Virtual Boy 10 Year Anniversary

Dejital on July 21, 2005 at 7:05 pm

Haha, that’s nice. Congrats.

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Dejital on July 21, 2005 at 7:11 pm

Wait! You’re actually playing it? Âº_o;;

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Nick on July 21, 2005 at 7:18 pm

Well, I cant play and type at the same time…but yeah!

NoBullet on July 21, 2005 at 7:24 pm

Holy crap its been 10 years already? D: I got mine for free, just have Mario Tennis and the adapter.

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jamtaru on July 21, 2005 at 7:55 pm

i don’t play mine anymore cause it hurts my brain

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Steven on July 21, 2005 at 7:56 pm

I need a copy of Red Alarm. Man that game was cool.

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Pikachelsea on July 21, 2005 at 8:23 pm

Am I the only one here who would rather forget about the Virtual Boy? It wasn’t exactly a runaway success, guys. Didn’t Gumpei Yokoi resign in shame over the VB ordeal? It was not fair of Nintendo to blame its failure on someone so inventive who brought so much to Nintendo.

The VB makes me sad

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boon on July 21, 2005 at 9:44 pm

Virtual Boy has done no wrong. Just because it was the least successful Nintendo product ever doesn’t mean we just forget about it.

I still got for a few rounds with Teleroboxer every once in awhile…or Galactic PinBall. Red Alarm is just way too tough to navigate for me. The ship and the terrain seem to blend together alot and I can’t tell where I am sometimes.

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boon on July 21, 2005 at 9:47 pm

Nick, is that a stock photo or is yours really in that good of shape? Mine consists more of tape than anything

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Nick on July 21, 2005 at 9:52 pm

Thats just a stock photo, but mine are in pretty good shape. I have two. One of the bases is sorta busted, but the other one is pristine.

namor7 on July 21, 2005 at 11:28 pm

Wow…the VB is really gonna be worth a lot of money someday, methinks.

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Philip Wesley on July 21, 2005 at 11:56 pm

Yokoi “left” after the N64, not the Virtual Boy. He left and founded a small company bankrolled by Nintendo, then eventually “bought” by Bandai. Bandai and Yokoi designed the Wonderswan.

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venkat on July 22, 2005 at 12:49 am

You seem to be a fan of Scarface?

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NintendoFreak on July 22, 2005 at 1:50 am

Wha? Wha? Today(it’s still the 21st here in CA) was the Game Boy’s 16th birthday… Or anniversary, or whatever… According to press.nintendo.com, the Virtual Boy was released on 8/21/95, while it was the Game Boy that came out on 07/21, of 89.

*performs quick Google search*

Well, it looks like it came out in Japan on the 21st, so, okay, whatever…

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Zooba on July 22, 2005 at 2:32 am

Cool, I guess. My first Nintendo console was the N64, so I never got to hear anything about the VB. Mixed feelings from what i read here.

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Cameron on July 22, 2005 at 3:00 am

My VB power supply randomly stopped working :’(

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VideoGamerJ on July 22, 2005 at 5:02 am

Picked mine up 3 months ago. What a blast from the past.

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KD on July 22, 2005 at 8:59 am

I bought mine for $30 on clearance at EB Games about a year after it’s release. My virtual boy sits in it’s box most of the time. I’ve played it maybe 10 time’s.
I have only 3 games for it: Tennis, Galatic Pinball, Wario World. I should buy some more games for it.

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NekoTsukimi on July 22, 2005 at 9:09 am

Teeheehee, I guess 10 years ago, I was standing in Wal-Mart playing Mario Tennis with it. That was kinda a cool thing, but it really did hurt your eyes after like a minute. Man… A lot has changed since then

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SithLord on July 22, 2005 at 9:12 am

I make it a point to play my VB every year. I’ve had it since X-mas ‘95. It’s still in good condition, just has a little crack on the clip that connects the VB to the stand. My fav games are the Wario game (Wario World I think it’s called) and Nester’s Funky Bowling

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James Montagna on July 22, 2005 at 9:58 am

I pulled mine out to play for nostalgiac purposes, and for the Nintendo special occasion. Mario Tennis had some catchy tunes.

Gunpei Yokoi, I will always understand your genius. Rest in Peace. The wonderful things you’ve brought us in your life time will never be forgotten.

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Cory on July 22, 2005 at 10:48 am

In response to Yokoi, true, he didn’t “leave” after the VB incident, but he was given what the Japanese call a “corner office,” which is a sort of time-out for executives who perform dismally. He never recovered from that, and eventually left. So, yes, the VB did end his career.

It’s a shame how cut-throat a business like that is, considering any time someone plays with a video game in their hand, they have this man to thank…

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Cory on July 22, 2005 at 10:50 am

Oh, one more thing…Rumor has it that before the launch of the VB, but after it was developed, Yokoi started work on another project. But, when the VB bombed, his next project was shelved, and all attentions went to the N64…

One gaming journalist, I think for EGM, stated that he knows what the project is, but is restrained by a NDA to not say what it is; he assures that it’s shame we’ll probably never see it, because it could have been great.

This was back in 1999 or 2000…Perhaps he was refering to the DS? Or, maybe we have yet to see this magical Yokoi machine…

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