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I waited until they were on clearance at Toys R Us and picked one up with a bunch of games for real cheap. It was interesting but too many offerings on the market that had my attention when it came out. Didn't get motion sickness, did get some headaches with certain wireframe games. Shaded games like Wario Land were easier on my then teenage eyes.

20:20 Wait, the Virtual Boy was even 32 bit? More bits than the SNES?!

The Virtual Boy. A necessity for gracious living

VB is one of my favorite consoles, though i was one that could play it for hours without any problems (other then everything having a blue tint for a bit afterward) Realy wish mine still worked, right eye went out.

Last time I played a VB was at a tailgate party in summer 1998. Spent 30 minutes playing Wario, and got a VB visor-shaped sunburn in the Texas heat. I looked like an albino racoon for the next two weeks. Haven't touched a Virtual Boy since...

I had gotten my Virtual Boy along with every American game released for it , along with a nice nifty padded briefcase to hold and cradle my console for storage or transport. Blockbuster home video store had sold all there Virtual boy stock at super cheap previously viewed prices and that day they had a special buy 3 previewed items get 1 free so I got everything super cheap. And I loved it and couldn't wait for more games that never came . All in all I loved my Virtual boy system. Wish I still had it.

My best friend had one, and he lived across the street. We'd play it all the time. I didn't really notice that it was shit at the time. I was really young. But thinking back, we did move on pretty quickly. Relatively speaking.

I really love how you have all this nuance and explain how things that have been hated on can actually still be cool and still be good. I also love how you mentioned that in the AVGN video of the virtual Boy from 2008 he does express some positive opinions of a few games although the irony is you're showing him talking smack about water world in the footage you chose but it's awesome anyway

My only experience with the Virtual Boy was playing a demo unit at a Best Buy back in the day. I'm pretty sure I played that flight game. It was kinda hard to play since everything was just red lines and I wasn't sure what was a wall. It was a novel experience, but I think my vision was messed up after playing for a few minutes. Based on that experience, I can't say it was a great system. I can't imagine playing it for more than a few minutes at a time. It was certainly unique and innovative and deserves to be remembered. But I certainly can't call it anything close to a hidden gem like say the Vita or Neo Geo.

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Very enlightening, great job. The only problem with their logic in the library design and consumer scope is that they priced it as though it was a next gen console when you could pick up a snes for less than $100...

This is quickly becoming the best gaming history channel. I remember trying it at Toys R Us and thinking it was half-baked. It just didn't feel like a big enough leap in technology. I was ready for actual 3D polygon graphics, so the Virtual Boy just didn't feel like it was worth it.

Dang, this thing actually would've been awesome if it hadn't been so short-lived

I think Nintendo simply misjudged what players expected from VR "3d" at the time. People didn't think 2D pixel art with depth was "3d". People expected first person with vector graphics, and perhaps polygons. This wouldn't have required N64 level hardware. Even without any graphics chip processing, a slow 68000 CPU alone was able to produce smooth vector graphics for a game like Star Wars (Atari ST). The much faster CPU in the Virtual Boy would have chewed through vector wireframes much faster. See Star Wars on the X68000 to see what wireframe vector graphics could do at the time. It would have looked stunning on the Virtual Boy. The big problem is that Nintendo did not have much experience with developing that sort of 3D game. It's a completely different workflow for 3D modeling artists vs pixel artists.

I was a kid when it came out so I couldn't buy one, but for that short time it was for sale, I would play the demo Virtual Boy at my local Target every time I could get to the store.

Nice multi -layered reference with the Keanu clip.

I bought one recently for relatively cheap and had it solder fixed and it’s a cool little system. I love your research thank you for this video

This was my first console and I loved it. Got it when it came out from my dad as a five year old.

I traded 9 SNES games plus $80 of birthday money for the Virtual Boy. I was so unbelievably disappointed. Some of the games I traded were Mario Allstars, MegaMan X, Final Fantasy 2, 3, Super Metroid, and Link to the Past. Boxes and booklets with them as well. I still have that stupid Virtual Boy. It's been at my parents' place for decades. Once the 64 came out... it never left my parents' basement

If Nintendo ever decides to go back to doing VR again, and the headset doesn’t look like a VB, I will be so disappointed

The first 3D printed thing I ever bought was a clip for the bottom of my virtual boy to attach it to a normal camera tripod

I picked up a consolized VB a few months ago, certainly a very different and still fun experience playing on a CRT.

Played a demo unit in a store. No headache from the 10 minutes I played it. Also, digging the black on black lipstick.

I have a tiger gamecom sitting in my closet that I've had since I was a kid. I never expected to see it referenced in a RU-vid video (even one from a channel about retro gaming).

Bought one used years ago for $15 or $20! Missing the stand and eyepiece of course. I tracked them down on eBay, and still have it today! I loved it then, and still do now!

Thank you LD.

I have 2 Virtual Boys. I think it’s a very interesting piece of Nintendo history. Love it. ❤❤❤❤ *Side Note* I had a physical copy of Hyper Fighting, but sold it earlier this year. I regret that immensely.

I've had one since '95 or so, got a bundle when it went on clearance as a young gamer... I have fond memories of Mario Clash and especially Wario Land; ...but it really is uncomfortable to play a real console. Usually this kind of hype gets inflated on the internet, but man, this thing HURTS your eyes and leaves you with a nice sized headache after an hour or so. I believe i was the first person ever to stream the console on Twitch in 2015, shoving an analog camera down one of the eye ports, using grayscale mode, and shooting it out to my CRT / stream setup! Capture cards exist now, but man, those were fun streams!

I like to call the VB 'Home Eye Surgery: In A Box! - New From NUBCO!'

I loved my virtualboy!! But I will admit emulating it on a quest 2 is a waaaaaay better experience.

I loved the I’ll-fated little VRB. Mario Tennis was a blast

I remember playing VirtualBoy at my local Kay Bee Toys store!

Back in 1996 I have the virtual boy an honest try. It caused headaches every time I played it. I also had a 3ds and the 3d system of that gave me headaches as well. But I was impressed with both systems for what they could do. I just couldn’t take the migraines caused by them

I own a VirtualBoy and don't have a problem with it. No headaches but I did notice if I am playing for a while (+30 minutes) and then stop in a lit room, there is eye strain. However, if the room is dark and I give my eyes time to readjust, then all good.

My dad bought me my 1st virtual boy back in September 2003 when i was 9 years old on ebay i like the system alot suddenly the thing had an issue with the left len i parted it when i was 25 years old back in new years eve 2019 but didn’t get another one unfortunately. I got mine from a trade back in Milwaukee in april 2022 which i like my virtual boy alot i gotta rechargeable battery pack back in may 2022 2 flash carts later on. I got 3 games total back in Milwaukee i even got galactic pinball and a Japanese copy of telroboxer back in june of last year i even bought the box and carrying case for my system. The virtual boy is awesome to have and I'm real content to have it. Best regards Nikita.K

Mario Tennis on the Virtual Boy was fun

I’m very disappointed the Virtual Boy didn’t take off. I was one of its biggest fans. I read all that I could about it before it was released and then rented one from Blockbuster the moment it was available. I loved it. It was a really immersive video gaming experience, like playing games on a huge TV at a time when a 27” CRT was about as big as most gamers got. I bought my own system as soon as I saved enough money. My top 3 games were Teleroboxer, Warrio Land, and Panic Bomber. It was a big bummer when I saw the system and all of its games on clearance less than a year later. On the plus side it allowed a kid like me to buy just about every game released in the US, but really I’m sad that there weren’t more released.

Red LED was a huge mistake, the color literally burns into your retina, ensuring you keep seeing the images long after you're finished playing. It's significantly better with emulation in black & white.

If it had green displays it would have been a hit.

I grew up with Nintendo and still to this day have absolutely no interest in adding a virtual boy to my collection. There is something about it. It is clunky, uncomfortable and hurts my eyes after an hour. However I do have a few games that I unintentionally bought at a yard sale years ago. A lady was selling all her kids old Xbox stuff and wanted like $50 for a big box when I realized they put virtual games in there I went back and offered another $50 she said no she wanted to get rid of it so I gave her an extra 20.00.

Rented one from Blockbuster back in the day (for like a 300 dollar deposit).Was fun, but definitely need the correct height table to use it on. And after using it I got sick as a dog for the next of hours.

i still remember the flyer one of my extended family members showed me a flyer for it over a year maybe longer before it came out he owned a video store so he got promos for stuff us unprivileged didn't get to see back then they were still trying to make it full vr i was so hooked at that point even when I found out it wasn't vr I still bought it the day it came out and all I could see was red that night in more ways than one I was only 13 so it took all my savings to buy it I had been doing balloon animals at McDonald's every sat all summer into July to earn that money what a waste

Oh man I i remember getting dizzy playing the demo unit at circuit city or a place like that when i was a kid.

I actually had a VB when I was younger. Some of the games were pretty good, I liked Wario World and Mario Tennis. The downsides are of course the consoles hampered portability, how it drained batteries, how it did cause neck strain and was so likely to cause eye strain there was a freaking warning about long usage. It was an interesting idea but a flawed execution.

I think a prototype that I played titled Niko Chan shows off its capabilities pretty well.

Honestly if it was green instead of red I think it would have sold better. People remember green computer screens but red feels like an eyesore unless you’re on a submarine.

It's nice that if you don't have to have it and all of the games for your collection now then you have the option of just playing these games on a Meta Quest these days .

If it weren't for Blockbuster video displays, I never would have played one of these in the wild. Even the Jaguar and 32X did better than this. 1995 was a strange year for video games... Nintendo selling a torture device was just one example. But hey at least Nester finally got a game... too bad it was a bowling game though...

I like Red Alarm a lot, Star Fox-esque

I know tons of retro gamers who literally searching for a VB. In fact it seems to have become a collectors item

Nintendo should've taken the chance to release updated versions of those games in the 3DS, there's even a hat based on the VB for your avatar.

Jack Bros. is an interesting one, because it reminds me of an even less-known Atlus title called Spud's Adventure. I sometimes wonder if it started its life as a sequel to that, but was later rebranded as a Megaten spinoff.

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I had one of theses that I would take to work. The ideal way to play this is at a work bench that sits up higher than a normal table. Lots of good times while playing it on my breaks. Everything fit nicely into a backpack. It actually was better in that situation than the GBA. I got too much glare on the GBA screen from the overhead florescent lights.

Whenever I see traffic lights I've always wished I could play 3d games on them

I've got a soft spot for the system. Our family picked one up on sale for $70 ( not long after they were on clearance for like $20, WHOOPS). BUT, I really think nintendo should have waited and released it as an accessory to the N64. Maybe then it could've had color optics and had actual polygon 3d games. Basically do what playstation has done with VR

Mario's Tennis, the only time in the franchise that the sport belonged exclusively to him.

good video, you cant emulate the headaches virtual boy brought you lol

PLEASE can you please wear a wicked black dress while you're skin painted green with a Witch hat. I can't help to imagine you like this, it just fits you so well!

I bought my Virtual Boy from Blockbuster video when they decided to sell them off (they had some arrangement with Nintendo to rent them out so people could experience them first hand). I got mine, with a Blockbuster carry case, for $30. I bought a bunch of games on clearance for $6 a piece. And you know what? I LOVED the Virtual Boy. OK, it was NOT virtual reality. It was really just very good 3D. I still play my Virtual Boy today, though it apparently makes some people nauseated in addition to giving them headaches. And crazier still, my Virtual Boy unit now sells for ridiculous money on Ebay, and some of the 6 dollar games I bought (Jack Bros) sell for $1000. Good thing I kept all the boxes and inserts.

I have 2 of these. one that works that I show off occasionally and 12 thats broken thats used for display.

Due to the failure of the Virtual Boy in Japan and North America, the system was never released in PAL regions, like Europe and Australia.

I owned a virtual boy as a little kid I had Mario Tennis which was the packing title and Wario Land which I almost never played. I had massive headaches and neck aches and they even strains your eyes. I wouldn't even attempt it today

It's aight. I think more than anything it's problem was that it didn't have a clear identity or place in the market. It wasn't quite a home console and it wasn't quite a portable console. Basically the exact opposite of the Switch, now that i think about it.

I had one. I'm pretty sure this is the reason I wear glasses now.

I had one back then. Just the thought of it gives me another headache. I played the tennis game the most.

i played one at a comic book store - it really threw me for a loop! but i don't deal well with occulus-type devices with my mediocre eye sight i had a great for a while and had to sit down

can I just say how fucken AMAZING this was when I walked into a blockbuster and tried this monstrosity out to see what was 3D about it and got it instantly.... 🤯 and then waiting to get one... and rhen it dissapearing ... I never saw this outside of a store in Toronto Canada... trust you cant beat that feeling! ❤

I had one, and I really liked it. I thought it was pretty cool.

I was there for it and I remember walking away fairly underwhelmed. I don't even remember asking for it.

I picked up a VB several years ago at a yard sale for $5. It's not something I play a lot but I never thought it was a terrible system. My only complaint is the difficulty in setting it on something at the correct height so I don't have to sit stooped over. It's never given me headaches. Never got motion sickness with it either, which I tend to be prone to. I can't play 98% of modern games. So it definitely got a bad rap from the beginning. If it hadn't been for that idiotic liability clause, or more accurately, jerks that will file lawsuits over the slightest thing to try to scam money from anyone they can, the VB might have fared far better than it did.

I loved that Wario game and the 3d space game

See thumbnail....instantly fears for her eyesight

This title is quite relatable. Just take out the “virtual” part.

I had a Virtual Boy, the red and black graphics caused rod and cone damage so I'm now partial red/green color blind damn Warios Woods.

i bought 1 when it went on clearence at toys r us like another viewer said, wario land was fun as hell, honestly you can have a better experience emulating virtual boy on a phone with a 3d headset with a bluetooth controller than the actual virtual boy, the hardware died on me years ago and i lost most of the parts, i think i still have the games though

I tried a Virtual Boy at a store back in the day. I almost instantly got nauseous, really felt like I could vomit. Later I learned someone did.

I had one of these about 20 years ago, but couldn't get it working.

Lay on your back and rest the V-Boy on your face, it works! Let gravity do the work, you don't even need the stand, cause we know they break. Play sessions are so much more enjoyable that way. With your neck not cricked, you don't get head and eye strain.

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I’ll be honest. I remember the display at stores and I thought it was awesome. I asked my parents for it buuut never got it. It’s only now, as a grown man, that I see how awkward it would be to play for long periods of time

You have the virtual boy the wrong way around on the stand. The legs are supposed to face away from where you’re looking into it.

I am from a planet where the virtual boy was successful. On my planet all gaming consoles are red and attach to your face.

i love the virtual boy and wish I had one.

the virtual boy... a necessity for gracious living...

I remember this is what the 3DS turned into ❤😂🎉

I had to sell my game collection - which included my Virtual Boy and all its games - about 13 years ago. *Still, let me share my experiences:* *1) No headache, ever.* Using my Virtual Boy for prolonged periods (and ignoring instructions to take a break) had no additional ill effects versus "normal" gaming. The only drawback was super mild; you know that sensation when you leave a darkened theater and step out into sunlight? Yeah, I'd experience that when I'd stop playing. *2) Don't use the recommended orientation.* Dunno if it was "safe" for me or my console, but I would play the Virtual boy by lying down on my bed. The stand is shaped as such that it does a _decent_ job of stabilizing the console, though results may vary based on body type. My stand eventually broke (don't know if it was stupid teenager stuff or because of how I used it), but at that point, but I usually could play it just fine while in bed. *3) It's battery life is attrocious; get the AC Adapter!* I'm not sure if it is as bad as the Sega Game Gear, but yeah; the Virtual Boy quickly eats through six AA batteries. If you're in the market for a VB, make sure you can get the AC Adapter. _Small Perk:_ while the part that attaches to the controller is specific to the Virtual Boy, the actual cord/plug is the same as the SNES. *4) There are some very good, maybe even **_great_** games.* I can't speak for every game released on it, as there were several I never played, let alone owned, but Wario Land was great. Mario Tennis and Vertical Force were very good. Teleroboxing, Galactic Pinball, and Red Alarm were more "regular good". YMMV depending on personal tastes. Red Alarm *does* take some getting used to, and I'm not normally a fan of this style of game. I've heard good things about some of the rarer and/or Japan-exclusive titles as well. The worst thing about the Virtual Boy is its mixture of being incomplete and under-supported. They never released the link cable, and that's a shame because most of the games I listed above would have been great in 2-player. It's practically a crime that we didn't get entries into various popular Nintendo IPs of the day. With how Link's Awakening turned out on the Game Boy, I know a Zelda title could have been killer. Mario Kart, Metroid, and Star Fox probably would have suited the system. As for non-Nintendo stuff, a "dungeon crawler" RPG or First-Person Shooter could have been fun. Crude, yes, but still fun. I know demaking Doom or even Wolfenstein 3D probably was never in the cards, but the perspective and color scheme...

I had one for years. The only thing I didn't like about it was that it used batteries and didn't come with a plug.

Ow! My eyes!

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I just bought a used one a month ago and the right eye stopped working.

Virtual Boy, a necessity for a gracious headache.

had no idea it was marketed as 32 bit.

It would be cool if som3eone created a Virtual Boy emulator that worked with nVidia 3D vision glasses, or VR.

play the game, see red... step away from the machine see red and green and the real world... but you may think about the game later and know how much fun you had.

I'm quite happy with my Slim PS1

Definitely not a bad system at all. A great console. Wish i had one. Played it once and loved it

Lucky owner, or perhaps unlucky. Wario Land and Jack Bros. the best games on the console. Other than that, it’s just a cool showpiece on my shelf.

I remember wanting one of these... I played one at the local Toys R us and thought it was cool, but then it went away before I was able to get one. I get why it was disliked, but I still thought they were cool. Now they are too expensive to try to get.