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|type = [[:Category:Luggable Consoles|"Handheld" game consoleLuggable]]

|predecessor = [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/Color]]|successor = [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy Color]], [[Game Boy Advance emulators|Game Boy Advance]]

 The '''[[gametech:Virtual Boy|Virtual Boy]]''' is a supposedly fifth-generation handheld luggable game console released by Nintendo and created by Game Boy creator [[wikipedia:Gunpei Yokoi|Gunpei Yokoi]] on August 14, 1995. It has a NEC V810 CPU. It was the first games console to utilize 3D effects, however, is notable for only displaying graphics in red and black, as well as requiring users to attach the console to their head, usually while rested on the included tripod. The product was pulled shortly after release due to the majority of users getting headaches from using it. Notably, it was rushed to market and was never meant to be released in its current form.

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! scope="col"|[[libretro]]! scope="col"|<small>[https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=28 Retro<br/>Achievements]</small>! scope="col"|Libretro Core<abbr title="Virtual Boy link cable that enables 2 player games between two VB's using the system's EXT (extension) port, located on the underside of the system below the controller port.">[https://www.virtual-boy.com/hardware/gamelink-cable/games/ VB Link]</abbr>! scope="col"|<abbr title="Should not be confused with link-cable emulation.">[https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Netplay Netplay]</abbr>! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>

! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulatorsemulators|Recommended]]

!colspan="610"|PC/ x86

|[[Mednafen]]<br/><small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_vb/ mednafen_vb_libretro]</small>|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Web}}|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]|{{✓}}|{{~}}<ref group=N>Exclusive to libretro core.</ref>|{{✗}}|{{✓}}

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}

|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/emu-rs/rustual-boy 0.2.0 alphagit]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}

|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}

|[https://wwwgit.planetvbvirtual-boy.com/modulesPVB/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7067 pvbemu Planet Virtual Boy emulator]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://www.planetvbvirtual-boy.com/modulestools/newbbpvb-emulator/viewtopic.php?post_id=42634#forumpost42634 201903272019-03-27]

|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httphttps://www.planetvbvirtual-boy.com/modulestools/techred-dragon/?sec=emus&eid=rdragon 0.38 Final]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}

!colspan="610"|ConsoleMobile / ARM

|<small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_vb/ mednafen_vb_libretro]</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}|[Mednafen]https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]|Multi-platform{{✓}}|[{{MednafenURL✓}}|releases/{{✗}} |{{MednafenVer✓}}]

| Virtual Virtual Boy|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[https://github.com/mrdanielpsSupernaviX/r3Ddragon r3Ddragonvvb git][https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simongellis.vvb 1.11.0]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|{{~}}|-!colspan="10"|Console|-|<small>[[Nintendo https://docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_vb/ mednafen_vb_libretro]</small>|align=left|{{Icon|PSP|PS3}}<br>{{Icon|Wii|3DS emulators|New 3DSWiiU|Switch}}|[https://www.retroarch.com/index.php?page=platforms libretro core]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[https://github.com/skyfloogle/red-viper Red Viper]|align=left|{{Icon|3DS}}|[https://github.com/mrdanielpsskyfloogle/r3Ddragonred-viper/releases 0/tag/v0.9.872 {{Red ViperVer}}]

|{{✗✓}}|{{✓}} <small>(WIP)</small>

!colspan|Red Dragon|align="6"left|{{Icon|PSP}}|[https://www.virtual-boy.com/tools/red-dragon-psp/downloads/979068/ 1019]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|Mobile{{✗}}

|[[Mednafen]https://github.com/mrdanielps/r3Ddragon r3Ddragon]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|3DS}}|[https://github.com/mrdanielps/r3Ddragon/releases git]|{{MednafenURL|releases/✗}} |{{MednafenVer✗}}]|{{✓✗}}|{{✓✗}}

;[[Mednafen]]: Has 100% compatibility with commercial games. Lets you change the Virtual Boy's '''color output''' to any hex color. For example, changing it to white shows all the games in greyscale instead of red, which really helps. 3D is enabled by default, but you can turn it off. To play it on platforms not supported by Mednafen use the [[libretro]] port which also supports SBS 3D by using glsl shaders, check this [https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/4ibw0b/emulating_virtual_boy_in_3d_on_gear_vrgoogle/ Reddit post] for instructions.Doesn't seem to run at playable speeds on 3DS using the latest nightly build as of 2020-06-15. (Side by side 3D is now available built into the normal Beetle core options. A special shader is not necessary.)

;[https://github.com/mrdanielpsskyfloogle/r3Ddragon r3Ddragonred-viper Red Viper]:Supports 3D on the New 3DS. Is slow and not finished. Based An updated fork of r3Ddragon, which itself is based on Reality Boy / Red Dragon. Runs all officially released Virtual Boy games at full speed on the original 3DS and has 3D support.;Planet Virtual Boy emulator: New VB A Virtual Boy emulator written in Javaand it was first released in 2018. Might get 3DS support in the futurewas planned. [https://www.virtual-boy.com/forums/t/pvb-emulator/ Forum thread]