In early 1995, I remember reading a letter in a video game magazine that talked about how much momentum Nintendo had with the upcoming Ultra 64 console and the futuristic Virtual Boy. When it launched ...

The Virtual Boy is considered Nintendo's biggest failure. Numerous factors contributed to the failure of the 3D game console: the high price, misleading marketing, poor ergonomics, and, finally, the ...

Virtual reality might not have quite taken over in the way some predict it will, but there is no denying that it’s come a long way in a short space of time. Case in point? Comparing the Virtual Boy, ...

Emulator apps have started filling the App Store this year. There’s no shortage of options for playing classic games on your iOS devices. However, the new VirtualFriend app has earned a special place ...

Nintendo has made some bold, weird choices with its hardware designs. But none were so bold and weird as 1995’s Virtual Boy, a “woefully premature commercial curio,” as one Ars writer put it, that ...

Let's go retro: Lately, we've seen a lot of emulators popping up in Apple's App Store. Thanks to overseas antitrust pressure, Cupertino has loosened its stance on hardware emulation, resulting in ...

The Virtual Boy is probably Nintendo’s biggest failure. That’s probably because it wasn’t very portable and hurt your neck to actually use, but it also didn’t have very many good games. Finally, 18 ...

Feel free to double-check the calendar… yes, it is in fact September 12th and not April 1st. Nintendo, always managing to surprise in one way or another, is reviving its infamously failed 3D gaming ...

YouTuber ‘Shank Mods’ is a master at turning consoles into handheld portables by trimming down and miniaturizing their original electronics. They’ve gone as far as squeezing a functional Nintendo Wii ...

Virtual Boy Wario Land is one of the most underrated gems of Nintendo’s golden age. You’d never know it since the game was locked away on Nintendo’s Virtual Boy, the oft-derided 3D console now ...