The Virtual Boy was an intriguing device, a 32-bit console built as a headset with two eyepieces to view games in stereoscopic red and black monochrome 3D. Part of the effect was achieved using ...

Nintendo made a deal with Blockbuster Video, where customers could rent the Virtual Boy system for $9.99. Only 22 games were released on Virtual Boy. Each system came bundled with Mario's Tennis.

On July 21, 1995, the Virtual Boy hit Japanese store shelves and took the world by storm. Wait, no, not by storm. Whatever the opposite of that would be.

The Virtual Boy was a short-lived console you wore on your head, released by Nintendo in the mid-1990s. The console's lifespan was so short that it didn't even get its own Mario platformer.

The Virtual Boy handheld innovates on the original with a more compact and sleeker design, but, sadly, its DIY construction is out of reach for most people. To experience the Virtual Boy library ...

Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy is now available for purchase in print and ebook formats. A full list of references can be found in the book.

In 1995, Nintendo released the Virtual Boy, a video game console billed as providing gamers a unique and immersive playing experience via its stereoscopic red-and-black 3D graphic display.

The latest, and perhaps most accessible, is Red Viper, which plays Virtual Boy games on a (lightly hacked) Nintendo 3DS, the other Nintendo system on which 3D features were underappreciated.

Compared with today's VR headsets, Nintendo’s ill-fated, red-tinted head-mounted Virtual Boy display now looks massively dated. However, thanks to modern Oculus Rift headsets, you can now relive ...

Edwards started Virtual Boy development with the BX-250, a less traditional arcade stick that hews closer to the original controller’s layout, but he soon ran into issues.

Unlike the Virtual Boy, the Nintendo 3DS and its successor, the 3DS XL, enjoyed more success. It was well received by critics, and according to IGN's first-look review, the 3D effect "is ...

The Vision Pro got its first Virtual Boy emulator in an app called VirtualFriend, finally giving me, a person with an irrational love for Nintendo’s most short-lived console, a chance to play it ...