Nintendo Virtual Boy

In the future, Earth's temperature rises and melts the polar ice caps, and Earth lies under a watery grave. Years later, survivors of this disaster live on boats or man-made islands called Atolls. Everyone in this new world is looking for a mythical place called Dry Land, which people believe that there is a map to Dry Land on a little girl's back...

Virtual Lab combines the falling blocks of Tetris with the linking pipes of Pipe Dream. After selecting the game speed a game field is generated with randomly placed and shaped worms. More randomly shaped worms drop from the top of the screen, and the goal is to link them together so that all open orifices are linked together or shut. If worms ge...

Players start Virtual Fishing by selecting a name and gender for themselves. They can then select from several different fishing spots, and either a tournament or, if the tournament has already been won, time attack mode. First the player casts their lure into the spot and waits for a bite. When a fish is hooked it can be reeled in, but reeling...

Virtual Bowling includes Standard Mode, Training Mode , and Tournament Mode. Before a game the player can choose a name and make adjustments to the ball such as size or amount of wax applied. The player then chooses where to toss the ball, and sets the spin and strength with a sliding gauge.

GALACTIC YEAR 210. The earth and its colonies face annihilation in a futuristic war against the human race. YOU have been chosen to pilot RAGNAROK, a star fighter from an advanced alien civilization. Reinforced by fearless AI CHARACTERS, you must locate and destroy menacing fighters and enemy droids. With sheer VERTICAL FORCE blast your way into a...

Not to be confused with the similar Virtual Boy title 3D Tetris, as the two games are entirely different. V-Tetris, unlike 3D Tetris, is mostly the same as the original Tetris games, the only difference being the cylindrical puzzle mode in which blocks could be placed in a 3-D spiral. The game is another version of Tetris with its own set of g...

An intergalactic Squash tournament is being held in space, and champions from all corners of the galaxy rush to compete. Space Squash is a first person Squash game, similar in gameplay to Super Glove Ball and Pong. After choosing a character, players control a robot on the screen as it moves up, down, left and right to intercept the ball and hit...

SD Gundam Dimension War is a Japanese-exclusive turn-based strategy game for the Virtual Boy based on the Gundam anime series. It is one of the rarest games for the Virtual Boy, sometimes reaching $1,400 on auction sites such as eBay. Along with Virtual Bowling this game was the last video game officially released for the Virtual Boy in Japan.

Mario finds himself pitted against a host of evil and nasty enemies. You must help him outwit the Spikes, Para-Goombahs, and other beasts and evils that lurk inside a tower that reaches to the clouds. After stunning a Koopa, he uses it as ammo against his enemies! The attaack is relentless! But watch out, there are also creatures made of fire and...

Insmouse No Yakata (sometimes translated as Insane Mouse Mansion, though it really means House of Insmouse) is a survival-horror video game released exclusively for the Virtual Boy. It was released only in Japan (although a western localization was in the works by Acclaim, but was ultimately canceled). It plays like a dungeon crawler with first per...

Prepare to enter the vast expanse of the Milky Way. Put your pinball skills to an interstellar test with four incredible space tables. Blast your pinball at rotating planets and turn them into dust in the Cosmic world. Send your puck flying through galactic formations in the deep-space Colony. Defeat an evil skeleton and hit the ultimate UFO jackp...

Attention all Earthlings! Relentless alien hordes have been identified near you. Prevent the dangerous Space Invaders from landing on your territory. Use your cannon to defend against waves of descending alien invaders. Don't let them hit the ground or it's all over for you and the Earth! Destroy them and score points! Space Invaders: Virtual Co...

WARIO LAND gives you the chance to play as Wario, Mario's archenemy, and all-around bad guy. You've decided to raid the riches that are hidden deep within a secret cave. As you search for all the gold and treasure you can carry, you'd better watch out for the poison ponds and prisons that will end your quest sooner than you can say, 'Holy 3D!' You'...

The portal between Earth and another mysterious dimension has opened, and the intrepid Jack Brothers have come through for an adventure in our world. Having lost track of time, they now have only one hour to return to their home or be banished forever. Help them battle hoards of loathsome enemies through six electrifying 3D levels, each with many f...

Teleroboxer is a boxing simulator played in the first person view. Teleroboxer takes place in the 22nd century, when a technology called "Telerobotics" is used, allowing people to control robots to do tasks not normally doable by humans. Teleroboxing was created by Dr. Edward Maki Jr., involving two robots boxing against each other. Each match c...

Virtual League Baseball is a 1995 baseball video game developed and published by Kemco. There are three modes of play in Virtual League Baseball: Player 1 vs. computer, all-star game, and pennant race. In player 1 vs. computer, one single match is played between the player and the computer. In the all-star game, the player plays against the compute...

Red Alarm is a game for the Virtual Boy video game console. Released in August 1995 by T&E Soft, it was one of the four titles available at the console's introduction. The game takes place in the year 2065, where a computer named KAOS threatens to take over the world and destroy mankind. The player's mission is to enter KAOS using a Tech-Wing Fight...

Nester's Funky Bowling is a bowling video game developed by Saffire Corporation and published by Nintendo for the Virtual Boy handheld game console. It was only released in North America. Players control Nester, a character from the Nintendo Power comics, or his twin sister Hester, as they compete to see who is superior. It features standard bowlin...

Originally bundled with the Virtual Boy, Mario's Tennis is a sports game in which the player controls one of seven different Mario characters and engages in tennis matches. The action on the court is viewed from directly behind the player character. The Virtual Boy stereoscopy allows the player to perceive depth, which allows him to effectively tra...

The game features 47 virtual opponents and makes impressive use of the Virtual Boy's 3D capabilities. Player controls a few parameters before his/her shot such as the speed of the shot, direction, type of club to use. Complicating play, the environment featured obstacles such as trees and bunkers. The game features one course, spanning in the stan...

Panic Bomber is a 1994 puzzle video game developed by Hudson Soft for the Virtual Boy. It is a "falling blocks" puzzle game based on the Bomberman franchise. The goal of the game is essentially to cause your opponent to lose by causing their gameplay field to fill to the top with objects. If the player causes enough damage, they can eventually earn...

Tetris goes 3D! The game uses a three-dimensional playing field as opposed to the traditional two dimensions more generally used. The player not only rotates the playing piece horizontally, but vertically as well which means that the piece has four possible directions in which to move. The game features three different ways to play: Center Fill, 3...