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Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you've got a modded 3ds, Red Viper works extremely well to emulate Virtual Boy games, if you're curious about them. Arguably it's a better experience than playing them on a Virtual Boy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I love my 2ds but virtualboy emulation makes me crave an upgrade

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But are there any games worth playing?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Wario game is pretty good if you liked the original Game Boy Wario games.

Mario Clash is a fun take on the original Mario Bros game which didn't need to be 3D, so I'm a little disappointed they haven't revisited it.

Jack Bros. is notable for being Atlus' first release in the West, and I remember having some fun with that one.

Mario Tennis was also pretty good, but there are probably better Mario Tennis games by now.

How many consoles can say that ~28% of their library is worth checking out? Haha