Category:Virtual Boy games

The Virtual Boy was Nintendo's attempt to render handheld games in stereoscopic 3D. It failed horribly, mainly due to its lack of portability, cause of headaches and eye problems, and an insistence on pushing it out well before system creator Gunpei Yokoi was finished (he was subsequently blamed for its failure and kicked to a dead-end position with no real power, leading to his departure from the company).

In the end, only 22 games were released (eight exclusive to Japan, three exclusive to America) with two unreleased games dumped, a total of 24. About 25 more games were planned for the system at some point or another, getting to various stages of production before being shelved.

Nintendo finally got the concept of stereoscopic 3D right with the Nintendo 3DS.