From: orionad@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Orion Abbot Davies") Subject: Re: REV-PROD: Virtual Boy Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 23:40:33 GMT Message-ID: Organization: Parsley & Co. From orionad@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Orion Abbot Davies") I've had a VB for about a week now and I love it. The red/black only is not a problem and the sense of depth is very good indeed. You just really have to try this thing to make up your mind. I am fairly confident that anyone who actually goes out and tries it will want one. My only comment is that I hope they bring out a head mounted one soon. Also I wonder what the "playlink" socket underneath it is going to be for... :) One a more VR note though.. I don't think it would have been a huge deal to put a motion tracker in there and go for a proper immersive experience. It certainly would move it away from the "red gameboy with depth" label. I don't know about you but even if it's only battle zone; if it's a console, it's got stereoscopic depth and it tracks my horizontal head movement I'm there with my cash in a flash! Here's my quick review of the games I've got: Super Mario Tennis: Lovely depth and challenging on anything above "easy" level. A good intuitive game for people with manuals in Japanese :) Red Zone: Line drawn 1st person persp. shoot em up with a lovely sense of enclosed space and depth. Annoying that it doesn't save your position but wow anyway. Great lateral movement as well as pitch/yaw. Also you can go backwards. There's a hangar level near the beginning where you surprise a bunch of grounded ships and little stick men crews run away from you! Haven't got past level 3. GALAXY PINBALL: Worth every letter of those capitals :) It's awesome! finally some decent music too. Pinball lets you see the whole shaded table in perspective. The use of space and depth is outstanding and I have just gotten the high score on the "colony" table hahaha! The sub-games are very neat as are all of the mechanics of the tables. This should have been the pack-in game not tennis.