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Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 18 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But are there any games worth playing?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Teleroboxer

    First person Punch-Out! with giant robots.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I was never sure if that game was good or not because I was so bad at it! Haha

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    It takes a bit of time for the controls to click, then all of a sudden you just catch a rhythm and it's second nature.

    Happened to me the first time I beat the self-destructive guy. Having to go for speed just made everything click and from that point it was all learning strategy, controlling what I wanted the game to do was no longer an issue.

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