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Virtual Boy

The Virtual Boy is a video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo and released in Japan on July 21, 1995, and in North America on August 14, 1995. Promoted as the first system capable of rendering stereoscopic 3D graphics, it featured a red monochrome display viewed through a binocular eyepiece, with games employing a parallax effect to…

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Best-selling game
Mario's Tennis (US pack-in game)
CPU
NEC V810 @ 20 MHz
Developer
Nintendo R&D1
Discontinued
JP: December 22, 1995 · NA: August 1996 · BR: 1996
Display
384×224
Generation
Fifth

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Virtual Boy

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Edges121
Triples148
Avg. degree1.98
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Virtual Boy

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related to Legacy · 18
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related to Release · 17
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related to Reception · 14
Virtual Boy → But, Ed Semrad, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Gamers, In, It, It's, Mario, Next Generation's, Shoshinkai, SNES/Genesis, The Virtual Boy, Virtual Boy's, VR
related to Games · 13
Virtual Boy → According, America President Reggie Fils-Aimé, Given, Gunpei Yokoi, He, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese, Nintendo, North America, Of, Third, Virtual Console, When
related to Promotion · 13
Virtual Boy → Advertising, American, Blockbuster, By, Challenged, NBC, NBC's, Nintendo, The, This, Upon, US, Virtual Boy's
related to Controller · 9
Virtual Boy → AA, D-pads, Its, M-shaped, Nintendo, The, The Virtual Boy, The Virtual Boy's, Z-axis
related to Display · 9
Virtual Boy → Hz, It, LEDs, Like, Nintendo, The, The Virtual Boy, This, Whereas
related to External links · 8
Virtual Boy → Archived July, Internet Archive Wayback Machine, Official, Planet Virtual Boy, Planet Virtual BoyVirtual Boy, Programming Documentation Archived July, Virtual Boy Hardware Specifications, Wayback Machine
related to Hardware · 8
Virtual Boy → Each Virtual Boy, NEC V810, One, RISC, The CPU, The Virtual Boy, These, Virtual Boy Nintendo's
related to Connectivity · 7
Virtual Boy → During, EXT, Faceball, Nintendo, The, Two, Waterworld

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Virtual BoyBest-selling gameMario's Tennis (US pack-in game)1.00infobox
Virtual BoyCPUNEC V810 @ 20 MHz1.00infobox
Virtual BoyDeveloperNintendo R&D11.00infobox
Virtual BoyDiscontinuedJP: December 22, 19951.00infobox
Virtual BoyDiscontinuedNA: August 19961.00infobox
Virtual BoyDiscontinuedBR: 19961.00infobox
Virtual BoyDisplay384×2241.00infobox
Virtual BoyGenerationFifth1.00infobox
Virtual BoyIntroductory priceUS$179.99 (equivalent to $380 in 2025)1.00infobox
Virtual BoyLifespan1995–19961.00infobox
Virtual BoyManufacturerNintendo1.00infobox
Virtual BoyMediaROM cartridge1.00infobox
Virtual BoyMemory64 KB work PSRAM 128 KB graphics DRAM 128 KB Video RAM1.00infobox
Virtual BoyRelatedFamicom 3D System Nintendo 3DS1.00infobox
Virtual BoyReleasedJP: July 21, 19951.00infobox
Virtual BoyReleasedNA: August 14, 19951.00infobox
Virtual BoyReleasedBR: September 18, 19951.00infobox
Virtual BoyTypeVideo game console1.00infobox
Virtual BoyUnits sold770,0001.00infobox
Virtual Boyis avideo game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo and released in Japan on July 210.90text
Virtual Boyis afirst video game console capable of displaying stereoscopic 3D graphics0.90text

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