Now that I’ve finished Wario Land (Post a screenshot of the retro game you just finished! - #199 by harborline_765) there’s two new games left for me to try: Bound High and Mario Clash. What does everyone make of the latter - is it a really good arcade style game?
Galactic Pinball is still my favourite game on the system. I’m not good enough to have seen the credits yet but I could easily keep playing it long after they’ve rolled!
Of the ten VB games here’s how I’d rank them:
Top tier
- Galactic Pinball
- Panic Bomber
- Virtual Boy Wario Land
- Jack Bros.
- Vertical Force
Great
- Red Alarm
- Teleroboxer
- T&E Soft Virtual Golf
Good
- Mario’s Tennis
Unremarkable or workmanlike
- V-Tetris
It’s pretty impressive that there’s nothing I’ve played which I’d consider bad or uninteresting. V-Tetris is workmanlike, but everything else is entertaining and intriguing. The high quality of the visuals and audio in the Nintendo R&D 1, Altus, Hudson Soft and T&E Soft games is to be applauded too. Puts a lot of modern stereoscopic non-polygonal efforts to shame.
Is there anything else you would recommend to keep a unit alive? How often should I be turning mine on? I can see myself not using it as regularly now but I’m worried about the headset’s future. As @Peltz also mentioned the ribbon cable adhesive seems to be the issue.