Remember Nintendo's brain-melting, eye-crossing dud called Virtual Boy? I think if Nostradamus were still around, he would have used one of these terrible game systems constantly, until his brain went to mush. He would then use his halicunations to predict the future.
Current-day seers seeking out this method of prophecy would normally be out of luck, but a crate containing 100 factory-sealed Virtual Boy consoles has been discovered in a warehouse in Dubai. My own prophecies uncover eBay sales in the future.
The National says that this bunch of consoles was found "under some old cartons," among others that were marked for trash.
“This product was just left years ago and nobody knew it was in stock,” said Vijay Chandrabota, the purchasing manager for Geekay Games in Dubai. “For me, it was dead stock. I didn’t even know that this Virtual Boy existed until we found it.”
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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3:05 PM on 09.16.2008
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War on Terrar over!
I can sleep better at night now knowing that the Virtual Boy hasn't skyrocketed in price AFTER I sold mine.
*sigh* Why did my parents sell mine? :(
I have a Virtual Boy sitting there on the shelf.
Dubai yerself a ticket back, ya towel totin camel kicker!
Woooo, do it to it.
/Plumber Bubba
heck I remember a store was having a clearance sale and I noticed a old floppy disk drive for the commodore 64. I still regret not buying that cause well my tape drive wasnt working too good back in 2000.....