The authors of an upcoming book on Nintendo's infamous video game console argue that the Virtual Boy was more than just a gimmicky failure. Reading time 7 minutes In 1995, Nintendo released the ...

Ah, the Virtual Boy, truly the darkest of Nintendo’s black sheep. It was originally released in 1995 and touted as a tabletop portable game console; you stick your face into the eyepieces and ...

Consult any list of Nintendo's worst releases—heck, any list of the worst consoles from any franchise—and you'll see one name repeated over and over again: the Virtual Boy. Billed as the future of ...

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has turned his focus to his lifelong passion of gaming. He lived and worked in South Korea ...

Ars Technica AI Reporter and tech historian Benj Edwards has co-written a book on the Virtual Boy with Dr. Jose Zagal. In this exclusive excerpt, Benj and Jose take you back to Nintendo of the early ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about video games, technology and pop culture. I don’t think anyone had an official Virtual Boy revival on their 2025 ...

Meet the newest entry to the Nintendo Switch family! The Nintendo Virtual Boy Pro accessory for Nintendo Switch takes players to a whole new dimension of fun! By using advanced augmented reality (AR) ...

Here at Ars, we’re big fans of classic console emulators that go beyond providing perfect re-creations to those that actually improve on original hardware with new features we could only dream of as ...

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 ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...