Scans
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! 10/96TOTAL! - Germany - 4 PagesThe biggest VB-related article in the german Total!. Nintendo's mistakes are pointed out and it has screenshots of most games.
TOTAL! 08/97TOTAL! - Germany - 1 PageCheats for Jack Bros, Mario's Tennis, Virtual League Baseball and Panic Bomber.
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! 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 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 80 (01/96)Nintendo Power - USA - 7 PagesShoshinkai report, Virtual League Baseball cheats, a Jack Bros review, the best 5 Virtual Boy games of 1995 plus a Virtual Fishing (us) preview!
Nintendo Power 82 (03/96)Nintendo Power - USA - 13 Pages3D Tetris review, Red Alarm cheats plus an overview of all released games.
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.
Tips & Tricks 06/03Tips & Tricks - USA - 2 PagesTwo great cheats for Red Alarm (Debug Menu!) and Jack Bros. (Level Map).
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.Web
Games That Defined the Nintendo Virtual Boy
NeXGam VB SpecialKai Richard, NeXGam, 2002/09/29
Nintendome VB Mega-CheckChristoph, Nintendome.de, 2003/09/26