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Nintendo · Console family

Virtual Boy

A red stereoscopic display delivered depth without glasses, but comfort and software limitations cut its life short.

Documented hardware recordA source-linked factual history appears below. Undocumented development, regional, and package details are left unclaimed.

Virtual Boy projected separate red images to each eye through a tabletop visor. Its striking experiment produced a small library before Nintendo discontinued it less than a year after launch.

Released
1995 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family
Tabletop stereoscopic system
Format / type
Cartridge
Region
Japan / North America
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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Virtual Boy is a Nintendo hardware family documented for Japan / North America, with a release recorded as 1995 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as Tabletop stereoscopic system hardware using Cartridge. PLAYBACK connects 2 documented hardware variants to this family, including Virtual Boy — Japan, Virtual Boy — North America.

Research status
Structured source record
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Release context

The documented release is 1995 (the exact day and month are not documented) for Japan / North America on Tabletop stereoscopic system. Date precision is preserved exactly: the archive does not invent a day when the source records only a month or year.

02

Regional differences

This record is scoped to Japan / North America. The linked structured source does not document a separate regional title or package difference, so PLAYBACK does not infer one.

03

Physical packaging

The physical format is documented as Cartridge. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

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Editions and revisions

2 hardware configurations are linked to this family: Virtual Boy — Japan, Virtual Boy — North America.

Research sources

  1. commons.wikimedia.org — catalog record ↗