Virtual Boy 30th Anniversary: The Truth, The Lies, The Legacy

Welcome to Candi's Classic Game Shrine! Today's video is about my most beloved misunderstood console of all time, the Nintendo Virtual Boy. In this video I cover everything from the beginnings of the technology to the current day community that loves the system. Be sure to follow me, comment, like and subscribe if you enjoyed and want more! My social media links can be found here: https://yerr.gg/@CandiCGS Below are all of the credits and sources that I used for this video: Unraveling The Enigma Of Nintendo’s Virtual Boy, 20 Years Later: https://www.fastcompany.com/3050016/unraveling-the-enigma-of-nintendos-virtual-boy-20-years-later Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy Planet Virtual Boy Forum: https://www.virtual-boy.com Planet Virtual Boy Discord: https://discord.gg/z75Q97yE VUEngine: https://www.vuengine.dev Retro Onyx: https://www.retroonyx.com Breakdown of Japan’s Product Liability Act of 1995: - https://www.morganlewis.com/-/media/files/publication/outside-publication/article/ebd25073-2ca0-4564-8af23989f932e2cc_publication.pdf - https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3590/en NYT Article: https://web.archive.org/web/20180205015527/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/14/business/nintendo-counts-on-a-new-virtual-game.html Photo credits: - Private Eye Prototype: Ben Wells Video Credits: - Shoshinkai 94 clips by PlanetVB https://youtu.be/0_WFwu1KBI4?si=XnW0CCKmxqal-iPX - Mario VB Demo Clips by PlanetVB https://youtu.be/4odFMh4iVrY?si=E52dNo9pmNmGOs2J - System & Mario’s Tennis Promo Clips by PlanetVB https://youtu.be/Dqsqz-Q9cQo?si=-rGdicyesNijID-3 - Galactic Pinball Promo Clip by PlanetVB https://youtu.be/w6BKkAk_kxE?si=_lusRz8breDAlEXK - Red Alarm Promo Clip by PlanetVB https://youtu.be/2NfxZkULwMM?si=JrRSbAu2kKlchAfP - Teleroboxer Promo Clip by PlanetVB https://youtu.be/JxPahlsbgBs?si=IzGRyzzNJUSxvHFI - Blockbuster Promo Clip by Josh Hadley https://youtu.be/9GpyZKBN_Jg?si=qSvu2a1dO8BayXxV - Japanese Virtual Boy Promo clip by Planet VB https://youtu.be/d00AMUS7v-M?si=L5i-ZJqA8RZzuL1X - US Virtual Boy Commercial Clip by PlanetVB https://youtu.be/HapXTgMj11M?si=u4AlC-wj18vusQlE - Winter CES Clips by PlanetVB https://youtu.be/rQCYFBUs_yY?si=4mpZsmorQpKEJAFX - Gunpei Yokoi at E3 Clip by Planet VB https://youtu.be/6WJfoFnCDnU?si=SoWmo7Pbch2Zas-4 - Gunpei Yokoi Article of Passing by PlanetVB https://www.virtual-boy.com/magazines/new-york-times/gunpei-yokoi-chief-designer-of-game-boy-is-dead-at-56/image/?id=1041996 - Nintendo Direct Virtual Boy Announcement Clip by Nintendo https://youtu.be/Oc8qckEoKxk?si=YoqCFzaDaUf-Ld-F


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