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Virtual Boy

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.

Hardware launch era1995

Physical games26

Documented packages26

Hardware variants2

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Launch information

The platform’s opening chapter

Hardware era: 1995
Launch region: Japan / North America
Primary physical format: Cartridge
First documented physical release: July 21, 1995
Latest documented physical release: March 22, 1996
Special editions and variants: 0

July 21, 1995Galactic Pinball July 21, 1995Mario's Tennis July 21, 1995Panic Bomber July 21, 1995Red Alarm July 21, 1995Teleroboxer July 21, 1995Tobidase! Panibon

Hardware collector index

Colors, revisions, and special editions

2 variants

Launch · Japan

Virtual Boy — Japan

Regional model · North America

Virtual Boy — North America

Best-known releases

Platform-defining collector highlights

September 28, 1995

Mario Clash

July 21, 1995

Mario's Tennis

December 1, 1995

Virtual Boy Wario Land

March 22, 1996

3-D Tetris

July 21, 1995

Galactic Pinball

August 11, 1995

Golf

October 13, 1995

Innsmouth no Yakata

October 1995 · exact day not documented

Insmouth no Yakata

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