Virtual Boy

Background : In the mid 1990s, with the successes of the Game & Watch games in the 1980s and the Game Boy, Nintendo announced a new portable system which was supposed to give the feeling of "stereoscopic virtual reality", entitled the Virtual Boy, originally "VR-32". It was created by Gunpei Yokoi, creator of the Game & Watch and Game Boy, while the Nintendo 64 was waiting in the wings, but it turned out to be the biggest bomb in the history of Nintendo's consoles (that is until the N64 disc drive hit the scene). Much of it was due to the fact that hardly any of the games had virtual reality involved, all of the games were in black and red, and gamers felt nauseous after playing for long periods of time. As a result, only 22 games were made in the NTSC territory -- 14 were sold in North America and 19 were sold in Japan. Due to its failure, there was no release in the PAL territory (Europe and Australia) and it was pulled off the shelves after 5 months.

(July 21, 1995-March 2, 1996)
Nickname : "Bloody 3D"

Logo : On a black background, we see a bunch of red  lines in the center, and the words "VIRTUAL BOY " inside a black rectangle with a red  border.

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Seen when you turn on a Virtual Boy console.

Editor's Note : Your eyes may hurt due to the console being applied directly to your eyes.