This last summer we had the good fortune of picking up a Virtual Boy and some games at a sale. Here is a summary of what a Virtual Boy is...
Virtual Boy was a video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo and released in 1995 for $180.00 in the US. It was the first video game console that was supposed to be capable of displaying "true 3D graphics" out of the box. Only 14 games were ever released for the North American market. The Virtual Boy, despite price drops was considered a failure. The 3D graphics were impressive but monochromatic. Nintendo was working on the N64 at the time of the Virtual Boy's release.
--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy
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| Screen shot of Mario's Tennis from Virtual Boy |
The Virtual Boy was infamous for what could be an urban legend - that it caused migraines, nausea and even, some have claimed, permanent injury. Although I couldn't find confirmation whether this was true or not (although I've been personally told that after about five minutes a rather nasty headache ensues...) I found this quote that would logically support the idea this might not be the best head set to wear....
Nausea can and will occur in people using VR headsets because the information received from the eyes doesn't match the information received from the balancing organs in the ears. Balance is kept using both optical and gnostic information. -- source
We have 14 covers for the original Virtual Boy Games in our shop. They are basically Nintendo GBA cases but the clips hold the slender games. They also line up nicely along other Nintendo games like the GBA, GBA Color etc.
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