List of Virtual Boy games

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The Virtual Boy is a 32-bit tabletop video game console developed and designed by Nintendo, first released in Japan on July 21, 1995 and later in North America on August 14 of the same year.[1] The following lists contains all of the games released for the Virtual Boy.

A Virtual Boy console with its controller

Originally unveiled at Nintendo's Shoshinkai Show in Japan on November 15, 1994 and at Winter CES in North America on January 6, 1995,[2][3] it was never intended to be released in its final form but Nintendo pushed the Virtual Boy in its unfinished state to market so that it could focus development resources on the then-upcoming Nintendo 64 and arrived later than other 32-bit systems such as the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn but at a lower price,[4][5] retailing at US$179.95 but in mid-1996, Blockbuster was selling Virtual Boy units at $50 each.[6][7][2][8]:513

The system was overwhelmingly panned by critics and was deemed a commercial failure,[9] selling only 770,000 units before being discontinued both in Japan and North America on December 22, 1995 and March 2, 1996 respectively,[10] making it the second lowest-selling hardware by Nintendo after the 64DD and its marketing campaign was commonly thought of as a failure.[11] Several additional titles were announced to be released for the Virtual Boy at E3 1996, but ultimately they were never released due to the system’s discontinuation by Nintendo themselves, as were several localizations that were only released in one region.[2]

This lists all games commercially released for the Virtual Boy. For games that were announced or in development but never released, see the list of cancelled Virtual Boy games.

Games

Listed here are all 22[a] officially released Virtual Boy games. Of these, eight titles were exclusive to Japan, three to North America and the other 11 were released in both regions. The Americas saw 14 releases and Japan, Hong Kong, and other Asian territories had 19. A number of games were either announced or already in development before ultimately being cancelled,[2] including Bound High! and NikoChan Battle. Two of these cancelled games, D-Hopper and Zero Racers, are planned to be officially released in 2026 via Nintendo Classics.[12]

More information Title, Genre(s) ...
Title[13] Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)[13] Release date
Japan North America
3D Tetris Puzzle T&E Soft Nintendo N/a[b]March 22, 1996
Galactic Pinball Pinball Intelligent Systems Nintendo July 21, 1995August 14, 1995
Golf Sports T&E Soft T&E Soft (JP)
Nintendo (NA)
August 11, 1995November 1995
Innsmouth no Yakata[c] First-person horror Be Top I'MAX October 13, 1995N/a
Jack Bros. Action Atlus Atlus September 29, 1995October 1995
Mario Clash Action Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo September 28, 1995October 1, 1995
Mario's Tennis Sports
Nintendo July 21, 1995August 14, 1995
Nester's Funky Bowling Sports Saffire Nintendo N/aFebruary 1996
Panic Bomber Puzzle Hudson Soft (JP)
Nintendo (NA)
July 21, 1995December 1995
Red Alarm Shoot 'em up T&E Soft T&E Soft (JP)
Nintendo (NA)
July 21, 1995August 14, 1995
SD Gundam Dimension War Tactical role-playing game Locomotive Bandai December 22, 1995N/a
Space Invaders Virtual Collection Shoot 'em up Taito Taito December 1, 1995N/a
Space Squash Sports Tomcat System Coconuts Japan Entertainment September 29, 1995N/a
Teleroboxer Fighting Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo July 21, 1995August 14, 1995
V-Tetris Puzzle Locomotive Bullet-Proof Software August 25, 1995N/a
Vertical Force Shoot 'em up Hudson Soft Hudson Soft (JP)
Nintendo (NA)
August 12, 1995December 1, 1995
Virtual Bowling Sports Athena Athena December 22, 1995N/a
Virtual Boy Wario Land Platform Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo December 1, 1995November 27, 1995
Virtual Fishing Fishing Locomotive Pack-In-Video October 6, 1995N/a[d]
Virtual Lab Puzzle Nacoty J-Wing December 8, 1995N/a
Virtual League Baseball Sports Kemco Kemco August 11, 1995September 11, 1995
Waterworld Shoot 'em up Ocean of America Ocean of America N/aDecember 21, 1995
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Notes

  1. This number is always up to date by this script.
  2. Canceled in development as Polygo Block
  3. Canceled in development as House of Insmouse, later translated in Nintendo Classics promos as The Mansion of Innsmouth
  4. Canceled in development

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