We begin our monthly game club playthrough of the Virtual Boy library with two interesting Nintendo time capsules. Just look at those background layers! DK Junior is about to take a long nap after this one.

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Games Discussed:

• Mario's Tennis
• Galactic Pinball

Virtual Boy Game Manuals:

• Mario's Tennis
• Galactic Pinball

Next Month's Games:

• Space Squash
• Panic Bomber

Songs in the Episode:

• "Moon Man Fandango" by Kenji Yamamoto & Masaru Tajima
• "Alien" by Kenji Yamamoto & Masaru Tajima
• "Results" by Hitoshi Fukushima and Morihiro Iwamoto

Additional Links:

Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy by José P. Zagal and Benj Edwards on MIT Press

Ars Technica: "Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo's enigmatic red console"

Planet Virtual Boy

Virtual Boy Architecture: A practical analysis by Rodrigo Copetti

Podcast Art by @ohmandaz