Scans
TOTAL! 03/95TOTAL! - Germany - 2 PagesGeneral info about the Virtual Boy's technology, specs, price are given in a report about the Winter CES '95.
TOTAL! 07/95TOTAL! - Germany - 4 PagesThis issue's E3 report features info about the coming Virtual Boy release. Also contains an interview with NoE manager Werner Rudolph.
TOTAL! 09/95TOTAL! - Germany - 3 PagesA report about the Ultra64 and the Virtual Boy featuring beta screens, a releaselist, an illustration, proto-pics and lots of facts and dates. A racing-game called "Virtual Formula" which is said to feature "extremely flowing 3d-effects" is mentioned!
TOTAL! 08/97TOTAL! - Germany - 1 PageCheats for Jack Bros, Mario's Tennis, Virtual League Baseball and Panic Bomber.
Videogames 03/95Videogames - Germany - 1 PageA show report from the Winter CES '95. Only 1 page but a Mario Kart-like game is mentioned.
Videogames 07/95Videogames - Germany - 3 PagesShortly before the US launch general information about the Virtual Boy is given. With proto screens and a pic of the E3 Red Alarm prototype!
TOTAL! 07/95TOTAL! - Great Britain - 2 PagesNews from E3 '95 with info and logos of the launch games.
TOTAL! 08/95TOTAL! - Great Britain - 1 PageFor the first time the editors could play final games and everybody wrote about his favorite game.
TOTAL! 05/96TOTAL! - Great Britain - 4 PagesDescriptions of the released and unreleased US games.
Nintendo Power 73 (06/95)Nintendo Power - USA - 6 PagesA review about the launch of the Virtual Boy. it has interesting VB Mario Land pics and all (at that time) known details.
Nintendo Power 74 (07/95)Nintendo Power - USA - 4 PagesIn this issue the Virtual Boy is mentioned two times, in the E3 report and then there is a first look at Virtual League Baseball with two proto screens.
Nintendo Power 75 (08/95)Nintendo Power - USA - 27 PagesVery extensive Virtual Boy article. On 20+ pages you can learn everything about hard- and software. This issue also has Virtual Boy trading cards on the back.
Nintendo Power 77 (10/95)Nintendo Power - USA - 18 PagesVertical Force and Panic Bomber reviews plus a first look at Jack Bros.
Nintendo Power 82 (03/96)Nintendo Power - USA - 13 Pages3D Tetris review, Red Alarm cheats plus an overview of all released games.
GamePro 04/96GamePro - USA - 1 PageReviews of Golf and Vertical Force.
Next Generation 08/95Next Generation - USA - 1 PageA VB review with high expectations, as you can read in the text.
Electronic Gaming Monthly 03/95Electronic Gaming Monthly - USA - 4 PagesA cool article featuring Winter CES 1995. It contains super rare screenshots of VB Mario Land, the dolphin technical demo, Space Pinball...
MAN!AC 07/95MAN!AC - Germany - 1 PageShort article about the E3 '95, with a release list, which lists a Coconuts game called "War Simulation"...
Big.N 07-08/00Big.N - Germany - 6 PagesVirtual Boy's history. The only VB-related article ever in the Big.N magazine.
Nintendo Magazine 09/95Nintendo Magazine - Australia - 2 PagesOn 2 pages filled with screenshots most of the coming VB-games are presented.
Famitsu VB Tsushin (バーチャルボーイ通信)Famitsu - Japan - 100 PagesEven before the Virtual Boy was launched in Japan, the most famous japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu (formerly Famitsu Tsushin), brought out this one and only issue of Virtual Boy Tsushin, a 100 pages VB magazine with reports about upcoming games and technical issues, interviews and much more.
Tips & Tricks 02/03Tips & Tricks - USA - 1 PageA listing of all Virtual Boy releases with their rarity.
VB Guide 2 (バーチャルボーイ追悼記念ガイドブック (改訂版))VB Guide - Japan - 28 PagesA 28 page black/white VB guide also known as "VB Fanzine". It was developed and published privately and released on 01/24/1998.
3D Virtual Boy Magazine (3D バーチャルボーイ MAGAZINE)3D Virtual Boy Magazine - Japan - 36 PagesIntroduction of VB software, interviews and 3D "cross-eye" images of VB games. It also has a stereogram on the cover. When you hold it very close to your eyes and stare right through it for a while, and then slowly take it away from your eyes, something like a large 3D-"V" becomes visible.
GameFan Volume 3 Issue 11GameFan - USA - 1 PageReviews of Mario Clash, "Mario's Dream Tennis", Red Alarm, Teleroboxer, Galactic Pinball and Vertical Force.Web
Gamecube-Online.net VB SpecialDante, Gamecube-Online.net, 2003/12/19, OriginalVery nice and big article about the VB, it's games and homebrews, tech and history plus game reviews.
Games That Defined the Nintendo Virtual Boy
NeXGam VB SpecialKai Richard, NeXGam, 2002/09/29
Nintendome VB Mega-CheckChristoph, Nintendome.de, 2003/09/26