this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2026
170 points (98.9% liked)

RetroGaming

30096 readers
58 users here now

Vintage gaming community.

Rules:

  1. Be kind.
  2. No spam, AI slop, or soliciting for money.
  3. No racism or other bigotry allowed.
  4. Obviously nothing illegal.

If you see these please report them.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Aliexpress find, really weird cart but it works! Gotta love the dip switches

top 11 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[โ€“] forgetful_fox@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The inverted machine pin headers used as a socket ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago

I guess that if it works..

[โ€“] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I installed Red Viper on my 3DS and had a blast playing Wario Land!

[โ€“] Fwow13@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

It's a great game!

[โ€“] gibmiser@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I dont know if it's any quality at all, but it looks cool as hell

[โ€“] Fwow13@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago

It works surprisingly well! It doesn't fit into the console weird like I thought it would, and grips the internal connection just the right amount not to feel worrying.

All the games work, and the games that support battery-backed saves are saved individually. I was expecting much worse from a product that looks like this from AliExpress.

[โ€“] thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

unlicensed chinese stuff can range from a multi cart featuring every game boy game in existence or putting mario on fred flintstone and calling it a day

[โ€“] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I fucking love the dips.

nothing more hacky or entertaining than flipping microswitches with a pick.

[โ€“] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Huh... I just realized that I've never seen a Virtual Boy cartridge in real life. Is this generally what they look like?

Also, I saw "Innsmouth no Yakata" and was intrigued. Turns out that yes, it is Lovecraftian horror:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mansion_of_Innsmouth

Wonder if anyone has made a translation

[โ€“] Fwow13@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

There really isn't much dialog to Innsmouth, but all the JPN exclusives that can benefit from translations have been translated. (Though all the JPN roms on this multicart are unpatched original roms).

OEM retail carts do not look like this multicart!