VIRTUAL BOY

Catalog Spec

DeveloperNINTENDO
Release date in Japan21st July 1995
MediaROM cartridge
CPUNEC V810 20MHz
Difinition384*224 dots
RAM1MB
SRAM512KB
SoundWaveform memory sound source 5ch
List price in Japan15,000 yen

VIRTUAL BOY is 32-bit tabletop portable videogame console released by NINTENDO in July 1995. The Japanese domestic shipment volume was only 150,000 units, and the global shipment was only 770,000 units. In the middle of 90s, PLAY STATION (SONY) and SEGA SATURN (SEGA) made competitive battle in the market shares of the global video game, and NINTENDO faced a challenge for sales of this video game console. Although it is hard to say that the console got commercial success, it can be said that there was a great deal of foresight in trying to introduce the immersive feeling of 3D and virtual reality on VIRTUAL BOY with the technologies in 1995.

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