Author Archives: Dean Jones

Luigi won a haunted mansion? And Mario’s trapped inside? You have to find him! For a launch title, Luigi’s Mansion was an odd choice. It’s…

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Ending the Virtual Boy retrospective on a high note, Bound High is a cancelled Virtual Boy game that was fully complete, and is actually a…

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The first of the two prototype games I’ll be looking at is a first person shooter, one which is actually quite old. It started off…

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The final published game for the Virtual Boy is a version of Tetris specifically designed for the Virtual Boy. Yet, despite being Tetris in an…

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The North American bowling game uses a mascot that was only known in North America: Nester from the Nintendo Power magazine. While the game could…

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For how small the Virtual Boy’s library is, it’s quite astonishing that it got two bowling games, and that each was exclusive to a different…

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One of the most surprising genres for the Virtual Boy, due to it being awkward to use for long periods, is long strategy games, but…

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While in other Virtual Boy game reviews I’ve highlighted the fact that the game looks so much nicer than they do in screenshots. For Waterworld,…

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A intestine-themed puzzle game. Blocks fall from the top and the objective is simple – form an intestine which is fully enclosed. As a concept,…

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A collection of Space Invaders 1 & 2. I’m not a massive fan of Space Invaders, and this package offers very little in the overall…

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