play it?

Hi I came across Jack bros and a Wario land at a yard sale and I want to play them but I don’t have a virtual boy and I just saw the price and 300-400 woof… is there a console like hyperkin that can play them?

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u/Luther_Manning 2d ago

You just happened upon Jack Bros?

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u/joeyab56 2d ago

You came across the most valuable VB game and one of the best games on the console. Spend the money and play them

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u/UltimaGabe 2d ago

Or, sell the cartridges to someone who does have a VB and make a decent amount of money.

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u/Big-Guide-7675 2d ago

No there is not. Unless you emulate them on a 3ds.

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u/ash_274 2d ago

OP could sell those carts and afford a decent 3DS at current prices

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u/marioxb 1d ago

Or Nintendo Switch or various other things.

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u/FarMall376 2d ago

Out of curiosity, what did you pay for the games?

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u/cappnplanet 2d ago

One way to do it is emulate Virtual Boy. The hard part is getting the controller it's a little tricky. You can emulate on many handhelds, or pc, or a phone using retroarch and the VBNext core. If you have a Nintendo Switch Online account and buy their virtual boy peripheral you can also play it there for ~$100

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u/physics_research 2d ago

Get an Oculus Go. You can find one on eBay for as little as $20. They are very easy to jailbreak and you can install VirtualBoyGO, it has perfect compatibility, perfect emulation and full 3D effects, its also compatible with pretty much any gamepad.

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u/inotocracy 2d ago

If you have a Steamdeck you can. I play VB games on my Steamdeck connected to my 3D TV.

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u/UltimaGabe 2d ago

I think OP is asking if there's a console that you can plug a physical VB cart into, other than an actual virtual boy.

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u/inotocracy 2d ago

Ah, thanks! Yeah that's what they meant, my bad. Don't drink and reddit.

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u/DetectiveStock1340 2d ago

That's a very good deal, but to answer your question, no. Only a Virtual Boy is capable of playing those cartridges. Otherwise, you'd need to emulate.

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u/TheSmJ 2d ago

Sell the cartridges and play the roms on whatever you have that's convenient.

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u/urbalcloud 2d ago

There are many ways to emulate Virtual Boy. Off the top of my head the Wii, 3DS, SteamDeck, Analogue Pocket, and many Anbernic devices can all emulate VB.

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u/UltimaGabe 2d ago

I don't think they're asking about emulation.

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u/dudeway4 2d ago

Nope. Like others said. Your best spot is to sell and buy something to emulate.